Really happy to see my new article on far-right politics, touristification and the ‘political economy of taste’ published in @bjsociology.bsky.social (open access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Parents booking air-conditioned hotels to keep babies safe in UK heatwave

Thanks @mpifg.bsky.social! And thanks to the Labour and Labour Movement Section for this award!

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✍️ "In creative and media-adjacent careers, the ladder often starts with free labour." Many young people in this country simply cannot afford to work free, but many industries still normalise free labour as a route into a career. This must be tackled.

Take a look at this new edited volume from @dvandebroeck.bsky.social, Maaike Jappens, and Annette Lareau on "Socializing Inequality: Class, Culture and Cognition in Early Childhood", published by Routledge. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

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/

Bryan's article is not only a great read but also highly topical - offering a glimpse into the hidden labour processes in the elite world that surrounds the likes of Epstein and the (con) artist formerly known as Prince Andrew

Please support University of Essex staff. Please, sign the petition below. lnkd.in/eY4BJEPm

Very happy to be a part of this special issue on “Hierarchies of Domesticity – Spatial and Social Boundaries", which is out now in @wolgjournal.bsky.social! www.scienceopen.com/journal-issu...

There is a genre of "AI" labor that is as horrofying to read as Upton Sinclairs The Jungle—and just as important data-workers.org/michael/

I am happy to share that my article: Family Feelings: affective ties and the reproduction of wealth in super-rich families was among the five most read articles in Emotions and Society in 2025! @bupjournals.bsky.social Here you can access the collection:

Great new paper! A similar study in the U.K. is long overdue. A lot of elite employers in the U.K. have begun to take class background seriously, but universities remain woefully behind

🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨 We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making. 4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026 Please share widely 🙏 The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...

A college spending resource on this instead of access efforts, given the woeful current state of access (particularly to unis like Cambridge), is a regulatory failure. Unis should have access targets and face real consequences if they don't meet them. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

First official working day of 2026 - and we'll restart our attempts to understand what to do with our political economy. On Wednesday, I'll give a talk at the Max Plank Institute in Köln on whether limitarianism is compatible with capitalism (open to the public): www.mpifg.de/events/43416...

Are you outside of the UK and want to come do a post-doc with me? Consider using this opportunity.internal EOI deadline is Jan 29th so you will need to get in touch before 15th. Only projects on remote/flexible working, ideal worker culture, gender roles www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

New in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social w/ @estelabdiaz.bsky.social: the rapid growth of the admissions consulting industry has raised questions about inequality, privilege, and merit. We combine two original data sources to ask how consultants make sense of their work. academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...

Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members: – Assistant Professor in Political Economy – Assistant Professor in International Politics – Assistant Professor in Political Science Deadline: 15 Jan 2026 More details: jobs.tcd.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social

Me and @runestahl.bsky.social are hiring a future PhD fellow to study climate and class www.cbs.dk/om-cbs/job-o...

📣 Call for doctoral researchers! For our International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy we’re seeking doctoral researchers with a master’s degree in sociology, political science, economics, or a related field. Please share widely! s.gwdg.de/LNzUNa

Feeling very lucky to be able to give this talk at the University of Copenhagen tomorrow! www.sociology.ku.dk/about/calend...

Major research project to explore inequalities in museum attendance 😍 www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Good luck to my colleagues at the @vubrussel.bsky.social protesting against the Flemish government’s cuts to higher education this Thursday. Article (in Dutch) below www.demorgen.be/nieuws/waaro...

Good luck to my colleagues at the @vubrussel.bsky.social protesting against the Flemish government’s cuts to higher education this Thursday. Article (in Dutch) below www.demorgen.be/nieuws/waaro...

We’re offering a full-time, three-year position in a dynamic research group.

CNRS cancels Web of Science in order to focus on qualitative evaluation and promoting the development of open databases. www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...

Simon Kuper on the big, beautiful flattery industry on.ft.com/4ot93aZ

New article out now 🚨 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @sheffielduni.bsky.social While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵

Très heureuse d’annoncer la parution du livre, coécrit avec Sébastien Michon 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭·𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦. 𝘜𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘥’𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦, paru au Croquant. On y parle de l’exercice du pouvoir local par une « liste citoyenne » élue à Strasbourg en 2020.

Excited to finally share my new paper (w/Raphaël Charron-Chénier) out in BJS! Staying Apart for the Kids looks at how older adults consider preserving family wealth in their new relationships. Drawing on my interviews with mid/late-life daters, we show how accumulated wealth shapes dating decisions.

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We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷 Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social Details here (please RT) www.shorturl.at/E57le

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

💭What does liberation look like through the eyes of a young girl in wartime Kosovo? Vjosa Musliu & Piro Rexhepi will be joining us for this book launch and a compelling conversation. 📅 Nov 12 | 🕔 5pm | Find out more and register here

If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

🚨 New paper: Who climbs the Ivory Tower? 🏛️ Together with Nicolai Borgen and Astrid Sandsør (@astridsandsor.bsky.social), we find that the chances of becoming a professor differ enormously by family background. Here’s what we find 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

📣 New call for postdoctoral researchers! We are seeking candidates with a doctorate in the social sciences for our research areas Political Economy (Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro) and Economic Sociology (Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert). Please share widely! s.gwdg.de/ySJx5p

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We are excited to announce the launch of #lessonplans tied to our #Uncommonsense #podcast. Each highlights relevant AQA & Cambridge OCR modules, and shares recommended reading. You can find all episodes listed in this news story, here. Engage! Enjoy! Share! thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

[📑 #Socioelites ] "Les discrètes" par Carl Petersen à propos de l'ouvrage d'Isabelle Dasque, Le pouvoir des femmes de diplomates, XIXe-XXIe siècles. laviedesidees.fr/Les-discretes

Penultimate episode of this season's Culture & Inequality Podcast, in which @bryanboyle.bsky.social (Free U Brussels) talks with Kristina Kolbe and @aaronreeves.bsky.social about the Sound of Elites: How Elites Navigate a Meritocratic and Anti-Elite World >> pod.link/1533967764/e...

New paper for @bjsociology.bsky.social exploring how working-class young people in London, Rochdale & Morecambe associate university with risk due to debt (deterring some), but also potential reward in terms of grad premium, and crucially, dignity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"For large parts of the world’s population, the apocalypse does not point to a distant future but represents a (very real) lived experience in the present." ephemerajournal.org/current-issue

Du Bois on what these assholes were really like

The Culture and Inequality Podcast is back! In five new episodes, a briliant cast of sociologists discuss the newest insights about elites, climate risk, our digital economic lives, women and the far right, and the cultural politics of meat. All found here: pod.link/1533967764 >>

July 4th, 2025

Great interview with sociologist-cum-screenwriter in the @thesociologicalreview.org magazine 👀 👀 👀 inspiring for anyone interested in public sociology! thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun...