Join us in Vienna to discuss inequality, economic mobility & labor markets! With @franziskadbacher.bsky.social and @izmartinez86.bsky.social I'm stoked to announce this workshop, keynotes by @emilynix100.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social. Nov 19-20, submit by June 30: www.wu.ac.at/ineq/ws26

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 🤓🧑‍🏫

The first paper of my dissertation is published now in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social! Press coverage of the richest Germans is rare but focused on a minority of highly visible individuals and varies along the historical origins of fortunes. doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292

If you have Hungarian friends, please check in on them. Netflix has nothing on this election campaign: a twisting spy scandal, Russian meddling, Orbán off the rails. And we still have four days left. I wrote a (still slightly incredulous) rundown 👇 brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/inside-hun...

📢 Call: Tenure Track Position The MPIfG Political Economy Research Area led by Lucio Baccaro is seeking a Senior Researcher. Open to candidates with at least two years’ postdoc experience. Please share widely! 🗓️ Apply by April 20, 2026 s.gwdg.de/WPMPp1

We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...

For all new SciLove authors: If you want your articles to get a little more engagement: Simply import publications via ORCID and then hit share. Shamelessly, this is what this looks like for a recent paper with @norawaitkus.bsky.social #openaccess www.scilove.app/article/10.1...

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Nominee for the Sociology Sage Prize 2026 ‘Wealth and Class Analysis’ by Nora Waitkus, Mike Savage and Maren Toft looks at addressing wealth inequality by using the work of Marx and Weber, where capital accumulation and property organisation had central stage: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do researchers share their code upon request? Does running their orginal code on the original data produce the original results? We provide evidence in a new Royal Society Open Science publication. Studying more than 1,000 articles which use data from the European Social Survey, we find that... 🧵

This obituary makes it sound like he was criticized by polluters and jealous peers, not those who pointed out the links between the movement he sparked (ZPG) and eugenics, the very politics that have delivered us “mass deportations now” and untold border violence www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...

Excited to present ongoing work with Koen Damhuis, @mlamont.bsky.social and @stephanieternullo.bsky.social at the @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social tonight. We map the cultural dynamics underpinning core trends in contemporary working class politics. Get in touch if you want to talk about these themes.

🔍 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

Two more days to apply!

Schon beeindruckend wie diese Regierung alles über Jahrzehnte Erarbeitete mit dem Arsch einreisst – Integrationskurse, Klimaverordnungen, Soft Power-Diplomatie, internationale Kulturevents, alles. Auf dass ganz Deutschland ein sauerländisches Dorf ohne Glasfaser sei.

💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸

Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Am 12. Januar 2026 ist Matthias Koenig gestorben. In einem Nachruf würdigt Monika Wohlrab-Sahr den Soziologen als integeren Menschen und akribischen Wissenschaftler, der hochgradig normative Fragen mit Herzblut und analytischer Distanz zu behandeln verstand. www.soziopolis.de/matthias-koe...

🎙️ Meine Antrittsvorlesung ist in der Reihe „Hörsaal“ erschienen. Hier spreche über die Eigentumselite - also sehr reiche Familien - und was diese auszeichnet und verbindet. @mpifg.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social 🎧 Jetzt nachhörbar: www.deutschlandfunknova.de/podcasts/dow...

🚨New publication @ Journal of European Social Policy Despite its popularity, the political will to advance Universal Basic Income is limited. Together with @hannaschwander.bsky.social, we argue that attitude polarization severely constrains the political viability of UBI.

🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist? How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅 🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037

We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!

🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]

Der eigentliche Skandal bei Weimer ist doch, dass alle das wussten. Es war bekannt, was von seinem ,Medienimperium‘ zu halten war, woher das Geld dafür kam und dass seine Schriften im besten Fall noch per Googlesuche zusammengesammelte Zitatlisten sind, aus denen fragwürdige Schlüsse gezogen 1/15

Billions of regressions ≠ robustness. My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Eine gute Einordnung zu einer bestenfalls mittelmäßigen Studie zu Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und ihren psychischen Folgen, die kürzlich veröffentlicht wurde, findet sich hier: www.apotheken-umschau.de/gesund-bleib...

🚨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

🚨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

Three future PAA presidents (Taeuber, Taeuber, Whelpton) and one ASA president (Hankins) wrote positive pieces in American Journal of Sociology in the 1930s about Hitler's pronatalist policies. /1

We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology. 📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025. ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky

Losverfahren, wer Vermögenssteuer zahlen muss

Auf massive Entrechtung für Menschen in Armut hat sich der Koaltitionsausschuss in der Nacht geeinigt: 1. 100% Sanktion nach 3. verpassten Termin, einschl. Miete 2. 60% bei 2. verpassten Termin 3. 30% Sanktion bei 1. verpassten Termin dunkler Tag heute für @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social

Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

„Familienunternehmen“ klingt nach Bäckerei oder Mittelstand. Recherchen des ARD-Magazins Panorama & @investigativ.greenpeace.de zeigen: Dahinter stehen Milliardärsfamilien & Konzerne wie Lidl, Bertelsmann, Rossmann. Von 123 Förderern waren nur 2 echte Mittelständler www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...

Auf dem Weg ins schöne Duisburg! Freue mich u.a. auf die Diskussion mit @katharinahppe.bsky.social und @lwestheuser.bsky.social zur #Exponentialgesellschaft von @deutschmann.bsky.social. Morgen, 17h #DGS2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us at LSE to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Inequalities Institute! Over two days, our conference featured parallel sessions on diverse themes of inequality, alongside two inspiring keynote lectures and a thought-provoking panel discussion.

Welcome to @aksoyundan.bsky.social, who has joined us as Associate Professor in Sociology! 🎉 His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝 Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...

Bei Miosga stellt Jens Spahn die republikanische Gleichschaltung der US Medien als bloße Reaktion auf eine angebliche „Cancel Culture“ der Demokraten dar. Und unterstreicht dabei sehr schön, was die Mär vom linken Meinungsdiktat bei vielen ihrer glühendsten Erzähler immer schon vorbereiten sollte.

@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience! It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐 Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣 New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering: * Have moral appeals increased over time? * Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned? * Are some topics consistently more moralized than others? osf.io/preprints/os...

📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover). Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...

This is a fantastic project. So well deserved!

Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract). www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546... @sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs

💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... 🧵👇

Unionized careers boost up wealth. Very interesting article by Purdue's Alec Rhodes: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a....

This article also featured prominently in one of Germany's largest newspapers @szde.bsky.social (published yesterday). Pretty irritating that they are amplifying this. Thanks @philipncohen.com for doing the work to debunk it (see here familyinequality.wordpress.com/tag/national...)

🎉 @norawaitkus.bsky.social has received an ERC Starting Grant! Her project explores inequality in household debt across countries, people & time, and the moral economy of debt—how we judge debt, debtors & borrowing. More info 👉 buff.ly/bzMPqmO

👀 Call for Papers 👀 The BJS Conference is back! 23rd and 24th of April 2026 at LSE. Please submit an abstract by October 20th and share widely. It’s going to be 💥 www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

Excited and grateful to launch my ERC project #SOCIO-CLIMP 🌍🌤️ The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.