Great 2-3 year postdoc opportunity in the Social Policy unit here at @sofi.su.se, Stockholm University SOFI is an incredible research and work environment, could not recommend it more Deadline for applications (including your own research plan): 13th April 2026

Job opportunity for sociologists working in the field of social policy: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

We’re pleased to announce a $10 million gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation, which supports the work of @stone-lis.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/10-mill... @cuny.edu

Nordic ESPAnet Early Career Seminar! Opportunity for Doctoral students and Postdocs to discuss their work, in an environment tailored to quality feedback. Organised at @sofi.su.se and keynotes by @cassandraengeman.bsky.social and @janhelmdag.bsky.social More info: espanet.org/nordic-semin...

We have a new paper out discussing the childcare gap phenomenon examining the statutory parenting leave entitlements and early childhood education and care services provision www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ESPAnet is a great community. Be part of it! Submit your stream proposal and contribute to ESPAnet’s interesting and supportive academic environment. www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...

This is a brief reminder that the Call for Streams for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference is now open. The deadline for submissions is the 9th of January. More informations at: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...

"Helping European families become more resilient" Interview about the @reusilience.bsky.social project, together with Mary Daly @dspi-oxford.bsky.social projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m... @sofi.su.se @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Conclusion: - From crisis corporatism to reshaping European labour markets in defence of vulnerable workers @minnavangerven.bsky.social, Marta Kahancová, Anil Duman, and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Transfer SI is out!. Together the papers critically analyse Crisis corporatism and institutionalised power relations and aims to shed understanding of the COVID-19 measures and how they reshaped (or not) European labour markets to defend vulnerable workers. journals.sagepub.com/toc/TRS/curr...

- Tripartite alliances for vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Eurofound PolicyWatch database Garima Singh, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social and @minnavangerven.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

- Institutionalised power or crisis corporatism? Comparing Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic @jstrigen.bsky.social @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi, and Aino Salmi journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Excellent “debut”!

Today is a very special day for me 🎉 my first ever solo-author paper is out in Journal of Marriage and Family (this was my dream journal during my PhD and I am beyond excited to have this paper published there). Go check it out, it's open access. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

It was a great pleasure to discuss and examine @katriaaltonen.bsky.social ’s excellent dissertation “Austerity, health payments and economic well-being” at the University of Turku. Supervisors: @janierola.net and @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social Congratulations, Katri!

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ali Solomon. #NewYorkerCartoons

Tripartite alliances for vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Eurofound PolicyWatch database New paper by @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social and myself, in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I don’t think the #smurfs have a particularly good track record on gender equality, but hey: if they can try it, so can we all! #smurfetteprincie

En route to Brussels, to attend the FutuRes final conference tomorrow . I will bring a discussion based on @reusilience.bsky.social research. futu-res.eu/brussels-con...

How symbolic, that upon submission of our multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to R / CRAN, the automated checks trip over Evelyn Kitagawa’s name, while the two men are just fine. More soon (hopefully), with @thaning.bsky.social

🚨Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition working paper out! Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎 Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social

mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages: osf.io/preprints/so...

"Fragmentation of social policies remain a key explanation of gender inequality". Mara Yerkes in her keynote at "Breaking silos, building futures. Policy innovations for integrated family and child support" @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social

"To a child seeking help, labels on the doors mean nothing. To them, it matters how the health/social workers are as a person." Maria Kaisa Aula (Welfare area of Central Finland) on the importance of trust in welfare provision. @cofaceeu.bsky.social @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social

This new publication of ours, with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social is a fun one, I think. "Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....

Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy New paper in @actasociologica.bsky.social with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@abrarbawati.bsky.social presenting @reusilience.bsky.social results from ongoing work titled “From Origin to Destination: How Migration Shapes the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Europe”. #espanet

Mary Daly @dspi-oxford.bsky.social presenting the recently published @reusilience.bsky.social book of ours at the ESPAnet. Available at www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o... @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social @margaleon.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @thaning.bsky.social

Mary Daly from @dspi-oxford.bsky.social presenting key insights from the @reusilience.bsky.social book “Families, Welfare States and Resilience” at #ESPAnet www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...

Institutionalised power or crisis corporatism? Comparing Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic New paper by @jstrigen.bsky.social, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi and Aino Salmi. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

So pleased with the feedback & recommendations. In this new work, I am exploring whether the childcare gap matters for maternal employment from a macro perspective using country-year panel data. Early findings suggest it matters for the intensity of employment rather than the overall choice of it.

Toon Van Havere gave such a great presentation that I forgot to take a picture. In the @reusilience.bsky.social project, he bravely ventures into policy interplays and context specificity of childcare out-of-pocket costs and child-contingent benefits: osf.io/preprints/so...

@merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social presenting novel @reusilience.bsky.social data and analyses on the childcare gap.

Getting an #ESPAnet conference off the ground is no small feat - thanks to the organizing team!

Memories of a much-needed summer holiday

Our new paper about the Families in Households Typology (FHT) is finally out! Codes (in Stata) are currently available for EU-SILC, ESS, EQLS and HBS and can be downloaded here: zenodo.org/records/1585...

The families in households typology In this new paper from the @reusilience.bsky.social project, we improve standard family-type variables in EU-SILC By @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social, @thaning.bsky.social, @wvlancker.bsky.social and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📘Thrilled to see this book published! In Chapter 6, with @margaleon.bsky.social & @thomasrochow.bsky.social, we explore how families navigate precarity in Spain, based on seven focus groups. Despite challenges, participants show resilience and highlight the need for policy reform. 🔗 fuab.cc/OA-CH6/

@brandicarlile.bsky.social was captivating! What a performance to enjoy with Emmy Dijkstra. And such fun to run into @katymorris.bsky.social

Almost one week after our #rEUsilience Final Conference on the State of #FamilyResilience today in Europe, we are pleased to publicly share our newest working paper! 💻 Find out more about our proposed 'inequalities in resilience' framework here: reusilience.eu/project-upda...

Bringing flair to Brussels!

As we have the final conference of @reusilience.bsky.social tomorrow, it is nice to look back on our input to a policy event on the new EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, organised by the DG Employment.

The need and capacity for resilience in European labour markets: an inequalities in resilience framework New @reusilience.bsky.social working paper by @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @thaning.bsky.social, @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social and Lovisa Backman. reusilience.eu/publications...

If poverty isn't going down, why not just adjust the definition of our indicator? #truestory

Bea Cantillon supporting indicators of relative poverty: “Societies are moving targets, therefore our poverty measure must be a moving target.“

Excited to be representing @reusilience.bsky.social research in Brussels, at a hearing in preparation of the new EU Anti-Poverty Strategy. I'm speaking at an event titled "Social Protection and Inequality Reduction: Horizon Europe Insights for the Anti-Poverty Strategy"

Recurring theme at a FISS conference session on the #self-employed: is self-employment voluntary, or are employers unable/unwilling to commit to employment contracts and the social security contributions that come with it?

Att ha ett arbete hjälper inte alltid mot fattigdom. Nästan var tolfte familj med somalisk bakgrund lever i fattigdom trots att båda föräldrarna jobbar, visar ny forskning.