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...

New preprint out with @wendering.bsky.social & Nan Zhang! We show that childhood exposure to ethnic outgroups increases the prob. of #interethnic marriage decades later, using historical linked US census data (1880–1910) and next-door neighbor comparisons 🏠🌃 Read more here: shorturl.at/U0IHR

As "conflict-related mortality is on the rise and displacement has surpassed levels not seen since World War II", a timely editorial on Demography and War: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.

Qui est ciblé par l'hostilité en ligne dans la politique française ? Très contente de partager enfin les résultats d'une longue enquête sur cette question dans la dernière Revue française de science politique : shs.cairn.info/tap-t78ca45t... 🧵

How do people learn about equality of opportunity? 🤔 Through their own experiences, their family & friends and the media! 👯‍♂️ Individuals who experienced upward mobility and those who frequently watch reality TV perceive more equality. 📺 With @a-gugushvili.bsky.social as wonderful lead author!

Check out this awesome preprint by @martinhallsten.bsky.social on the difficulties in interpreting sibling correlations by observed parental characteristics such as parental income - with an excellent application! #sociology #EconTwitter #socialmobility osf.io/preprints/so...

🚨 Thrilled to share my new paper with @yueqiansoc.bsky.social just out in @europeansocreview.bsky.social Bringing economic & family sociology into the digital era, we examine how online banking shapes who holds the purse strings among UK couples: doi.org/10.1093/esr/... @sriucl.bsky.social

Interesting paper on the gendered heckling the German Bundestag www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

In “The Demographic Potential of Polygyny,” Pesando evaluates “the suitability of a simple indicator—gamma—to measure the demographic potential of polygyny in the context of sub-Saharan Africa” & considers related applications & directions in demographic research. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

a new working paper: osf.io/3dq2x_v1! we administered an original survey to a sample of 10-to-12-year olds, their parents, and a national sample to assess the extent to which values can provide a foundation for political ideology. we find that values structure political preferences among children.

Many thanks to Evelyn and Patrick @ppraeg.bsky.social for the great work, it was quite a ride🫶👋

Huge thanks to Patrick Präg @ppraeg.bsky.social, Evelyn Ersanilli, and Alexi Gugushvili @a-gugushvili.bsky.social for their outstanding service to European #sociology. What a difference their leadership at European Societies has made! doi.org/10.1162/EUSO...

THANK YOU @ppraeg.bsky.social and European Societies editors. This was a lot of hard work and you made a real difference for the discipline.

It's astounding what Patrick, Evelyn, and Alexi have achieved in just a few years as editors of European Societies. Inspiration for us all!

TIL that in English "outrage" is prononced "out-rage" (which makes sense I suppose) en.wiktionary.org/wiki/outrage

For no particular reason, I was just reminded of one of the greatest moments on German television. They don’t make them like that anymore. youtu.be/tN1GEiO1vmI

Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone. www.swarthmore.edu/u... please share!

An era has come to an end

#BowlingAlone documented a quiet shift from collective to solitary practices. In Bowling with ChatGPT ( #TheWebConference2026), we study whether a similar shift is unfolding in interactions with conversational AI. arxiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2602.01114

Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...

Quite delighted with the upcoming seminar schedule 💪

"If you put an infinite number of the complete works of Shakespeare in a room, it will produce a single monkey" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference 📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026 I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social 📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju... 🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026

Come join our workshop on excess mortality methodology! It will be two great days of expert talks, discussion groups, and me revealing the results of our many analyst project! 40+ teams have signed up to estimate 1918 pandemic deaths with the method of their choice -- results should be fascinating!

"[Epstein] was arrested in 2006 & pleaded guilty in 2008" "Ariely & Epstein met at least 7 times from 2010-2016" "Ariely is named 636 times in the more than 3 million additional files released" "Neither Ariely nor Duke responded to ... requests for comment" www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

Eminent sociologist, Christakis, implicated in Epstein files. Several years *After* Epstein had been convicted for sex trafficking young girls. Why did anyone ever believe that ridiculous networks cause obesity work anyways…

Bezüglich der Faschotruppe ICE und ihrer Vermummung. (Ist ja viel Thema) In Deutschland sind Polizisten bei Routineeinsätzen regelmäßig vermummt und tragen keine Dienstnummern. Darüber dürft ihr euch gerne auch aufregen. Fehlende Kontrolle und Polizeigewalt sind auch in Deutschland Thema.

New analytical sociology textbook just dropped

Easy: Took the old abstract and just added ⚙️"A Mechanism-Based Analysis"⚙️ to the title 💪💪💪

Does the American melting pot still melt? Yeah, pretty much: New on Substack, a literature review on immigrant assimilation in the US: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/cultural-a...

Users of survey data, lovers of DAGs, and general methodological enthusiasts, gather round! I'm so excited to share this new paper, joint work with my brilliant colleagues @rjsilverwood.bsky.social, @pwgtennant.bsky.social, and Liam Wright. 🧵

My colleague Kevin Munger asked me and a bunch of editors to sit and think through AI and peer review. Our take: osf.io/9sxnc/files/... We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.

This is a commentary on an article desk-rejected without feedback. The concerns warrant substantive engagement by the journal. JIMI is part of Springer Nature yet it does not seem to implement their “Matters Arising” policy in practice or consistently follow COPE standards. osf.io/preprints/so...

If someone paid you $4.75 every night you slept 7+ hours, would you sleep more? And--more importantly--would that increase in sleep change your behavior in other meaningful ways? This new paper ran an experiment to find out.

🚨 Are Gen Z gender gaps in gender equality attitudes really as pronounced as perceived? In a new preprint w/ @stinasiegert.bsky.social , we analyzed 82k+ young adults across 24 European countries. 👉 Read here: osf.io/6h9gd_v1

📣 The next Scottish UKHLS (@usociety.bsky.social) User Group Meeting will be on the 24th of April 1500-1630 Online @uoe-sps.bsky.social To receive the meeting invite sign up to the mailing list here: edin.ac/48nQsc2

My new article, now online @sfjournal.bsky.social, examines trends in Black-White inequality by gender in earnings losses among displaced workers. Lost earnings premia, disadvantageous re-sorting, and statistical discrimination play distinct roles in shaping inequality. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

{🚨Exiting talk alert} 🍼 They say “Breast is best”… but what happens when mothers don’t (or can’t) comply? On 📅 19 Feb 2026 | 4 pm (Paris), we will hear Marta Domínguez-Folgueras @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social on breastfeeding norms. 📍 In person & Zoom 🔗Details & registration ⬇️

In my work as a teacher and moderator of SocArXiv, I encounter people who seem deluded, having been led to believe their ideas are brilliant by chatbots, and want my validation. We may need professional guidance for these interactions, as I am sometimes not sure what is the best response. Gift link:

We are excited to host this workshop together with @ckronenberg.bsky.social in Paris this year! Please apply to enjoy French hospitality, pleasant views of Paris (Eiffel tower included) and of course some fantastic research!

🚨 CLARION EXCLUSIVE 🚨 £10m of Government funding for Oxford was sent back. Could it have paid for the cancelled Dutch-style cycleway on Woodstock Road? In a deep dive, we ask why a Government grant was returned, and if it could have been spent elsewhere in Oxford. oxfordclarion.uk/exclusive-10...

The deadline is on Saturday, quick quick!

📽️ "Increasing computational reproducibility or how to share your research code" / with Camille Maumet @cmaumet.bsky.social youtu.be/FjHTtCeFm0g?... The event was organised by ReproducibiliTea UniBasel

The Toronto Population Network @tpn-uoft.bsky.social Seminar Series is happening this semester, with a great line-up, including @lucampesando.bsky.social, Orsola Torrisi, @mdhayward.bsky.social, and @jnobles.bsky.social! Starts next Tuesday. If you're in Toronto please come along!

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Now out in Sociological Science (How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our paper. Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!!

Computational Social Scientists in the Nordics, unite! 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸 The brand new Nordic Society for CSS welcomes all researchers and practitioners based in the Nordics. The Society will promote student mobility, events, and education initiatives. Join for free: nosocss.org/join.html.

❄️ Freezing cold outside? Perfect timing to submit your work for our Family Diversity & Health summer workshop in Berlin ☀️ 📅 June 29–30, 2026 📍 Hertie School, Berlin 🫶 No participation fees 🏨 1 hotel night covered 📨 1-page abstracts due: Jan 31, 2026