I'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.

What is the association between an individual's SocioEconomicStatus and violence against women? We investigate this association in the case of Turkey journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📢 Call for Visiting Researchers Join us in Cologne for 2–12 months (Winter 2026/27)! Open to researchers in economic sociology and comparative and international political economy, from Germany or abroad, at all career levels. 🗓️ Apply by April 30, 2026 Please share widely! s.gwdg.de/jmmUQL

Many analysts evaluate many AI agents doing data analysis - arxiv.org/abs/2602.14349 - arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16666 - papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... - arxiv.org/abs/2602.18710 - arxiv.org/pdf/2602.20440

📢 Call for Submissions | X Convegno SISEC – Florence, 28–31 Jan 2026 Our stream (with @francemente.bsky.social, “Opportunities and Challenges of an Ageing Population”, invites papers on caregiving inequalities and social stratification. Deadline: 12/11/2025 👉 sisec.it/wp-content/u...

The Italian financial newspaper #IlSole24Ore covered the recently published work by @francemente.bsky.social and @valeriabordone.bsky.social on the effect of #grandparents on grandchildren's school grades 👇 en.ilsole24ore.com/art/grandpar... @unibo.it @ifswien.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

I nonni sono importanti, ma (in Germania) la loro presenza non porta a vantaggi in termini di voti a scuola. una sintesi dei risultati dello studio condotto da @francemente.bsky.social e @valeriabordone.bsky.social #nonni #istruzione #invecchiamento magazine.unibo.it/archivio/202...

se dai cura a un familiare o ad una amica/o affetto da #demenza o da #Alzheimer se vuoi condividere la tua esperienza e far avanzare ricerca e servizi dedicati ai caregiver partecipa allo studio #icare informazioni, contatti e come partecipare 👇👇👇 site.unibo.it/alma-aging/i...

1/ 🚸 *Does grandparental involvement boost school grades?* Our new study (with @valeriabordone.bsky.social) explores whether grandchild care, financial support or contact impact grandchildren's school performance. Let's unpack the findings🧵👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨🔢 New data alert! If you are curious about people's attitudes towards climate change and related policies, check out this large-scale survey data from 20 countries from our paper. Publicly available with codes here socialeconomicslab.org/research/pub... 🚨🔢

🎉ECSR Conference 2025 is coming to Cologne!🎉 📅 3-5 September 2025 📅 Abstract deadline: Jan 31st ℹ️ Details: ecsr2025.eu I'm happy to be on the organizing team. Theme: "Demography & Social Inequality" – but submissions from *all* sociology fields, methodical approaches etc. are welcome. #ECSR2025

There’s a debate to be had about reforming the academic peer review system. At #ESR, I see real improvements in article quality thanks to reviewers' feedback. But the process places a heavy burden on editors, reviewers and authors. And I agree, perhaps we do submit and publish too much. #peerreview

I feel like this was the greatest celebrity post of all time because you initially want to make fun of it because we’re all irony poisoned jerks but the sheer scale of human compassion overwhelms it and you end up going yes Vincent I also want to help a pig see the stars for the first time

As the COP29 is still ongoing in #Baku, a multidisciplinary team from @maxplanck.bsky.social is present - not directly negotiating, but serving as critical observers. @mpidr.bsky.social 's Risto Conte Keivabu @conteristo.bsky.social is on his way to Baku. #COP29 www.mpg.de/23719761/cop...

Hey, artists and other sedentary workers who are worried about taking care of their bodies, I've been doing a work/move routine that's been really good for me, both physically and also keeps me productive for longer: -Work for 25 minutes -5 minutes of a simple exercise -Repeat --> pomofocus.io

Someone recently posted a link to a livecam of a watering hole in a park in Namibia and it reminded me that when I could only see my students on zoom during COVID, I made them a long list of animal livecams to help their brains. This seems like a good time to re-share it! Enjoy, I hope it helps.

I always wanted a complete #RStats guide for complex survey data with the #tidyverse, and now it’s here! Huge thanks to @statsteph.bsky.social & RJP ❤️ "Exploring Complex Survey Data Analysis Using R" Free online: tidy-survey-r.github.io/tidy-survey-... Preorder: www.routledge.com/Exploring-Co...

We're thrilled to announce our book, Exploring Complex Survey Data Analysis Using R, is now available for preorder! Learn to conduct tidy survey analysis in R. Free online version: tidy-survey-r.github.io/tidy-survey-... or preorder at: www.routledge.com/Exploring-Co... @ivelasq3.bsky.social and RJP

🆕 2 JOBS at the ERC-funded DIGINEQ project! * Join my team at CED/UAB in Barcelona! * 1 PhD & 1 Postdoc * Topics: Adolescent Wellbeing; Social Inequalities; Digital Media; Computational Social Sciences * Deadline: December 3, 2024 Link: pablogracia-sociology.com/jobs It follows [1/4]

Happy to announce a new special issue of Advances in Life Course Research, “Networked Lives: Probing the Influence of Social Networks on the Life Course" – a great collection on how networks are shaped over and influence the life course www.sciencedirect.com/journal/adva...

The most prolific and pernicious promoter of debunked anti-immigrant conspiracy theories on Twitter is… the owner. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Did you know that Italy occasionally produces some great films? Let me recommend a few: letterboxd.com/molleindustr...

So in my field, we have this idea of “total survey error” where we enumerate all the many factors that can cause your estimate to deviate from the true population value. Most of them can’t be measured or quantified except in rare situations. But we tend to approach estimates with this in mind.

Calling all scholars in #SocialStratification & #SocialMobility! Join us for the 2025 RC28 Spring Conference " at @unimi on March 25-27. 📝 Submit abstracts from Oct 4 to Nov 7 here: rc28milan2025.com #RC28 #Sociology #Inequality #Education

Useful but confusing:Average marginal effects, marginal effects at the mean, and the margins command in #Stata www.kai-arzheimer.com/me-at-the-ma...

Una grande tragedia del mondo contemporaneo è accudire l'animale domestico (il #pet) come un umano e, dall'altra parte, ignorare completamente la vita degli animali da cibo. #Carne, #latte, #uova sono prodotti da scaffale generati da esseri di cui ignoriamo la vita e le condizioni di salute

call for a post-doc @UniBo working on "Social stratification and ICT utilization in later life" required basic skills in analysis with R, Python or Stata call is (partly) in Italian if u need help/info mail/DM me dead line: 02/2024 #sociology #demography #aging bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/asse...