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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

An important paper about protecting science from political interference. Europe needs to defend its science against the kind of attacks unfurling in the US. By Martin McKee, Christina Pagel & Tiago Correia in the European Journal of Public Health: academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

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Europe must learn from America’s assault on science

In June 2026, several prominent diabetes researchers, including Steven Kahn, editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care, were removed by police from the annual meeti

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 Does escaping in-work poverty reduce the risk of common mental disorders? Our new open-access paper, "Escaping In-Work Poverty and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Swedish Workers”, published in Social Science & Medicine, answers this question: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@stefaniesprong.bsky.social is presenting a correspondence test on discrimination in internship access. #ecsr2026

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

@distasioval.bsky.social giving a keynote talk at #ecsr2026 about measuring cumulative discrimination, presenting work by the @equalstrength.bsky.social consortium.

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Martin Naunov @naunovmartin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Thrilled this is finally out in its JOP-formatted version! Hope it's useful to anyone working on LGBT politics, (electoral) discrimination, status differentials within & across identity categories, and non-textual experiments. Main findings in quoted thread. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Weverthon Machado @weverthon.com · 04/05/2026

New brief report in @jmfncfr.bsky.social We follow earnings of male same-sex couples in 🇩🇰, 🇳🇱, and 🇸🇪 around the time they become parents. Main takeaway: not much changes for them! Also: no signs of long-lasting specialization based on pre-parenthood earnings or biological relatedness to the child.

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<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library

Objective This study examines earnings trajectories of male same-sex couples around the time they become parents in Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sweden: three forerunners in advancing same-sex coup...

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

1: Have only two publications. 2: Have two citations on the first paper. 3: Get two citations on the second paper. 4 & 5: SUCCESS

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Linkedin voice: I just doubled my H-score in one day, here's my top five tips to become a successful researcher.

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Thanks for the tips!As far as I can see SHARE has gender of partner, but not religion and birthplace of parents. Also a specific sample of course. Found one study that coded sexuality from a 1994 ISSP module, but questions seems to have been dropped since then. EVS seems to lack gender of partner.

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Thanks for the tip! Indeed a limited number of countries but covers at least 3/9 of my countries of interest!

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Also, how come that ESS has such extensive information about husband/wife/partner, but no information about their gender? As far as I can see it is not even included in the special module on Gender in round 11

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

QUESTION: Is there a magical European dataset including 1. Gender 2. Sexuality 3. Religion 4. Ethnicity / country of birth (+ for parents) 5. Occupation ESS is missing 2, EU-LFS is missing 3, EU LGBTIQ Survey is missing 5. Sharing is caring! #sociologysky #surveydata

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Trying to read more Dutch classics, and that they often revolve around WW2 resistance and the dilemmas of cleaning house afterwards seems fitting in these times. 📚⚖️🧑‍⚖️

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The more times you refresh the page the faster it goes!

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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Two more days to apply!

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Talk about getting ahead of the story

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

So how much time are you supposed to spend checking journal submission portals for if anything has changed from "in review"? Like is 45 minutes a day too little? #academicsky

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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸

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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Did y’all actually read my FIRST! SOLE-AUTHORED! PUBLICATION! 😭 I’m not crying you are

Email by Emotions and Society (journal) that my article was one of their most downloaded articles in 2025

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity

Intergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.

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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

FIRST! SOLE-AUTHORED! PUBLICATION! 🎊 Making myself guilty of self-promotion but my first ever sole-authored article is an Editor’s Choice... still open access for 10 days, get it while it’s hot Link doi.org/10.1332/2631...

Article in Emotions and Society: ‚Because like if you feel guilty, then it’s usually a sign‘: on the role of emotions in conceptualising infidelity

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors

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Dr. Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana @zraresearch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Working on my BILF to do list this morning. That’s Book I’d Like to Finish!

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Anyone interested should read the whole thread but here's a big headline finding: assortative mating on education is mostly social, not genetic. This has major implications for intergenerational transmission, making models that ascribe a large role to genetics (Clark) look less plausible.

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I've had the honour to convene this seminar series about the politics of immigration and exclusion. Looking forward to learning more about the research by @turnbulldugarte.com @profsob.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @distasioval.bsky.social and @stefaniesprong.bsky.social + drinks after!

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

New garden new adventures! Is it elderflower and sage?

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

He was my highlight! They couldn’t be bothered to write a backstory so just used Instant Gay Best Friend (TM). Enjoyably bad movie!

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Ana T. @anatra.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

There's nothing like a revision deadline to motivate me to bake huge amounts of saffron buns, and no, it's not the "christmas spirit"🙃

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Should be a word for this… bsky.app/profile/sbva...

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

And the far right is dropping the Jewish part of Judeo-Christian values, who could have seen this coming?

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Yamil Ricardo Velez @yamilrvelez.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

As @seanjwestwood.bsky.social's terrifying new PNAS article demonstrates, LLMs can now pass almost every attention check, mirror personas, stay consistent across pages, and systematically bias responses in the aggregate. So here’s a different angle: verify physical presence, not text.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/12/2025

The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries. In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas. www.iza.org/publications... 🧵 thread—>

1. Less skilled labor is abundant.
2. Skilled emigration is a brain drain.
3. Development substitutes for migration.
4. Migration substitutes for failing development, but doesn't cause development.

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Feels strange to have an American movie in 2025 about a cis woman crossdressing as a man in order to get hired as a resort santa, including awkward interactions in the mens dressing room…

On the left Alexandra Breckinridge with blond hair, on the right in a facemask with white beard

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Our household has an annual tradition of watching bad Christmas movies. First out: My Secret Santa Small town unemployed single mom meets the scandalous heir to the big resort family that’s trying to shape up his act. 3/10

Poster for My Secret Santa with a woman in Santa clothes in a chair and a man in a suit behind it.

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Jeremy Kuhnle @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Awesome project with wonderful people and amazing research! What more could you ask for ?!?! Now check out our first @equalstrength.bsky.social publication!

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Andreas Ljungström @andreas.ljungstrm.se · 04/12/2025

Just published my first article! 🎉 We study inequalities in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Sweden by immigrant background. Immigrant-background children enroll less often - but the pattern is different from the usual story about disadvantage and access. 1/3

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Inequalities in early childhood education and care by immigrant background

Children with foreign-born parents attend early childhood education and care (ECEC) to a lower extent than native-background children in most European…

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

These names are currently being used in correspondence tests carried out in nine countries by the @equalstrength.bsky.social consortium. Great work by Abel Ghekiere and @billiemartiniello.bsky.social to lead this survey, especially as the planning happened in teams meetings with 20+participants.

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Every year it becomes clearer that names carry a multitude of signals, but often they are used as a clear signal of for example race or ethnicity. Untangling this interplay of gender, class, race, and ethnicity will be easier with this extensive dataset!

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Billie Martiniello @billiemartiniello.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

After consacrating a significant part of my PhD to the use of names as signals in experimental designs, i am happy to be part of this inter-country evaluation of signals in names - fresh from the press in Nature Scientific Data. A work that was possible thanks to the hard work of a great group!

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

⁉️What do people read into names? ⁉️ ✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨ When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background? 🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅 Check it out here: 🧵

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The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe

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Jan Vanhove @janhove.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A recent study purports to have found that multilingualism protects against accelerated ageing. I've taken a closer look at it, and it doesn't look good. New blog post: "Does multilingualism really protect against accelerated ageing? Some critical comments" janhove.github.io/posts/2025-1...

Positive trend between monolingualism and accelerated ageing.

Negative trend between per capita GDP and accelerated ageing.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Immensely proud to see two newish publications out that begun their life as masters theses a wee while ago... links below

The geography of intergenerational mobility in Europe

How do opportunities for intergenerational mobility depend on where you live? We address this question using European Social Survey data, studying the association between parents’ and children’s occupation, and how it varies by region of residence. Absolute mobility, largely driven by shifts in occupational structure, differs from relative mobility, which reflects the extent to which opportunities are equal across social origins. Capital regions emerge as hubs of absolute, but not necessarily relative, mobility. Absolute mobility correlates with human capital, labor market, demographic, and spatial factors. In contrast, relative mobility is primarily shaped by economic disparities between social classes. Greater inequality entails less mobility, even comparing different places within a country.

How robust are country rankings in educational mobility?

We investigate the impact of analytical choices on country comparisons in intergenerational educational mobility using a multiverse approach. A literature survey gives rise to 2,880 plausible ways of measuring educational mobility, which we apply to European Social Survey data from 16 countries. Although some countries consistently appear at the top or bottom of the mobility rankings, most show substantial variation. Beyond our methodological contribution, we report two substantive findings. First, some countries often characterized as low-mobility emerge as matching or surpassing the egalitarian Nordic countries, reinforcing the view that wider mobility differences cannot be attributed solely to the education system but must be sought elsewhere, such as the labor market. Second, the choice of parameter—such as regression coefficients, correlations, or categorical measures—is the single most influential factor that shifts country rankings. As different parameters carry distinct theoretical meanings, researchers should treat parameter choice not merely as a robustness check but as an opportunity to test and refine competing theories.

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Here, at the end, you'll find that ironically, as we use data from the European Social Survey, the answer to the question if Denmark is more mobile than the US, remains a mystery.

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