We're always hearing about the "elite", but what does the data tell us about who really runs Britain? @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com reviews "Born To Rule" by @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social

Mark Zuckerberg wants us to “tune in” with smart glasses. But tune in to what, exactly? My latest piece for The Perpetual Beginner is on smart glasses and the lost art of seeing open.substack.com/pub/theperpe...

Deadline approaching - November 3! Two postdoc positions at the GC-CUNY @stone-lis.bsky.social center in New York City. One position is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth #inequality. Info and link below. #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky 👇👇👇 bit.ly/40TZR6J

🚨New Issue Out Now!! Open Access!! Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!

Our former @ccmpswarwick.bsky.social and @sociowarwick.bsky.social graduate Dr. Sun Park is now doing great things at @ucdischool.bsky.social - including leading this amazing PhD project on AI & Heritage 👇 www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancie...

Deadline today!!

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

If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

📢𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!📢 We’re now accepting applications for the 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social Apply via our online portal: kohlifoundation.eu/programs-koh... 📆 Deadline 16 November 2025

Deadline on Monday!

Sociology professor jobs in Copenhagen 🇩🇰! Repost: We're hiring! Open rank. At least 2 profs. More details 👇

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📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference! The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field. Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025. www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

An important new paper from my talented, but BlueSky-less PHD Jose Lopes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research doi.org/10.1093/esr/... OA: osf.io/ar2xc_v2/dow... @europeansocreview.bsky.social

New paper! Led by the brilliant @blaabaek.bsky.social and based on library borrowing data for the entire 🇩🇰 population. Thread below

We were delighted to welcome Prof @aaronreeves.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social to deliver our ARK at 25 lecture yesterday. Prof Reeves discussed findings from his book (co-authored with Prof @samfriedman.bsky.social) Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite.

🚨 NEW: Britain’s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population. Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research. Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

📢NEW Vacancy📢 Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social Specialising in quantitative sociology ⏰Deadline: 6 October Maternity cover MORE INFO: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a... APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

Norwegian 🇳🇴 votes nearly counted. Looks like reelection for the Labour Party and the red block. Remarkable comeback. The populist Progress Party has a great result and has overtaken the Conservative Party (remind you of anything?) @jonasgahrstore will be back as PM #valg2025

Over last 12 months Times&Telegraph have published nearly 1 article a day on the VAT changes for private schools! But in spite of the uproar, the policy has not weakened the power of Britain’s most elite schools. @aaronreeves.bsky.social & @samfriedman.bsky.social suggest what might actually do it.

Charging #VAT on the UK's #PrivateSchools is a mostly symbolic move by the Labour Government: their mission of “smashing the class ceiling” needs to target elite university admissions. @aaronreeves.bsky.social & @samfriedman.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

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

Aarhus University, invites applications for two assistant or associate professor positions in educational sociology with a focus on the application of quantitative methods international.au.dk/about/profil...

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Britain is now one of very few countries where Gen Z are firmly left-of-centre

I'm hiring two Post-Doctoral Fellows in International Political Economy/Economic Sociology as part of the ADD project funded by the Velux Foundation. The posts are linked to an AI Sustainability package led by Christina Lioma at KU and me at CBS, drawing insights from comp sci & political economy.

The inaugural BJS Conference, which took place in April 2024 at LSE, welcomed over 300 attendees from 138 different academic institutions and 23 countries. Watch highlights from the conference ➡️ buff.ly/jg5Y8JF

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open! Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE. 📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

👀 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...

The Govt needs to go much further on private school reform if it wants to reach its goal of ‘smashing the class ceiling’

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you. Apply by: 10 Oct www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Lovely to get such a kind and thoughtful review of Born to Rule from @dannydorling.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Clear pattern emerging: impact of new taxes on private schools, non-doms and large farms is far smaller than typically suggested. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The GC-CUNY Stone Center invites applications for two postdocs, to join us in NYC Aug 2026-Aug 2028. One focused on wealth, one on intergenerational mobility/poverty. Deadline Nov 3! @stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications...

Good review of an important book - Born to Rule. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... "Some findings are stunning: not a single person from a family with negligible wealth made it into the British elite, ever"

We have an opening for a one-year Sociology Lectureship in Glasgow focused on teaching the sociology of class. Please share it with anyone interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We're excited to announce that a new PhD programme addressing vital issues of inclusivity within the creative economy has been created by the Department of Sociology at LSE and the University of Roehampton.

🌟 @miroborn.bsky.social was awarded the Outstanding PhD Researcher Impact prize for his project "From PhD Research to Comic: The Price of Social Mobility". This award recognises excellence in impact achieved during or within a year of completing PhD research.

🌟 @sachahilhorst.bsky.social was runner up in the Rising Star award for her project "A tale of two towns". This award recognises impact achieved by an early career researcher.

🌟 @samfriedman.bsky.social and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social were awarded the Outstanding Team Impact prize for their project "Abolishing the Non-Dom Tax Regime". This award recognises excellence achieved as a team, spanning researchers, professional services, and external organisations.

🎙️NEW FINDINGS🎙️ Updated analysis from our @nuffieldfoundation.org funded work on shows that inequalities by socio-economic background have *increased* over time for the latest year of recruitment as competition for graduate jobs have increased repec-cepeo.ucl.ac.uk/cepeow/cepeo...

📢New paper!📢 "Social Class Origin and Job quality in Higher Managerial and Professional Occupations" out in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social Those from lower social origins suffer lower ❌ top job attainment ❌ pay In this new research, we show they also suffer lower ❌ non-pay job quality

“As C. Wright Mills said, each generation must recognise its own elite. The work Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman have done here will be indispensable in this quest .” ‪simonarthur.bsky.social reviews Born to Rule by @aaronreeves.bsky.social‬ and @samfriedman.bsky.social‬ . buff.ly/RIU6ngh

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...