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Roxanne Connelly

@roxanneconnelly.bsky.social

Sociologist University of Edinburgh

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Roxanne Connelly@roxanneconnelly.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📑 My time as editor of @methodinnovations.bsky.social is coming to an end. Sage are now taking applications for a new editor in chief or a team of joint editors in chief. Details are below, I am happy to answer any questions.

Methodological Innovations Journal@methodinnovations.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 Our time as editors of Methodological Innovations is coming to an end. If you would be interested in taking on leadership of this exciting journal details of how to apply are below. @journals.sagepub.com

Methodological Innovations is seeking an Editor-in-Chief or Joint Editors-in-Chiefs to lead the journal into its next phase of development. An international, open access journal, it is a leading venue for peer-reviewed social research methods scholarship and publishes methodological advances and debates across social research method and methodology. The journal reflects the breadth of innovation across the social sciences, including developments in digital methods, statistical techniques, survey design, qualitative analysis and other emerging or non-traditional approaches. Further information about the journal’s aims, scope and recent content can be found on the journal homepage. Methodological Innovations is indexed in major abstracting and indexing databases and currently reports the following journal-level metrics: CiteScore 3.400; SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 0.616; h5-index 20; and h5-median 41. The journal is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), ProQuest, PsycINFO and Scopus. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the strategic direction of the journal and support its continued growth. Key responsibilities of the Editor-in-Chief / Joint Editors-in-Chiefs include: • Providing intellectual and strategic leadership for the journal, with a focus on maintaining and strengthening its quality, reputation and reach.
Roxanne Connelly@roxanneconnelly.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 Social Network Analysis people - there is still time to submit an abstract for our special issue on Social Network Analysis. Deadline 1st of March. journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...

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Methodological Innovations Journal@methodinnovations.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There is still time to submit an abstract to our special issue: Promises of Inferential Social Network Analysis in Social Sciences: Moving Beyond Network Descriptives, led by @koksal-banoglu.bsky.social

Understanding Society@usociety.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Understanding Society Wave 15 is out today! The latest wave of data can be accessed via the @ukdataservice.bsky.social. New content includes questions on pregnancies, guardians, and environmental identity. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/12...

Understanding Society Wave 15 - Understanding Society

The latest wave of UKHLS is now available from the UK Data Service The latest wave of the UKHLS main survey is now available from the UK Data Service

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Anna Stansbury@annastansbury.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In our research on socioeconomic background in academia, we ran a survey. Over 2,000 faculty members responded (thanks if you were one!) Social & cultural capital showed up time and again as key issues. A few findings you might be interested in...🧵

FAIR - The Choice Lab@fair-thechoicelab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

❓ What do people’s own words reveal about their economic decisions? A new JEL article by Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth, Stefanie Stantcheva and Johannes Wohlfart shows how open-ended survey responses offer insights that standard surveys often miss. 🔎Read more here: www.nhh.no/en/research-...

Roxanne Connelly@roxanneconnelly.bsky.social · 8mo ago

👇Our Generative AI special issue call is open until the 9th of January. We are open to all types of articles which relate to the intersection of Generative AI and Social Science Research Methods. Please get in touch if you wish to discuss your article!

Methodological Innovations Journal@methodinnovations.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📝Special Issue: Generative AI and Social Science Research Deadline 9th January We are open to any article which addresses the intersection of AI and social science research

Markus Klein@markusklein.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 New in @sfjournal.bsky.social: We study how parental #education shapes children’s #cognitive development. Accounting for selective parenthood & grandparent & early parent characteristics, we find education largely reflects broader #intergenerational advantages. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Parental education and children’s cognitive development: a prospective approach

Abstract. This study uses nationally representative data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) to estimate the impact of parental education on childre

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Weverthon Machado@weverthon.com · 12mo ago

New paper in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility! I track long-term trends in educational assortative mating in 🇧🇷. After decades of decline, homogamy rose in the 2000s, due to a balance shift: more fluidity at lower edu levels vs. stronger homogamy at the top. Check it out (open access):

Trends in educational assortative mating in Brazil: 1960–2015

Using both census and survey data, this study analyzes educational assortative mating trends over half a century in Brazil. Odds of both overall and g…

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UK Data Service Impact@ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Professor Debora Price @gerontologyuk.bsky.social recently reflected on recent international threats to data infrastructure, and why we must protect trusted data services as essential public institutions, on the Data Impact blog blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/why-data-pre...

Guardians of the record: why data preservation matters now more than ever – Data Impact blog @ 10

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Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · last yr.

Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics on.ft.com/43Tejhn

The Sutton Trust@suttontrust.bsky.social · last yr.

💬 "Ultimately, lots of working-class people simply cannot afford to work for no or little pay. It’s a luxury only some can afford." Our alum, Bethany, draws on her experience of working for free to discuss the need for change on the usage of unpaid labour ⬇️ www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...

Unpaid work is killing class diversity in the creative industries - The Sutton Trust

Our alum, Bethany, discusses the prominence of unpaid work in the creative professions.

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Education Policy Institute@edupolicyinst.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Annual Report reveals a troubling trend: fewer disadvantaged young people are participating post-16 than at any point since 2019. More than 1 in 5 disadvantaged 16-year-olds are now out of education or training. It’s time to identify — and act on — the root causes of this sharp decline.

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Matthew Facciani@matthewfacciani.bsky.social · last yr.

New study finds that politically diverse social networks, even casual acquaintances, reduce partisan hostility by exposing people to others with opposing views, correcting stereotypes, and fostering understanding. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

Partisanship Meets Social Networks: How Politically Heterogeneous Acquaintances and Close Relationships Buffer Partisan Animosity

Article: Partisanship Meets Social Networks: How Politically Heterogeneous Acquaintances and Close Relationships Buffer Partisan Animosity | Sociological Science | Posted July 7, 2025

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