Looking forward to our upcoming Workshop - co-organized by the German and Polish sections for economic sociology. Thank you to Sascha Münnich and the European New School for the initiative and for hostings us!

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...

🔔𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 Don’t miss the opportunity to nominate an outstanding sociologist or sociological infrastructure for our prizes. 🗓 Deadline: 8 February 2026 🔗 Nominations: kohlifoundation.eu/nominate/ #KohliPrize #InfrastructurePrize #ForSociology #SociologyAward

From June 14th to 19th 2026 the 3rd edition of the summer school on "Elites, Power and Inequality" will take place at the University of Lausanne. Program and registration here: www.unil.ch/unil/en/home... Deadline is 1st April 2026.

🎙️ Meine Antrittsvorlesung ist in der Reihe „Hörsaal“ erschienen. Hier spreche über die Eigentumselite - also sehr reiche Familien - und was diese auszeichnet und verbindet. @mpifg.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social 🎧 Jetzt nachhörbar: www.deutschlandfunknova.de/podcasts/dow...

✨ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 - 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀✨ You're invited to nominate exceptional sociologists and projects with significant contributions to the field for the 2026 #KohliPrize and #InfrastructurePrizeforSociology. Nominate until 𝟴 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Further details and nomination form via: kohlifoundation.eu

In „Die Asset-Ökonomie“ argumentieren Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper und @mkonings.bsky.social, dass nicht mehr durch Arbeit erwirtschaftete Einkünfte, sondern Vermögenswerte wie Immobilienbesitz & Co. den sozialen Status bestimmen. Die Rezension von Lukas Lachenicht: www.soziopolis.de/minsky-und-d...

Fantastic opportunity for PhD students working in the fields of political economy and economic sociology to receive valuable feedback and connect to other researchers in their field. Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social Send them your abstracts!

Peter Bearman - Laureate of the Kohli Prize 2025- gives the Max Weber lecture @eui-eu.bsky.social. He speaks about pathways to poverty analysing thousands of letters written to Warren Buffet using LLM. @kohli-sociology.bsky.social

Just a few more minutes until this years award ceremony will start. Looking forward to hear Peter Bearman and @philipncohen.com speak. @kohli-sociology.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social

Curious to learn what is behind the European Social Survey? This Podcast with Rory Fitzgerad provides a glimpse behind the scenes of this impressive data set. @ess-survey.bsky.social

Looking for a post-doc opportunity? Consider applying for this years's Kohli Fellowship and work at the vibrant WZB in Berlin - Deadline November 16:

Zum Start des #DGS2025 Kongresses in Duisburg posten wir hier eine Übersicht über wirtschaftssoziologische Sektionsveranstaltungen sowie AdHoc-Gruppen unserer Sektionsmitglieder – wir freuen uns auf einen spannenden Kongress und ein Wiedersehen in Duisburg!

Are you a new or soon-to-be PhD? Do you work on socio-economic inequality, poverty, and/or mobility? Do you study income, wealth, or earnings? Are you passionate about research as well as policy analyses? If so, we may be the perfect home for you, starting in fall 2026? Take a look! 🍎 #postdoc 👇👇👇

SFB goes DGS! 🏃🏻‍➡️ Vom 22.–26.09.2025 findet der 42. Kongress der @dgsoziologie.bsky.social zum Thema „Transitionen“ in Duisburg statt. In diesem Thread sammeln wir alle Beteiligungen unserer Mitglieder am SFB. Das volle Konferenzprogramm gibt es hier: kongress2025.soziologie.de/fileadmin/us...

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

📢📢 Job Alert In dem Projekt "Embracing Capital" im Rahmen des #Sfb294-tpl ist eine Stelle als Post-Doc ausgeschrieben. Untersucht werden soll die Ausbreitung und die veränderten Strukturen von Kapitalgesellschaften von 1948 bis heute anhand von Registerdaten. www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...

📣 Neue @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social Stellen 📣 1. Wir bauen 1 Werkstudierenden-Pool auf & suchen nach ~3 Werkis (w/m/d) 2. Wir schreiben eine MA-Arbeit aus (bezahlte Stelle für 3-6 Monate) zum Schätzen von BIP-Elastizitäten von Bundesausgaben Gerne Teilen! Details: dezernat-zukunft.jobs.personio.de

Ab September legen wir los! Ich freue mich auf dieses Projekt.

New episode out and great to listen to:

We have an opening for a one-year Sociology Lectureship in Glasgow focused on teaching the sociology of class. Please share it with anyone interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

In our new article, Jens Beckert and I ask how "Capital and the Family" interconnect in contemporary capitalism. We argue that they come together in owning relations - and are crucial to today's economy. Read more in @bjsociology.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Looking forward to an exciting time in Copenhagen next week with the Rethinking Entrepreneurship Group and Christina Lubinski. As AOM is also coming up in Copenhagen this will be a great opportunity to meet dear colleagues.

Am ZZF ist eine neue Stelle zu besetzen! Das Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF) sucht zum 1. Oktober 2025 oder später eine Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d). 🗓️ Bewerbungsfrist: 31. Juli 2025 Die Stellenbeschreibung finden Sie auf unserer Website: buff.ly/U3GuJfi

In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition? @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest. Now out in SER! 🧵

📢📢 Finally this position is posted: In our Capital's shadow project we are looking for a sociologist (doctoral researcher), interested in conducting a comparative ethnography of the strat up scenes in Berlin and Paris. Apply by July 11th: www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...

With great pleasure, the Kohli Foundation for Sociology announces that this year’s ✨𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦. 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻✨ for his exceptional scholarly contributions to the fields of movements, networks, health, and science. 👏 kohlifoundation.eu/news/kohli-p... ©𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰: 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦

Die Gesellschaft mit gebundenem Vermögen steht erneut im Koalitionsvertrag. Allan Sandham und ich analysieren den Diskurs um diese Rechtsform mit Blick auf normative Vorstellungen von Eigentum an Unternehmen. Jetzt online in der @zfs.bsky.social. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Congratulations Franziska! Happy to see this paper out and can highly recommend the read to all interested in wealth and emotions.

📢📢 Promotionsstelle (65%, TU Berlin) Spannende Stelle in der Wirtschaftssoziologie zur Analyse der normative Ausbreitung von Kapitalgesellschaften. Eingebunden in den @sfb294.bsky.social Bewerbungen möglich bis 06. Mai 2025 stellenticket.tu-berlin.de/stellenangeb...

Zum Vormerken: Silke van Dyk ist bei uns in der #FAKTory am 21.Mai im Rahmen einer Lunch Lecture - veranstaltung.akwien.at/de/umkaempft...

Lesestoff für das Wochenende: Die Firma, früher wie ein Geschenk von Generation zu Generation weitergereicht, wurde in den vergangenen 20 Jahren zur Ware, so @isabellstamm.bsky.social im Gespräch mit @julialauter.bsky.social. Aus der Familienangelegenheit wurde ein Business-Match.

👏The 2025 Infrastructure Prize for Sociology goes to @socarxiv.bsky.social, represented by @philipncohen.com , for its accessible and timely contribution to the dissemination of sociological knowledge. kohlifoundation.eu/programs-the...

✨ New post online ✨ Explore Howard Aldrich's reflections on his academic background and sociological interests in our latest 3-Questions-Interview, now on our website: kohlifoundation.eu/3-questions-...

Here's an update on sociology (and some demography) journal editorial polices with regard to sharing preprints before submission and after acceptance. A big improvement from the last edition of this table. With one exception.

📢 Here is an exciting job opportunity at the TU Berlin. Please spread the word and apply! Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team. www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...

Very happy to say that my article on Musk and Thiel's political theory of the founder (drawing on Lacan on the way) is out with @jcultecon.bsky.social! Strange to see it out there with all what happened in the last year, but it will hopefully make it a good read www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tomorrow a new chapter begins: On April 1st, I will join the @tuberlin.bsky.social as full professor for the sociology of organization, work and the economy. I will remain affiliated to the wealth and inequality group @mpifg.bsky.social. Very excited!

Join us for the first ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE in Munich, October 9-11 2025 CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates... Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28. Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)

Hello world! 🐣 This is the economic sociology section of the German Sociological Association @dgsoziologie.bsky.social We would like to build an econ soc community here, and for this we'll need your help. So pls follow & repost - and link us with relevant infos. Thank you 🫶 #EconSoc #WiSoz

Great to see this article out! Wonderful work by Doron Shiffer-Sebba @shdoron1.bsky.social on the bureaucratic practices that help elite families to preserve large fortunes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Fellow sociologists: Who do you think is among the brightest minds in sociology? What studies, theories or arguments make a lasting impact on our field? What research infrastructures would you not want to miss? If you have a person, team or organization in mind consider nominating them for:

And related: Ute Tellmann (TU Darmstadt) is looking for a postdoc (full) and a PhD student (65 %) to work on the financialisation of waterbody protection in the EU. Profile: Sociology, cultural economy, environmental humanities; German & English skills. Deadline 10 March 2025

The International Sociological Association (ISA) deeply mourns the tragic passing of Michael Burawoy, a leading sociologist, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, and the 17th President of ISA. Michael was fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident on February 3rd. His loss is immeasurable.

I am thrilled that the Volkswagen Foundation is funding our new project! Julia de Groote and me will compare the start up ecosystems in Berlin and Paris with regard to wealth! We will be hiring soon (2 doc positions, 100%, German and French required). Stay tuned for job ads or reach out directly.

Welcome on board, Anne. Looking forward to working with you!

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🎁Just in time for the holidays, we have a wonderful gift to share with you: for Sociology – The Podcast of the Kohli Foundation is online now! 🎁 We are honored to start our series with our 2023 Kohli Prize laureate Gøsta Esping-Andersen. Tune into this informative and entertaining first episode!

Einen wunderschönen Blumenstrauss gab es heute zu meiner Ernennung als ausserordentliche Professorin an der Universität Duisburg-Essen. Ich freue mich auf die Zusammenarbeit!