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Nora Waitkus

@norawaitkus.bsky.social

Sociologist interested in wealth inequality, housing, and class analysis. Heidelberg University & London School of Economics https://waitkus.github.io/

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Arne Semsrott@arnesemsrott.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ich bin die Tage mehrfach von großen Medien für Streitgespräche zur Abschaffung des Informationsfreiheitsgesetzes angefragt worden – bisher mussten aber alle ausfallen, weil niemand von CDU/CSU die Gegenposition vertreten wollte.

WZB Berlin@wzb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

💡Job Opening – Director (f/m/x) for the study of international relations at the WZB The WZB seeks to establish a new research department and to fill a permanent full-time position of Director (f/m/x) for the study of international relations, broadly understood. ⤵️🔄 www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...

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Nora Waitkus@norawaitkus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨👩‍🎓 We're hiring a Full Professor in Macrosociology! 👩‍🏫🚨 Join us in beautiful Heidelberg 🏰 starting April 1, 2027. Please spread the word, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions regarding the position www.mwi.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/... #Sociology #sociologyjobs #AcademicSky

Job vacancy: Full Professorship (W3) in “Sociology, specializing in Macrosociology” (f/m/d) - Max Weber Institute of Sociology

mwi.uni-heidelberg.de

Zach Parolin@zparolin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford). ▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, Janet Gornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor. 🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May. Join us in Oxford! Details here: atkinsonconference.github.io

The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality

A two-day interdisciplinary conference on economic and social inequality at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 10–11 September 2026.

atkinsonconference.github.io

Palma Polyak@palmapolyak.bsky.social · 5mo ago

If you have Hungarian friends, please check in on them. Netflix has nothing on this election campaign: a twisting spy scandal, Russian meddling, Orbán off the rails. And we still have four days left. I wrote a (still slightly incredulous) rundown 👇 brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/inside-hun...

Inside Hungary’s Election Meltdown

If you have Hungarian friends, check in on them. These past few weeks have been bonkers.

brettoninthewoods.substack.com

Bastian Becker@beckerbastian.bsky.social · 6mo ago

For all new SciLove authors: If you want your articles to get a little more engagement: Simply import publications via ORCID and then hit share. Shamelessly, this is what this looks like for a recent paper with @norawaitkus.bsky.social #openaccess www.scilove.app/article/10.1...

Undeserving heirs: how the origins of wealth shape attitudes towards redistribution (Becker, Waitkus, 2025)

Inherited wealth has often been accumulated under circumstances seen as undeserving by present-day standards. However, there is surprisingly little knowledge about the political consequences of wealth...

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Bastian Becker@beckerbastian.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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Katrin Auspurg@kauspurg.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Do researchers share their code upon request? Does running their orginal code on the original data produce the original results? We provide evidence in a new Royal Society Open Science publication. Studying more than 1,000 articles which use data from the European Social Survey, we find that... 🧵

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Sven Ehmes@svenehmes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🔍 How does economic inequality impact beliefs in meritocracy? Using comprehensive survey data from 39 advanced capitalist democracies over more than three decades, Markus Gangl & I examine how rising economic inequality has been shaping citizens' belief in meritocracy. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwag016

The paradox of inequality that isn’t: rising economic inequality depresses and polarizes citizens’ belief in meritocracy

Abstract. This study examines how rising income inequality has been impacting individuals’ belief in merit-based success, using three decades of survey dat

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Aida Baghernejad@aidabaghernejad.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Schon beeindruckend wie diese Regierung alles über Jahrzehnte Erarbeitete mit dem Arsch einreisst – Integrationskurse, Klimaverordnungen, Soft Power-Diplomatie, internationale Kulturevents, alles. Auf dass ganz Deutschland ein sauerländisches Dorf ohne Glasfaser sei.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 7mo ago

Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott

Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why

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