After over two personally and professionally fulfilling years at the @cpc-cg.bsky.social in Southampton, I'm excited to be moving back to Germany (this time in the south!) to join the ERC SOCDEBT project of @norawaitkus.bsky.social at Heidelberg University.

📢 The 2nd International Workshop on Life Course Analysis takes place 17–19 Aug 2026 at Hertie School — and the programme is exciting! Organised with @cdudel.bsky.social (MPIDR Rostock) and Michaela Kreyenfeld (Hertie School), funded by the Akademie für Soziologie. Join us online — see below 👇 🧵

Pension system reforms aim to extend working life. Reforms have been implemented throughout Europe, albeit to varying degrees in different countries. Jan Einhoff examined the progress: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/when_do_people_actually_retire_15600

We @lalithatry.bsky.social @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social @charliemccurdy.bsky.social @jamietg.bsky.social have published a report (funded by @cpc-cg.bsky.social) on today’s under-30s’ living standards & what policymakers should do. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... 👇 🧵with key findings.

They’re coming home • Resolution Foundation

Given Britain’s resurgent ‘NEET’ problem, a rise of living with parents, and intensified political debate on the prospects of young people, this briefing note provides an assessment of the living stan...

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New research drawing on Next Steps data suggests that young people with unstable early careers face greater challenges getting onto the housing ladder. Read more on the CLS website 👉 buff.ly/65GqPY @vincentrramos.bsky.social @ann-berrington.bsky.social

Climbing the housing ladder tough for those with unstable early careers | CLS

People who experience spells of unemployment early in their careers are less likely to own a home at age 32. Meanwhile, those with a successful start in the labour market further benefit from the…

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🚨👩‍🎓 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

📢 Open positions! I’m recruiting 2 postdocs + 3 PhD positions at C³S, @goetheuni.bsky.social in #ClimateJustice, environmental inequality, #Demography & #ComputationalSocialScience 🌍📊💻 3–4 years + strong support for training🎒 Deadline: 23 June 2026 More: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen...

Out now at American Sociological Review: "Countervailing Powers: Labor Unions Against the Buyer Power of Walmart Supercenters" with @joshuachoper.bsky.social & @zparolin.bsky.social We find that unions deter Walmart but where Walmart opens, it harms union members journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New paper out with @ann-berrington.bsky.social in SSR: stable school-to-work transitions are associated with homeownership and financial assets by age 32 - a “stability premium” that is both driven and amplified by more advantaged social origins. doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... @cpc-cg.bsky.social

What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...

📖 New publication in @bjireditor.bsky.social I analyzed parental leave provisions in the population of collective agreements in the Philippines. A policy reform did not induce short-term crowding-out effects + redundancy functionally raises the costs of non-compliance. doi.org/10.1111/bjir...

🧑‍🏫 Join us THIS THURSDAY for our #CPCCGWebinar with @jeinhoff.bsky.social of @mpidr.bsky.social & @vincentrramos.bsky.social of @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @ukri.org @standrewssgsd.bsky.social

The German Society for Demography (DGD) awarded two Hertie School researchers! 🎉 @crowold.bsky.social was honoured for her dissertation on the gender pension gap, and @sinalw.bsky.social for her research on gender inequalities in well-being during the transition to parenthood. Congrats! 👏

New paper #OpAccess Labour market insecurity matters beyond jobs! @vincentrramos.bsky.social @ann-berrington.bsky.social show that unemployment, underemployment, and temporary work are all linked to higher parental co-residence, especially among advantaged young adults! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf058

📍Save the date for our next #CPCCGWebinar Thurs 11 Dec @jpheisig.bsky.social from @wzb.bsky.social will discuss evidence from a large nationwide field experiment to assess #discrimination in accessing #healthcare in #Germany 🧑‍🏫Join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @populationeu.bsky.social

📢 Call for Abstracts Join us at the Family Diversity & Health Workshop June 29-30 2026 in Berlin! We welcome submissions on intersections of health & family research, especially using register data. 🌏 🫶 No participation fees & hotel costs are covered. 📨 Send us your abstracts by Jan 31 2026

THIS WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar on Thurs 23 Oct @jiaxinshi.bsky.social from HKUST presents 'Internal #migration & #longevity in the #US' - research using newly available #populationdata with over 12mn death records for cohorts born between 1912-1930 Register to join online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...

📕 New paper by @vincentrramos.bsky.social Examines #childbearing decisions in societies experiencing #birthrate decline - how might worries about #caring for #ageing parents and job insecurity affect expectations of starting a #family? @populationeu.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... 🧵👇

Full-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gaps

Abstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re

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#Published: "Merry Now, Marry Later? Initial Labor Market Conditions and Marital Intentions in the Philippines" by @vincentrramos.bsky.social & Marianne J. Vital (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #openscience #sociology #demography

🚀 Join us on 21st Feb, 2025 for the EAPS PhD Webinar: “Life Beyond Academia: How to Navigate Your Career” 🌍✨ Hear from experts like Sophie Lohmann, Karolis Zibas, & Mark Wheldon about transitioning from academia to global careers. 📚💼 🕒 15:00–16:30 CET | 🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/EAPSPhD25