🎉 Happy to share that I’ve been awarded a Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for my new project: SHINE: SHaping unequal futures through Inherited Networks Stay tuned for two upcoming (PhD & Postdoc) positions. www.ru.nl/en/research/...

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

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

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...

NEW - The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Université PSL's new research network CultureLab is hiring two 5-year postdocs to develop computational methods to analyze cultural, historical, and social data! Research budget included - Deadline on 12-15-24, details below ⬇️

Our recent paper, in ASR: While many sociologists assume that people turn to their “strong ties” when they need a confidant, people are actually as likely to avoid as to talk to their closest friends and family. doi.org/10.1177/0003... 1/

This is a good time to share my starter pack filled with researchers in the areas of Stratification, Education, and Labor Market. Mostly sociology, a little on the economics side because that's who I know. Feel free to share; any omissions are accidents. go.bsky.app/PeigPc9

Interested in inequality research? Here is a starter pack containing research centers / institutes / organizations dedicated to the study of socioeconomic inequality. Time seemed ripe as, finally, organizations are moving to Bluesky. Let me know if others should be added. go.bsky.app/5daYr6v

Ok, I tried making a starter pack on intergenerational mobility. I'm sure I've missed many folks so please let me know if you want to be added: go.bsky.app/DvGG8zV

De bezuinigingen op de wetenschap en het hoger onderwijs zullen grote delen van de samenleving raken. Vele maatschappelijke organisaties spreken zich daarom inmiddels uit tegen deze bezuinigingen. Hier zijn ze. Red het hoger onderwijs! woinactie.blogspot.com/p/steunbetui...

1 PhD Job (4 years) in ERC DIGINEQ project! At Centre for Demographic Studies & Dept. of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona "Adolescent Well-Being; Inequalities; Digital Media; Computational Social Science" Deadline: December 3 Apply & share!! 🔝🔥 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKQ730/p...

1 Postdoc (3 years) in my ERC DIGINEQ project! At Centre for Demographic Studies & Dept. of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona "Adolescent Well-Being; Social/Digital Inequalities; Computational Social Science" Deadline: December 3 Apply & share!! ❤️‍🔥🔝 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKO526/p...

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!

I have tried to start on a elite sociology starter pack (which for now mostly reveal my biases). Please tell me if you or someone else are missing go.bsky.app/RzBRJ31

The right-wing #nationalist party in the #Dutch govt. believes that further #budget cuts are possible, beyond the currently announced billion+. If we accept this, it will keep on happening! 🚨 Nov 25, 13.00, Malieveld, Den Haag 🚨 @woinactie.bsky.social @fnv.bsky.social #AOb #academia #education

Reminder that we’re hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology at UCL Social Research. Position is open to any applied field, deadline 20 December. (Reposting as the link was broken) www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

PhD-course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis, in Oslo January 13-16 2025! Come learn the technique from renowned expert Johs. Hjellbrekke, shooting star @marentoft.bsky.social, and yours truly. www.uio.no/studier/emne...

Ok folks in higher education, science and generally in 🇳🇱 Demonstration November 25, 13.00 Den Haag Stop 🛑 the irrational and shortsighted cuts in highered and science 🛑 woinactie.blogspot.com/2024/11/steu...

✨New (open access) article in ESR with Gerbert Kraaykamp! We demonstrate that cultural capital is positively associated with a higher occupational position due to access to more resourceful networks. Read here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...