Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Hi, it's been a while 👋 Since getting back from summer break, we have been extremely busy here at Acta HQ preparing a new special issue and editing many great new contributions (among other things). So in the coming weeks we'll share some of the great stuff we've published since the summer! 151
Reposted by Acta Sociologicaeric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Absolutely love clever stuff like this. 131
Reposted by Acta SociologicaJan Lorenz @janlo.de · 24/01/2025Cool idea to study Crowd Wisdom aggregation! 061
Reposted by Acta SociologicaSteffen Pötzschke @stpoetzschke.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This is excellent and highly relevant work! Thank you for alerting me to the article, @deutschmann.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Acta SociologicaCharlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This is fascinating. Perhaps crowds do have wisdom after all. As long as you find the right crowd. 031
Reposted by Acta SociologicaAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This is fascinating! It's also kind of funny that if you did it right now in the US, when the percent of the population which is foreign-born is roughly 15%, it would exclude correct answers. 1133
Reposted by Acta SociologicaThomas Stollenwerk @stollenwerk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Spannend. Verläuft das neue sozio-politische cleavage zwischen Gründ und Rechtsaußen? @unileipzig.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comVoting green or right-wing populist: Ideological poles of a new cleavage? - Clara Dilger, 2025With the emergence of the two newest party families, Green and right-wing populist (RWP) parties, the assumption rose that these parties can be considered the t... 021
Reposted by Acta Sociologicawww.popnad.com @popnad.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🍺: New article: Scientification of politics or politicisation of science? Parliamentary committee hearings on the Finnish alcohol policy reforms in 1994 and 2017 as epistemic work journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comScientification of politics or politicisation of science? Parliamentary committee hearings on the Finnish alcohol policy reforms in 1994 and 2017 as epistemic work - Anu Katainen, Jukka Syväterä, Jose...The study examined how alcohol policy stakeholders use research evidence to influence legislation and how the role of evidence and scientific expertise has chan... 032
Reposted by Acta SociologicaAnders Vassenden @andersvassenden.bsky.social · 27/11/2024New here. Starting with most recent pub. On elites who portray ordariness in cross-status interaction. More widespread transnationally than we tend to assume + endless value in Goffman's work. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 02810
Reposted by Acta SociologicaSam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024This is a really thoughtful and provocative piece. Well worth a read! 2142
Reposted by Acta SociologicaKaren Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I think of this paper often... journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 141
Reposted by Acta SociologicaNetzwerk Fluchtforschung @fluchtforschung.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Recent publication by #NetzwerkFluchtforschung member Oliver Winkler with Anne-Kathrin Carwehl on „Institutional Conditions and Acquisition of Destination Language Skills Among Young Refugees: Investigating the German Context“ published in the Acta Sociologica. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 021
Reposted by Acta SociologicaBjörn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I talk about the effect of algorithmic work in my paper in @actasociologica.bsky.social bjrnwikstrm.substack.com/p/the-age-of...bjrnwikstrm.substack.comThe Age of No Resistance: Palliation, Friction Reduction, and the Structural Erosion of Social IntegrationAccepted manuscript 031
Reposted by Acta SociologicaBjörn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026philpapers.org/rec/WIKTAO-2 the article can be read at ⬆️ 141
Reposted by Acta SociologicaBjörn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026my article is now live journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @actasociologica.bsky.social @journals.sagepub.com @sagepub.com #sociology #research #articlejournals.sagepub.comThe age of no resistance: Palliation, friction reduction, and the structural erosion of social integration - Björn Wikström, 2026This article advances a structural sociological diagnosis of contemporary late-modern societies as organized around the systematic reduction of friction. Across... 212
Reposted by Acta SociologicaBjörn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I strongly believe that ai and the automation era turns the users to a form of slaves: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #actasociologica #mindofpeople #mentalhealth #ai @actasociologica.bsky.social @journals.sagepub.com #sociologyofaijournals.sagepub.comThe age of no resistance: Palliation, friction reduction, and the structural erosion of social integration - Björn Wikström, 2026This article advances a structural sociological diagnosis of contemporary late-modern societies as organized around the systematic reduction of friction. Across... 031
Reposted by Acta SociologicaBjörn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 01/07/2026My #sociology article, published yesterday in *Acta Sociologica*, is now freely available to read. It explores what happens when societies increasingly remove #friction and #resistance and why those " #obstacles " may be more important than we think. journals.sagepub.com/share/Z45563... 021
Reposted by Acta SociologicaBjörn Wikström · sociology of friction @wikstrombjorn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026My accepted manuscript for Acta Sociologica is free to read in full: The Age of No Resistance. On why removing friction — in care, platforms, work — doesn't liberate us, it just moves the regulatory burden inward. bjrnwikstrm.substack.com/p/the-age-of... 011
Reposted by Acta SociologicaAnna Zamberlan @zamberlanna.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Alisia Bauer and I ran a cross-national survey experiment to test whether name-based status and gender cues actually work as intended, and what else rides along with them—especially age and ethnicity. Results are now out in @actasociologica.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 1115
Reposted by Acta SociologicaRense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Now in the most recent issue of @actasociologica.bsky.social: Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... With @marayerkes.bsky.social, @jstrigen.bsky.social and Lovisa Backman @sofi.su.se @stockholm-uni.bsky.socialjournals.sagepub.comFive blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy - Rense Nieuwenhuis, Mara A Yerkes, Lovisa Backman, Jakob Strigén, 2026Policy reform evaluations are an important source of knowledge regarding the (in)effectiveness of policies and have become increasingly influential in informing... 1111
Reposted by Acta SociologicaJonas Toubøl @touboel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026🏆 We gave out a prize to the best paper published by @actasociologica.bsky.social in 2025. The winning study of online incel communities emotional rituals is a truly capturing read and at the same time a highly innovative piece of work contributing to sociology both in terms of theory and methods 👇 061
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 18/06/2026BEST PAPER AWARD 2025 💫 🎉 Congratulations to the winners of our first ever annual Best Paper Award: 🎉 PATRIK KALLIO and ANTON TÖRNBERG 🎉 For their article "Rituals of Resentment: How dark emotional energy fuels incel identity and solidarity" 🌐 Read it here for free: doi.org/10.1177/0001... 174
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 08/06/2026DID YOU SEE? 👀 Gabe M. Maayan, Kristen Bestavros, and Wesley J. Wildman, "Woke/anti-woke dynamics in Norway, 2014–2023" 🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 132
Reposted by Acta SociologicaActa Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Say hi to our new Editorial Board members 👋 Lena Näre, Uni. of Helsinki Ioana Sendroiu, Uni. of Hong Kong Laura K. Nelson, Uni. of British Columbia Till Hilmar, Vienna Uni. Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, VIVE Hans-Peter Y. Qvist, Aalborg Uni. Mitchell Dean, Copenhagen Business School 1132
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Say hi to our new Editorial Board members 👋 Lena Näre, Uni. of Helsinki Ioana Sendroiu, Uni. of Hong Kong Laura K. Nelson, Uni. of British Columbia Till Hilmar, Vienna Uni. Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, VIVE Hans-Peter Y. Qvist, Aalborg Uni. Mitchell Dean, Copenhagen Business School 1132
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 07/05/2026NEW ISSUE OUT🎉⭐📗 Our new issue 69:2 (May 2026) has just been published! Great new sociological research, book reviews, and more! See below for a list of contents and find it online 🌐 here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/asja/69/2journals.sagepub.comActa Sociologica - Volume 69, Number 2Table of contents for Acta Sociologica, 69, 2 122
Reposted by Acta SociologicaValentina Di Stasio @distasioval.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Great to see our scoping review from the ERC-funded TARGET project published! The field has mainly looked at the drivers of discrimination attributions in isolation, and with little attention to between-respondent heterogeneity. We call for multi-dimensional designs and multi-actor comparisons. 0166
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 23/04/2026NOW ONLINE 👀🌐 Kaja Warnke, @distasioval.bsky.social, and Marcel Lubbers, "Discrimination attributions in the workplace: A scoping review of experimental studies" In Open Access here 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgDiscrimination attributions in the workplace: A scoping review of experimental studies - Kaja Warnke, Valentina Di Stasio, Marcel Lubbers, 2026Due to its often-ambiguous nature, workplace discrimination can be difficult to detect. Attributing situations to discrimination is the first step toward challe... 122
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 17/04/2026ONLINE NOW 👀✨ Matthias Collischon and Alexander Patzina, "Wages and institutional trust between 2019 and 2023" 🌐 In Open Access here: doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 041
Reposted by Acta SociologicaMatthias Collischon 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @mcollischon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026New paper with Alexander Patzina (@patzinaalex.bsky.social) out now in @actasociologica.bsky.social! We investigate the connection between wages and institutional trust in Germany between 2019 and 2023 1/n 1149
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Heine Andersen's article is now in FREE ACCESS 🌿📄 011
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Now online 👀🌐 @staffankumlin.bsky.social, "Divorce risk and political distrust: Gendered consequences of couple instability" In open access here 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 100
Reposted by Acta SociologicaActa Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 03/02/2026✨Call for Papers✨ Acta Sociologica is happy to publish the call for papers for a new special issue on moral elites which will be guest-edited by Anders Sevelsted and Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska! Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2026. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 1116
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 13/04/2026JUST PUBLISHED 👀 Heine Andersen on the recent passing of Jürgen Habermas and his legacy in critical theory and sociology more widely: 🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgThe legacy of Habermas - Heine Andersen, 2026Jürgen Habermas has passed away on 14 March 2026. Habermas was the leading figure in the Frankfurt School's second generation for several decades, leaving ... 052
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 25/03/2026NOW ONLINE 👀 Ashley Calhoun and Michael Haan: “Does moving young matter? Examining the relationship between childhood residential mobility and mathematics scores”. Open access: doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 111
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 17/03/2026In recognition of Jürgen Habermas’s great significance for sociology, we have, on the occasion of his passing, made this insightful interview with Habermas by Torben Hviid Nielsen, freely available for you to (re)visit his profound ideas on ‘Morality, Society and Ethics'. doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 042
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 11/03/2026NOW ONLINE 👀 Quita Muis: “We the elite, they the people: Educational identity and perceived polarisation” Open access 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 111
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 02/03/2026NOW ONLINE 👀 Laura Tarkiainen and Hanna Kuusela: “Universalism in flux – Welfare profit-makers’ views towards the institution of welfare universalism” Read the article here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 121
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 02/03/2026NEW BOOK REVIEW 👀 M. Fatih Karakaya is reviewing Inside Digital Advertising: Platforms, Power, and Material Politics by Donald MacKenzie and Koray Caliskan Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 111
Reposted by Acta Sociologicarenebekkers.bsky.social @renebekkers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026In a new paper with Eva-Maria Merz and Ting Li, we analyzed data from 5,967 respondents in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) to examine which characteristics of individuals and families create the association between educational attainment and engagement in prosocial behavior. 112
Reposted by Acta Sociologicarenebekkers.bsky.social @renebekkers.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Very happy to finally see this paper published in @actasociologica.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0001... A blog explaining the findings and methods of the paper is at renebekkers.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/w...renebekkers.wordpress.comWhat is it in formal education that creates civic engagement?Why is it that higher educated individuals are more likely to engage in blood donation, charitable giving and volunteer work? You might think it has something to do with what you get from going to … 011
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 16/02/2026NOW ONLINE 👀 Emma Laurin, Joakim Olsson, Ida Lidegran & Mikael Börjesson: “Adaptability versus resistance: Strategies for emergency remote education amid COVID-19 in Swedish higher education” Read the article here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 112
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 16/02/2026NOW ONLINE 👀 René Bekkers, Eva-Maria Merz & Ting Li: “Learning to give: Both genetic and shared environmental influences are reflected in the association between educational attainment and prosocial behaviour” Read the article here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 101
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 13/02/2026NOW ONLINE 👀 Adam S. Hayes: Cultural dispositions and economic choice: How field-specific logics shape ‘rational’ economic behaviour. Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 172
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 03/02/2026✨Call for Papers✨ Acta Sociologica is happy to publish the call for papers for a new special issue on moral elites which will be guest-edited by Anders Sevelsted and Milka Ivanovska Hadjievska! Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2026. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 1116
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 28/01/2026NOW ONLINE 👀 Christopher Dorn & Nadine Arnold: “Contingency in valuations: On the interdependence of multiple values and waste in organizations” Read the article here 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0001...doi.orgContingency in valuations: On the interdependence of multiple values and waste in organizations - Christopher Dorn, Nadine Arnold, 2026How organizations connect to multiple values is well explored, while the role of valuelessness and waste therein remains understudied. The purpose of this artic... 121
Reposted by Acta SociologicaFabrizio Bernardi @fabriberna.bsky.social · 09/01/2026I have reviewed 'Orienting to Chance. Probabilism and the Future of Social Theory' by @omarlizardo.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy and @michaelstrand.bsky.social 👇 1127
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026NEW BOOK REVIEW 👀 Fabrizio Bernardi is reviewing 'Orienting to Chance. Probabilism and the Future of Social Theory' by Strand and Lizardo. Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 141
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 09/01/2026NEW BOOK REVIEW 👀 Henrik Lundberg is reviewing 'The Origins of Human Social Nature: Westermarckian Sociology and Social Anthropology' by Otto Pipatti. Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 111
Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 08/01/2026NEW ARTICLE 👀 Marika Jalovaara, Leen Rahnu & Anneli Miettinen: “Employment status and entry into parenthood: Weaker labor market status an unlikely driver of cohort fertility decline in a Nordic welfare state” Read here 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @marikajalovaara.bsky.socialjournals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 111