My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 Apply by next Wednesday to join our Visiting Researchers Program!

📢 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...

My article about the political activity of the inner circle and wealthy owners is out in @sfjournal.bsky.social! You can read it here: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a... Some highlights in the thread.

Was steckt hinter dem Trend zur Privatschule? Im fluter-Artikel von @julialauter.bsky.social ordnet @karenlillie.bsky.social ein: „Viele Eltern der Mittelschicht suchen mit Blick auf die Polykrisen unserer Gesellschaft die Abgrenzung zu ärmeren Gesellschaftsschichten.“ www.fluter.de/privatschulen

*Call for Applications* We’re excited to announce the Second Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025... Please share widely! @mpifg.bsky.social @palmapolyak.bsky.social

📢Call for abstracts: special issue in Historical Social Research on Perceptions of Wealth Inequality. • Feb 15: Submission of abstracts • Aug 15: Submission of manuscript We look forward to receiving your abstracts! #socsky #polsky #polisky @jansg.bsky.social dariatisch.github.io/SPINE/call_s...

Unsere Studie (@dariatisch.bsky.social) zur historischen Kontinuität der größten deutschen Vermögen, 2023 in @sociusjournal.bsky.social erschienen, wird in der neuen Ausgabe des @maxplanck.de Magazins zusammengefasst und in aktuelle Entwicklungen der Vermögensungleichheit eingeordnet. Check it out!

My new article out in Economy and Society, analysing the rise of the rich and the figure of the wealthy private owner in Finnish business media. I suggest we are moving towards a neo-accumulationist regime characterised by new admiration of private accumulation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In our @schechtlm.bsky.social SER article we show that daughters are less likely than sons to receive parental transfers, values tend to be lower & daughters receive different types of asset. This translates into a gender tax gap of 2% for inheritances and 22% for gifts. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

@schechtlm.bsky.social und ich zeigen (osf.io/preprints/so...), dass das deutsche Erbschafts- und Schenkungssteuerrecht in Verbindung mit geschlechterspezifischem elterlichen Transferverhalten zu einem Gender-Tax-Gap führt. Erklärt hier: www.zeit.de/geld/2023-10... #GenderSky #Sociology