There’s a new kid in town! Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence. We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality. With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social

Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.... Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on: 🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences 🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added

How much of the intergenerational transmission of SES is due to social factors? To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding. We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!

Proud of @annanhelgoy.bsky.social, who just won the King's Gold Medal at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social. I highly recommend reading her wonderful research on the gendered division of (un)paid labor and its political consequences.

In Oslo? We still have some seats left for our conference on Social Science and Genetics on the 12-13th June! More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/... @uio.no

New preprint out on the link between gratitude and wellbeing: who benefits most and under what circumstances? Across four studies with 220,314 individuals from 67 countries, we investigated whether individual, contextual, or cultural differences moderated this relationship. osf.io/preprints/ps...

New pub (w/ @fabriberna.bsky.social) highlighting how family socioeconomic background plays a key role in shaping genetic associations: advantaged families both compensate for and amplify their children’s genetic propensities for education doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174 👇🧵

The times they are A-changin’! Today marks the end of my time as a postdoc at @uio.no! Enjoyed working on social science genetics with @torkildl.bsky.social! On to a postdoc at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health to work on inequalities in mental health with @jowoern.bsky.social!

New article out by these two fantastic scholars! 👏 They find that the mental load is highly gendered and erodes labour market and political participation. Give it a read! 🙌

Happy to see my new paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social!

If you are in Norway: Hosting a seminar on changing cognition - over time and over the lifespan. Feb 13th at 17.00 downtown Oslo. @olerogeberg.bsky.social @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @PabloFGarrido @UiO_Lifesci www.uio.no/om/aktuelt/u...

My firstborn PhD paper is out 🎉 with @rosacheesman.bsky.social @torkildl.bsky.social and Ole Andreassen. Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔

Wrote a poem for my favorite train company, @deutsche-bahn.bsky.social ❤️

New article in Journal of Social Policy with the amazing @annanhelgoy.bsky.social. We ask: What explains preferences for different types of family policy? We find: Justice perceptions on the division of physical, but not mental, household labour do!

There is a new study showing that women are substantially underrepresented in tenured positions (with country and field variation). At the same time we know that women do more academic service work and take up a disproportional amount of household labour. So higher burdens, less reward 👎👎👎👎

An acceptance feels extra nice when co-authored with your partner and best friend! Stay tuned for our paper on formative experiences and perceptions of system abuse, soon in EJPR! This is a new level of assortative mating/friendship. @annanhelgoy.bsky.social @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social

Super excited to see my first PhD paper published! It looks into the welfare attitudes of part-time workers, and finds that through their experience of financial partner dependency, they prefer optional familialism in family policy. It’s open access! Here: academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...

1/ Curious about the influence of public services on political distrust and populist support? Check out our latest article in Public Management Review featuring @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social and @staffankumlin.bsky.social , all from UiOslo doi.org/10.1080/1471... plsky polisky policysky

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨 We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.

Two weeks left to apply! Organized with @rutheva.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social, Torkild Lyngstad and Karri Silventoinen. We will have presentations by Gregory Clark, Evelina Akimova and @fctropf.bsky.social! So apply to join this exciting group in Oslo. Accommodation and food are covered!

We are hosting a workshop on how genetics can help to understand social structures, especially in interaction with environments! Apply before the end of the year if you want to join us in beautiful Oslo!

I am visiting in spring and I am very excited about it! It’s is a great opportunity, so apply for next autumn!

Our working paper ”Genes and Equality of Opportunity: Lessons from a highly egalitarian country” now available in SocArXiv. Joint work with @tibaier.bsky.social and Hannu Lehti that has been cooking for a very long time… #sociology #demography @invest-flagship.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so...

Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so. Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts! Out now in Scientific Reports! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Are you an early career researcher working on social policy and/or social work related issues within #sociology? Apply for the Jos Berghman welfare studies stipend and come join our team at KU Leuven in Belgium for a three month research stay. All details here 👉 www.spsw.be

We are hiring a Postdoc in sociology at SOFI! The postdoc will focus on the conditions under which parenting leaves either promote working-life inclusion, or exclusion – with attention to policy interplay. The position is part of our "sustainable synergies" program. www.su.se/english/abou...