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Yang Hu

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🤓 Associate Professor in Sociology @ucl.ac.uk 🔎 Family and work changes/inequalities in global contexts 🎓 Director MSc/MA Sociology @sriucl.bsky.social ➕ Co-dicrector @wfrn.bsky.social ECF program 📄 Member @ref2029.bsky.social Sociology 🌐 www.yanghu.co.uk

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

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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UCL Social Research Institute@sriucl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our @pengzell.bsky.social is co-organising this 2-day event to shed light on the role of labour markets in economic inequality and mobility. Send your best contributions!

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

Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 4mo ago

This new paper on ethics/confidentiality of interviewing partners of a couple, by my wonderful @sriucl.bsky.social colleagues @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social @clarestovell.bsky.social, is a must-read for those doing qualitative family research: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Journal of Family Theory & Review | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library

This article draws attention to the ethical and methodological complexities of internal confidentiality in family research and provides field-specific recommendations. Conducting individual (rather t...

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UCL Social Research Institute@sriucl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A great showcase of the range and depth of work happening in our department... talent on display all around.

Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 5mo ago

⭐️ @ruettenauer.bsky.social will share his latest insights into migrant dynamics across 30 countries. ⭐️ Meena Khatwa will showcase her impactful project on online eating disorder content, co-produced with diverse stakeholders. ⭐️ Hear from our students what exciting projects they are working on!

Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 5mo ago

In the new issue @jmfncfr.bsky.social, we draw on a national survey experiment to examine people's spouse preferences in China: doi.org/10.1111/jomf... Does money trump beauty❓ Are preferences still gendered, or has there been a gender convergence❓ @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library

Objective This study examines unmarried Chinese people's preferred characteristics of a spouse and how the preferences vary by gender and across socioeconomic groups. Background Extensive research...

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Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 6mo ago

🚨 New paper with Monideepa Tarafdar & Irina Rets doi.org/10.1111/isj.... 🤖 Why is bias in machine learning applications so slippery to catch & eliminate? We dive into a key organisation developing AI tools for job/hiring decisions to find out. @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

Catch Me If You Can: The Dynamic Nature of Bias in Machine Learning Applications

Bias in machine learning (ML) applications represents systematic differences between expected and actual values of the predicted outputs, such that certain individuals or groups are systematically an...

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Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 6mo ago

🚨 Thrilled to share my new paper with @yueqiansoc.bsky.social just out in @europeansocreview.bsky.social Bringing economic & family sociology into the digital era, we examine how online banking shapes who holds the purse strings among UK couples: doi.org/10.1093/esr/... @sriucl.bsky.social

Empowerment and individualization: online banking and household financial organization

Abstract. Bringing economic and family sociology into the digital era, this study examines and highlights the transformative potential of online banking in

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Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 6mo ago

Wonderful news that my great friend @imogentyler.bsky.social is elected Vice President of the @britsoci.bsky.social - having worked closely with Imogen for years, I cannot speak highly enough of what a truly caring, visionary, and inspiring leader Imogen is! ❤️🥰 es.britsoc.co.uk/professor-im...

Professor Imogen Tyler elected as next BSA Vice President - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association

We are pleased to announce that BSA members have elected Professor Imogen Tyler as our next Vice President. Imogen is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at...

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UCL Sociology Network@uclsociology.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Congratulations to @academicdiary.bsky.social on the @britsoci.bsky.social presidency! We are so thrilled to have such a caring and visionary leader in our community at a time when we need Sociology more than ever! 🎉 es.britsoc.co.uk/professor-le...

Professor Les Back takes up role of BSA President - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association

We are delighted to confirm that Professor Les Back has taken up the role of BSA President, stepping up from Vice President. Many members will know Les’s work and his...

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BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Nigel Farage, has proposed a mass deportation plan called "Operation Restoring Justice," which includes creating a "UK Deportation Command" modelled on the U.S. ICE. Don't vote Reform unless you want innocent blood on UK streets like we see in the USA.

Per Engzell@pengzell.bsky.social · 7mo ago

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic OpportunityIntergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.
Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 7mo ago

🚨What's the role of AI in hiring & organisational inequalities? How does an interdisciplinary view matter? Read our new paper (Karen Hughes, Alla Konnikov & @ndenier.bsky.social) in inaugural Human Relations review SI @tavinstitute.org: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @sriucl.bsky.social

Problematizing the role of artificial intelligence in hiring and organizational inequalities: A multidisciplinary review - Karen D Hughes, Alla Konnikov, Nicole Denier, Yang Hu, 2025

What are the implications of the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruitment and hiring for organizational inequalities? While advocates suggest ...

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Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 7mo ago

🚨New year, new paper with the fab Anette Fasang, Ignacio Cabib, Adam Cooper & @robgruijters.bsky.social! We introduce our SI on 'Young Adult Life Courses in the Global South' & develop a new framework and concepts to advance the field. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social

Young adult life courses in the Global South: A comparative framework and research agenda

As of 2025, 85% of the world population lives in countries typically associated with the Global South. Fifty percent of the world’s population is unde…

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UCL News@uclnews.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Research by Dr @yanghu.co.uk @sriucl.bsky.social finds concern around technology's impact on privacy, misinformation and work-life boundaries are highest among educated, Western European millennials. In fact, greater use of technology heightens digital anxiety, especially for the digitally literate.

Tech savvy users have most digital concerns

Digital concerns around privacy, online misinformation, and work-life boundaries are highest among highly educated, Western European millennials, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and the University of British Columbia.

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