New at ESR! #OpenAccess! Using new data on the establishment of Norwegian colleges 1969–1992 linked to individual register data, #ARogne #TKnutsen @modals.li revisit the role of local access to higher education in shaping gendered educational outcomes! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf060

New at ESR! Does moving often as a child weaken social capital later in life? #RValente #MVacchiano find a more complex picture: childhood moves reduce place attachment, but can strengthen personal agency, supporting social capital in adulthood! 🔥 #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcag001

New at ESR: The integration paradox reconsidered! @frankvantubergen.bsky.social shows that higher perceived discrimination is not driven by education alone What matters is relative premigration education and status loss, pointing to education as a positional resource! ➡ doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf054

New OA In ESR How do institutions and social norms affect tax payment? @lucaspasin.bsky.social #Aaszekely @squazzoni.bsky.social find that in low-quality institutions contexts, social norms can trigger vicious cycles of evasion, even when evasion is socially disapproved doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf057

New in ESR Does educational hypogamy promote gender equality—or does it reflect who selects into these unions? 🌟New #OpenAccess study by @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and #CSiegert constrasts optimistic, pessimistic, and selection-based narratives of hypogamy within couples! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

New paper #OpAccess Labour market insecurity matters beyond jobs! @vincentrramos.bsky.social @ann-berrington.bsky.social show that unemployment, underemployment, and temporary work are all linked to higher parental co-residence, especially among advantaged young adults! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf058

Are family ideals in Southern Europe still “traditional”? 🚩New at ESR: experimental evidence by @arnsteinaassve.bsky.social #A_Adserà @bastianelli-e.bsky.social #AMencarini reveals a far more modern picture, with Spain showing more postmodern ideals than Italy! at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf055

📢 New #OpenAccess! Why do some professors appear in the media far more than others? #RH_Heiberger @BasHofstra #S_Unger find both patterns of cumulative advantage & gender inequality, with men more likely to become “short-listed”! ➡️ Read it ungated at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf037 image.png

How is ethnic diversity linked to the cohesion of social networks? @glorenz.bsky.social & #C_Rjosk analyse >1,300 adolescent friendship networks to examine how connectivity varies with ethnic diversity, and its consolidation with gender and SES. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf051

🌟New paper out at ESR! Does more education mean more mobility? Evidence from Brazil by #A_Salata #SY_Cheung shows otherwise! 🚩As university access expanded, its equalizing power faded! ➡️Read the full article at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf049

new ESR article Public or employer based childcare —which should governments prioritise? @AnneKronberg #A_Gerlach find that policy should first expand public childcare, ease access for less-edu parents, and only then support employer-sponsored schemes #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf044

Are citizens supportive of public spending on education when it requires paying more taxes? #ID_Özel #S_Parrado #K_Yıldırım new paper says: No! Yet evaluations of one’s own children’s schooling reduce this cost sensitivity! ➡️Read the full paper at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf043

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🚩New experimental evidence at the European Sociological Review! #Martin_Aranguren advances the conceptualization of discrimination, addressing it as a stressor and highlighting its environmental origin!! Read the full article at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf047

Volume 41, Issue 5, October 2025 of @europeansocreview.bsky.social is out! A very nice collection of interesting papers (almost all open access). Browse the index and find your next read academic.oup.com/esr/issue

➡️New paper out with amazing data: library borrowings of the entire population of Denmark! If cultural tastes are always stratified, the type of stratification depends on the wider inequalities within a context #EH_Blaabæk #S_Friedman #MM_Jæger #A_Reeves academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...

📢 New OA Paper Does education similarly foster reports of discrimination for women and ethno-racial minorities? @chlolv.bsky.social and co-authors try to answer this question, extending previous findings on the integration paradox with French survey data. 📃Read at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

In many journals associate editors play an important role in the review process but their names don’t appear in communications with authors. At Europ Soc Rev, when we reject a paper the letter is signed by both EiC and AE. In others only the EiC signs. Having the AE in the letter adds transparency

🚀✨The Editorial Board of ESR is growing! We’re happy to welcome PeterFallesen @pfallesen.bsky.social ( ROCKWOOL Foundation, Denmark) as a new Associate Editor!! We are thrilled to welcome Peter to the Editorial Board and look forward to working together! academic.oup.com/esr/pages/Ed...

🚀We are extremely grateful for the high quality support we receive each year from our reviewers, and have created a Best Reviewer Award to acknowledge this even more! It is with great pleasure that we congratulate 2025 winners: @saidhassan.bsky.social, @katyaoivanova.bsky.social & #Nicole_Schwitter

The deadline for submissions to the special issue honoring Richard Breen has been postponed to August 31st

📣New #OpenAccess! Do police discriminate by gender and ethnicity in pedestrian stops of young people? @a_schwarzenbach finds little evidence of gender or ethnic bias in German cities, but shows gendered ethnic discrimination in French cities! Read at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf006 image.png

First issue of 2025 is out! New research findings -most #openaccess- at academic.oup.com/esr/issue/41/1 With contributions by @frankvantubergen.bsky.social @aliciagsierra.bsky.social @martinkolk.bsky.social @nellageurts.bsky.social @jochemvannoord.eu & many more (not found in BS, sorry if they are)

What role do media-related party cues play in shaping selective news exposure? Analysing political communication on Twitter and panel data @sebstier.bsky.social @pascalsiegers1 @MattEagle09 investigate the nexus between radical right populist parties and the media! doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcae051

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All good wishes to our editors, authors, reviewers and readers for a 2025 full of peace, love and good sociological research!

Reminder: From 1st Jan. 2025, the deposit of replication packages will be condition for publication in ESR! Find out more at: academic.oup.com/esr/pages/General_Instructions

We are delighted to announce a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue on ESR @europeansocreview.bsky.social Education and Social Mobility: Celebrating Richard Breen’s Contribution to Sociology Deadline for submission: 15 of June 2025 More details on the call 👇