Reposted by Gijs WestraBen Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Deutsche Errinerungskultur (Symbolbild) 24413
Reposted by Gijs Westraclementinecttn.bsky.social @clementinecttn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Tragedy of the Stack Overflow commons... A great article on the negative effects of LLMs on the development and maintenance of open source software. by Sam Learner 011
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed of authoring one of the 10% most viewed articles in Population, Space and Place among works published in 2024. Now, I can say that dream has come true! 020
Reposted by Gijs WestraGENUS @genus.bsky.social · 04/05/2026While Sweden is making language a requirement for citizenship, new study shows immigrants engage with SFI differently, reflecting motivations, inequalities, and challenges in accessing SFI and integration opportunities. 👉 Check the new paper by Samaneh Khaef 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 032
Reposted by Gijs WestraMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/11/2025I WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB AND THEN I FOUND A JOB AND HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW 939268
Reposted by Gijs WestraTess Osborne @tessosborne.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Please sign and share this petition. I care deeply about geography and want to do everything I can to save our jobs and the school, and protect our students 🌍 #Geography #SchoolClosure c.org/Z2ZK6fQVgfc.orgSave Geography at the University of LeicesterCan you spare a minute to help this campaign? 0107
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 05/11/2025‼️New publication out! Together with @karenhaandrikman.bsky.social in @tesg-journal.bsky.social ! We use the Swedish neighbourhood study to explore how well-being is spatially sorted, finding heterogeneous spatial sorting of well-being, showing the importance of the neighbourhood for well-being 172
Reposted by Gijs WestraIda Borg @idaborg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Visited Gimo Herrgård to discuss Segregation research, beyond academia. Amazing talks and discussions. Happy to have met Maria Krysan and Kyle Crowder. 021
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Had a nice time presenting some preliminary work on residential mobility reproducing patterns of ethnic segregation at @rgsibg.bsky.social and BSPS. Thanks everybody for their questions and feedback! 040
Reposted by Gijs WestraMatt Mason @mattgmasn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025At #RGSIBG25 today? Make sure to check out the fantastic set of presentations lined up at @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social's early career session I'm co-hosting with @fangyuanli.bsky.social Teaching and Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 2 @ 14:40 #quantitative #geography @rgsibg.bsky.social #ECR #PhD 032
Reposted by Gijs WestraMaël Lecoursonnais @lecoursonnais.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Thrilled to share my first publication! 🎉 Together with Maria Brandén and Erik Rosenqvist, we show that distance to higher education shapes academic aspirations in Sweden—well before their university education begins. (1/4)doi.orgThe Spatial Determinants of Academic Aspirations: Evidence From SwedenDifferences in access to higher education are a well-known contributor to socioeconomic inequalities. Yet, despite considerable interest from policymakers, we know little about the processes linking ... 1204
Reposted by Gijs WestraÅsa Plesner @asa.tsbalans.se · 17/07/2025Doktorander som varit fyra år i Sverige kan söka om permanent uppehållstillstånd. Men de får ofta avslag, för efter fyra år som doktorand har man inte så lång anställningstid kvar, och då anses man inte ha varaktig försörjning. 118239
Reposted by Gijs WestraReto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Quite a strong final statement: "Descriptive research is important and it is a pity that the general obsession with causal estimates disincentivizes researchers from attempting to publish careful and detailed description." 48830
Reposted by Gijs WestraRoger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · 30/06/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAre rents affordable in Amsterdam? Not if you are a newcomer | Amber HowardThe city was once the pinnacle of inclusivity, with working- and middle-class people alike living in social housing – then the private landlords arrived, says social-policy researcher Amber Howard 022
Reposted by Gijs WestraTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This is 10-12 tenure-track assistant professors’ salaries at many places. A whole academic program’s worth of money, pissed away, In Times of Austerity, on rent-a-cops going after students who dared speak. Nobody behind this should have a career. 91304391
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Last Wednesday, I successfully defended my dissertation, "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden", and have therefore completed my PhD in Human Geography! 180
Reposted by Gijs WestraGijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation. 182
Reposted by Gijs WestraJohn @notheotherjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2024AI is going to revolutionize the way in which things suck 128456
Reposted by Gijs WestraMarc Keuschnigg @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social · 13/05/2025We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science 📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden ⏰Deadline June 3 🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854 Please apply // help us spread the word 210576
Reposted by Gijs WestraBen Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 08/05/2025apologies to american pope i was not familiar with your game 0173
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation. 182
Reposted by Gijs WestraRuth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · 06/05/2025⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social! We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxztinyurl.comAnnual ConferenceThe British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September. 097
Reposted by Gijs WestraMark Fabian @markfabian.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I wrote a short and simple thing. Lots of graphs and cartoons: profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/below-repl... I address the "how do we fund the welfare state?" question.profmarkfabian.substack.comBelow replacement fertility is fineFewer people is a good thing 374
Reposted by Gijs WestraErik Angner @erikangner.com · 24/04/2025Vi var många som undrade var regeringens plötsliga intresse för "existentiell hälsa" kom ifrån häromsistens. Nu minns jag plötsligt att statsministerns hustru driver verksamhet inom just "existentiell hälsa" på den herrgård hon fått av en friskolelobbyist 🤷 www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/4o...aftonbladet.seUlf Kristersson säljer sitt sommarhus – frun köper herrgård för ”existentiell hälsa”Ulf Kristersson ska sälja sitt sommarhus vid Mälaren. Statsministern kommer istället äga ett hus på hustrun Birgitta Eds nya herrgård – som hon köper med konsu 1114375
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Had a good time presenting my posters at #paa2025 ! Thanks to everybody for stopping by and you questions 040
Reposted by Gijs Westratranna karenina @einegeniesserin.bsky.social · 31/03/2025far-right politicians HATE this one weird trick (simply prosecuting them for the serious crimes they are all constantly committing) 313140
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Reviewer 1... my beloved... my guardian angel Reviewer 2... my mortal enemy... my nemesis 020
Reposted by Gijs WestraJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight 4378952449
Reposted by Gijs WestraBen Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 06/03/2025i’ll do it for $10,000 a month 0181
Reposted by Gijs WestraRuth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Couple days left to get your submissions in! 🔥 022
Reposted by Gijs WestraPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Sure my research is all about LLM and AI (local labor markets and area inequality) 1211
Reposted by Gijs WestraMitch Travis @profmitchtravis.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Urghhhh got feedback on an article and it’s so clear, insightful and helpful. Lord, just kill me. 1163
Reposted by Gijs WestraCody Hochstenbach @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Statushouders zijn een makkelijke zondebok om politieke problemen op af te schuiven. Keijzer had ook beleid kunnen maken om weer te investeren in volkshuisvesting, maar dit kabinet trapt liever omlaag om gemarginaliseerde groepen nog verder te marginaliseren nos.nl/artikel/2556...nos.nlKabinet klaar om statushouders voorrang op woning te ontnemen, gemeenten 'verbijsterd'Het plan om asielzoekers die een verblijfsvergunning hebben gekregen geen voorrang meer te geven op een sociale huurwoning, stond al het coalitieakkoord en het regeerprogramma. 47537153
Reposted by Gijs WestraWooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The introductory chapter (Kappa in Swedish) of my doctoral dissertation, Unrealized Potential: Overqualification and its Consequences among the Children of Immigrants Born in Sweden, is available online (3/3): su.diva-portal.org/smash/record... 0142
Reposted by Gijs WestraQuantitative Methods Research Group @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025🚩Are you working on spatial methods or with spatial data ?🌎✨Consider submitting your abstract to our sponsored session in collab/ with PopGeogRG organised by @ruthneville20.bsky.social & @gijsw4.bsky.social at this year's @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference! Reach out to us with any queries! 💫 054
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Looking forward to #PAA2025 / getting pancaked on the runway of Washington Dulles !! 031
Reposted by Gijs WestraMatt Mason @mattgmasn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Excited to welcome submissions for an ECR session at the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social Annual Conference, sponsored by @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social 🌍 We’re keen to hear from #ECRs in #QuantitativeGeography! 📒 If you’re interested/have any questions, DM or email me/@fangyuanli.bsky.social Deadline 28th Feb 179
Reposted by Gijs WestraRuth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · 04/02/2025👋 @gijsw4.bsky.social and I are pleased to be welcoming submissions to our proposed @rgsibg.bsky.social session sponsored by @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social in collab w/ PopGeogRG! 🌏💫 We are excited to receive your work utilising innovative spatial methods or spatial data! Check out the details below 👇 175
Reposted by Gijs WestraStefanie Mollborn @mollborn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Call for apps (in English and Swedish)--open Ph.D. position in sociological #demography at Stockholm University. Well-funded, great department, wonderful city. Due 1 Mar. Spread the word! su.varbi.com/what:job/job...su.varbi.comDoktorand i sociologisk demografiSociologiska institutionen grundad 1954, erbjuder en dynamisk forskningsmiljö med många ämnesöverskridande samarbeten och en stark internationell forskningsprofil. De engelskspråkiga master- oc 01211
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 04/02/2025‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ? ‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference! @rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social 1117
Reposted by Gijs WestraTim White @timwhite100.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I have an article in the Guardian today on the loophole pushing Berlin’s housing crisis to new extremes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe strange loophole that transformed Berlin from tenant’s paradise to landlord’s playground | Tim WhiteGermany’s capital was known for its affordable rents. Now ‘furnished temporary’ flats risk destroying the heart of the city, says researcher and writer Tim White 32513
Reposted by Gijs WestraRuth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · 13/11/2024New paper from my #PhD in @Data_and_Policy evaluating the impact of #Brexit and #COVID19 on international student applications to the UK w/ @fcorowe.bsky.social and @alexsingleton.bsky.social ! We find substantial declines in EU applicants as a direct result of #Brexit 📉 doi.org/10.1017/dap....doi.orgUnraveling the Brexit–COVID-19 nexus: assessing the decline of EU student applications into UK universities | Data & Policy | Cambridge CoreUnraveling the Brexit–COVID-19 nexus: assessing the decline of EU student applications into UK universities - Volume 6 0114
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 17/10/2024Read my research! Or else! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comSegregation and well‐being in Sweden: Geographies of well and ill‐beingWell-being is rarely considered in studies of residential segregation. This paper explores the spatial distribution of well-being and its relationship to various forms of residential segregation. Ext... 060