First instalment of my substack primer on right-wing populism in Europe is out. jacobedenhofer.substack.com/p/explaining...

Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....

In this new study, Kenneth Nelson and I find that higher social assistance - which raises the income floor for the most disadvantaged - can strengthen public support for ambitious but regressive climate measures like fossil fuel taxes. Open access @reggovjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/rego...

Institutionalised power or crisis corporatism? Comparing Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic New paper by @jstrigen.bsky.social, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi and Aino Salmi. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Proper thread after the summer break– but if you were looking for a beach read about political reasoning in today's working class, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

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...

"We argue that symbolic class signalling has gained in importance due to the political realignment along the cultural dimension, and we expect radical right parties to benefit most from it" - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social Read #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called:
 Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin... 🧵

One or two lectureships in the sociology department at Uppsala. Excellent applicants wanted!

📢 We’re Hiring! Data Manager for the DEMSCORE Research Infrastructure and the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. Apply by August 10 @ web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... More below👇 #SocialScience #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky

📣We have exciting news!📣 that the first partial release of the international ISSP 2022 Family and Changing Gender Roles V data file (ZA10000_v1.0.0), which includes data from 22 ISSP member countries is now available for download online via GESIS Search at: search.gesis.org/research_dat...

My new paper doi.org/10.1093/esr/... explains that personal networks expose us to different degrees to economic distress, which shapes public opinion (here, institutional trust). Yet institutional trust research has largely overlooked networks. #sociology #netsky

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

New PhD thesis from SOFI's @edvinsyk.bsky.social: Jobs in Sweden have improved since the 1960s, especially for women, but stress levels are on the rise. #sociology #worklife #research #PhD #Sweden #SOFI

Thrilled to see this finally published! An amazing project developed with @clarafontdevila.bsky.social, Huriya Jabbar and @averger.bsky.social and Huriya Jabbar. It brings together 30 contributions from 50+ amazing authors. e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res... A brief summary of the 4 parts 👇

Job alert! Six days left to apply: 2 years, 100% FTE, fantastic team, great opportunities, huge EU-wide project on welfare states' responses to social risks in times of climate change - more info here: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

‼️ Hiring ‼️ Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich 📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads & details: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions

New SPIN update with ANNUAL data 🔥 I’m very proud to announce a new update for the Social Insurance Entitlements dataset (SIED) that includes annual data on replacement rates for unemployment, sickness, accident, and old-age benefits for 37 countries from 2000 to 2023. www.su.se/social-polic...

Class consciousness still shapes voting, but in a different way than in the past. That's the key finding of a study with @thomaslux.bsky.social now out in English. We chart how class identity, interests and status link with voting for the left and right in Germany. A🧵 library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...

Today the website of the Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Network was launched: ecowelfarenetwork.org You can join the already over 700 researchers on the mailing list to receive valuable information and share own news

It's Monday, so I wrote about four interesting new sociology papers. - Firms and the motherhood penalty - FMLA and women's managerial representation - Fertility decline and gender pay gap - Class network and attitudes asocial.substack.com/p/four-good-...

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of an outstanding sociologist and a vital contributor to SOFI’s success. Professor Emeritus Walter Korpi passed away on November 19, at the age of 90.

It is finally alive! The almighty database of our mapineq.eu -Horizon Europe project. Design and implementation by @melindacmills.bsky.social and Doug Leisure, hosted at University of Groningen. 1/3

Are you our new research assistant? If you have a degree in sociology or social sciences, are passionate about social policy, skilled in analyzing data and legislation, comfortable with stats software, and fluent in English, apply now! #sociology #stockholm #sweden #sofi #research #StudentLoans

Happy to see my study on climate whataboutism, rightwing populism, and climate policy opposition published in Environmental Politics (@environmentalpol.bsky.social), where I show that whataboutism mediates the effect of nationalism on climate policy attitudes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What drives students to take on student debt? A new project funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, led by Krzysztof Czarnecki, explores factors behind loan decisions. Analyzing data from 34 countries, the study aims to improve educational policies and support systems. www.su.se/swedish-inst...

Happy for this new study: @antonbandersson.bsky.social and I analyze how social networks contribute to class divides in attitudes to economic inequality from a country-comparative perspective.

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in sociology. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

I'm hiring a PhD student @ Umeå University to work on one of my projects Disentangling Discrimination in Europe. Apply by June 19th 4 years fully funded, no Swedish requirement Institutional collaboration with the University of Alicante Share widely! Link to call: www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Interesting new study by Kenneth Nelson and colleagues on how welfare states can blunt how environmental taxes might otherwise be regressive. Cool new approach to incorporate comparative social policy, taxation/public finance, and environmental issues. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We are hiring a senior lecturer in sociology at Stockholm University. It is an open position, we welcome all kinds of sociologists. (But I would personally be very happy if political sociologists applied.) www.su.se/english/abou...

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...