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ESSGN doctoral candidate Asya Bülbül reflects on what political scientists can learn from integrating genetics.
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Column: Can Genetics Help Explain Political Behavior?
By: Asya Bülbül, ESSGN doctoral candidate at Uppsala universityAll views expressed are those of the author. As political science has matured, it has repeatedly absorbed tools and concepts from neig…
https://essgn.org/2026/02/13/can-genetics-help-explain-political-behavior/
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New episode of Born and Raised out now, with
@sjoerdalten.bsky.social
, covering where economics and modern genetic methods meet. Don't miss!
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2. Sjoerd van Alten on economics and genetic methods | Born and Raised
In this episode, our hosts visit economist Sjoerd van Alten in his office at the Vrije Universiteit. Why would an economist be interested in genetics? How does one use molecular genetic data to study ...
https://essgn.podbean.com/e/2-sjoerd-van-alten-on-economics-and-genetic-methods/
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Eivind Ystrom
10 days ago
Article alert!🚨 1/11 Parents matter - and we can quantify part of that influence genetically. Our new JCPP paper on multivariate indirect maternal genetic effects across internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
#jcpp
@uio.no
@unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@unioslo-uv.bsky.social
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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background From a functionalist perspective, parenting behaviors have adaptive functions and are partly expressions of genetic variation. Maternal genes that have effects on children are often refer...
https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70111
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Ahoy! Call for papers now open for this year's amazing ESSGN conference - returning to the beautiful Bologna. Have anything to present at the intersection of the social sciences and genetics? Don't miss!
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ESSGN doctoral candidate Nadia Harerimana writes a personal reflection on critique as care in social science genetics.
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Critique as Care: Reflections on Social Science Genetics Research
By: Nadia Harerimana, ESSGN doctoral candidate at MPIB.All views expressed are those of the author. When people ask what I study, I usually hesitate before answering. Saying “social science genetic…
https://essgn.org/2026/01/30/critique-as-care-reflections-on-social-science-genetics-research/
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Henrik Dobewall
18 days ago
Join us in Turku, Finland for the 3rd
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conference; May 6-8, 2026. This year's topic is "Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation" with excizing and timely keynotes by Prof. Harden
@kph3k.bsky.social
and Prof. Cohen
@philipncohen.com
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Abdel Abdellaoui
20 days ago
Behind the scenes
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Exciting news! Today marks the start of the podcast Born and Raised - produced by the ESSGN. In this very first episode, our hosts have visited
@dr-appie.bsky.social
in his office at the AUMC. Shocking revelations ensue! Find it on
essgn.podbean.com
or on the podcast platform of your choice.
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1. Abdel Abdellaoui on social science genetics | Born and Raised
In this very first episode of Born and Raised, hosts Rafael and Aysu visit behavior geneticist Abdel Abdellaoui in his office at the Amsterdam University Medical Center. They talk about the nature of ...
https://essgn.podbean.com/e/1-abdel-abdellaoui-on-social-science-genetics/
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The ESSGN wishes a very happy new year to all of you!
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Abdel Abdellaoui
about 2 months ago
Welcome to my 2025 scientific publications wrapped! It's been a good year for behavioral genetics, with exciting studies on the relationship between our DNA and socio-economic outcomes, sexual behavior, personality, intelligence, and psychiatric disorders 🧬 See thread below 👇🏽
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Eivind Ystrom
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1/11 New
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student
@qiyuanpeng.bsky.social
: Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA.
doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Parental Influence on Children’s Educational Achievements: Analysing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA
Educational achievement is a key predictor of later-life outcomes, including financial security, social mobility, health, and mortality. Knowing its familial determinants, such as genetic predispositi...
https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.03.691991
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Francesco Andreoli
3 months ago
Co-organized with
@lseinequalities.bsky.social
,
@cy-univ.bsky.social
Supported by :
@lisdata.bsky.social
, ifo Institute,
@uantwerpen.be
AIPRIL,
@umontpellier.bsky.social
CEE-M, ECINEQ, Uni Bari, Uni Roma Sapienza,
@essgn.bsky.social
, World Bank Group
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Eivind Ystrom
4 months ago
Two birds of a gene - catch Matt Keller's webinar at
@uio.no
on October 15th. Please share
www.sv.uio.no/promenta/eng...
@ispg.bsky.social
@behaviorgenetic.bsky.social
@unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@essgn.bsky.social
@ibg.colorado.edu
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Using structural equation models to estimate direct and indirect genetic effects and assortative mating in trio data - PROMENTA
Guest lecture by Matt Keller
https://www.sv.uio.no/promenta/english/news-and-events/events/promenta-lectures/2025/guest-lecture-15.10.2025.html
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Professor Melinda Mills
5 months ago
Loved hosting
@essgn.bsky.social
in Oxford including
@dr-appie.bsky.social
& family (& the rest of the ESSGN family as well) - read the post and links below to hear about this great event
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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
5 months ago
We welcomed the next generation of
@essgn.bsky.social
social science genomics researchers in Oxford! ✨ Speakers from industry (deCODE, Genomics), data (UKBiobank), experts from Oxford & beyond + an Editor from Nature Human Behaviour! 📸 More here 👉
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/lcds-ho...
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Abdel Abdellaoui
5 months ago
Some people call it a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences. My love letter to social science genetics:
communities.springernature.com/posts/a-love...
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A Love Letter to Social Science Genetics
Some people call social science genetics a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences.
https://communities.springernature.com/posts/a-love-letter-to-social-science-genetics
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Tim Morris
6 months ago
Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues. We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below
#genetics
#socialscience
#economics
#cohort
bit.ly/41EnPmu
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Microsoft Forms
http://bit.ly/41EnPmu
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Eivind Ystrom
8 months ago
1/🧵 Even more nature-nurture for school performance in
@pnas.org
! Nikolai Eftedal examined family resemblance in school performance in nearly 1 million students across their Norwegian relatives.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2419627122
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Eivind Ystrom
8 months ago
🧵 THREAD: New wine on socioeconomic status! Joakim Coleman Ebeltoft shipped a new tap in @NatureComms - a large study on the genetic and environmental factors behind socioeconomic status in Norway 🇳🇴 1/11
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The genetic and environmental composition of socioeconomic status in Norway - Nature Communications
The authors examine the genetic and environmental contributions to socioeconomic status (SES) in Norway using a large, population-wide dataset and four different heritability estimation methods. They ...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58961-6
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Pietro Biroli
9 months ago
So happy that this conference has gotten to the 4th iteration. Loved to be there and see the faces and ideas of a growing community of responsible social science genetic researchers Love.
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Charlotte Payne
9 months ago
Thank you
@essgn.bsky.social
and everyone at ESSGN this year for a brilliant conference! I was grateful to be there and learnt so much.
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Josi Bernardo
9 months ago
Very grateful that I got to present at the ESSGN past Friday. In the study I presented, we looked at intergenerational transmission of education in a sample of the Norwegian population register. We used a Children-of-Twins model to look at GPA at age 16 and educational attainment in the parents.
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Perline Demange
9 months ago
Ending the conference with a panel about Mendelian Randomization with
@mendelrandom.bsky.social
Alice Carter and Dalton Conley. My main take-away: use negative controls!
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Perline Demange
9 months ago
Independent contributions to externalizing and internalizing symptoms from common and rare variants shown by
@olivia-wootton.bsky.social
in MCS and Alspac. Also always nice to see that the NonCog PGI association is not mediated by cognitive skills 🤞
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Perline Demange
9 months ago
Very thorough investigation of the impact of low dose ionization due to nuclear incident in the UK. By Rossella da Sabbato
@essgn.bsky.social
I’m learning a lot here!
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Perline Demange
9 months ago
“Social science genetics will continue as a field but your publications will stay”
@libertyruth.bsky.social
told us her wishes and advice as an NHB editor. -> Talk about your limitations, use correlation terminology when not testing causation, document your ethical considerations, write FAQs
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Perline Demange
9 months ago
Using having two first children of same sex as an IV, Dalton Conley disproves the Trivers-Willard hypothesis: it appears having a girl is taking a bigger toll on parents’ epigenetic clocks.
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Uku Vainik
9 months ago
@michelnivard.bsky.social
gave a very enthusiastic big 5 GWAS overview. I hope we'll see a lot more personality research at
@essgn.bsky.social
next year!
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Perline Demange
9 months ago
Now trying to wrap my head around measuring ancestry-based assortative mating. Interesting methods being used by
@luyinz.bsky.social
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Perline Demange
9 months ago
Associations between psychopathologies PGIs and cognition are the same when controlling for P factor. Within- and between-family association pattern is different depending on the psychopathology and associations with verbal and nonverbal IQ as well.
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by Wangjingyi Liao
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Perline Demange
9 months ago
Kicking off
#ESSGN2025
@essgn.bsky.social
with
@michellemeyer.bsky.social
advocating for scatter plots vs bar plots in social science genetics. Everyone (scientists and public) is better at interpreting effect sizes with scatter plots.
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Today marks the start of the fourth annual ESSGN conference, this year hosted in a lovely and sunny Bristol! Follow along!
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Hello world!
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