Our researchers @marieevert.bsky.social, @ylvamoberg.bsky.social & Maaike van der Vleuten have been nominated for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research 2026! Their article examines the earnings penalty after childbirth across the Nordics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1086/735884

Uppemot 200 000 fler personer med funktionsnedsättning skulle kunna arbeta med rätt anpassningar, visar ny ESO-rapport. Enligt Dan-Olof Rooth @sofi.su.se och de andra forskarna bakom rapporten ökar sysselsättningen med omkring 20 % när distansarbete erbjuds. www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/200-...

Mothers face larger financial losses after separation, but equality can reduce the gap. New research (PNAS) shows how the division of paid work and care shapes economic outcomes after separation. Read more: www.su.se/english/divi...

📢 SOFI söker forskningsassistent (50 %, ca 4 månader, start hösten 2026) till ett projekt om distansutbildning i högre utbildning. Arbete med intervjuer och forskningsdata. Ansök senast 12 maj. Läs mer och ansök: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Forskningsassistent

Institutet för social forskning (SOFI) ingår i den Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten på Stockholms Universitet och har ca 90 anställda. På SOFI drivs projektet ’Who chooses online tertiary educ

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Hur vanligt är det att transpersoner är föräldrar? Ny svensk studie ger för första gången en större bild av transpersoners föräldraskap. 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... Foto: Mostphotos

New ESR article on apprenticeship dropout and social inequality 👇

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New #OA at ESR 🌟 What is the income penalty of dropping out of #VET in Germany? With an IV strategy, @kostermann.bsky.social, @patzinaalex.bsky.social & @katymorris.bsky.social show that the causal effect is substantial and especially pronounced for lower SES individuals doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Last chance to apply for our Postdoc in Sociology at SOFI! Deadline: 13 April 2026 Read more and apply: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology

The Swedish Institute for Social research (SOFI) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The institute is an internationally leading research institute in the field of socia

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Nu kan du göra egna analyser av Levnadsnivåundersökningen (LNU). Skapa diagram, följ förändringar över tid och ladda ner data direkt. Ett värdefullt verktyg och ett enkelt sätt att arbeta med en av Sveriges viktigaste datakällor om levnadsförhållanden. levnadsnivaundersokningen.se

📢 We are hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at SOFI, Stockholm University. Interested in research on the causes and consequences of social policy for individuals and society? Apply by 13 April 2026. More information and application: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #postdoc #sociology

Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology

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Occupational Earning Potential has landed in @europeansocreview.bsky.social Implementable in R (digclass) and Stata (crosswalk), our linear OEP scale measures the median earnings of ISCO occupations and expresses them as percentiles of the earnings distribution academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...

Occupational earning potential: a new measure of social hierarchy in Europe and the US

Abstract. Social stratification is interested in unequal life chances and assumes the existence of a hierarchy of more or less advantageous occupations. Ye

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This is a (very) short thread on a recent paper with the great Orazio Attanasio and Alessandro Toppeta on “Intergenerational Mobility in Socio-Emotional Skills” (forthcoming at ‪@jpube.bsky.social)! (1/7) @ucleconomics.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social‬ @sofi.su.se ‪@clscohorts.bsky.social

Anna Sandberg Trolle-Lindgren has been appointed as Associate Professor (Docent) at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI).🎉 Congratulations!

Final conference of rEUsilience and this is (parts of) the wonderful crew - here w/ miami vice flair. Thx for a great journey! @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @abrarbawati.bsky.social @amatysiak.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social and analog 📷 by great @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social

Congratulations, Marie-Pascale!

EEA@eeanews.bsky.social · last yr.

EEA congrats Marie-Pascale Grimon for being awarded the Outstanding Paper Award, funded by our MinE Committee, at 5th Virtual Discrimination & Diversity Workshop. More info on her paper, the other winning paper & the workshop here: www.eeassoc.org/news/outstan...

Congratulations to our doctoral student @allisongeerts.bsky.social in successfully defending her thesis! Geerts' research explores how lesbian couples in the Netherlands navigate the transition to parenthood. Read her thesis here: su.diva-portal.org/smash/record... #Research #Sociology #PhD

🎉 Big congrats to Tünde Lénárd, who successfully defended her dissertation last Friday! Here’s an action shot from the event. #DissertationDefense #AcademicWin

Right now, Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch is defending her dissertation in Lecture Hall 9 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. Wishing her all the best! #DissertationDefense #PhD #SOFI #Sociology

Fattige familjer berättar: Så lever vi Interview in @syre-tidningen.bsky.social about the situation of low resource families in Sweden, based on @reusilience.bsky.social research with Lovisa Backman, and on research by @siddarthaaradhya.bsky.social tidningensyre.se/2025/26-maj-... @sofi.su.se

Fattiga familjer berättar: Så lever vi - Syre

Att ha ett arbete hjälper inte alltid mot fattigdom. Nästan var tolfte familj med somalisk bakgrund lever i fattigdom trots att båda föräldrarna jobbar, visar ny forskning.

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On this International Day of Families, it’s time to rethink family policy in Europe. Read more about the @reusilience.bsky.social research project and its findings 👇 #sociology #research #FamilyPolicy

European Initiative Calls for Enhanced Family Support Systems - Swedish Institute for Social Research

Today, May 15th, marking the International Day of Families, the European research project rEUsilience presents new insights and recommendations aimed at enhancing family resilience in Europe. The proj...

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@cassandraengeman.bsky.social, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. www.su.se/swedish-inst...

Cassandra Engeman appointed Associate Professor - Swedish Institute for Social Research

Cassandra Engeman, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at Stockholm University

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Alessandro Toppeta (@sofi.su.se) shows that more school isn't always better: in Sweden, teens randomly tested after holidays show stronger non-cognitive skills, especially those from wealthier families. More breaks may boost development, but they risk widening inequality.

Nytt nummer av nyhetsbrevet: Läs om hållbart mode om hur vi kan klä oss snyggt utan att förstöra planeten, om maskrosen - kungen av betongdjungeln, forskning om det lönar sig att plugga, om vad som hände i Sverige när freden kom 8 maj 1945 #BertBolinLecture mm Läs o prenumerera: www.su.se/nyhetsbrev

Last Friday, our PhD candidate Xiaojie Xu defended her dissertation in sociology – congratulations, Xiaojie! 🎉 Her dissertation explores how the impact of education on jobs, income, and social mobility has shifted since the late 20th century. Great work, Xiaojie! #PhD #education #sociology

From voter to candidate: how a second election sparks political ambition. New research by IIES' graduate student Mattias Folkestad & IIES/ @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social alumna @chloen.bsky.social @sofi.su.se accepted for publication at European Journal of Political Economy www.su.se/institute-fo...

From voter to candidate: how a second election sparks political ambition - Institute for International Economic Studies

From voter to candidate: how a second election sparks political ambition - Institute for International Economic Studies

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Terrific dissertation defense by Xiaojie Xu at @sofi.su.se today and proud supervisor moment for me. Thanks @hermwerf.bsky.social for doing us the honors!

Read more about SOFI's brand new doctor's research here: www.su.se/swedish-inst...

New thesis: Education and place of residence politically divide young people - Swedish Institute for Social Research

New thesis: Education and place of residence politically divide young people - Swedish Institute for Social Research

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Amanda Almstedt Valldor is right this minute defending her dissertation in Lecture Hall 3 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. Wishing her the best of luck! #DissertationDefense #PhD #SOFI #Sociology

Amanda Almstedt Valldor is right this minute defending her dissertation in Lecture Hall 3 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. Wishing her the best of luck! #DissertationDefense #PhD #SOFI #Sociology

The effect of public childcare on the risk that mothers become NEET New article with Lynn van Vugt, Bart Golsteyn, @levels.bsky.social and myself, in @cwfjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @sofi.su.se

The effect of public childcare on the risk that mothers become NEET

Young women are much more likely to be NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) than young men. Little is known about the extent to which institutional and policy contexts can shape the rela...

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Working with a Swedish forest view today! So happy to be at @sofi.su.se and excited to be presenting our new @reusilience.bsky.social work on the childcare gap tomorrow at the Social Welfare & Stratification Seminar. Send good wishes!

New PhD thesis from SOFI's @edvinsyk.bsky.social: Jobs in Sweden have improved since the 1960s, especially for women, but stress levels are on the rise. #sociology #worklife #research #PhD #Sweden #SOFI

Jobs Have Gotten Better – But Stress Is on the Rise - Swedish Institute for Social Research

Job quality in Sweden has improved significantly over the past 50 years, but at the same time, workplace stress has sharply increased. This is shown in the doctoral thesis by sociologist Edvin Syk, pr...

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