The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications to fill a postdoctoral fellowship position for the 2026-2027 academic year. A truly great gig!
casi.sas.upenn.edu/casi-postdoc...
1. Less skilled labor is abundant. 2. Skilled emigration is a brain drain. 3. Development substitutes for migration. 4. Migration substitutes for failing development, but doesn't cause development.
The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
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📢 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
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
HYBRID EVENT: 'Introduction to Quantitative Bias' with Rachel Hughes on Monday 1st December at 10am-12pm UK time.
For those near Leeds, bring your laptop and enjoy this as an in-person session!
Sign-up before 9am on Thursday 27th via: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
Are you a PhD student working on a criminological topic (broadly construed)?
The LSE’s Mannheim Centre for Criminology is pleased to announce the inaugural PhD Symposium on 18-19 May 2026.
➡️ Find out more about the call for applications here:
🚨 Deadline extended to December 15!
Check out the full CFP list here: ajph.aphapublications.org/callforpapers
#CFP #PublicHealth #Masculinity
May her memory be for a revolution that lights all of our way home. ❤️🔥
Very much looking forward to reading the new issue of the @russellsagefdn.bsky.social journal on racial bias in criminal justice, and especially the piece by my star colleague @sarawakefield.bsky.social (with @kristinturney.bsky.social): www.rsfjournal.org/content/11/3...
As always, my colleague Ko-lin Chin studies topics in organized crimes that very few people could do and do well, and his new book on counterfeiting in China is no exception www.rutgers.edu/news/profess...
Sociological Theory (the journal) invites contributions to a special issue on "Sociological Theorizing in the Global South".
Find out more:
www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...
Looking forward to this. If we can align public opinion about crime with facts, good things can happen.
NEW FINDINGS:
79% of Americans say it's good for the US to accept international students
70% of Republicans say the US should be able to cancel visas of students who criticize US foreign policy
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best.
This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.
Great op-ed by David Kennedy, reinforcing the case for investing in and expanding community-based violence intervention programs www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
New this week: the FBI will likely report the lowest murder rate ever recorded when its data for 2025 is released next year. I wrote about why I think this will happen as well as the chance that the record doesn't last after being revised.
jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-wi...
Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData
The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit
The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.
tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
🚀 2-year Postdoc opportunity with me on older adults, digital technologies & wellbeing.
Flexible location/remote-friendly
Deadline 9 Oct, 13:00 CEST
Details & how to apply (both ITA/ENG):
www.stat.unipd.it/procedura-se...
#Postdoc #Ageing #Demography #DigitalInequality
Chart shows Majorities of Americans say many groups in U.S. society face at least some discrimination Large majorities of Americans say numerous groups in the United States face at least some discrimination, including immigrants, transgender people and members of different racial and religious groups. About eight-in-ten (82%) say immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally experience a lot of or some discrimination – including 57% who say they face a lot of discrimination, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults. That is the highest share for any group among 20 included in the survey. Still, there is a widespread belief that many other societal groups also are discriminated against: 77% say people who are transgender face at least some discrimination, with 48% saying this group experiences a lot of discrimination. 74% say Muslims in the U.S. face a lot of or some discrimination, while a similar share (72%) say Jews face at least some discrimination. Roughly a thi
Americans who say there's a lot of discrimination against people who are:
In US illegally 57%
Transgender 48%
Gay or lesbian 37%
Black 36%
Muslim 34%
Hispanic 34%
Jewish 30%
Immigrants in US legally 29%
Women 22%
Asian 21%
Religious 17%
Older 16%
Evangelical 13%
White 12%
Men 10%
Atheist 7%
You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."
The Real-Time Crime Index is now updated through July. The sample consists of more than 560 agencies covering 116 million people. It's our largest sample yet and shows murder down 20% and both violent & property crime down more than 10% compared to 2024.
realtimecrimeindex.com
Unbelievable.
Begging journalists not to report on crime trends like this. DC crime was already falling relative to 2024 prior to the federal intervention, so it comes as no surprise that it was also down during this stretch.
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
Delighted to see my first publication in Spanish. Sadly, I did not write it in Spanish, but I am very much looking forward to learning the beautiful language.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced on social media(X) that federal border agents will be assigned to NPS sites as part of the broader federal law enforcement push in DC. He said the Interior Department had authorized a “service-wide deputization” of Customs and Border Protection
Crime across the country is hitting historic lows, but these days are hell for facts www-msnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.msnb...
We have three tenure-track faculty openings @runscj.bsky.social, one for a qualitative expert; deadline is 31/8. I continue to be impressed with the quality of research my colleagues are doing, and how supportive we are as a community. Very international and interdisciplinary, too. Link below.
