For everyone using names in experimental research, check out this first publication in Nature's Scientific Data from our @equalstrength.bsky.social project on perceptions of names in Europe Lead by Abel Ghekiere and @billiemartiniello.bsky.social; great summary by @sbvanoosten.bsky.social below ⬇️

Yesterday we had the last AMCIS Seminar of 2025 with @cdiehl.bsky.social on perceived discrimination. In this first year since @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social and I have taken over from @thijsbol.bsky.social as AMCIS co-directors, we were lucky to host a great group of speakers! @aissr.bsky.social

On Thursday we host Claudia Diehl for the year's last AMCIS Seminar: "Explaining Perceptions of Unfair Treatment: Theoretical Arguments & Empirical Evidence from Ethnic Minorities, Women & Students" Info & registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even... @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social

Tomorrow, we host @miroborn.bsky.social for an AMCIS Seminar on "Social Ladders: The Weight of Social Mobility" where he will critically explores the ideal of social mobility. Info and registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even... @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social

Reminder: next Wednesday we host @tevoelker.bsky.social at the AMCIS Seminar who will talk on the Far Right, with our colleagues Jaron Harambam and @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social as discussants. ⬇️ More info + registration below @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social

Upcoming AMCIS Seminar: On 12 Nov. @tevoelker.bsky.social talks about "Mainstreaming the Far Right: How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates" - just 2 weeks after the Dutch elections! Info & Registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even... @aissr.bsky.social @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who attended the AMCIS seminar with @sibylleglk.bsky.social today about her book "The gender of Capital" co-authored with @celinebessiere.bsky.social, which was unfortunately interrupted by a fire alarm that forced us to evacuate the building.

One of many super interesting posters at #AkadSoz25, pitched by one of the authors, @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social. Cc: @gesis.org @evazschirnt.bsky.social

Why do women still hold less wealth than men—even under egalitarian laws? 💰 Join @sibylleglk.bsky.social's talk on *The Gender of Capital* 📅 Oct 13 | 🕒 15:30 👉 Register here: amcis.uva.nl/content/even... With @evazschirnt.bsky.social, Ivana Isailović & @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social

And our AMCIS survey experiments workshop is a wrap! Two great and intense days with lots of exiting survey experimental designs and projects being presented + two great keynotes 😀 Thanks everyone for coming to Amsterdam @aissr.bsky.social

We’re off to a great start on our workshop on survey experiments, organized with @bramlancee.bsky.social Great to welcome our participants @aissr.bsky.social on such a sunny Fall day!

On Oct 13, AMCIS co-organizes a book presentation by Sibylle Gollac on "The Gender of Capital" which examines the persistence of the gender wealth gap in countries, showing how this gap is maintained ­by legal professionals. Info and registration here: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

Looking forward to presenting our #meta-analysis on #parenthood #discrimination (joined work with @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social and @jessdaik.bsky.social) at the CEPDISC 2025 conference in Denmark today. Working Paper available at osf.io/preprints/so...

We absolutely loved Bernd growing up - how cool to see this on Last Week Tonight 😂😍

🙌🎉🎭 with the @equalstrength.bsky.social team at the @ecsr.bsky.social conference in Cologne #ECSR2025

🚨 New preprint out with @evazschirnt.bsky.social & @jessdaik.bsky.social We tackle a simple but major question: Are parents discriminated against in hiring? Check out our meta-analysis results ⬇️ 👉 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/so... Or join the discussion tomorrow at the #ECSR2025 poster session!

WORK! The Sociology Department at Utrecht University is hiring a new assistant prof, with expertise on migration/integration/polarization/stratification. Come join us! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...

Reminder: you can still submit your abstract for the workshop on Survey Experiments that @bramlancee.bsky.social and I are organising @aissr.bsky.social early October. Submission deadline is 27/08/2025 ⬇️

@bramlancee.bsky.social and I are organising the 3rd AMCIS Workshop on "Survey Experiments in the Social Sciences", 1-2 October 2025 in Amsterdam. We are looking for Papers and/or Research Designs. Please email your submission to me and Bram, submission deadline is 27/08/2025. @aissr.bsky.social

@evazschirnt.bsky.social presenting results of a factorial survey experiment on perceptions of wage penalties of workers wearing the hijab

@elystromberg.bsky.social presenting a study on intersectional stereotyping, co-authored with @evazschirnt.bsky.social #IMISCOE2025

Our @europeansocieties.bsky.social paper on "Reference group effects & parental educational expectations" looking at a big-fish-little-pond effect and immigrant parents' expectations with Nora Huth-Stöckle & Reinhard Schunck is now available with page numbers etc. direct.mit.edu/euso/article...

Looking forward to this afternoon's AMCIS seminar on "Housing as a driver of inequality". You can still join us at 16:00. @sjs1869.bsky.social @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social

Next week, AMCIS hosts profs. Susan Smith and Rebecca Bentley at the University of Amsterdam. They will talk about housing as a driver of inequality, focusing on economic and health inequalities respectively. Join us, more info and registration here: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...

Looking forward to the next event in the pipeline of the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies: "Housing as a driver of inequality", with Rebecca Bentley & Susan Smith on June 4 @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social

Happening tomorrow: If you want to learn about British elites, join us for the book presentation "Born to rule" with @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social

Join us on 30 April for the 2nd AMCIS event this month for the book presentation by @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social ⬇️

Who runs Britain? April 30, @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social will present their book "Born to Rule" on elite formation and reproduction at UvA. Organized by AMCIS and the Cultural Sociology group. Join us! More information and registration here: amcis.uva.nl/shared/subsi...

Thanks to everyone who attended the AMCIS relaunch yesterday and made it a great event. Especially @norawaitkus.bsky.social who gave a great presentation on wealth inequality and class analysis, and Rowan Arundel & Wouter Schakel as discussants! @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social

📢 Call for Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of the Network for Empirical-Analytical Social Research on Muslims (NAFS) on September 15 & 16 @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt, Germany. Call is here: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170436331/Cf...? Thanks for sharing! 👍

🚨 Change of location: if you're planning to attend the AMCIS kick-off on Thursday, please note that the room has been changed from the JK building to De Brug (still REC campus)!!!

⚖️ AMCIS relaunch next week! Join our Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies kick-off with @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social, @evazschirnt.bsky.social, @norawaitkus.bsky.social & @mikesavagelse.bsky.social on 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. 🗓 10 April | 🕒 15:00 |📍De Brug 🔗 amcis.uva.nl/content/even...

Belangrijke blog van @distasioval.bsky.social, Borja Martinovic, @verenaseibel.bsky.social en @stefaniesprong.bsky.social: Hoeveel meer bewijs heeft de TK nodig om te erkennen dat moslimdiscriminatie een hardnekkig probleem is dat de NLse maatschappij onder druk zet? stukroodvlees.nl/hoeveel-bewi...

Looking forward to our AMCIS Kick-Off event on 10 April - join us in Amsterdam for a discussion on wealth and class inequality with @norawaitkus.bsky.social and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social

Today we are striking against the planned budget cuts in higher education at the University of Amsterdam! This is part of a larger relay strike. 🟥 For more info see: www.uva.nl/en/current/b... And woinactie.blogspot.com/2025/02/aank... #doehetniet @woinactie.bsky.social

🚨 Open postdoctoral researcher position 🚨: ▪️ PhD in sociology, econ, organiz. psychology, etc. ▪️ 80%, 2-year position @unibern. ▪️ Main tasks: set up + manage Swiss employer-employee panel & doing research on careers in companies ▪️ More infos: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

WORK! Come join us as an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. Note: ability to teach in Dutch is required. www.uu.nl/organisatie/...

It was really great to see so many people from our @equalstrength.bsky.social team in person at VUB Brussels this week 😀

🏫Why are Dutch schools segregated by socio-economic background, and what role does school choice play in this? 👩‍🎓Tomorrow at 13:00, @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social defends the thesis 'Rhythms of Class: Socio-Economic Disparities and Peer Dynamics in Secondary School Choice'. 🎥 www.uva.nl/en/content/e...

I'm very much looking forward to being co-director of the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) with @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social, taking over this role from former director @thijsbol.bsky.social. Keep an eye on our accounts and @aissr.bsky.social for news about events, grants, etc.

I am pleased to announce that with Eva Zschirnt, I have been appointed co-director of the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) of the University of Amsterdam We are currently organizing various events, small (workshop & data) grants, PhD activities etc @aissr.bsky.social amcis.uva.nl

Just a reminder for Germans abroad that you need to re-register to vote in the Federal Election, even if you didn't move houses since 2021 (yes, I'm a political scientist and had to google this). Here are the docs you need: www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswa.... (1)

Protest against budget cuts in Dutch higher education at the Malieveld, big turnout!

Are you working in a #Dutch #university? Could you please fill in this short #questionnaire to help me understand potential #concerns around attending the #nation-wide #demonstration in #TheHague on Nov 25th? #Academia #precarity #nationaity #visa #non-EU forms.gle/57ujMBusE93Y...

Reminder: You can still apply for this postdoc position on a project on Structural Discrimination in the Dutch Labour market with @stefaniesprong.bsky.social @bramlancee.bsky.social, and me. Deadline for applications is this Sunday.

📢📢JOB OPENING: Together with @stefaniesprong.bsky.social and @bramlancee.bsky.social we are looking for a Postdoc for a new project on Structural Discrimination in the Dutch Labour Market 🇳🇱. Based at Utrecht University, Deadline 10 November. Please share widely! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

This week EqualStrength researchers are presenting some of our work at the CEPDISC Conference. Today Vasilena Lachkovska presented work on using signals (e.g. names and wording in messages) in field experiments.

Vacancy for full professor of political sociology, at the University of Amsterdam. https://www.academictransfer.com/en/343927/full-professor-political-sociology/

Great PhD opportunity with two very nice supervisors in our department: