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Rob de Vries @rob-devries.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@benbgeiger.bsky.social and my report for BSA on attitudes to disabiltiy benefits is out today. Basic message: politicians shouldn't assume that there is a strong public appetite for cuts to disability benefits natcen.ac.uk/publications...

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BSA 43 | Attitudes to welfare | National Centre for Social Research

This chapter analyses public attitudes towards spending on disability benefits and relevant trends in attitudes to welfare spending more broadly.

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Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

💔 Do you ever feel lonely – and have you ever thought of #loneliness as political? I’m super excited about this new publication with @mlewandowsky.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, in which we examine the relationship between loneliness and voting. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Christoph Henking @chrishenking.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our working paper was by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com of the financial times. @benbgeiger.bsky.social and I analyse the Health Survey for England from 2003-2022. We show that mental distress is rising. And more people label their struggles as mental illness.

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Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high?

The official statistics are wildly misleading - I've now made some new estimates that show just how wrong they are

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Fabian Dablander @fdabl.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

🔥 Climate impacts & perception I significantly updated my preprint, which using representative survey data from 142 countries (N=128,093) shows that climate hazard experience is related to higher climate risk perception. Now includes an exploration of country heterogeneity: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Die Ergebnisse unserer Studie findet ihr jetzt auch auf unserer Seite: sanktionsfrei.de/studie25 Spoiler: Die Ergebnisse sind krass, aber "Mafiösen Sozialbetrug" haben wir nicht gefunden...

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Ben Scher @ben-scher.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Is the UK shifting its approach to drug policy? Why is drug policy more important than ever in today's geopolitics? What does global evidence say about OPCs? It was great to join Sam Lewis from the Human Condition Podcast to discuss these questions...check out our full discussion below 👇

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

New #dataviz in @sociusjournal.bsky.social Did the occupational structure evolve in the same way in different parts of London between 1991 and 2021? In short: no, it was very much A Tale of Two Cities journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Aaron Reeves @aaronreeves.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Another way Covid was weird was that it accelerated firm creation during a recession. Who was starting new firms? To answer this question, we (@crahal.com & Naomi Muggleton) tracked every registered firm in the UK to discover who was capitalising on this crisis link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A graph showing the rise in firm creation after the Covid recession in 2020

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Christoph Henking @chrishenking.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Highly important work by @xromerovidal.bsky.social: Economic conditions are getting more and more crucial to keep young people engaged in democracy.

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Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Just how common is benefits conditionality? New post based on a new paper, at inequalities.substack.com/p/how-common... (now with clearer chart!)

44% of those in the intensive conditionality group say that 'being required to apply for jobs or take steps towards work' has made their mental health worse. This is also true of 35% only required to attend meetings, and 22% who have no requirements.

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Christoph Henking @chrishenking.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

On the day of the German federal election, we cannot take democratic values for granted. An important piece on the rise on the far right in Germany.

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Ben Chrisinger @bchrisinger.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Many folks - including RFK Jr - are eyeing SNAP restrictions as a way to 'make America healthy again.' My colleague Danielle Krobath and I describe why this isn't the right approach in @us.theconversation.com #academicsky #publichealth #medsky

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Why government can’t make America ‘healthier’ by micromanaging groceries purchased with SNAP benefits

Maintaining a good diet is not cheap or straightforward, especially on a low income.

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Christoph Henking @chrishenking.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Hi new Blusky community👋 I am a final year PhD student in Social Policy & Public Health, and I research social inequalities in mental health. For example, what are the social determinants of mental healthcare use and helfpulness accross 111 countries? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Global inequalities in mental health problems: understanding the predictors of lifetime prevalence, treatment utilisation and perceived helpfulness across 111 countries

Socio-economic inequalities in mental health problems are found in measures covering prevalence, treatment utilisation, and treatment helpfulness. How…

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Ben Scher @ben-scher.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Excited to share our new paper describing DCRs as ‘inclusion health interventions’! Thank you to @bchrisinger.bsky.social @dkhumphreys.bsky.social @gwshorter.bsky.social for their guidance on this piece. Link: harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Dr. Deanna Giraldi, MPH @deannagiraldi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Some of my stellar social science colleagues at Oxford 📝 go.bsky.app/LMFL2EG

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Starter Packs feels a bit like making a mixtape to this 80s kid... I ran into the max number pretty fast so apologies to anyone I missed and I'll have to make a Volume II!: go.bsky.app/2ZUFQtv

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Kate Ardern@KateAlvanley @ardernkate.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This #poverty is the most fundamentally important determinant of health and in the case of our children their future life chances .. this should be the government’s number one #publichealth priority if we’re serious about reducing health inequalities.. needs action not rhetoric!

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Alina Schmitz @alinaschmitz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Where Your SES Takes a Vow of Silence 🆕📝 "No Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality among Catholic Monks: A Quasi-Experiment Providing Evidence for the Fundamental Cause Theory" out in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior with Patrick Lazarevič and Marc Luy. #socsky #demography #MonkMode

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Christoph Henking @chrishenking.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Last week, it was great to present my research during two presentations at #EPH2024 in Lisbon. Social Inequalities in Mental Health Service Use in 111 countries bit.ly/3OeK8bx Using Machine Learning to identify the social determinants of the mid-life decline in mental health bit.ly/3OfZjkK

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Christoph Henking @chrishenking.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

At European public health conference in Lisbon this week. Let me know if you are around.

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Ben Chrisinger @bchrisinger.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

It cetainly is. And the recent discovery of obvious #ChatGPT text in published papers (i.e., “Certainly, …”) was only the worst offenders. #AcademicSky www.chronicle.com/article/its-...

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Opinion | It’s Not Just Our Students — ChatGPT Is Coming for Faculty Writing

And there’s little agreement on the rules that should govern it.

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Christoph Henking @chrishenking.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

Pleasure to join a symposium on "Tackling Mental Health" Inequalities alongside Daina Kosite, Maria Gueltzow and chaired by Dr Marielle Beenackers at the #UrbanMentalHealth Conference 2024 in Amsterdam. We discussed socioeconomic, gender and housing disparities in mental health. 📎🔎 t.co/HlqWxOGSeO

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