Immigrants typically arrive in good health but experience fast health declines. Is the same true for Asylum Seekers though? Check out my latest publication on PDR: doi.org/10.1111/padr... Short answer: yes for (self-reported) physical health, but the opposite is true for mental health!

In many journals associate editors play an important role in the review process but their names don’t appear in communications with authors. At Europ Soc Rev, when we reject a paper the letter is signed by both EiC and AE. In others only the EiC signs. Having the AE in the letter adds transparency

First single-author pub out in SSM! It shows a mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of health inequality: high-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity & overweight, while low-SES environments trigger it 🌍🧬⚖️ OA: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/5

1/ Thrilled to share that my main PhD article has just been published in Nature Human Behaviour! 🎉 👉 “A randomised controlled trial on the effect of administrative burden and information costs on social inequalities in early childcare access in France” rdcu.be/eFAEA

"The geography of tertiary education inequality in EU" just out in @europeansocieties.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and Ilaria Lievore An outcome of the mapineq.eu project

I wrote about my recent experiences taking care of my 3-year-old, Sheila Heti's "Motherhood", and the discourse around polygenic embryo selection: kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/openness-t...

Please consider submitting to our @socialdevelopment.bsky.social special issue on Political Engagement in Childhood and Adolescence: lnkd.in/eEFRuXJm. Abstracts are due on 15 September and the issue is edited by @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social

I wrote another book & I'm very excited (& nervous) for it to be released into the world: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714593...

Must-read for anyone considering Mendelian Imputation to increase their genetic sample. Is the potential benefit really outweighing the risks?

🔴New working paper with @marcocozzani.bsky.social and @juhoharkonen.bsky.social. We describe the temporal link between conception timing and preterm birth rates. When conception rates fluctuate, preterm birth proportions shift predictably but with different magnitudes depending on baseline risk. 1/4

🚨📜 Debut publication alert! Do genetics influence education differently across state borders? 🧬📚 We tested differences in genetic associations with education in East and West 🇩🇪 around reunification! Out now in Psychological Science 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0956... #Sociogenomics #MPRGBiosocial #MPIB A🧵

🆕 NEW Paper with K. Bobrowicz (lead), Z. Teuber & S. Greiff in @plosone.org! Early Childhood Education (ECE) Stakeholders push Competition & Achievement over Solidarity & Cohesion #Meritocracy #Trap 🌍 53 countries 📊 Thematic Analysis 🕰️ 1999–2023 Open Access 👉 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

How do parental health shocks affect children’s well-being, personality and NEET status? Our new paper on @jmfncfr.bsky.social l‬ suggests small or null effects in Germany. With @jpheisig.bsky.social , Jonas Radl and Alena Scheinert Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...

New paper with @fabriberna.bsky.social - part of my PhD thesis! Why are the negative educational consequences of parental separation stronger among high-SES children? → When high-SES parents separate, they lose their ability to compensate for their child’s low genetic propensity for education 🧬👪

🎓 SPS Theses of the Month – May 2025 👏 Congratulations to @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social & Stephan Pietzner for successfully defending their dissertations! Their work spans gene-environment inequality to nuclear strategy timely, rigorous, and impactful. #SPS #PhDdefense www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

New paper with @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social just out in Demography! 🔗 read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a... Here’s a short thread on what we found—and why it might be worth a look.

New paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen 📝 Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on: 🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences 🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added

I recently defended my PhD thesis on education & health inequalities! To help prevent misuse of sociogenomic findings, here is a graphic version of my thesis conclusion: → Family socioeconomic environment interacts with genetic propensities, reproducing social inequalities in education and health.

Congratulations @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social on your impressive PhD & supervisor @fabriberna.bsky.social (don’t worry - he didn’t wear the football shirt during the defense 😆) Sorry I couldn’t join in person!

@gaiaghirardi.bsky.social defended her PhD yesterday at the EUI. An outstanding thesis and a fantastic defense, so proud of you, Gaia!! Here pre-defence with the Bologna ultras supervisor and post with the committee @juhoharkonen.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social (zoom) and Nicola Barban

A possible mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of health inequalities: high-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity and overweight, while low-SES environments trigger them ⚖️ New working paper here 👇 osf.io/preprints/so...

*The BREATHE project is hiring* BREATHE is a new ANR project on air pollution, inequalities & child development in France. We are a hiring a data manager at @ined.bsky.social (18 months contract) to link geocoded data to child-level admin & survey data. Deadline 8 May www.ined.fr/fichier/rte/...

Interested in doing a Marie Curie #postdoc fellowship in Italy @ UNIBO with me? Happy to supervise applications in social science genomics 🧬 health 🏥 and human capital 👩‍🏫 * Check whether you qualify marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post... * Send me your CV and proposal * 🤞

New preprint! We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study. osf.io/preprints/ps... Quick thread 👇

Us college educated folks are so diverse in our cultural practices, right? Not when it comes to the high-stakes cultural practice of social reproduction: #parenting! We parent much more alike than parents with fewer years of #education: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I have seen a lot of prejudice and resistance against the inclusion of polygenetic scores (PGI) and PGIxSES in social stratification research. Using PGI is seen as antithetic to the core idea of sociology and even as politically dangerous 1/3

New pub (w/ @fabriberna.bsky.social) highlighting how family socioeconomic background plays a key role in shaping genetic associations: advantaged families both compensate for and amplify their children’s genetic propensities for education doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174 👇🧵

A perfectly organized RC28, brilliant presentations, and sunny Milan vibes ☀️ As always, truly stimulating and fun to be with the CLIC crew (and several CLICers are missing from the pic!) #RC28 @isa-rc28.bsky.social

Check out my new new paper with @marcocozzani.bsky.social on Population Studies: doi.org/10.1080/0032... We show that immigrants’ educational selectivity improves their children’s health at birthin Spain, but just for some outcomes and some migrant groups

Our paper with @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social is now out at SSR! Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

What in interesting piece! Do not miss it!

I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab this autumn, to study how vulnerable young people navigate the transition to adulthood: www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... Jointly supervised with Skills Development Scotland, so lots of scope to translate findings into impact and policy!

This is a rare and outstanding opportunity to work with exceptional molecular genetic data to address fundamental sociological research questions! 🌟

🆕 New Paper with Ilaria Pietropoli (lead) in "Research in Social Stratification and Mobility"! 🎯 We show how Home Learning Environment (HLE) & Early Childhood Education (ECE) interact in shaping and equalising Child Development across SES groups. Paper Link! 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Absolutely brilliant work by an equally brilliant friend and researcher ✨ Go read it!👇🏼

Great to see "The Social Genome" by my colleague Dalton Conley now in print. A wealth of evidence and insights, challenging the old "nature vs. nurture" debate and showing how genes and social contexts interact to shape our lives.

Any university still using X and promoting it on its web site is making a mockery of "institutional neutrality."

🚨 Excited to share our latest work with @perlinedemange.bsky.social, Felix Elwert, Nicolai Borgen, @eivindy.bsky.social, and Henrik Zachrisson. Does more schooling increase earnings? We revisit this classic question using multiple genetically informed designs 📚🎓🧬 💰 osf.io/preprints/so...

Next time you hear someone say preregistration and multiple testing corrections are 'not a thing' in sociology, just point to Gaia Ghirardi's award-winning paper as proof they should be! 🌟 Huge congratulations to Gaia on winning the Best Paper Award from the Italian Sociology Association! 🎉

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New working paper with @ferraraale.bsky.social

🚩 NEW PAPER 🚩 Income volatility is associated with many adverse outcomes in today’s economy but we know almost nothing about how exposure to volatility depends on family background. @filippogch.bsky.social and I show … 1/2 #erc #sociology #EconTwitter academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

#convegnoSISEC2025 quest’anno il premio giovani per il miglior articolo va a Gaia Ghirardi con il suo lavoro “Interaction of family SES with children’s genetic propensity for cognitive and noncognitive skills: no evidence of the Scarr-Rowe hypothesis for educational outcomes”. Congratulazioni!

Parental union dissolution substantively and persistently lowers children's wellbeing. ew article in @sfjournal.bsky.social by Mikkeline M. Nielsen (@rockwoolfonden.dk), Michael Gähler (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social), and I (@sofi.su.se ), we use longitudinal data on Danish children. #divorce (1/n)

🤔 How can new technologies help public health efforts to overcome rising obesity levels? https://buff.ly/4h4vOit @drjenndowd.bsky.social explores the role of anti-obesity medications in tackling this population-level problem. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social

**Call for Papers** The Advances in Social Genomics Conference Series (TAGC) May 14-16, 2025 UW-Madison @uwmadison.bsky.social Deadline for submissions: March 7, 2025 Funding available for presenters Keynotes: Kelly Bakulski and Dan Belsky isg.wisc.edu/events/the-a...

NEW: Ruth Eva Jørgensen, Rosa Cheesman, Ole A. Andreassen, Torkild Hovde Lyngstad , "The Genetics of Partnership Dissolution."

Want to get out of Dodge? Do a postdoc @uio.no! You will be using the MoBa study and registers to study intergenerational transmission and GxE for #MentalHealth and #education using @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social and @pgcgenetics.bsky.social approaches. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

ICYMI: Do parents' SES moderate the link between genetic propensity for (non)cognitive skills and education? @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social @fabriberna.bsky.social @perlinedemange.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social No evidence of the Scarr-Rowe hypothesis for educational outcomes doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

@astabreinholt.bsky.social just won a grant to advance the sociogenomics field by studying educational inequalities! ✨ Keep an eye on this project in the coming years—it promises to bring exciting outcomes!