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!

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Great thread of some brilliant papers!

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

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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....

Merci Pierre! et quel papier que le vôtre! Et par ailleurs avec celui-ci se clot notre numéro spécial... Enfin, si l'on ne compte pas notre éditorial qui va venir tout bientôt (je tease!!!)

An incredible addition to our special issue on Mapping relational structures in culture. And a great thread on the paper (in French). Thanks a lot @pierrebat.cpesr.fr @robcss.cpesr.fr @mathiasrota.bsky.social for the amazing work!!

[ #socioelites ] Appel à communications pour les JE « Scolarisations et formations de l’élite entrepreneuriale : parcours de vie et visions du monde », organisées le 15 et 16 octobre 2025 à l’ @unil.bsky.social ⌛️ 30 mai 2025 : envoi des propositions 🗣️ anglais/français @johannamb.bsky.social

[ #socioelites ] Call for participation for the workshop ‘Education and training of the entrepreneurial elite: life paths and world views’, organised on the 15th and 16th October 2025 at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social ⌛️ 30th May 2025: submission of proposals 🗣️ English/French

🚨 New Paper Out! 🚨 🔍 Forms of Capital, Social Change and the Weight of the Past: The Effective Agents of the Swiss Field of Power 1910–2015 w/ Jacob Aagaard Lunding in open access in Sociology 📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1177/0038... A thread (1/10)

2025 LCA seminar programme @dessociales.bsky.social All in the vicinity welcome to join us 16:15-17:00 at Geopolis, followed by drinks: 27th February: Carlos Gomez Gonzalez 20th March: yours truly (a farewell) 10th April: @lacic.bsky.social & @matthiasenggist.bsky.social 15th May: Sonja Vogt

Just published - Open Access - in "Poetics": www.sciencedirect.com/%E2%80%A6/ar... "Literary practices, capital structures and political position-taking: The Norwegian writers during World War II." A publication from the "Words and Violence"-project, supported by the NRC and Nord University:

Working on the editorial of a certain special issue. #mappingrelationalstructuresinculture #poetics

📢Call for abstracts: special issue in Historical Social Research on Perceptions of Wealth Inequality. • Feb 15: Submission of abstracts • Aug 15: Submission of manuscript We look forward to receiving your abstracts! #socsky #polsky #polisky @jansg.bsky.social dariatisch.github.io/SPINE/call_s...

Do you research political elites and do you fancy a trip to Oslo on September 1-2, 2025? Then apply to the 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘎𝘰𝘷 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴. The deadline is April 4th. We have funding, so we may be able to help finance your trip! You can find the call for papers here: bit.ly/WhoGovWorksh...

Happy new year everyone

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