[📻 #Socioelites] "Les start-ups : enquête au cœur du nouveau monde du capitalisme" avec Marion Flécher www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Hier Anne-Sophie Delval de l'OBELIS @sspunil.bsky.social a parlé des élites suisses au micro du 12h30 de la RTS: www.rts.ch/info/societe...

Call for Abstracts! Moral Economies of Class Privilege: Legitimation, Intermediaries and Space in the Reproduction of Elites Workshop – May 11-12, 2026 – University of Lausanne Deadline for submission: 15 January 2026

My article on the tv hit Succession and its media reception finally out. Keywords Schadenfreude, fantasy, dynasties. My argument being that it is a fantasy-driven construct appealing to a middle class desire to see the rich as miserable people destined to fall. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%. And the gap is growing. Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.

“Our findings show that most of Colombia’s wealth, political power and social prestige – across a country with a population of 53 million – is concentrated on just 932 individuals” – Jenny Pearce & Juan David Velasco on “elite constellations" #LSEInequalitiesBlog 🔗 buff.ly/YldrN40

🔥🔥 New article in PlosOne 🔥🔥 Citation behaviour isn’t a meritocracy. It’s shaped by social ties and topic overlap. Let’s rethink how we evaluate research impact. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

[📢 #socioelites] Post-doctorat de 13 mois "Les élites mobiles des Hauts-de-France : choix résidentiels et modes d'habiter". Le projet comprend un volet migration, avec l'étude des mobilités résidentielles des élites économiques françaises à travers la frontière franco-belge. ⌛ 10.11.2025

The next Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association will take place in Fribourg 🇨🇭 September 2–4, 2026. The call is available here: events.unifr.ch/ssa-conferen... We look forward to receiving your proposals in German, French, or English starting Nov 1 🕰️ @unifr.bsky.social @sggfsseg.bsky.social

Submit an abstract for the BJS Conference - April 23 and 24 2026 at LSE. Deadline this Monday! www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

Sociologists, political scientists, other scholars & practitioners of US politics - submit a proposal to our People-Ing Politics conference as part of the Eastern Sociological Society's conference in DC this March 5 - 8th. Apply by 10/15 (unless they extend) & please share - ess2026.exordo.com/login

Article sur les 10 ans de l'OBELIS dans Le Temps: www.letemps.ch/carrieres-et...

looking forward to our workshop next week in Lausanne @obelitessuisses.bsky.social ! thank you @pierrebat.cpesr.fr ✨

"Scolarisations et formations de l’élite entrepreneuriale : parcours de vie et visions du monde" Très beau programme pour les 16-17 octobre prochain @sspunil.bsky.social thanks to l'équipe @obelitessuisses.bsky.social www.unil.ch/events/17522...

L'alliance « Trump-Musk » a occulté l'histoire plus conflictuelle des relations entre le parti républicain et le grand patronat des Etats-Unis. Au cœur des tensions : les mesures protectionnistes des présidents républicains, à rebours de l'agenda libéral défendu par les leaders des multinationales.

[📖 #socioelites] "Trump et les grands patrons" Entretien avec Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl par Marieke Louis via @laviedesidees.bsky.social laviedesidees.fr/Trump-et-les...

[📢 #socioelites] "Le genre des grandes entreprises suisses (1910-2020)" : intervention de Stéphanie Ginalski dans le séminaire "Femmes et direction d’entreprise : entre normes et pratiques" (ANR DIRIVA). 📅 14.10.2025, 10h-12h30 📍 @uparisnanterre.bsky.social Bât. Max Weber (RDC), Salle 2 (hybride)

The research video for our book Born to Rule (made by the brilliant Maayan Arad) is a Finalist for a Lovie Award. It’s now down to a public vote so please have a watch and, if you like it, vote for us! vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting... @lsesociology.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

Vendredi prochain à 11h00 je suis invité pour parler enquête emploi, grandes écoles et mobilité sociale en France au XXe siècle. Je suis joie.

🏛Qui accède au pouvoir en Suisse et par quels chemins? Quel rôle joue l’héritage familial? La formation? Le genre? Discutez de ces questions avec plusieurs spécialistes de l’ @obelitessuisses.bsky.social, lors d’une soirée conviviale au cœur de Lausanne. Infos et inscription ⬇️

We are excited for the start of this term's Inequalities Seminar Series! In our first seminar, @katymorris.bsky.social explores the effects of income misperceptions on inequality beliefs and preferences. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/VGrS38l 💻 Attend online: buff.ly/U7CxSmD

My new paper on "Economic sociology and the far-right" is out in the @jcultecon.bsky.social ! How do businesses promote the far-right? How does the far-right transform accumulation regimes? How is the new reactionary, post-neoliberal regime embedded in tools of surveillance and control?

[📢 #socioelites] Présentation de l'ouvrage de @connandom.cpesr.fr "Faire partie du club. Élites et pouvoir au Kenya" (2024) dans le séminaire "In Search of Britain" 📅 24.09.2025 🕔 17h 📍 Salle E002, Pôle Citadelle @upjv-univ.bsky.social 🔗 searchofbritain.wordpress.com @cnrseditions.bsky.social

Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales (@actesrss.bsky.social) a 50 ans. Pour l’occasion, nous publions un numéro spécial. Anniversaire oblige, ce numéro double comporte aussi des surprises. Un 🧵: shs.cairn.info/revue-actes-...

[📑Parution #socioelites] "« Pauvres riches » : la précarité relative des milliardaires russes en mobilité internationale" de Vitalina Dragun - @crestsociology.bsky.social 🔗 journals.openedition.org/emulations/4...

🚨 New publication 🇫🇷! Maxime Béhar and I introduce and theorize Precarious Privilege to a french-Speaking audience: how social, cultural, economic & symbolic resources can be destabilized, devalued, or reinvented in international mobility. 📖 (FR) journals.openedition.org/emulations/4...

Another update 🚨 We just launched Beyond the Core: Elites and Power in Swiss Second-Tier City-Regions (1890–2020) at @unil.bsky.social, funded by @snf-fns.ch I’m thrilled to coordinate this 4-year project with a multidisciplinary team @obelitessuisses.bsky.social #BeyondTheCore #EliteStudies

"L'élite russe continue de faire le calcul risque-bénéfice de son soutien au pouvoir. Tant que les risques d'une défection sont plus importants que les rétributions de la loyauté, elle n'a pas intérêt à faire défection." Victor Violier reçu par @alexjubelin.bsky.social lerubicon.org/collimateur-...

The Swiss People’s Party is one of the most electorally successful far-right parties, and the largest party in Switzerland. Its rise over the past 30 y has been fueled by anti-elite rhetoric & a libertarian, anti-govt stance. New data reveals: 40% of the SVP’s budget comes directly from the govt

Applicants are required to submit a 3-5 page research agenda tackling one of the above themes. Deadline is October 15th. More information here: www.cbs.dk/cbs/jobs-paa...

Very excited to share my new paper in Socius, "Unicorns and Hacks": Revolving Door Lobbyists and the Cultivation of Political Credibility ! And it's open access!! Many thanks to my respondents, research assistants, and colleagues for making this paper possible. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Wer in der Schweiz und in der Welt die wirtschaftliche Macht besitzt, wie man in diese Kreise gelangt und warum «Elite» heute ein Schimpfwort ist, erklärt der Soziologe Felix Bühlmann im Gespräch. trib.al/Fs8NURB

These are really insane numbers. Even if we only look at formal political offices, billionaires are more than 10,000x more likely to hold a national political position than the average person.

[📑 #Socioelites ] "Les discrètes" par Carl Petersen à propos de l'ouvrage d'Isabelle Dasque, Le pouvoir des femmes de diplomates, XIXe-XXIe siècles. laviedesidees.fr/Les-discretes

We just released version 3.1 of WhoGov, a global dataset on members of government from 1966-2023. The update fixes the mistakes that came to our attention while creating the Paths to Power dataset + mistakes users have notified us of More additions and updates to WhoGov are on their way, including:

We have a brand new paper, again by a team of crack undergrads, about the networks of these anti-wind lawyers. The Marcella case happened to be first. 10/n www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/legal-e...

Very pleased to announce the full programme for this year's Finance and Society conference, which will take place on 11-12 September at Copenhagen Business School. Registration now open to the public. Come join us! @finandsoc.bsky.social financeandsocietynetwork.org/prog-finands...

This paper shows how elites' racialised identities and their understanding of racialised inequality shape their redistributive preferences, but this varies depending on whether they are evaluating race-conscious or race-neutral policies. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

This intra-elite power struggle has implications for efforts to save freedom and democracy in the US. I'm looking forward to thinking with this piece.

A lire dans notre série sur l'actualité de l'#openscience en Suisse: Moritz Mähr et Moritz Twente: Open Access and Open Peer Review in the Digita Humanities Felix Bühlmann: Ouvrir les données de l'Observatoire suisse des élites (OBELIS) www.infoclio.ch/fr/actualit%...

Penultimate episode of this season's Culture & Inequality Podcast, in which @bryanboyle.bsky.social (Free U Brussels) talks with Kristina Kolbe and @aaronreeves.bsky.social about the Sound of Elites: How Elites Navigate a Meritocratic and Anti-Elite World >> pod.link/1533967764/e...

[ #socioelites] "Réexaminer les élites au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient", c'était ce mercredi 25 juin 2025, au congrès des études sur le Moyen-Orient et les mondes musulmans. 🔗 momm-strasbourg.sciencesconf.org/browse/autho... @manonlaroche.bsky.social

[📑Parution et mise en ligne #Socioelites] "Vers le haut. Enquêter sur l’élite au pouvoir" de François Denord, Paul Lagneau-Ymonet et Sylvain Laurens @Ed_LaDecouverte shs.cairn.info/vers-le-haut...

Allez, c'est parti, petit fil sur mon chapitre sur comment le rapport des ancien·nes élèves des ENS avec la tèse et la carrière académique éclaire les évolutions récentes du champ académique français (depuis les années 1960) 🧵

Neuer Artikel von Michael Hartmann im Berliner Journal für Soziologie: Mehr Kontinuität als Wandel – Die deutschen Eliten vom Kaiserreich bis heute. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@tgiddey.bsky.social is presenting the first results of what will become a book in the (near?) future on business lawyers in Switzerland. For more information: thibaudgiddey.com/research-pro...

Ready for the workshop on lawyers and capitalism www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

New research note out in @bjsociology.bsky.social on the Power Elite in Greenland. The main finding: There is a highly knit elite network in Greenland. However, there are also clear fracturing lines based on the Greenlandic-Danish divide. A 🧵on findings doi.org/10.1111/1468...