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 · 08/07/2026not my article at a swedish journal being stuck at the editors desk since midsommar 010
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Also great is world class wingers do dribble after dribble to relentless cross it into the box only for the worst striker in the world to be out of position for each of them 020
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
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Don't you worry, the moment you receive their decision, you wish they were still reviewing it! 100
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Extremely interesting and urgent! Can't wait to read it fully! 010
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 · 05/11/2025This and more findings can be read in the whole paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comSpatial Sorting of Well‐being in Sweden: The Role of Attitudes Towards the Neighbourhood and Neighbourhood TypeRecently, spatial sorting of well-being at the neighbourhood level has received attention. As most studies merely focus on the distribution itself or one neighbourhood aspect in relation to well-bein... 010
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 05/11/2025We find: - This happens in neighbourhoods that are poorer, migrant-dense or more homogenously Swedish - This is due to different sorting mechanisms: through attitudes towards the neighbourhood or socioeconomic sorting - Some types have lower well-being that cannot be explained by either mechanism 110
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 · 03/06/2025If you want to know more about this project, my dissertation, or spatial patterns of well-being, feel free to drop me a line! 010
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 03/06/2025For what's next, I am so excited to announce that I have started a post-doctoral position at the COMFAM project at Bielefeld University studying family health and commuting with @annaoksuzyan.bsky.social (and many more)! 120
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 03/06/2025 am extremely grateful to my opponent Nik Lomax for facilitating such an interesting and fascinating discussion and to all my colleagues, friends, and family who supported me through this day and the past years. The thesis can be read here: lnkd.in/dsgZ3Tee.lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 100
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
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 03/06/2025 I am extremely grateful to my opponent Nik Lomax for facilitating such a fascinating discussion and to all my colleagues, friends, and family who supported me through this process. You can read the entire thesis here: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...urn.kb.seNeighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden 000
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
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Tack Tack :). Een kopie bereikt je hopelijk volgende week! 000
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 · 08/05/2025You can read all about it and check out my wonderful graphs in the comprehensive summary (or kappa in Swedish) here: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=.... The defence will be held on May 28th at 13:15 in Universitetshus in Uppsala. Digital attendance is also possible, send me a DM if you want the zoom link!urn.kb.seNeighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden 100
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The dissertation explores the spatial distribution of well-being in Sweden. I find that - Well-being is spatially sorted at the neighbourhood level - This overlaps with patterns of ethnic and socioeconomic segregation - That this might be the result of both sorting and neighbourhood effects 100
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
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 29/04/2025thanks for writing this. i am always somewhat hesitant to tell people I work with populations out of fear they will get weird about fertility and this has provided some good ammunition for the next time this inevitably will happen 010
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
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I really loved this interview and the other interviews lately. Dr Charlotte van Regenmortel was also a great guest! 010
Reposted by Gijs Westratranna scarenina @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
Gijs Westra @gijsw4.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The daylist function is quite nice imo if you ignore the cringey ai generated titles geared towards sharing on social media 010
Reposted by Gijs WestraRuth Neville @ruthneville20.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Couple days left to get your submissions in! 🔥 022