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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥

@hermwerf.bsky.social
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Professor of Sociology at the #EUI, Florence. Works on education & social stratification. Posts r personal. @eui-sps.bsky.social Substack/blogs: hermwerf.substack.com Google scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=a…

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Short visit to Amsterdam ❤️. Of course with a short meetup with my daughter
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📢New working paper:🚨 “Integrated vs. Separated Schooling for Refugee Children: Long-Term Effects on Education and Assimilation” w/ @caterinapavese.bsky.social and @meulensimon.bsky.social 👉 Does direct integration into native schools or temporary placement in separate schools … 1/5
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This looks like a very interesting volume on the work of Raymond Boudon. Open access. sup.sorbonne-universite.fr/catalogue/ph...
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Boudon Reexamined | SUP
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Max Weber postdoc program at @eui-eu.bsky.social has its deadline 16 October, for a September 2027 start: www.eui.eu/en/academic-...
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Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies
Making a Difference in Global Academia
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In het onderwijs: Domina, Thurston, Andrew Penner, and Emily Penner. “Categorical Inequality: Schools As Sorting Machines.” Annual Review of Sociology 43, no. 1 (2017): 311–30. doi.org/10.1146/annu....
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Categorical Inequality: Schools As Sorting Machines
Despite their egalitarian ethos, schools are social sorting machines, creating categories that serve as the foundation of later life inequalities. In this review, we apply the theory of categorical in...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In NL / VL: @giselinde.bsky.social
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lamont, Michèle. “Toward a Comparative Sociology of Valuation and Evaluation.” Annual Review of Sociology 38, no. 1 (2012): 201–21. doi.org/10.1146/annu....
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Toward a Comparative Sociology of Valuation and Evaluation
This review discusses North American and European research from the sociology of valuation and evaluation (SVE), a research topic that has attracted considerable attention in recent years. The goal is...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lamont, Michelle. Prisms of Inequality: Moral Boundaries, Exclusion, and Academic Evaluation. (Essay for the Acceptance of the Erasmus Prize). Amsterdam: Praemium Erasmianum Foundation, 2017.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Het cultuursociologische proces hoe we waarde toekennen, zeker niet alleen financieel. Schoonheid, prijzen, lonen
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Het zou een interessante onderwijskundige bijdrage zijn aan het cultuursociologische onderzoek naar categorisering en ‘valuation’.
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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Join us (online or in-person) on 9/25 for the Education & Inequality Workshop with @hermwerf.bsky.social sharing his insights on Politics & Intergenerational Social Mobility MORE INFO & ZOOM REGISTRATION bit.ly/4xZZVQQ
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Watching US tv, I saw a TV priest offering the evidence for the existence of the devil: “if you see the world we live in, it’s certainly not god!”
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This fits our general optimistic interpretation of strong vocational education and training systems, also in today's knowledge economies. Strong linkage between school-based skills and types of employment does not harm; on the contrary. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Important new paper on the dual VET system and wage inequality. Wage inequality, especially at the bottom of the distribution, is lower in societies with stronger dual VET systems. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Yesterday’s model for tomorrow’s economy? Dual VET and wage inequality in the knowledge economy - Patrick Emmenegger, Matthias Haslberger, 2026
Dual vocational education and training (VET) is said to have positive economic effects. However, recent contributions suggest that the rise of the knowledge eco...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Jee, Springer I get multiple review requests PER DAY from your journals. Am I in some sort of database? My theory is that they bombard the ones who at least reply (even if negative) to their requests (suggest them/us to editors). I am doing my service but we all know there is a limit.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What can we learn from England? Strong central guidance, accountability, and using evidence-based methods. #PISA #turningthepisatide @jburnmurdoch.ft.com in ft.pressreader.com/article/2817...
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We are set­ting up a gen­er­a­tion to fail at school | Financial Times Europe
When the OECD’s Pisa study of teen­age read­ing, math­em­at­ics and sci­ence abil­it­ies around the world showed a marked drop in 2022, many hoped this was a short-term hit from pan­demic learn­ing di...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think I did smth like this in 2001: doi.org/10.1093/esr/.... Inspired by John Hendrickx.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
en je ziet de reacties op toekomstige posts alweer komen.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Engeland koos, zeker sinds de hervormingen die vanaf ongeveer 2010 werden ingezet, veel nadrukkelijker voor vakinhoud, kennis, een duidelijker nationaal curriculum, systematische phonics, externe toetsing en vrij expliciete verwachtingen over wat leerlingen moeten kennen.”
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Het Nederlandse leesonderwijs is gegijzeld door de onderwijsmarkt. At investico www.platform-investico.nl/onderzoeken/...
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Onderwijsmarkt gijzelt leesonderwijs | Investico Onderzoeksjournalisten
Op de vrije markt van lespakettenmakers, tussenhandelaren en onderwijsadviseurs controleert vrijwel niemand wat basisschoolleerlingen leren; leerkrachten raken verdwaald in een woud van lesmethoden.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
En taalvaardigheid wordt alleen maar belangrijker met AI. Ik chat me een ongeluk met Claude.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ik zou liever hebben dat die trends weer opwaarts remigreren.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Die laatste verkiezingen, is het daar over onderwijs gegaan? Met die stevig dalende #PISA trend, al lange tijd gaande maar nu helemaal neerwaarts, zou je denken dat lange termijn politiek het hier liever over zou hebben dan over migratie. Man man man.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Maar actie ho maar. Waar is die PISA shock? bsky.app/profile/herm...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
And to reduce the lumpsum financing of school boards has even been a goal that VVD and PRO share! Is it the only topic on which they *could* agree?? But then nothing.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
School boards are too autonomous. Lumpsum financing is disastrous. Reading instruction is too technical, not substantive enough (just read!). Scientists say it. The Education Council says it. And politics? They don’t care because asylum seekers. It’s a shame.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It was only two #PISA rounds ago that the Dutch minister of education said: but social skills are at least as important as literacy and math. While *some* change is observed, the Dutch political landscape is not able to address the declining performance in basic skills. >
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Herhaling van zetten. www.onderwijsraad.nl/documenten/2...
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Lees! Een oproep tot een leesoffensief | Onderwijsraad
Nederlandse jongeren lezen steeds minder vaak 
en met steeds minder plezier. Doordat zij minder tijd besteden aan het lezen van langere teksten of boeken gaat hun leesvaardigheid achteruit. Dat heeft ...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Herhaling van zetten. #PISA. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
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En nog gaat alarmbel niet af over dramatisch leesniveau
Duitsland was in shock toen de jeugd slecht bleek te lezen. Hier reageert men lauw op PISA-scores.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Herhaling van zetten.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Herhaling van zetten.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The #PISA decline since 2015 is striking. The Netherlands shows one of the largest negative trends. www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sad but true.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The #PISA decline since 2015 is striking. The Netherlands shows one of the largest negative trends. www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Must have been early 2010s
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One day in the 2000s, economists calculated that the declining #PISA-scores will lead to a sizeable loss in economic growth. I was then teaching 19-year olds who had been in a PISA cohort and said: c’mon folks we need you.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For those of you who are curious about the new #PISA results coming out this week, you may also be interested in the comparative results of the @learnineq.bsky.social project, that will also soon be published online (pre peer-review, just like the Pisa reports 🤪). Studying educational transitions.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Mooi gebalanceerde bespreking van twee boeken over de islam in het westen, van Gerry van der List en Lofti el Hamidi (geschreven door Joost de Vries). Met een heldere conclusie over de grootste bedreiging voor de Verlichtingsidealen vandaag de dag. @volkskrant.nl www.volkskrant.nl/boeken/besta...
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Bestaat het recht op islamofobie? Deze twee boeken overlappen enorm, en spreken elkaar volkomen tegen
Journalisten Gerry van der List en Lotfi El Hamidi beschrijven dezelfde gebeurtenissen en citeren uit dezelfde bronnen, en trekken totaal verschillende conclusies.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
From 21-25 September I’ll be in the NYC area, giving talks at Princeton (23 Sept), Columbia (24 Sept) and Penn (25 Sept). Happy to meet for a coffee.
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Universität Konstanz @uni-konstanz.de · 02/09/2026
How does social background shape educational success? In the latest #UniKonstanz In_equality Podcast, @mbusemeyer.bsky.social​ & Gabi Spilker @excinequality.bsky.social​ discuss early tracking, standardized tests and equal opportunity with sociologist @hermwerf.bsky.social​. t1p.de/bt6j0
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here a podcast in which I was interviewed by Gabi Spilker and Marius Busemeyer, from the Konstanz inequality cluster.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Interesting.
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and LIS Data Center are hiring a 3-year postdoc for work on public policy, welfare and socio-economic inequality. Open to economics, sociology, pol sci and related disciplines. Apply by Sep 15th: jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur...
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Zsófi Boda @zsofiaboda.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
last minute PhD opportunity on stereotypes, social networks, and social inequalities at @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social, two fully funded 4-year positions are available! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 26/08/2026
Almost 80% of Britain’s rising fiscal costs will come from ageing by 2075, dwarfing the pressures from defence spending, net zero and lower migration. We should rebalance taxes away from work and towards wealth, says @benansell.bsky.social. Read more here: www.ippr.org/articles/tax...
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Social Stratification (fifth edition) @socialstrat5.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Social Stratification (fifth edition), edited by Michelle Jackson, Nima Dahir, Claire Daviss, and David B Grusky. Available for pre-order now! www.routledge.com/Social-Strat... Full table of contents in the rest of the thread:
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We are currently close to it and will do an excursion on Sunday.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The disaster in Nepal reminds of the one in Italy in 1963, the Vajont Dam. An avalanche went into the basin behind the dam and destroyed a town within a short while. ~ 2000 casualties. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_...
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Vajont Dam - Wikipedia
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