@aksoyundan
Professorial Fellow @ Nuffield College & Associate Professor in Sociology @ University of Oxford. PhD Uni Utrecht, BA Bogazici Uni | (Natural) Experimental Methods, Stats, Politics and Religion https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/ozan-aksoy/
💸🚨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/ 🚨💸
Thanks. We discuss s explanations in paper. SI11 (pasted below): in v religious places effect of signals reduce, but for esp. beards the order remains and they reduce trustw, a channel is perceived attractiveness. The channel through signal -> perceived religiosity -> trustworthiness is positive
🚨 New fully-funded DPhil studentship 🎓
Research British hacking & cybercrime 💻🔐 supervised by Associate Prof Jonathan Lusthaus.
Open to home & overseas students.
📅 Deadline: 3 March 2026
📍 Start: Oct 2026
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You’re razor sharp Dingeman ;)
A new publication at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We find that religious markers (esp. beards) can reduce perceived trustworthiness in Turkey.
(That's why you often see me clean shaven ;-)
Still a couple of days before the deadline to slot in an application👇🏼
The Women’s Forum will meet on July 1st in the afternoon and will host flash talks for junior scholars as well as a panel on women in academia. We hope to see you there!
My quick reading suggests that the piece is less about defining alternative forms of causality but more about addressing a specific polemic on description versus causality in sociology (hence not much scope in the piece for ignoring ”causality revolution”, if anything he seems to embrace it)
🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist?
How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅
🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037
Sad to see my Alma mater turning inward as on institution after another have been doing.
📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer in Criminology & Criminal Justice 📢
Please do share widely 1/3
Since the first International Workshop on Analytical Sociology in 2008, INAS is returning to Oxford.
The 18th Annual INAS Conference will take place from 1 to 3 July 2026 at the University of Oxford, hosted by Nuffield College and the Department of Sociology.
Submission deadline: 1 Feb 2026
@sriucl.bsky.social was my academic home for 9 years during its first decade. I am looking forward to its 10th anniversary as now an honorary member.
Don’t forget! ⏰ The first deadline for 2025–26 MSc, MPhil & DPhil applications is 9 January.
It’s also the latest deadline for most Oxford scholarships - apply by then to be considered 🎓
"Updating your friars" would be another good option.
New year, new job? Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. The post is open to candidates from different areas of empirical specialisation and at different levels of experience. Please consider applying! closes Jan 5th. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/associ...
📢 Analytical sociology is coming home!
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
You have time until 1 February to figure it out ;)
This time England will get the better of Germany (checks the keynote speakers)
@arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social @hendrik-erz.de @iasliu.bsky.social
📢 Analytical sociology is coming home!
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
RDD control
Access denied, rejected again by ERC ;-)
Online Info Session for the DPhil in Sociology: 14:00, 26 November 2025
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Very happy informing y'all that I won the 2025 Distinguished Publication Prize of the European Academy of Sociology, for my ASR paper of last year. #EAS. My paper is here, open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... . The link to EAS: www.european-academy-sociology.eu/publication-...
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✨🥳 We’re delighted to announce the new Anthony Heath Scholarship, supporting UK students on the MSc in Sociology!
🧑🎓 Covering fees + a living stipend, it honours our first Head of Department, Professor Anthony Heath.
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Online info session for the MPhil in Sociology and Demography, 16:00 GMT, 19 Nov 2025
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Did you not experience a sudden increase in the number of friends you had around 2009?
The link to the paper seems broken
It is the beard, I have a paper on it, evidence based…
That person looks Dutch in the figure though, not to undermine the point.
