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Assistant Professor of Sociology @ Bocconi Dept. of Social and Political Sciences (Milan, Italy) Work/Organizations/Social Stratification hunterwyork.com

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Lauren Valentino @sociologylauren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
UNC Sociology is hiring! 🐏 We're looking for someone at assistant or associate level in ANY area, willing to teach in our dept's Management & Society program (i.e. courses on organizations, work and occupations, economic sociology, social psychology, non-profits, work and family, AI and work, etc).
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Assistant or Associate Professor
The Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for an Assistant or Associate (tenure-track or tenured) faculty position to begin July 1, 2027. We w...
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 02/09/2026
great job here - in the very dynamic political economy program at berkeley - a dream gig! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05425
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Assistant Professor – Political Economy – 50% Political Economy and 50% in a Related Discipline
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 06/09/2026
I will take any opportunity to remind people I’m from Mississippi.
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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Do you have some exciting research ideas? Apply for a three-year postdoc position in sociology at Nuffield College starting September 2027. Apply by 21/9. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology (two posts) - Nuffield College Oxford University
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Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Are you a sociologist studying social inequality? Come join our awesome sociology department at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social as an assistant professor www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Assistant Professor in Social Inequality
Are you an expert in the sociology of social inequality or social stratification? Do you want to inspire students? Become our new assistant professor!
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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🚨 New jobs! 🚨 We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (1 quant, 1 qual), for a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 4 years! The Fellows will have full control over the nature/direction of their research while here 📝🌏 Deadline: 31 July 2026 🔗 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
Image of the Department of Sociology building overlaid with text: We're hiring! Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 Positions). Deadline: 31 July 2026
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Olivier Godechot @oliviergodechot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Sometimes (human/animal) social groups split into two (or more). Team departures in corporate firms, political party splits, religious schisms, software forks, etc. Let's study this. I hire a predoc or a postdoc on social group splits. www.sciencespo.fr/axpo/events/...
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Call for Applications AxPo Research Assistant/Postdoc
AxPo Research Assistant/Postdoc Application 2026AxPo Research Assistant/Postdoc Application 2026Research Assistant job application for Research Group on Social Group Splits at AxPo, Sciences Po, Paris...
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 13/05/2026
interesting new fellowship for people studying child development, available for early-career folk (10 years since PhD, US$300K over 3 years, worldwide eligibility)
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The LEGO Foundation Fellowship: Application Details
The LEGO Foundation Fellowship is a global initiative supporting researchers working to deepen our understanding of how children thrive. Spanning disciplines from education and psychology to public he...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Join us in Vienna to discuss inequality, economic mobility & labor markets! With @franziskadbacher.bsky.social and @izmartinez86.bsky.social I'm stoked to announce this workshop, keynotes by @emilynix100.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social. Nov 19-20, submit by June 30: www.wu.ac.at/ineq/ws26
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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford). ▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, Janet Gornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor. 🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May. Join us in Oxford! Details here: atkinsonconference.github.io
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The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality
A two-day interdisciplinary conference on economic and social inequality at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 10–11 September 2026.
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Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Fantastic new article by @yunhanwen.bsky.social that reconceptualizes Chinese urban development as what she calls "party-state urbanism" in IJURR. doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 15/04/2026
It really is a great vibe!
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 15/04/2026
Life update(!): I'm joining Bocconi's Social & Political Sciences Dept. in Milan as an AP of Sociology in the fall. Excited to connect with others in Europe on work/org studies and social strat. I have several working papers ready if anyone needs a seminar speaker. sps.unibocconi.eu
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A postdoc position is now available in my project Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity. Start date flexible within the next 12 months, apply by 9 May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Recruitment: A Full Professor (professeur des universités) in sociology - digital, organisations, work www.sciencespo.fr/cso/en/news/...
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Recruitment: A Full Professor (professeur des universités) in sociology - digital, organisations, work
Registration from the 12th of March to the 13th of April, 2026
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New Postdoctoral Research Associate positions at @Princeton's Office of Population Research!
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Thijs Bol @thijsbol.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I’m looking for three PhD students for my new ERC project, starting 1 September. The goal is to understand how firms shape inequality in workers’ careers—using population registers. Please spread the word! Deadline is March 8, more info here (see projects 4-6): ics-graduateschool.nl/vacancies/
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Vacancies | ICS
ICS Sociology PhD positions vacancies Graduate school program Social Sciences Methodology
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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I'm hiring a post-doctoral researcher to join us at the University of Oxford and our @inetoxford.bsky.social Inequality team. Ideal candidate has experience in the fields of inequality, social mobility, and/or public policy. We can sponsor visas for non-UK applicants. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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Vacancies
Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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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 OpportunityIntergenerational 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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The Bearded Educator @literarybeardo.blacksky.app · 06/12/2025
Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky
Screenshot of a message in the BlueSky app explaining that it does not work in Mississippi because of the state's age verification laws.
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 19/11/2025
Today is Décadi the 30th of Brumaire in the year 234. Brumaire is the month of mist. Today we celebrate the roller. #JacobinDay More information on the roller
An old time-y illustration of a the Roller.
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 16/09/2025
Today is La fête de la vertu the 1st of Sansculottides in the year 233. Sansculottides is the month of complementary days. Today we celebrate virtue. #JacobinDay More information on virtue
An old time-y illustration of a Virtue.
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𝙼𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚐 @mkang.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Check out the @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social issue on gun supply! This volume is a tour de force on how the U.S. got to have so many guns and what can be done about it. Thanks to @everytown.bsky.social for their support. www.vitalcitynyc.org/issues/issue...
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 19/08/2025
Today is Tridi the 3rd of Fructidor in the year 233. Fructidor is the month of fruitfulness. Today we celebrate puffballs. #JacobinDay More information on puffballs
An old time-y illustration of a Puffballs.
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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
@hunterwyork.com, PhD Candidate of Sociology at Princeton University , shared his new research on economic outcome stratification among workers by field of study and institutions. Please check out the paper on his website 👆 or email him.
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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 01/08/2025
Today is Quintidi the 15th of Thermidor in the year 233. Thermidor is the month of heat. Today we celebrate ewes. #JacobinDay More information on ewes
An old time-y illustration of a Ewes.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 19/07/2025
Finally a take on LLMs in the classroom that points out both their strengths and weaknesses (which is not, primarily AI slop) and offers real solutions. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
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Opinion | The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind
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Yunhan Wen @yunhanwen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Join us on August 8 at UIC for this year’s Junior Theorists Symposium (JTS)! #asa (In suppressed voice) Also it’d be great if folks can make a small donation so that we can buy coffee for everyone ☕️
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 02/07/2025
Thank you! We have a lot to discuss when the opportunity presents itself, I think!
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 07/06/2025
Finally!!
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 06/06/2025
EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn. BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS. #EconSky
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 25/03/2025
Sad to miss @isa-rc28.bsky.social in Milan, but I'm basically in Europe because a choir I'm in is performing Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles, a ~17 voice part and 4 movement "pilgrimage in music" following the Camino de Santiago. @tenebraechoir.bsky.social has a gr8 recording youtu.be/GPHcqHzzTC8?...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Sciences Po is hiring an Assistant Professor on Digital Inequalities. Candidates should have strong theoretical/methodological skills, and an ambitious research agenda on social stratification and inequality. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 21/12/2024
Ultimately, this work dovetails with a lot of other research on SBTC, intragenerational mobility, gender/racial wage gaps, and more. It is simultaneously a paper on measurement and theory, and I hope it can help advance the field in this era of expanding data resources and rapid occupational change.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 21/12/2024
Like the prosociality penalty, which penalizes workers who prioritize certain kinds of prosocial jobs, this inheritance of occupational characteristics could lead to certain inequalities in other aspects of work (pay, benefits, other occupational characteristics), but that remains to be seen.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 21/12/2024
This paper ultimately asserts that multiple kinds of characteristics of jobs are "inherited" across generations, a phenomenon that can lead to occupational and class reproduction, but that can also lead to patterned occupational movements outside of occupational/class reproduction.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 21/12/2024
Importantly, this generalizes across parent-child gender dyads, including mother-son and father-daughter occupational characteristic inheritance. We also show that many of the most common occupational transitions span class boundaries.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 21/12/2024
In this paper, we use a simple dimension reduction exercise of occupational characteristics, alongside pooled surveys containing info on parent-child occupation dyads. We show that occupational characteristics are preserved in ways that go beyond either SEI transmission or class immobility.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 21/12/2024
This work was originally motivated by the question of occupational "mobility" itself. While sociologists have plenty of theories of what explains immobility (class theory, micro-class theory), describing trends in inter-occupation movement is something we're not very good at.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 21/12/2024
(Big) Pub day! What was once a replication project for my first-year PhD stats class turned into a different beast. Read on for some thoughts on intergenerational mobility along axes of occupational characteristics. (Coauthors @xisong.bsky.social and Yu Xie) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Gradationalism Revisited: Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Along Axes of Occupational Characteristics1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 4
Studies of intergenerational occupational mobility typically characterize occupations quantitatively in one of two ways: gradationally or categorically. Both methods likely grossly oversimplify the co...
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Thijs Bol @thijsbol.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A reminder to submit your abstract to our workshop in May in Amsterdam! Please reskeet/spread the word.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 20/11/2024
will be presenting at @popassocamerica.bsky.social in April in an overflow session, 705 - “Diverse Forms of Employment and Economic Inequality.” A photo from yesterday of a gingko tree showing off to celebrate.
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Hunter York @hunterwyork.com · 15/11/2024
Follow me for sporadic, potentially annual, updates proving that I'm still kicking. I study work, organizations, and social stratification.
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