„Wo Reichtum herkommt“: Die neue „Gesellschaftsforschung“ ist da! @dariatisch.bsky.social zeigt, wie stark Reichtum sich in Deutschland seit Jahrzehnten in den Händen weniger Familien konzentriert und welche Fragen dies für Chancengleichheit und Machtverhältnisse aufwirft. s.gwdg.de/JlEIeS

1/10 🚨Why do women accumulate less wealth than men across countries and time? I had the privilege of co-directing the latest Special Issue of #SER @sasemeeting.bsky.social with @celinebessiere.bsky.social on gender and wealth accumulation. 🧵 ⤵️ academic.oup.com/ser/article/...

❗️ Tue, May 27, 13:45-15:15 CET 📍 A 231 and ZOOM MZES Speaker Series with @dariatisch.bsky.social "Dynasties of Wealth: The Preservation of Large Family Fortunes Over a Century" 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even... 1/2

🚨Contrary to our expectations, we find that people perceive arrangements where women perform a higher proportion of housework as less fair than scenarios where men do so.

Together with @norawaitkus.bsky.social, I have a new paper on the question: How do Germany’s super-rich talk about being 💰💰💰? By analyzig media interviews, we show that they blend business with family success and tie past, present, and future into one seamless narrative. ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

For once a little bit of self promotion: interesting paper on M mediation of parental social class via wealth transfers on homeownership by @jaschadraeger.bsky.social @nrmllr.bsky.social and myself www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My first paper of my dissertation 'Patrimonial Relations. Kinship, capital and conflict in super-rich Families' is out now on open access! Here I discuss how super-rich families use relational work on affective family ties as an economic resource. @bupjournals.bsky.social

I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

A great postdoc position with the truly amazing Isabell - supportive, sharp, and a joy to work with! Apply if you are looking for a postdoc position!

📢 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...

Wir freuen uns auf den Start unserer Ringvorlesung zum Thema "Methoden und Perspektiven der Sozialstrukturanalyse" und viele spannende Vortragende, die Einblicke in ihre Forschung zu dem Thema geben. @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social @ayo162.bsky.social @dariatisch.bsky.social @csauer.bsky.social

New👇post summarizes main arguments from our Sociology paper (w. @mikesavagelse.bsky.social, @marentoft.bsky.social): how different strands of #class analysis can be easily mobilized to study #wealth and #asset inequalities in its various forms & shapes.💰🏰💸 Original paper: doi.org/10.1177/0038...

The Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy aims to address the continued underrepresentation of women in political economy. Join us! 📅 Cologne, September 22–25, 2025 👩‍🎓 For current PhD students or recent PhD graduates – free of charge ⏳ Apply by April 25, 2025

Join us for the first ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE in Munich, October 9-11 2025 CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates... Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28. Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)

🚨New paper in SER🚨 Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples. academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... @pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux #Sociology #Demography #Inequality

🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social! 📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025 📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va... 🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin

If you want to know more about gender differences among billionaires, check out @emmaischinsky.bsky.social and my paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0816...

As @oxfam-de.bsky.social also argues, equalizing gender gaps among billionaires is the second-best solution. Abolishing billionaires the first. Their study (www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/pu...) also draws on new work by @dariatisch.bsky.social & @schechtlm.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...

Felix Römer and I take a deep dive into the term and concept of wealth in Docupedia —worth a read! docupedia.de/zg/gajek_roe...

Is wealth inequality corrosive to society? Can't wait to get started on our new project "Wealth and Social Cohesion from a Relational Perspective" with a fantastic team: @natrinh.bsky.social, @dariatisch.bsky.social, @rcarranzan.bsky.social, & @schechtlm.bsky.social www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

🚨Job alert 🚨 I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸 The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰 adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Deadline is Feb 28!

Our new book "Understanding Political Economy: Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality" is finally out! 📙 In it, we unpack what political economy is and does through an investigation of the relation between the state, the economy and society. Hardcover: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/und...

Sociologists working on inequality: Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required) EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5... DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f... Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials

📢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...

@emmaischinsky.bsky.social und meine Studie zu den historischen Ursprüngen der heutigen größten deutschen privaten Vermögen kurz zusammengefasst als Infografik ☺️ hier der Link zur Studie: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Große Vermögen sind in Deutschland oft in familiären Netzwerken gegen Verluste abgesichert, zeigt die Forschung von @dariatisch.bsky.social und @emmaischinsky.bsky.social Etwa 8% der größten Vermögen von heute können direkt auf eine Reichenliste von 1913 zurückgeführt werden. s.gwdg.de/xO5JaW

Happy new year! 2024 was a transformative year for our EU Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social Here’s an overview of the research we published last year. All papers and databases are available online on taxobservatory.eu 🧵

Workshop on the Origins of Socioeconomic Inequalities, Luxembourg 15-16 May 2025.

Seeing the new inflow from the other place I made a small starter pack of some people working on gender &/OR sexuality, biased towards Sociology. Let me know if you or anyone else should be on it!

At what point do inheritances increase wealth inequality? What are the possible implications for the design of inheritance taxes? A new WP on data from 6 rich countries by @morellisal.bsky.social, Brian Nolan, @juancpal.bsky.social & Philippe Van Kerm. #EconSky bit.ly/3OHw0Yw

Hot off the press by @margitschratz.bsky.social: A review article on the behavioural responses to inheritance taxation. Some takeaways: Real responses are smaller than avoidance, responses are smaller in more recent studies, tax design matters, ... worth a read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👩‍💼💰 Frauen verdienen immer noch weniger, haben schlechtere Aufstiegschancen und leisten mehr unbezahlte #Sorgearbeit. Es braucht einen Wandel – und zwar auf allen Ebenen: www.boeckler.de/de/boeckler-...

We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...

The climate crisis leads to unprecedented losses and damages. Help us understand how they affect contemporary societies & political economies. Join @vapunkt.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social & me at: - SASE Mini Conference - Paper Workshop @mpifg.bsky.social - Special issue at Socio-Economic Review

It seems that there was no Sociology Journals starter pack, so we created one: go.bsky.app/93ta3Gs -- do let us know which journals we missed!

Here is a starter pack of MPIfG researchers and alumni. Hit follow for research on economic sociology and political economy! If you are a current or former MPIfG researcher and would like to be added, please let us know in the comments. #socsky go.bsky.app/P1fDXjf

Thanks a lot Manuel! Very helpful! And fortunately, the list is not only male, as the preview pics might suggest ;)

Wie steht es um die akademische Freiheit in Deutschland? Auf dem MPIfG Institutstag „#Wissenschaftsfreiheit in polarisierten Zeiten“ sprechen wir am 21. + 22. 11. über Gefahren und Folgen für die Forschung hierzulande. www.mpifg.de/institutstag... @heimstaedt.bsky.social @paulita.bsky.social

2025 Spring School: Perceptions of wealth inequality Check out this research incubator where small teams will work with a great set of scholars on this topic. Apply by Aug 31: dariatisch.github.io/SPINE/ @dariatisch.bsky.social @natrinh.bsky.social @lailaschmitt.bsky.social @janlo.bsky.social

Introducing ISI, the new Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research: www.lmu.de/isi (for a German news announcement: www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/lmu...) We will support & push forward the study of socioeconomic inequality (esp. wealth inequality) across disciplines & countries. /1

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/...

We seek 2 (research) master's students, eager to embark on a #PhD project on: 1. Wealth and Family Cohesion (@norawaitkus.bsky.social) 2. Uncertainty Around Candidate Quality & Discriminatory Hiring Outcomes (Tomas Turner-Zwinkels) Deadline: 5 April www.academictransfer.com/en/338638/2-...

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨 We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.

What’s the power of international asset managers like BlackRock over national corporate governance systems ? New paper out in the Socio-Economic Review! Open access here: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...

Hey! Look at what Santa left for you under the tree! A call for application for a Postdoc in social sciences on socioeconomic polarization! Take a chance and apply. Last year, 100% of selected did so! www.sciencespo.fr/axpo/applica...

Vorl: Reichtum: Zwischen Skandalisierung und Unsichtbarkeit http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-140720 Berlin, 25.01.2024-20.06.2024, Prof. Dr. Alexandra Przyrembel, Lehrgebiet Geschichte der Europäischen Moderne und Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmerer, Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbes. …

📢new for #Sociology #Gender Comparing gender compositions of occupations and firms, we show (1) switches out of gender-atypicality are largest for men across occ (2) firm compositions affect women's exits from firms AND occ. (3) occ. and firms' comp. interact in shaping mobility

You're completing a PhD or a first postdoc in Social Sciences on topics related to socioeconomic polarization (inequality, segregation, discrimination), consider applying to AxPo's postdoc fellowship before the new year: www.sciencespo.fr/axpo/applica...

Wir freuen uns sehr, einen der Anerkennungspreise im Rahmen der AK Essaypreis-Ausschreibung zum Thema „Überreichtum“ gewonnen zu haben. Danke an Daniel Mayerhoffer und @jansg.bsky.social für die tolle Zusammenarbeit. Unser Essay findet sich hier:

Zwei Anerkennungspreise 🏅 gingen an Nicole Osimk für ihr Langgedicht "Das Spiel des Lebens" sowie an Daniel Mayerhoffer, Jan Schulz und @dariatisch.bsky.social für ihren Text zur Fehlwahrnehmung von Überreichtum in der Bevölkerung. Herzliche Gratulation! 4/5