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The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...

On November 5th at the EUI, I had the honour of delivering the laudatio for SocArXiv, which was awarded the Kohli Infrastructure Prize for Sociology for the year 2025. SocArXiv ... Read more

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In the context of women’s increased economic status coupled with declining divorce rates, the “gender revolution framework” suggests that greater gender equalit...

Body weight in adolescence and adulthood may result from the interplay between individuals’ genetic characteristics and the social context in which th…

Whether students educated in different ability tracks in secondary education develop different levels of civic and democratic engagement is yet unclear. To explore this issue, we focus on how schools...

Abstract. We study whether the educational disadvantage of children from households where parents have dissolved their union is due to selection or deterio

This public lecture will be delivered by Prof Herman van de Werfhorst, Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Florence.

Are immigrants healthier than non-migrants? New evidence from Germany on the "immigrant health paradox" - using height as a proxy for underlying health.

Evidence shows that immigrants are often in better health than the native born—the so-called ‘immigrant health paradox’—and this advantage may extend to their children’s health. A commonly cited bu...