If you're interested in inequality topics in Science, do not hesitate to submit an abstract to us for the Swiss Sociological Association conference in Fribourg next September

If you work on elites, inequality and power structures, do consider submitting an abstract to our mini-conference at SASE (July 1-3 2026 in Bordeaux). Hard submission deadline is *Tuesday December 16*

NEW: Lasse Folke Henriksen, Jacob Aagard Lunding, Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Anton Grau Larsen, "The Hardcore Brokers: Core-Periphery Structure and Political Representation in Denmark’s Corporate Elite Network" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

New from me: An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals. Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5

Proud to share the publication of my first paper, co-authored with Silvio Candido, in @actasociologica.bsky.social! “Entrenched and unequal at the top: Brazilian capitalism and the social space of its corporate elite” is now out — hope you enjoy the read! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New publication by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social) in (@socquarterly.bsky.social). “The Sociology of Queer Nightlife.” The Sociological Quarterly 66(4): 661-674. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6.... The article provides a sociological perspective on queer nightlife.

The 2026 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference will be held in Bordeaux July 1-3, 2026 Submissions by Dec 16: sase.org/events/2026-...

Check that out! Amazing research debunking meritocracy in science!!!

🔥🔥 New article in PlosOne 🔥🔥 Citation behaviour isn’t a meritocracy. It’s shaped by social ties and topic overlap. Let’s rethink how we evaluate research impact. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

looking forward to our workshop next week in Lausanne @obelitessuisses.bsky.social ! thank you @pierrebat.cpesr.fr ✨

"Scolarisations et formations de l’élite entrepreneuriale : parcours de vie et visions du monde" Très beau programme pour les 16-17 octobre prochain @sspunil.bsky.social thanks to l'équipe @obelitessuisses.bsky.social www.unil.ch/events/17522...

Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research doi.org/10.1093/esr/... OA: osf.io/ar2xc_v2/dow... @europeansocreview.bsky.social

In @asanews.bsky.social ASR, @larivera.bsky.social and @estelabdiaz.bsky.social use qualitative data from elite independent pre K-12 schools to find that admissions processes are structured to exclude applicants at risk of disabilities. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

“As C. Wright Mills said, each generation must recognise its own elite. The work Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman have done here will be indispensable in this quest .” ‪simonarthur.bsky.social reviews Born to Rule by @aaronreeves.bsky.social‬ and @samfriedman.bsky.social‬ . buff.ly/RIU6ngh

My new book on 'The Power of Rankings in Economics and Research Organizations. Contributions to the Social Studies of Economics' with Stephan Pühringer and Jens Maesse is out!! You can dowload the whole book in open access below: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

New research note out in @bjsociology.bsky.social on the Power Elite in Greenland. The main finding: There is a highly knit elite network in Greenland. However, there are also clear fracturing lines based on the Greenlandic-Danish divide. A 🧵on findings doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Israel's Act of Piracy on the High Seas (illegally storming the Madleen & kidnapping its crew) serves one purpose: To defend its right to continue unobserved and unimpeded the Genocide of Palestinians. An Act of Piracy is thus committed in the process of concluding a Genocide.

Our editorial on "Mapping relational structures in culture" could not permanently be featured in open access for reasons stemming from the publisher's side. However, it is accessible for .ca a month on the following link, in case you want to read/download it: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzmc_,iJ9...

After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rest in power, old man. ¡Hasta la victoria siempre!

🚨New paper with @swallaschek.bsky.social on media self-presentations of the super-rich 💸🗞️📺🎤💰. We analyse media interviews and find that they equate business with family success and tie past, present, and future into one seamless narrative. See more below 👇👇👇

Norway officially recognizes #Palestine: Palestine's ambassador to Norway met with King Harald V in the Royal Palace in Oslo last week, "marking the official establishment of diplomatic relations between Norway and the State of Palestine.​"

My review of George Steimetzs book is out in @actasociologica.bsky.social Its a model for analyzing disciplinary amnesia and transnational relations in social science. Something most social sciences should be concerned with. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Honored to be a part of this special issue with an article about Norwegian writers during WWII. Check out the other ones as well!

Happy and honored to contribute to this special issue. Check out the papers!

This is an amazing work from amazing collegues in an amazing journal bravo bravo bravo 🔥🔥🔥

Great thread of some brilliant papers!

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🔥🔥The craftsmanship of research and its fruits in these great works!

What an issue 🔥🔥🔥

After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My article about the political activity of the inner circle and wealthy owners is out in @sfjournal.bsky.social! You can read it here: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a... Some highlights in the thread.

3 days, 15 streams, 700 presentations, our annual conference is our biggest UK sociology event – this year on the theme of Social Transformations #britsoc25

L’article du @bjsociology.bsky.social est disponible ici : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#DataESR 70 chercheurs et chercheuses, 3 ans de travail, plus de 3500 individus recensés dans 16 pays. Une nouvelle base de données permettant de comparer les élites économiques à l'échelle mondiale. 😍🤩😍

Thank you so much @simonkuper.bsky.social for your @financialtimes.com piece on "A new who’s who of the global elites". For those who want to know more about varieties of economic elites in 16 countries, check our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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This amazing paper is out!

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A chilling testimony of the life of foreign academics in the US right now. 'This op-ed could lead to me being deported from the US' Read the piece from @bernaleon.bsky.social below

Which countries have the worst gender ratio among their economic elites? We just published in the @bjsociology.bsky.social the first systematic comparison between 16 countries answering this and many other questions! If interested, just unroll the following thread 🧶 by @chellersgaard.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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This collaboration has amazing potential. Am delighted to see the first publication in print!

The very first paper from our large comparative project - the World Elite Database - is out. Lots of coordination and important discussion on comparing elites allow us to - for the first time really - compare elites across very different national contexts. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

De la formation des élites économiques mondiale - et de la place différentielle qu'y occupe le doctorat "Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)" by Felix Bühlmann and MANY others 👀 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🚨🚨🚨 Code red, I repeat, code read 🚨🚨🚨 The most ambitious research project I have ever been involved in has published its first paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social 70 authors & 17 teams studying varieties of economic elites in 17 countries See our results: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....