In "Gender Differences in Health Reporting,” @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social @minekuhn.bsky.social et al. report little evidence of gender diffs, finding that folks tend to evaluate health more optimistically as they age. @mpidr.bsky.social @sociologytiu.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

We’re excited to announce this summer semester’s DYNAMICS Lecture Series talks featuring @minekuhn.bsky.social , Aksel Sundström, and Ruth Ditlmann. 🚀 First talk: Monday, March 23, 12:30 @hertieschool.bsky.social Mine Kühn – “From Breakups to New Beginnings: Family Pathways and Health” Join us!

📢 Excited to announce the 8th Joint Doctoral Conference at Tilburg University! 🎓🌍 📅 26–27 Nov 2026 🗓 Submission deadline: May 1st 2026 PhD candidates: present your research, get feedback, and connect internationally! 💡🤝🗣️ More info 👉 www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/even...

👓🌈Recommended Reading📚🏳️‍🌈 Married Female Couples at Highest Risk of Divorce https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/recommended_reading_14980 Maria Ponkilainen, Elina Einiö, Mine Kühn Kühn, Mikko Myrskylä #Children #cohabitation #divorce #family #LGBTQ #marriage

📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Reproductive Ageing Interview with D. Susie Lee 이수지 Leader of the Group: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/RGRA Job: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_6122/jobs_fellowships_1910/postdoc_research_scientist_in_the_reproductive_ageing_research_group_14844/

In “Single Parenthood, Gender & Mortality” @minekuhn.bsky.social @angelacar.bsky.social J Caputo, L Ahrenfeldt & @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social examine “variations in mortality by pathway into single p'hood" & other factors. @sociologytiu.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

I’m excited to share our new publication in @readdemography.bsky.social 🥳 written w/ @angelacar.bsky.social, J. Caputo, L. Ahrenfeldt, @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social 👉 Read the full paper here lnkd.in/enf3Duvg @sociologytiu.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/pres...

New paper out in @jmfncfr.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social. We use (weighted) sequence complexity indices to estimate mental + physical health in mid-adulthood. Results (again) highlight the vulnerability of single mothers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎉🎊A week full of celebrations ✨Two ERC Starting Grants for the MPIDR✨ We are thrilled to announce that @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social have each been awarded with an ERC Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu. #ERCStG www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even... #ERCStartingGrant #longevity

🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu! 📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors). 🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!

Excited and grateful to launch my ERC project #SOCIO-CLIMP 🌍🌤️ The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.

Talked with @ruettenauer.bsky.social about environmental inequality-immigrant minorities face disproportionate exposure to air pollution in 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧. I created this podcast for my Sustainability, Health, and Wellbeing students. Excited to share the discussion with them! 🎧💫 @sociologytiu.bsky.social

Yesterday, our students had the opportunity to attend a Master Orientation Course. 💡 Questions? Feel free to reach out! 📌 For Sociology Master‘s Programs: Dr. Inge Sieben at [email protected] 📌 For the Research Master - Sociology Track: Dr. Mine Kühn at [email protected]. #Sociology #MasterPrograms

📃 Did you see? 👀 We recently published "Selective re-partnering? Mental health and life satisfaction among separated single mothers in Germany and the UK" by @philippdierker.bsky.social, @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä. Open Access 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #sociology

Heute ist der 10. Familienbericht des @BMFSFJ erschienen. @minekuhn.bsky.social kommt dazu heute in der @szde.bsky.social zu Wort. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/fami... Mehr Forschung zu Allein- & Getrennterziehenden: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/neuepartner oder www.demogr.mpg.de/go/erwerbstaetige_muetter

New paper just out in @actasociologica.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä, looking at the selective nature of re-partnering among single mothers in terms of their well-being in Germany and the UK. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@monika-schnitzer.com sieht die Kinderbetreuung in Deutschland nicht auf Vollzeit arbeitende Eltern ausgerichtet. »Die Kitas sind viel zu wenige Stunden am Tag geöffnet, sie sind nicht zuverlässig, schließen zu viele Wochen im Jahr. Man kann sich auf die Kitas nicht verlassen«

I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky

Our @sociologytiu.bsky.social community is growing! Feel free to reach out if you’d like me to update the list.

Quantitative approaches for implementing #intersectionality theory in your work: a fantastic video on this by Prof Greta Bauer from a few years ago ⏬ #HealthInequality www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsnq...

Here's a starter pack of researchers at Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research: go.bsky.app/4MjXqv8

Aaand this is why we need tractors! After wks of organizing & clearly increasing momentum for a national protest against the billion+ in budget cuts to higher edu & research, the municipality of #Utrecht blocks the protest out of what they state are "safety concerns"... This is heartbreaking. 🟥

A current paper of @philippdierker.bsky.social & @minekuhn.bsky.social reveals: New partnerships can improve the life satisfaction of single moms,especially through increased financial resources.But a new partner doesn't usually bring relief around household chores. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/repartnering

PhD Alert 📣 We are seeking a PhD candidate to work on our interdisciplinary project focusing on women’s retirement trajectories and their impact on health 👩‍⚕️🕵️‍♀️👩‍💻👩‍🔧👩‍🚒 If you have questions or are interested, please reach out to me. Feel free to share this post!

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Still time to apply to work w/ me & amazing peeps @oxforddemsci.bsky.social as a PostDoc on ERC MORTAL project-deadline Jan 25! We want YOUR unique expertise to help understand the biological & social determinants of #mortality. #Demography #EconSky #EpiSky don't be shy! tinyurl.com/ynnd735h

Out new paper on family structure changes and children’s stress was featured in DER WELT (GER), joint work w/ @minekuhn.bsky.social, @larabister.bsky.social, Tobias Vogt, Sandra Krapf. Check out the corresponding podcast episode www.welt.de/podcasts/aha... 🚨 Paper will be out soon, stay tuned!

This wk, @TilburgU Council discusses employee-proposed initiative urging the Board to champion ius promovendi expansion. We challenge the notion that a scholar's ability to be a PhD promotor is tied to a specific hierarchical rank. Let's recognize & reward skills! @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Survey Methodology at Utrecht University. Deadline: 3 dec Tenured if successful evaluation after 1year www.academictransfer.com/en/334218/as...

Postdoc opportunity with me in computational demography at Oxford to explore questions about demographic change, kinship, gender and and inter-generational dynamics: tinyurl.com/2skdt98w Keen to apply but need a bit more time to get the application in? Deadline now: Tue, Nov 21, noon (UK time).

Two 3-year PhD fellowships are available within the remit of my ERC project on the risks and vulnerability of widowhood across ageing societies!!! Deadline for applications - December 10 Start date - September 1 www.sciencespo.fr/osc/fr/conte...

Congratulations, Diego 🥳🥳🥳