Thierry Rossier
@thierryrossier.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at LSE Sociology. Studying Elites, Inequality, Gender, Class, Power, Economics & Science.
Call for Paper : "Intersectional Inequalities in Science". Swiss Sociological Association Congress 🇨🇭 Fribourg Submit your abstracts until May 1st 2026. Thank you for circulating the call 🙏 @araujopedro.bsky.social @benzpierre.bsky.social @thierryrossier.bsky.social A. Afsary
My first preprint is up! Qualitative Methods in the Digital Era: How computation entangles fieldwork? Drawing on 8 years collecting multiple types of data on Brazil’s environmental state, I reflect on how abductive fieldwork is changing. Comments welcomed osf.io/preprints/so...
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If you're interested in inequality topics in Science, do not hesitate to submit an abstract to us for the Swiss Sociological Association conference in Fribourg next September
Marie Sautier@mariesautier.bsky.social · 6mo agoCall for Paper : "Intersectional Inequalities in Science". Swiss Sociological Association Congress 🇨🇭 We are looking forward to receiving your abstract by 31 March 2026. Thank you for circulating the call 🙏 @araujopedro.bsky.social @benzpierre.bsky.social @thierryrossier.bsky.social A. Afsary
If you work on elites, inequality and power structures, do consider submitting an abstract to our mini-conference at SASE (July 1-3 2026 in Bordeaux). Hard submission deadline is *Tuesday December 16*
Christoph Ellersgaard@chellersgaard.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe are doing it again-again. Mini-conference on Elites and Power Structures at the 2026 SASE July 1-3 in Bordeaux. Submit your abstract before December 16th It has been 3 great session at the past SASE meetings, so send us your best work! sase.org/events/2026-...
NEW: Lasse Folke Henriksen, Jacob Aagard Lunding, Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Anton Grau Larsen, "The Hardcore Brokers: Core-Periphery Structure and Political Representation in Denmark’s Corporate Elite Network" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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New from me: An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals. Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5
Billionaire Migration: An Interactive Map
An interactive map of city-level migration flows for 3,106 billionaires from birth to most recent residence.
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Proud to share the publication of my first paper, co-authored with Silvio Candido, in @actasociologica.bsky.social! “Entrenched and unequal at the top: Brazilian capitalism and the social space of its corporate elite” is now out — hope you enjoy the read! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New publication by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social) in (@socquarterly.bsky.social). “The Sociology of Queer Nightlife.” The Sociological Quarterly 66(4): 661-674. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6.... The article provides a sociological perspective on queer nightlife.
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Queer Nightlife. Volume 66, Issue 4 of The Sociological Quarterly
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The 2026 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference will be held in Bordeaux July 1-3, 2026 Submissions by Dec 16: sase.org/events/2026-...
Check that out! Amazing research debunking meritocracy in science!!!
Pierre Benz@benzpierre.bsky.social · 9mo ago🔥🔥 New article in PlosOne 🔥🔥 Citation behaviour isn’t a meritocracy. It’s shaped by social ties and topic overlap. Let’s rethink how we evaluate research impact. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🔥🔥 New article in PlosOne 🔥🔥 Citation behaviour isn’t a meritocracy. It’s shaped by social ties and topic overlap. Let’s rethink how we evaluate research impact. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Citation proximus: The role of social and semantic ties on citations
Despite being considered as key indicators of research impact, citations are shaped by factors beyond intrinsic research quality—such as including prestige, social networks, and research topics. While...
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Diego Kozlowski@diegokoz.bsky.social · 9mo ago🧵 1/ 🚨 New paper out in PLOS ONE! w/ @caropradier.bsky.social @benzpierre.bsky.social @natsush.bsky.social @ipoga.bsky.social @lariviev.bsky.social We studied 43k authors and 264k citation links in U.S. economics to ask: 👉 Why do some papers cite others? 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
looking forward to our workshop next week in Lausanne @obelitessuisses.bsky.social ! thank you @pierrebat.cpesr.fr ✨
Pierre Bataille@pierrebat.cpesr.fr · 10mo ago"Scolarisations et formations de l’élite entrepreneuriale : parcours de vie et visions du monde" Très beau programme pour les 16-17 octobre prochain @sspunil.bsky.social thanks to l'équipe @obelitessuisses.bsky.social www.unil.ch/events/17522...
"Scolarisations et formations de l’élite entrepreneuriale : parcours de vie et visions du monde" Très beau programme pour les 16-17 octobre prochain @sspunil.bsky.social thanks to l'équipe @obelitessuisses.bsky.social www.unil.ch/events/17522...
Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research doi.org/10.1093/esr/... OA: osf.io/ar2xc_v2/dow... @europeansocreview.bsky.social
How are cultural tastes stratified? Evidence from library borrowing for the entire population of Denmark
Abstract. Research shows that cultural tastes are socially stratified. Yet, most of this research relies on small-sample surveys and includes only a few di
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In @asanews.bsky.social ASR, @larivera.bsky.social and @estelabdiaz.bsky.social use qualitative data from elite independent pre K-12 schools to find that admissions processes are structured to exclude applicants at risk of disabilities. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
“As C. Wright Mills said, each generation must recognise its own elite. The work Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman have done here will be indispensable in this quest .” simonarthur.bsky.social reviews Born to Rule by @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social . buff.ly/RIU6ngh
My new book on 'The Power of Rankings in Economics and Research Organizations. Contributions to the Social Studies of Economics' with Stephan Pühringer and Jens Maesse is out!! You can dowload the whole book in open access below: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
The Power of Rankings in Economics and Research Organizations | Contri
Discourses around research excellence and quality are predominant within the economic sciences, with various forms of ranking playing a central role. They make
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New research note out in @bjsociology.bsky.social on the Power Elite in Greenland. The main finding: There is a highly knit elite network in Greenland. However, there are also clear fracturing lines based on the Greenlandic-Danish divide. A 🧵on findings doi.org/10.1111/1468...
The Power Elite in Greenland
In this research note, we map the power elite in Greenland, amidst the current geopolitical interest in the nation. Using social network analysis, we identify a power elite of 123 individuals as the ...
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Israel's Act of Piracy on the High Seas (illegally storming the Madleen & kidnapping its crew) serves one purpose: To defend its right to continue unobserved and unimpeded the Genocide of Palestinians. An Act of Piracy is thus committed in the process of concluding a Genocide.
Our editorial on "Mapping relational structures in culture" could not permanently be featured in open access for reasons stemming from the publisher's side. However, it is accessible for .ca a month on the following link, in case you want to read/download it: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzmc_,iJ9...
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Thierry Rossier@thierryrossier.bsky.social · last yr.After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mapping relational structures in culture
Culture is a relational concept, and the empirical manifestations of culture are worth being analysed in a structural vein to unveil the patterns of r…
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Rest in power, old man. ¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
Geoffrey Pleyers@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social · last yr.Pepe #Mujica was a prophet of our times, a human being who knew the true value of life. “You have to know this: life slips away and leaves you minute by minute, and you can't go to the supermarket to buy life. So fight to live it, to give meaning to life" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp5R...
🚨New paper with @swallaschek.bsky.social on media self-presentations of the super-rich 💸🗞️📺🎤💰. We analyse media interviews and find that they equate business with family success and tie past, present, and future into one seamless narrative. See more below 👇👇👇
Stefan Wallaschek@swallaschek.bsky.social · last yr.Together with @norawaitkus.bsky.social, I have a new paper on the question: How do Germany’s super-rich talk about being 💰💰💰? By analyzig media interviews, we show that they blend business with family success and tie past, present, and future into one seamless narrative. ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Norway officially recognizes #Palestine: Palestine's ambassador to Norway met with King Harald V in the Royal Palace in Oslo last week, "marking the official establishment of diplomatic relations between Norway and the State of Palestine."
Palestine ambassador presents credentials to King of Norway
The State of Palestine’s new ambassador to Norway officially presented her credentials to King Harald V at the Royal Palace in Oslo.
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My review of George Steimetzs book is out in @actasociologica.bsky.social Its a model for analyzing disciplinary amnesia and transnational relations in social science. Something most social sciences should be concerned with. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Honored to be a part of this special issue with an article about Norwegian writers during WWII. Check out the other ones as well!
Thierry Rossier@thierryrossier.bsky.social · last yr.After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Happy and honored to contribute to this special issue. Check out the papers!
Thierry Rossier@thierryrossier.bsky.social · last yr.After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This is an amazing work from amazing collegues in an amazing journal bravo bravo bravo 🔥🔥🔥
Thierry Rossier@thierryrossier.bsky.social · last yr.After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...