🧵 New paper out! Married couples have long been wealthier, on average, than cohabiting couples. But does this still hold as unmarried cohabitation becomes increasingly common? Find out in my latest paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social available in #OA: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.
Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸
I’m looking for three PhD students for my new ERC project, starting 1 September. The goal is to understand how firms shape inequality in workers’ careers—using population registers.
Please spread the word! Deadline is March 8, more info here (see projects 4-6):
ics-graduateschool.nl/vacancies/
Excited to share a new #OA study with @dariatisch.bsky.social and @schechtlm.bsky.social🎉We show that while most people prefer equal inheritance, wealthy individuals are more willing to support unequal transfers when they help preserve wealth across generations ➡️ academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
📅 Don't miss our symposium exploring Why Wealth Inequality Matters on Tuesday, January 27 from 1-5 PM EST.
Register to join us in person at MIT or watch the livestream: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/why-w...
On March 23-26, 2026, the ECSR will organize a Spring School on the topic "Inequalities Across Lives and Generations: Cumulative Disadvantage, Life Course Dynamics, and the Intergenerational Transmission of (Dis)Advantages."
www.nasp.eu/training/oth...
Die Preisträger:innen des NEPS Publikationspreis 2025 mit v.l. Prof. Dr. Christian Aßmann (LIfBi), Prof. Dr. Jenny Wagner, Mieke Johannsen, Prof. Dr. Martin Ehlert, Sascha dos Santos und Prof. Dr. Cordula Artelt (LIfBi).
NEPS-Publikationspreis 2025 gleich zweimal vergeben!
Die Preisübergabe fand heute im Rahmen der 10. Internationalen NEPS-Konferenz am LIfBi statt – inklusive öffentlicher Keynotes der Preisträger:innen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an beide Teams!
👉 www.lifbi.de/de-de/Start/...
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
🗓️Register now for the 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference #SOEP2026 held in Berlin from July 8 to 9, 2026. This interdisciplinary conference provides a platform for researchers to present and discuss their work with peers. www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c....
I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]
🟢Wealthy individuals fuel the climate crisis through their investments even more than through their consumption and lifestyles — This is one of the key findings presented in *Chapter 1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*.
Read more in this thread [1/6]🧵
Infografik zum DIW Wochenbericht 44/2025: Die Chancen auf Wohneigentum in Deutschland haben sich verringert – unabhängig vom Wohnstatus der Eltern
Junge Menschen in Deutschland besitzen deutlich seltener Wohnimmobilien als ihre Eltern, immer mehr von ihnen wohnen zur Miete. Das zeigt eine neue DIW-Studie auf Basis von EU-SILC-Daten, die in Kooperation mit Forschern der @ox.ac.uk erstellt wurde. 🧵(1/6) www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Check out this open-access article that deepens on compound effects of residential and social mobility!
Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
#shiny #RStudio #openscience #metascience @die-bonn.de @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @gesis.org
Workflow: github.com/nbreznau/PIA... 🧪
Young People's Homeownership in Europe: Delayed or Out of Reach? A Research Note: https://osf.io/rfpum
This was a great collaboration with the brilliant @smaexie.bsky.social and Lisa Klein. We find demographic trends having counterbalancing effects on wealth inequality.
We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
Call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026: one week left to apply!
More information: ow.ly/1ZOl50V9y65
🚨New paper in SER🚨
Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples.
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
@pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux
#Sociology #Demography #Inequality
🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025
📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va...
🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin
• CALL FOR PAPERS – 2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”
Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…
The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open!
This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography.
Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon).
More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...
The European Association for Population Studies is now on bluesky.
Follow @eaps.bsky.social for updates on activities and the next European Population Conference in Bologna!
Awesome work!
"Fiscal Centralization and Inequality in Children's Economic Mobility"
New research with @schechtlm.bsky.social @zparolin.bsky.social just out in ASR doi.org/10.1177/0003...
#sociology #demography #econsky
We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
