Call for Papers for the Equality of Opportunity and Social Mobility Policy Workshop, to be held on 12-13 November 2026 at the London School of Economics. Submission deadline: 21 August 2026 More information: www.louissirugue.com/eosm

*JOB* My group at @gesis.org has an open position: we are looking for a candidate to support the expansion of our Trusted Research Environment for providing access to sensitive research data: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2707934?...

Research Infrastructure Specialist (Postdoc) for Trusted Research Environments (DSS-26) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...

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Emma Chamberlain, tax barrister, visiting professor of tax at the LSE and Oxford University, co-author of the Wealth Tax Report, has a guest post with Comment is Freed -‘The right way to tax wealth’. Clear, practical thinking from someone who understands and has thought deeply about all angles.

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2d ago

New post out: There's going to be a lot of talk about wealth taxes in the run up to the budget. So we asked one of the country's leading experts to give us a ten year plan for doing it right. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Interdisciplinary PhD workshop on (un)employment at IAB in Nürnberg in January 2027. Submissions by 31 August. iab.de/en/iab-veran...

We're looking for a temporary lecturer in economics of education, labour economics, applied econometrics, for 1 year to cover for parental leave. Apply by August 4: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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How can we help young people navigate misinformation? 🌐 New research by Assistant Prof. Mobarak Hossain LSE, and Assistant Prof, Jason Jabbari (WashU) explores the links between reading achievement, socioeconomic inequality and adolescents’ resistance to misinformation. doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

The Resolution Foundation is hiring! We are looking for an exceptional individual with a passion for improving living standards and the skills to lead a world-class research and policy organisation, to become a Director. Application pack available here ⤵️ buff.ly/xcFddMf

🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.

Reopen the post office on Broadway Market, London E8. Please sign petition at c.org/WdrBBNmtmy via @UKChange . Tenants apparently unfairly treated by landlord. This is a vital service at the heart of our community; help to retain it!

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Reopen the post office on Broadway Market

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Applications for the Mid-Career Fellowships are still open. The scheme allows UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a major project and share their insights with the wider public. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4f09Crd

We are hiring! Brilliant senior job running our new UK Government team… …looking for someone creative and strategic with experience of government who would seize this fantastic opportunity to make government work well for the people of the UK! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...

Director, UK Government | Institute for Government

A rare and exciting opportunity to become a core member of the Institute for Government’s newly restructured senior team.

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We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships. We provide 3 years of funding to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Apply by 30th September www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

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The Resolution Foundation is hiring! We are looking for an exceptional individual with a passion for improving living standards and the skills to lead a world-class research and policy organisation, to become a Director. Application pack available here ⤵️ buff.ly/xcFddMf

📢 Applications are now open for the next Editor-in-Chief of The Economic Journal. The successful candidate will play a central role in shaping the Journal's editorial direction, strategic vision & long-term development. Find out more: bit.ly/3TcWmHa #EconSky #Economics @theeconjournal.bsky.social

Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief of The Economic Journal - Royal Economic Society

The Royal Economic Society is currently seeking applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of The Economic Journal.

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Looking for a seminar speaker? RePEc has a (crude) tool to locate one by region, field, gender, and seniority. ideas.repec.org/cgi-bin/spea... #RePEc #EconSky

I'm stepping down to a new role in the autumn to try to get a bit more "life" in the "work - life balance" thing, so there's a vacancy to do my job: overseeing the research and policy output of RF. What a fab job for someone.

Ruth Curtice@ruthcurtice.bsky.social · last mo.

Lots of jobs changing at the moment - but let's focus on the most important. I am recruiting for a new partner in crime. Take a look, and get in touch if you want to help us deliver higher living standards across the UK, with an incredible team. www.resolutionfoundation.org/director/

A top job at a top think tank And at a moment where there is suddenly a whole lot of policy thinking to be done! Come & help @ruthcurtice.bsky.social lead @resolutionfoundation.org www.resolutionfoundation.org/about-us/opp...

Lots of jobs changing at the moment - but let's focus on the most important. I am recruiting for a new partner in crime. Take a look, and get in touch if you want to help us deliver higher living standards across the UK, with an incredible team. www.resolutionfoundation.org/director/

📢 We are hiring 📢 Please spread the word: We are hiring a 🧑‍🎓 Postdoc (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education! Come join our team as junior faculty: www.ifo.de/en/job-offer... Application deadline: July 22

Just accepted at #LabourEconomics Our full paper: docs.iza.org/dp17323.pdf

Panel Study of Income Dynamics @umpsid.bsky.social · 2y ago

In research cited in a new article in The Atlantic, @zparolin.bsky.social and colleagues use 49 years of umpsid.bsky.social restricted county level data, they to examine the deleterious effect that the openings of a Walmart Supercenter have on poverty, taxes, and income. https://buff.ly/3DxKJ68

🚨 New jobs! 🚨 We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (1 quant, 1 qual), for a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 4 years! The Fellows will have full control over the nature/direction of their research while here 📝🌏 Deadline: 31 July 2026 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

This is excellent - an in-depth assessment of Brexit viewed from Poland. As so often, distance brings perspective - this is much more analytic/thoughtful than much of the "Brexit 10 years on" stuff published here over the last week. sobieski.org.pl/en/a-shrinki...

👇Registration open for our upcoming workshop on how to use EU-LFS and EU-SILC in Mannheim, Germany, 2–4 Nov 2026

GESIS German Microdata Lab@fdzgml.bsky.social · last mo.

Interested in using EU-LFS and EU-SILC microdata in your research? 📊 The GESIS workshop “Working with EU-LFS and EU-SILC” will take place in Mannheim, Germany, 2–4 Nov 2026. Info/registration: training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...

UW-Madison Sociology is hiring! We're inviting applications for an assistant professor position in the fields of demography, soc of population, and health, to begin August 2027. Come join @uwsoc.bsky.social and the great @cdeuw.bsky.social! Apply here: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Sociology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Tell all of your friends! Come join me in Ann Arbor for the annual user conference! This year we are collaborating with @umichstonecid.bsky.social for a special section on inequality. Works in progress welcome and encouraged!!

Panel Study of Income Dynamics @umpsid.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There’s nearly one month left to submit papers for the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Annual User Conference! Join us on October 1-2, 2026, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Learn more about what to submit to share your work as a presentation or poster: myumi.ch/QMrDy #PSIDdata #PSID #conference

The Royal Economic Society would like to congratulate Professor Jo Swaffield OBE, Chair of the RES Women's Committee, on being recognised in the King's Birthday Honours 2026 for services to economics. Read more: bit.ly/4eoSnhF

Two weeks left to submit!

Per Engzell@pengzell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us in Vienna to discuss inequality, economic mobility & labor markets! With @franziskadbacher.bsky.social and @izmartinez86.bsky.social I'm stoked to announce this workshop, keynotes by @emilynix100.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social. Nov 19-20, submit by June 30: www.wu.ac.at/ineq/ws26

Excellent post about educational policy trade-offs

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New post out: "The gap that never closes" I've spent much of my career trying to reduce the rich/poor gap in education. Nothing's worked. Which has led me to the conclusion that we're thinking about inequality the wrong way... (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

Interesting research job for a quant sociologist at the ESRI in Dublin. 5-year contract with possibility of permanency. €93k. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Senior Research Officer in Sociology

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has a long-established tradition of sociological research, and we wish to recruit a sociologist with excellent

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🎉Congratulations to @stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social who has been awarded a FINDS Fellowship following a highly competitive process. ➡️Read more here: www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...