Arvid Lindh

The paradox of inequality that isn’t: rising economic inequality depresses and polarizes citizens’ belief in meritocracy Abstract. This study examines how rising income inequality has been impacting individuals’ belief in merit-based success, using three decades of survey dat

🔍 How does economic inequality impact beliefs in meritocracy?

Using comprehensive survey data from 39 advanced capitalist democracies over more than three decades, Markus Gangl & I examine how rising economic inequality has been shaping citizens' belief in meritocracy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwag016

This is a brief reminder that the Call for Streams for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference is now open.

The deadline for submissions is the 9th of January.

More informations at: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...

Class-based network segregation, economic inequality, and redistributive preferences across societies Abstract. Rising economic inequality has renewed interest in how class-based social networks shape redistributive preferences across societies. While previ

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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?

In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.

tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp

Stort grattis!

Stort grattis!

Explaining the emergence and consolidation of right-wing populism: Part I Stylised facts, or what has actually happened?

First instalment of my substack primer on right-wing populism in Europe is out.
jacobedenhofer.substack.com/p/explaining...

Doktorand i sociologi Sociologiska institutionen är en av Stockholms universitets största samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och rankas kontinuerligt bland de 50 bästa sociologiska institutionerna i världen. Mer info

Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....

In this new study, Kenneth Nelson and I find that higher social assistance - which raises the income floor for the most disadvantaged - can strengthen public support for ambitious but regressive climate measures like fossil fuel taxes.
Open access @reggovjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/rego...

Institutionalised power or crisis corporatism? Comparing Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic

New paper by @jstrigen.bsky.social, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi and Aino Salmi.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Proper thread after the summer break– but if you were looking for a beach read about political reasoning in today's working class, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

The GC-CUNY Stone Center invites applications for two postdocs, to join us in NYC Aug 2026-Aug 2028. One focused on wealth, one on intergenerational mobility/poverty. Deadline Nov 3!
@stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications...

BJPolS abstract discussing the role of symbolic right-wing politics in cultural consumption, specifically referencing wine and classical music in pubs, based on a survey from Switzerland with 1,550 respondents.

"We argue that symbolic class signalling has gained in importance due to the political realignment along the cultural dimension, and we expect radical right parties to benefit most from it" - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social

Read #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

Introducing "Etched in Marble": Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures Catherine Talks to Writers About Why and How They Write

This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called:

Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write

I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...

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One or two lectureships in the sociology department at Uppsala.
Excellent applicants wanted!

📢 We’re Hiring! Data Manager for the DEMSCORE Research Infrastructure and the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.

Apply by August 10 @ web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

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#SocialScience #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky

📣We have exciting news!📣 that the first partial release of the international ISSP 2022 Family and Changing Gender Roles V data file (ZA10000_v1.0.0), which includes data from 22 ISSP member countries is now available for download online via GESIS Search at:
search.gesis.org/research_dat...

The role of social networks in institutional trust during economic downturns Abstract. Citizens’ trust in institutions is crucial for the proper functioning of societies. While national economic performance is a key predictor of ins

My new paper doi.org/10.1093/esr/... explains that personal networks expose us to different degrees to economic distress, which shapes public opinion (here, institutional trust). Yet institutional trust research has largely overlooked networks. #sociology #netsky

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!

German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf

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Jobs Have Gotten Better – But Stress Is on the Rise - Swedish Institute for Social Research Job quality in Sweden has improved significantly over the past 50 years, but at the same time, workplace stress has sharply increased. This is shown in the doctoral thesis by sociologist Edvin Syk, pr...

New PhD thesis from SOFI's @edvinsyk.bsky.social:
Jobs in Sweden have improved since the 1960s, especially for women, but stress levels are on the rise.
#sociology #worklife #research #PhD #Sweden #SOFI

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Thrilled to see this finally published! An amazing project developed with @clarafontdevila.bsky.social, Huriya Jabbar and @averger.bsky.social and Huriya Jabbar. It brings together 30 contributions from 50+ amazing authors.
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A brief summary of the 4 parts 👇

Ausschreibung

Job alert!
Six days left to apply: 2 years, 100% FTE, fantastic team, great opportunities, huge EU-wide project on welfare states' responses to social risks in times of climate change - more info here:
www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

‼️ Hiring ‼️

Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich

📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)

Application deadline in early March.

Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk

We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions

New SPIN update with ANNUAL data 🔥

I’m very proud to announce a new update for the Social Insurance Entitlements dataset (SIED) that includes annual data on replacement rates for unemployment, sickness, accident, and old-age benefits for 37 countries from 2000 to 2023.

www.su.se/social-polic...

Cover of the publication "Class consciousness and voting. Class as a political compass?" by Linus Westheuser and Thomas Lux, published by Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The cover illustration shows a stylized female worker flexing her muscles.

Class consciousness still shapes voting, but in a different way than in the past. That's the key finding of a study with @thomaslux.bsky.social now out in English.

We chart how class identity, interests and status link with voting for the left and right in Germany. A🧵
library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...

Today the website of the Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Network was launched: ecowelfarenetwork.org You can join the already over 700 researchers on the mailing list to receive valuable information and share own news

Four Good Reads - Monday - November 25 Firm sorting, parental leave, fertility decline and pay gaps, social network class composition

It's Monday, so I wrote about four interesting new sociology papers.

- Firms and the motherhood penalty
- FMLA and women's managerial representation
- Fertility decline and gender pay gap
- Class network and attitudes

asocial.substack.com/p/four-good-...

Professor Walter Korpi Passes Away at 90 - Swedish Institute for Social Research It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of an outstanding sociologist and a vital contributor to SOFI’s success. Professor Emeritus Walter Korpi passed away on November 19, at t...

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of an outstanding sociologist and a vital contributor to SOFI’s success. Professor Emeritus Walter Korpi passed away on November 19, at the age of 90.