Real utopias? Yes, please! Our colleague @lenaradau.bsky.social talks about her important research: www.lmu.de/de/die-lmu/s...

My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…

🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky

First ISI Wealth Conference ✅ Lots of exciting wealth research, new international connections, and a constant flow of novel ideas. My personal highlight, of course, was this successful and all-important Bavarian rite-de-passage. Two taps! 💪💪 Thanks to everyone for making it a success!

Day 3 #isimunich #ISIWealthConference

Much work got done yesterday in 12 sessions and many discussions. Today will be our experimental day, featuring a panel discussion, interactive exercise, and excursion. That is, assuming that people found their way back from the Hofbräuhaus yesterday evening! 👀 #ISIWealthConference2025 #isimunich

What a treat, in every sense of the word, to be in Munich for the #isiwealthconference2025 @isi-munich.bsky.social

I know I am in the right place when it is annoyingly hard to decide which parallel session to attend. Looking forward to another day of that type of anguish. So much excellent work in the pipeline! #isiwealthconference2025

🎤Morgen ist unsere Kollegin Marliese Weißmann mit einem Vortrag über Vermögenstransfer & #Ungleichheit bei der ISI Wealth Conference 2025 @isi-munich.bsky.social dabei: t1p.de/9dud2 Wir wünschen spannende Diskussionen und gute Vernetzung! #isimunich #ISIWealthConference2025

Our associate professor Lina Aldén presenting a project on "Prenuptial Agreements and Economic Gender Equality" at @isi-munich.bsky.social! 🤩 #ISIWealthConference2025

Awesome conference @isi-munich.bsky.social! 🤩 I had a great time presenting in the wealth measurement session this morning! #ISIWealthConference2025

I am getting some puzzled looks on the commuter train this morning: What could this guy possibly be up to? #ISIWealthConference2025 participants will find out on Saturday (as just one of the little conference surprises).

We are gearing up for the #ISIWealthConference2025. It starts tomorrow and you can find the full program here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Thanks to this marvelous team 👇, we are ready to host a wonderful set of wealth inequality scholars from across the globe. Watch the hashtag for updates!

@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social on @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy www.deutschlandfunk.de/soziologe-pf...

📆 Save the date: the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 at Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social The call for papers is open until December 1. 🔗 More details & submission: inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

🎉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!

Very interesting mentorship program for early career folks working on wealth inequality and related topics, run out of the Munich Stone Center for Inequality Research www.isi-munich.de/en/programs/...

At National Academies Webinar on September 22: Research Agenda for Improving Economic and Social Mobility in the United States featuring L. Shaefer, F. Torche, L. M. Berger, S. A. DeLuca, D. Grusky, F. Pfeffer, P. Sharkey, and K. R. Troske. Register here: www.nationalacademies.org/event/45575_...

🚀 The first ISI Newsletter just launched! Inside: center insights, job opportunities… and a few surprises we promise are way better than finding an extra fry at the bottom of the bag. 🍟✨ Check your inbox — you don’t want to miss this. isi-munich-news.beehiiv.com/p/issue-1-27... #isimunich

ISI has a new website. Yes, one that works. Yes, also on your phone. No, we didn’t do it ourselves. We called Max from Goodaim (en.goodaim.de). He speaks both design and durkheim. Visit www.isi-munich.de/en Come for the inequality, stay because you accidentally closed all your other tabs.

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky @stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Our article (with @madselk.bsky.social, @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @aslicansunar.bsky.social, and Laure Bokobza) on why it is so hard to counteract wealth inequality through inheritance taxation is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!

An international call for action just got louder: Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally 🧵 www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

It was great to chat with Steven Durlauf (@durlauf.bsky.social), Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social‬, about wealth inequality, social mobility, education, and the problem of owning a Picasso!

PSA: Don’t trust anyone who tells you that you can identify age or period or cohort effects simply by applying the right statistical model to the right type of data. This is fundamentally misunderstanding the nature of the age-period-cohort problem!>

📊ORBIS Workshop Ever wanted to ethically spy on 550M+ companies? ORBIS gives you the data — ownership, financials, M&A, IP — you name it. 🗓️ May 15 | 🕐 13:00–14:30 📍 Think Tank Room, IFO Institute, Munich (Poschingerstraße 5) Hosted by @isi-munich.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

You: "I should really submit that abstract on wealth inequality." Also you: waits until the last possible second. 🔥 THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND IS NOW 🔥 CfP for our Wealth Conference closes APRIL 28. Submit or regret it! www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...

I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

The nomination deadline for @asa-ipm.bsky.social awards is TODAY. It doesn't take much or long to nominate a book, paper, or person -- including your own work!

The nomination deadline for @asa-ipm.bsky.social awards is TODAY. It doesn't take much or long to nominate a book, paper, or person -- including your own work!

ISI International Wealth Conference is open to submission. Submit a 1-3 page extended abstract or a full paper by April 28, 2025 (CET)! Please see more information below @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social

Join us for the first ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE in Munich, October 9-11 2025 CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates... Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28. Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)

We’re excited to receive nominations for papers written by graduate students doing important work on inequality, poverty, and mobility. More info here: www.asanet.org/communities-... bsky.app/profile/fabi...

Send nominations for IPM paper and book awards by March 31! Send to: OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD: [email protected] OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD: [email protected] GRAD STUDENT PAPER AWARD: [email protected] EARLY CAREER AWARD: [email protected] DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD: [email protected]

Please nominate someone for an award of the Inequality, Poverty, & Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association (@asa-ipm.bsky.social) IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS (due: March 31st) Also: Nominate yourself. No time to be shy! Lots of people self-nominate and you should, too. Details below /1

This article is one of the 8 papers of a SER special issue on "Gender and Wealth Accumulation" coedited with @maudepugliese.bsky.social .We just finished the introduction. Stay tuned!

If you want to know more about gender differences among billionaires, check out @emmaischinsky.bsky.social and my paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0816...

I was just told today by a senior fellow of a Swiss think tank that the only reason people like us care and worry about inequality, is because inequality researchers like myself need to justify our jobs… 🙄 These people see 0 value in our research and our findings.

When INEQUALITY is on the list of verboten words, we need to work harder to make the value of our work known. Please follow @asa-ipm.bsky.social, the new account of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of @asanews.bsky.social, which will help share the latest work on social inequality

As @oxfam-de.bsky.social also argues, equalizing gender gaps among billionaires is the second-best solution. Abolishing billionaires the first. Their study (www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/pu...) also draws on new work by @dariatisch.bsky.social & @schechtlm.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...

New pub @europeansocieties.bsky.social!🚀 @apweiland.bsky.social & I explore intra-couple gaps in retirees’ fin. resources. We find (1) diff. in East↔️West Germany, (2)⬆️ gaps in pension than net wealth, (3) diff. in spouses’ employ. explain gaps in pension but not in net wealth: osf.io/preprints/os...

👇🏼 One week left to apply (Feb 28). Looking forward to your applications!

Victoire historique : La loi pour taxer les milliardaires a été adoptée par l’Assemblée Nationale après d’intenses débats. C’est un pas de géant pour la France et cela pourrait inspirer d’autres pays. Une immense avancée !

Fellow sociologists: Who do you think is among the brightest minds in sociology? What studies, theories or arguments make a lasting impact on our field? What research infrastructures would you not want to miss? If you have a person, team or organization in mind consider nominating them for:

Is wealth inequality corrosive to society? Can't wait to get started on our new project "Wealth and Social Cohesion from a Relational Perspective" with a fantastic team: @natrinh.bsky.social, @dariatisch.bsky.social, @rcarranzan.bsky.social, & @schechtlm.bsky.social www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

About 3 months ago, the print version of this article had this lead: "Elon Musk has 240 billion in wealth [...] is there no upper limit?" Today, the same article came online with a small update: "Elon Musk has 400 billion in wealth [...] is there no upper limit?" www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

Great opportunity -- no German required!

Just launched: Testing the idea of an Extreme Wealth Line. I am part of 'The Extreme Wealth Line Initiative', that tries to empirically develop the concept of an extreme wealth line. This is what scholars call a 'co-creation initiative', in which scholars work together with societal partners.

🚨 Applications are still open for the rest of the week 🚨 (full review begins Monday, Jan 20)