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Are you working with FReDA, pairfam, and/or GGS Data? Yes 👉 Consider applying for the FReDA User Conference in Cologne until 21 June No 👉 Check out our Data (now including Wave 4 from 2024) More Info on www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/Startseite.html

Are you working with FReDA, pairfam, and/or GGS Data? Yes 👉 Consider applying for the FReDA User Conference in Cologne until 21 June No 👉 Check out our Data (now including Wave 4 from 2024) More Info on www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/Startseite.html

Extended proposal submission deadline - #CfA for the 4th Int. #FReDA User Conference 26–27 November 2026 in Cologne, Germany Extended Submission deadline: 21 June 2026 Submission: Abstracts (max. one DIN-A4 page) should be sent by to [email protected] www.freda-panel.de/F...

📢 Open positions! I’m recruiting 2 postdocs + 3 PhD positions at C³S, @goetheuni.bsky.social in #ClimateJustice, environmental inequality, #Demography & #ComputationalSocialScience 🌍📊💻 3–4 years + strong support for training🎒 Deadline: 23 June 2026 More: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen...

What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...

After nearly four great years at UCL‘s Social Research Institute, I’m excited to be moving on to C³S at Goethe University Frankfurt: www.c3s-frankfurt.de 🎓🧮🤖 I’m incredibly grateful for all the support and kindness over the years 🤗 and very excited about what’s ahead 🤓🧑‍🏫

Wie beeinflussen #Sozialstruktur + subjektive Einflussfaktoren politische Einstellungen? SOEP-Daten zeigen: je höher das Einkommen, desto höher das #Politikvertrauen. Vor allem die Zufriedenheit mit dem eigenen #Einkommen ist entscheidend. Analyse frei zum Download link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

New paper documenting a negative association between childhood exposure to local wealth inequality and inter-class social ties in adulthood. If children have fewer chances to meet peers from different class backgrounds, those divides may persist far beyond childhood.

Wie die #Grundsicherung reformieren? Artikel im NDV, in dem wir unseren Vorschlag für ein Integriertes Steuer-Transfer-System mit den Empfehlungen der #Sozialstaatskommission vergleichen. @michaelopielka.bsky.social @sbachtax.bsky.social strengmann-kuhn.de/artikel-ein-...

Es wird gerade viel diagnostiziert, dass die Arbeiter jetzt die AfD wählen. Problem ist, dass das fast ausschließlich über subj. Einschätzung als Arbeiter passiert. Verwendet man objektive Daten über Berufe ist die AfD keineswegs bei Arbeitern am stärksten. Hier mit Parteinähe und Daten des ESS.

Great new paper by @jenspeterthomsen.bsky.social and colleagues in SoE. An important contribution to a lively debate. Does all this welfare-state stuff in Scandinavia matter when it comes to intergenerational mobility in education. Apparently it does... Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🔍 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

Interesting working paper on wealth mobility in Germany by Markus Grabka, @pmlersch.bsky.social, @smaexie.bsky.social, and @drschnitzlein.bsky.social population-economics.committee.socialpolitik.de/sites/defaul...

For a change, something we made ourselves: Together with my colleagues Tobias Roth, Andreas Horr, and @nataliebackes.bsky.social, we examined ethnic rent penalties. Do migrants pay higher rents for comparable housing than natives with similar characteristics? direct.mit.edu/euso/article...

#Armut von #Familien – #Alleinerziehenden reicht das Einkommen oft nicht. Von J. Brülle @janbruelle.bsky.social, P. Kleinschlömer @p-kleinschloemer.bsky.social & S. Will @swillecon.bsky.social. ÖIF-Infodienst b e z i e h u n g s w e i s e AUSGABE 1/2026 #oif_bzw ➡️ www.oif.ac.at/informations...

Come work with us! Wir haben eine neue Promotionsstelle in der Bevölkerungs-, Familien- und/oder Bildungsökonomie www.bib.bund.de/DE/Institut/...

With the Progressive Politics Research Network, we have published 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. What does a progressive agenda on housing look like? Which elements are important? What the hurdles are and how can they be overcome? politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...

Seit 2018 haben #Ungleichheit & #Armut in Deutschland nochmal spürbar zugenommen und zuletzt einen Höchststand erreicht. Das zeigt der neue Verteilungsbericht unseres @wsiinstitut.bsky.social. Der Anteil armer Menschen stieg von 14,4 (2010) auf 17,7 % (2022). 🧵👇 📲 www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...

Ich freue mich über die positive Besprechung unsererseits Buches „Was von Corona übrig bleibt“ in der FAZ. Wer sich selbst ein Bild machen möchte kann sich das Buch im Open Access herunterladen. www.campus.de/buecher-camp...

🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky

New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social. It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨‍💼💰👩‍💼 are by studying many local labour markets. Thread 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Meet Lane Kenworthy! Sociologist, political scientist, and one of the leading thinkers on equality and the welfare state. 
We’re delighted to welcome him as one of the keynote speakers at the ISI Wealth Conference 2025 in Munich. #isimunich #ISIWealthConference2025

Next RC28 Spring Meeting will be 20-22 May in Seville. Submissions until 10 Dec here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai... If you're wondering if this is your conference, have a look at what we publish in our journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/rese...

I‘m very happy to share that my thesis “Couples‘ Careers and Women’s Financial Security in Later Life” has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Section Social Policy of @dgsoziologie.bsky.social ♾️-thanks to @katjamoe.bsky.social and Bernhard Ebbinghaus for their invaluable support! #dgs2025

The next ECSR conference is brought to you by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie! Trinity College Dublin, 15-16 June 2026 www.ecsr2026.net #ECSR2026 Abstract submission deadline: 11 January 2026

Very proud that 5 of my papers have recently been published 🤩! 🫶 to my co-authors!!! 1️Employment trajectories during Corona😷🔀 2️Motherhood penalty in wealth👩‍👧‍👦💰 3️Support for a right to work from home🏠✅ 4️Wage development of family caregivers🫂📈 5️Handbook article on longitudinal analyses🧮👩‍🏫 Time to read📚🤓⬇️

🚨 New paper out! 🚨 Take a look at Ruth Abramowski's and my recent study on economic deprivation and intimate partner violence in Germany. Published open access at @plosone.org 🔗👇 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Eine häufig gehörte Unterstellung ist, dass sich #Arbeit für Bezieher*innen von #Bürgergeld nicht mehr lohne. Eine neue Studie unseres @wsiinstitut.bsky.social beweist das Gegenteil und liefert Zahlen zu allen 400 deutschen Landkreisen und kreisfreien Städten: www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...

⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at‬ invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

for all our Italian Friends (or Italy-Lovers): Great Position (post-doc) offered by Cristiano Vezzoni at Milan! Topic: on Loneliness, Social Isolation and Political Behaviour www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Today, the German Federal Election Officer released data on voting by age and gender for the 2025 election. Contrary to popular belief, AfD support is still not strongest among the youngest voters, but rather among the middle-aged (males). Support is also still much lower in older cohorts. (1/3) 🧵

Welche Konzepte gibt es, #Transformation gerecht zu gestalten und die sozialen Aspekte der ökologisch notwendigen Transformation ernsthaft in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen? Dieser und vielen weiteren Fragen wollen wir auf dem @wsiinstitut.bsky.social Herbstforum 2025 nachgehen. Mehr Informationen: 1/👇

⏩Herbstforum 12.11. -13.11.2025 in Berlin⏪ Es kommen Andrea Nahles @miriamrehm.bsky.social, @bettikohlrausch.bsky.social, @andreashoev.bsky.social, @simschaupp.bsky.social, @lwestheuser.bsky.social Was sind sozial-ökologische Transformationskonflikte und wie können sie progressive Kräfte nutzen?⏬

Art.9 Grundgesetz beinhaltet die Idee, dass Menschen über die "Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsbedingungen" selbst verhandeln. Unter welchen Bedingungen das heute (nicht) gelingt und warum, das kommt - obwohl es das Leben Millionen abhängig Beschäftigten direkt betrifft - in dt. Medien fast garnicht vor.

📢 New data released! The complete third #FReDA wave is now freely available via @GESIS – perfect for longitudinal studies. 👉 Get access: search.gesis.org/res...#FReDA#SocialScience #PanelData #LongitudinalData

#PanelData #FredaAutumnSchool 📢 Join the 3-day #FReDA Autumn School at JGUMainz from September 10–12, 2025! Enhance your #research skills by learning how to work with the FReDA dataset - a key resource for #family #demography studies.

Ich bin in Finnland, aber an alle anderen: Geht morgen auf die Demos gegen den Hochschulpakt in Hessen. Es geht um die Existenz der Wissenschaft. Schaut nur die deutlichen Appelle der Uni Präsident:innen aus Kassel, Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Offenbach an - das ist ziemlich beispiellos. 🪧🪧🪧🏫

📢 Thrilled to share our new paper with MerlePohlmeyer& KarinSchulzeBuschoff, just published in @socialindicators.bsky.social “Diverging Paths? The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Subjective Well-Being of the Solo Self-Employed and Employees in Germany (2019–2023)” 🔗 rdcu.be/ers11 🧵 Key insights 👇

We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...

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How much of the "long arm of childhood" works thru intergenerational stratification? Almost all for some health outcomes like psychological distress and self-rated health, but a lot less for others like severe chronic conditions. Heart attacks and stroke are in between.

Dear FReDA, pairfam, and GGS Users! 7 days left to send your Abstract for the FReDA User Conference 2025.

Dear FReDA, pairfam, and GGS Users! 7 days left to send your Abstract for the FReDA User Conference 2025.

Gerne Weiterleiten: Promotionsstelle ab Herbst 2025 in meinem DFG-Projekt zu In-Work Benefits und Aufstockern im SGB II. Im schönen Wiesbaden am Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung: www.bib.bund.de/DE/Institut/...

Gerne Weiterleiten: Promotionsstelle ab Herbst 2025 in meinem DFG-Projekt zu In-Work Benefits und Aufstockern im SGB II. Im schönen Wiesbaden am Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung: www.bib.bund.de/DE/Institut/...

How effective are policies of predistribution or redistribution for reducing in-work poverty? How do their effects differ by household type? Some answers in my paper using EU-SILC data out in @europeansocieties.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1162/euso...

Deadline extended❗You can submit abstracts for the FReDA User Conference until June 10. 📅 Conference Date: 20-21 October 2025 🔗 More information: www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/New...

Deadline extended❗You can submit abstracts for the FReDA User Conference until June 10. 📅 Conference Date: 20-21 October 2025 🔗 More information: www.freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/New...