🧑‍🎓In November we will be hosting the VII International Doctoral Workshop on "The pressing challenges to inequality in contemporary society" 📅Apply by June 9 Find all relevant information on our website: sites.google.com/view/ublawco...

Nuestro proyecto unpack ya tiene web! Podéis consultar nuestras últimas publicaciones sobre pobreza infantil, a qué nos referimos cuando hablamos del rompecabezas de la pobreza en España y también nuestros próximos pasos aquí @demosocupf.bsky.social www.upf.edu/web/unpack

New article by Joaquín Alcañiz-Colomer & Daniel Edmiston 'The Distinctive Nature and Effects of Deep Poverty: a Hybrid Case for Minimum Income Schemes' link.springer.com/article/10.1...

El atlas interactivo del Instituto Geográfico Nacional es fantastico. Te deja hacer tus propios mapas con 3 clicks. Como este: Pobreza infantil por CCAA 2025 interactivo-atlasnacional.ign.es#c=home

Looking for journal recommendations: Anyone recomends a #qualitative methods #journal they have had a good experience publishing with? We have just had a horrible experience and would like to submit elsewhere. #Academia #AcademicBsky

📣 Join our ERC LEARN Research Team at CRIS, Sciences Po, Paris, to investigate how major disruptive events affect children's educational development. Apply by 12 April: ⭐️Doctoral Researcher / PhD candidate www.google.com/url?q=https:... ⭐️Postdoctoral Researcher www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Two new positions open @politiquesupf.bsky.social 1. Quantitative Sociology of Work- Tenure Track @demosocupf.bsky.social www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... 2. Lecturer (Lector) Public Administration/Public Policy www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... Come join us! It's a great department!

How costly is apprenticeship dropout—and for whom? Using an IV approach, our new @europeansocreview.bsky.social article finds strong income penalties, but only for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. My great coauthors patzinaalex.bsky.social & @katymorris.bsky.social 💖 tinyurl.com/tk4nkdb3

Flying halfway round the world to spend 15 minutes failing to show 47 slides to four people, one of whom will respond by talking off topic at length while everybody sits there hoping someone else will tell him to stop, is a rational use of time and resources

Two new positions open @politiquesupf.bsky.social 1. Quantitative Sociology of Work- Tenure Track @demosocupf.bsky.social www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... 2. Lecturer (Lector) Public Administration/Public Policy www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... Come join us! It's a great department!

🗣️ Workshop on Thematic Publications, 2026 📝 Sign up and don't miss out! 👇 www.upf.edu/web/phd-poli...

Despair 👇 Who has a right to make such decisions for a planet and all who dwell here?

Anyone having issues with SageOpen? My article has been waiting for 3 months since proofs because of issues with their payment system and I'm receiving no answers. Wondering if anyone in the same boat? @academic-chatter.bsky.social #Sage #SageOpen #academia

Convocades places d'associat/da al Dept @politiquesupf.bsky.social Inc dues a sociologia: estructura social i urbanisme i seguretat pública upf.convoca.online/processDetai...

europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of hormuz

A França el tancament de bars i estancs contribueix a l'augment del vot d'extrema dreta, en un context de transformacions en les condicions de vida locals independentment de la immigració, l'atur o altres

Los bebés afectados por la DANA durante el embarazo tuvieron más riesgo de ser prematuros🤰 En @piedrasdepapel.bsky.social, @nereabelloiglesias.bsky.social y yo mostramos resultados de nuestra investigación en curso sobre los efectos de la DANA en la salud infantil: www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...

The German Society for Demography (DGD) awarded two Hertie School researchers! 🎉 @crowold.bsky.social was honoured for her dissertation on the gender pension gap, and @sinalw.bsky.social for her research on gender inequalities in well-being during the transition to parenthood. Congrats! 👏

Someone just posted about how they don't care if their students use AI as long as the text conveys the ideas the students meant to convey. The thing is, you don't know exactly what you think until you write it. And if some prefab thing pops up, you're liable to decide that was what you thought.

Ahir el CEO va publicar la tercera onada de l'enquesta longitudinal. Com a participant en la seva elaboració, he de dir que m'ha fet il·lusió veure-la sortir.

To what extent do income trajectories shape transition to parenthood beyond current income? Teodora Maksimovik shows a double positive association between income and parenthood for men &a current income effect only, for women @demosocupf.bsky.social

Oferta de feina: Ivalua analista amb perfil quantitatiu que treballarà, entre altres projectes, en avaluacions de polítiques d’ingressos, prestacions socials i altres polítiques de lluita contra la pobresa. ivalua.cat/ca/node/6050 Deadline: 9 de març

🚀 Come work with us: 7 PhD positions in #InequalityResearch at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”, @uni-konstanz.de Fully funded (TV-L E13, 75%, 4 years) Start: 1 Oct 2026 Application deadline: 15 Apr 2026 ℹ️ t1p.de/j3vk5, apply here: t1p.de/h5mz9

Anyone having issues with SageOpen? My article has been waiting for 3 months since proofs because of issues with their payment system and I'm receiving no answers. Wondering if anyone in the same boat? @academic-chatter.bsky.social #Sage #SageOpen #academia

Amb @aarcarons.bsky.social analitzem al nou número de Nota d’Economia l’impacte dels costos de l’habitatge en (1) el risc de pobresa de les llars amb infants i (2) en la bretxa de pobresa entre les llars amb infants d’origen immigrant i autòcton 🔎👉 hdl.handle.net/20.500.14345...

26/02/26 - PhD Research Seminars - Session 9 www.upf.edu/web/phd-poli...

Primer informe de diagnóstic social de Catalunya. Parla de migració, habitatge, envelliment, revisant reptes i receptes

¿Por qué movilizar 23.000 millones de inversión privada para vivienda en vez de usar los 60.000 millones en créditos blandos del Next Generation EU a los que se quiere renunciar? Respuesta corta: para que la banca haga negocio 🧵 www.democrata.es/economia/san...

Recordad a la hora de interpretar resultados, poner el grito en el cielo o entonar canticos: MARGEN DE ERROR de 2pp, es decir, estamos igual.

Por nacionalidad, el contraste es muy marcado. Atentos al cambio de escala: el eje de ordenadas llega al 70%, no al 50% como en los anteriores.

Universal Child Benefits as a Tool for Poverty Reduction link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/... Estudio de @luciagorjon.bsky.social La pobreza infantil extrema se reduciría en torno a un 43%. La tasa de riesgo de pobreza infantil en un 28% El coste fiscal estimado se sitúa entre el 0,5% y 1% del PIB

🚨We are seeking a part-time research assistant with expertise on text analysis for our project on the Spanish Second Republic. Are you interested?👇 www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... @politiquesupf.bsky.social

19/02/2026 - DemoSoc Seminar: The Fairness Paradox of Educational Inequality? www.upf.edu/web/politiqu...

Hoy Khouloud nos ha dado una lección de dignidad y nos ha inspirado en su discurso sobre la pobreza infantil. Ha hablado ante el Hemiciclo en el Acto de la Infancia en el Congreso organizado por @unicefespana.bsky.social y la @platdeinfancia.bsky.social.

Dubious causal claim alert www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/g...

Nueva evidencia de un espejismo recurrente en la educación española; en este caso, a nivel de universidad. La prima salarial de la universidad privada desaparece al descontar el efecto del origen social. Informe de Ismael Sanz para FUNCAS www.funcas.es/prensa/el-ni...

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Social Inequalities in the Timing of Childcare Use in Europe: https://osf.io/ju75w

Job opportunity - we need a fab new colleague to do quant research on work, welfare and mental health within @kingscsmh.bsky.social (closes 8 Feb) This is funded until Apr/28, but we'll support you in bids to extend it - please do circulate to suitable ppl! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD294/p...

¿Eres casero? Cómo reclamarle al Gobierno tu Porsche 911 Targa www.elmundotoday.com/2026/01/eres...

We’d like to believe that effort matters to what we attain in life. In fact our belief in meritocracy depends on that. But what if how much effort people spend itself depends on your social background? “The Social Origins of Effort: How Incentives Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities among Children”

Next @demosocupf.bsky.social seminar January 13th 'The Employability in Higher Education: Conceptual Challenges, Causal Evidence, and Policy Implications' by Rosario Scandurra. Join us @politiquesupf.bsky.social for this and other upcoming events!

Watch this. Watch again. "This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."

Que desgracia nacer en un país petrolero

Another study showing proximity and contact with refugees leads to more favorable views of immigrants and greater opposition to anti-immigrant parties. academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...

"Acabar con la pobreza infantil es una decisión política" agendapublica.es/noticia/2051... @platdeinfancia.bsky.social

Muy contento de haber podido colaborar. Esto debería ser una prioridad de país: cuenta con apoyo transversal potencial, es económicamente viable con un calendario razonable, puede partir de instrumentos ya existentes, tiene probada eficacia en otros países y ahorra costes sociales futuros.

Poverty-concerned academics and policy makers looking for some positive outlook may want to (re)read Jenkins 2019 paper Perspectives on Poverty in Europe. Following in Tony Atkinson’s Footsteps (OA) which incidentally is also a great lecture on measurement & policy link.springer.com/article/10.1...