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Jan Helmdag

@janhelmdag.bsky.social
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Assistant prof @sofi.su.se & managing director of Social Policy Indicators (SPIN). Working on tax and social policy; political economy. Visiting researcher @dspi-oxford.bsky.social during Trinity term '25.

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Wim Van Lancker @wimvanlancker.be · 14/09/2026
'What good are the social sciences?' I get that question a lot, and I usually mumble something about understanding society. But it's not a great conversation starter. At the KU Leuven Faculty of Social Sciences graduation ceremony, I tried to give a more concrete answer. Here's what I said. 🧵
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
No child poverty in Sweden? Think again! We found big differences in poverty rates, poverty gaps and poverty buffers between children of Swedish-born and foreign-born parents. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... With @siddarthaaradhya.bsky.social and @rafgrotti.bsky.social
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Need and Capacity for Resilience in European Labour Markets: An Inequalities in Resilience Framework New paper with @thaning.bsky.social @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social and Lovisa Backman, just published in Social Policy & Administration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Need and Capacity for Resilience in European Labour Markets: An Inequalities in Resilience Framework
Resilience has become a prominent concept in EU social and economic policy, positioned as a response to megatrends such as technological change, labour market deregulation and demographic shifts. Thi...
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Job alert! @cassandraengeman.bsky.social is hiring a researcher in her MakingTime ERC project, focused on the role of trade unions and organised labour in advocating and shaping care leave policies. A great opportunity to work @sofi.su.se in a collaborative team. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Researcher in Social Sciences
The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. SOFI is an internationally-leading institute in the fields of social policy, welfare
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Jan Helmdag @janhelmdag.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🚨CfP “The politics of welfare state reforms” at ESPAnet 2026 in Lisbon, 26–28 August🚨 Stream info: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/wp-content/u... Key details 📅 Paper submission deadline: 17 May 2026 📍 Conference dates: 26–28 August 2026, Lisbon 📃 Submit your abstract here: 2026espanetconference.exordo.com
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24th ESPANET Annual Conference
Resize? Restructure? The European Social Model under Pressure. Click Here to Submit Your Abstract Deadline for Submissions: 17th of May 2026 The European Social model is under pre...
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Patrick Kaczmarczyk @patrickkaczmarczyk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Karenztag einführen, Krankengeld kürzen, Feiertage abschaffen, Arbeitsrecht und Grundsicherung schleifen, Kündigungsschutz lockern… …jede noch so dumme Idee liegt auf dem Tisch, keine einzige davon sorgt für Wachstum. Aber darum geht es auch nicht: Es ist Klassenkampf von oben
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Keonhi Son @keonhison.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢NEW PUBLICATION: Do you think work-family challenges are limited to advanced economies, where many women work in the formal sector? Our review article disagrees (w @aysegulkayaoglu.bsky.social ). doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Nordic ESPAnet Early Career Seminar! Opportunity for Doctoral students and Postdocs to discuss their work, in an environment tailored to quality feedback. Organised at @sofi.su.se and keynotes by @cassandraengeman.bsky.social and @janhelmdag.bsky.social More info: espanet.org/nordic-semin...
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Nordic ESPAnet Seminar for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers: Social Policy Context of Life-course Transitions – ESPAnet
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Alexander Horn @alexanderhorn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Happy to share this new paper @jeppjournal.bsky.social with my great colleagues @dweisstanner.bsky.social & Carsten Jensen. In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Key points in 📈👇
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
For the Guardian, @jonhenley.bsky.social reports on our new research briefs on the politics of housing. Current policies too often treat housing as an asset. Housing as a social right has nearly disappeared from the agenda of even progressive parties. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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European progressives must tackle housing crisis to beat far right, say researchers
Centre left can win broad support by addressing soaring house prices and rents, according to data analysis
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Krsto Lazarević @krstorevic.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Die weniger irreführende Überschrift wäre eigentlich: Deutsche Milliardäre reichen lieber dem Faschismus die Hand, als ein bisschen mehr Steuern zu bezahlen. www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
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Umgang mit rechts: Verband der Familienunternehmer gibt offenbar Brandmauer zur AfD auf
Der Lobbyverband »Die Familienunternehmer« hat einen AfD-Vertreter eingeladen – und will die in großen Teilen rechtsextreme Partei nun politisch stellen. Ein »Kontaktverbot« sei damit aufgehoben, beri...
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Tripartite alliances for vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Eurofound PolicyWatch database New paper by @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social and myself, in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
You don’t “engage”, you amplify, mainstream and normalize. Don’t pretend you do this for anything else than 💰💰💰
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Die Bürgergeld-Debatte dreht sich um Anreize und Druck. Die Realität: Das System verwaltet Armut – statt Sicherheit zu geben und Menschen in schwierigen Lebenslagen zu entlasten. ⤵️
landkreispräsident fordert drastische kürzungen beim bürgergeld
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Merve Uzunalioglu @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Another year of great success and company at the ESPAnet Annual Conference 👏🏼 already looking forward to the next one 🫰🏼 @keonhison.bsky.social Andrew Zola & @janhelmdag.bsky.social in the pics from their final session
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Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
We'll be presenting our book at ESPAnet with a commentary by Anton Hemerijck. 🤩 My first book pitch session ever. #espanet2025
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Alexander Horn @alexanderhorn.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
1/3) 📣Out in Party Politics: We trace the equal rights and economic equality positions of 69 center-right and far-right parties since 1970 in 12 countries. We find that center right parties did not react to/address equal rights concerns and economic inequality journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I wish for a media that analyzes and contextualizes important events (without normalizing far-right actors and ideas) and a public that pays for that media.
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Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Midsummer reading. This or Elizabeth Strout, Sally Rooney or Richard Powers? A fine outcome of @sustageable.fi @strateginen.bsky.social project with a great team.
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Niko Väänänen @nikovaananen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The 2025 country-specific recommendations by the European Commission are out. Any explicit pension related recommendations (beyond Recovery and Resilience Fund commitments)? I read them all, so you don't have to 👇 (1/X) commission.europa.eu/publications...
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2025 European Semester: Country Specific Recommendations / Commission Recommendations
2025 European Semester: Country Specific Recommendations / Commission Recommendations
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The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) @sofi.su.se · 14/05/2025
@cassandraengeman.bsky.social, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social. www.su.se/swedish-inst...
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Cassandra Engeman appointed Associate Professor - Swedish Institute for Social Research
Cassandra Engeman, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at Stockholm University
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Johanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵
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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
‼️JOB ALERT‼️ Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work 100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc. Apply by 31 May DM me for questions👨‍💻👩‍🏫🦸 tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
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Jan Helmdag @janhelmdag.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Excited to share that I'm visiting the DSPI @dspi-oxford.bsky.social at the University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk during Trinity term! Looking forward to engaging with researchers at DSPI and exchanging ideas. Many thanks to Kenneth Nelson for the invitation. Feel free to reach out to me if you’re around!
At the front door of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI) at Wellington Square, Oxford.Selfie together with Prof. Kenneth Nelson
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 25/04/2025
Many European politicians are trying to attract American researchers. However, sometimes their branding doesn't match their domestic higher education policies. So I've written a guide on recent political developments in Swedish academia for prospective immigrants. joenoonan.se/post/swedish...
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Political Developments in Swedish Academia: A Guide For Americans – Joseph Noonan
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Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science @skytteprize.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The effect of public childcare on the risk that mothers become NEET New article with Lynn van Vugt, Bart Golsteyn, @levels.bsky.social and myself, in @cwfjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @sofi.su.se
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The effect of public childcare on the risk that mothers become NEET
Young women are much more likely to be NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) than young men. Little is known about the extent to which institutional and policy contexts can shape the rela...
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Merve Uzunalioglu @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This was an absolute pleasure! Grateful for the attentive audience and their feedback. Lots to do but highly motivated ✨ many thanks to my host @janhelmdag.bsky.social and my wonderful colleagues and friends @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @thaning.bsky.social @cassandraengeman.bsky.social until next time
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Nice to see the authoritarian attack on academia in the U.S. being fully commodified by academic and media institutions around the world. PR and sales on the back of targeted and vulnerable academics. 👏
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 24/03/2025
Taxes are the membership fee of a decent, civilized community.
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Jan Helmdag @janhelmdag.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
To my knowledge, this is the first peer-reviewed publication using the annual SIED 2000–23 data that we published last December. Very impressive and congrats to your publication, Nate!
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Keonhi Son @keonhison.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
📣NEW PUBLICATION As a Korean who grew up in a low-income area in the 90s, I've long wondered why the gap between welfare laws and practice is rarely discussed. doi.org/10.1177/1468...
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Discrepancy of social insurance between laws and practices: Implementation challenges of maternity leave in 73 low- and middle-income countries - Keonhi Son, 2025
Although comparative welfare research has long criticized that the social insurance system in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) fails to cover the under-...
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Alexander Horn @alexanderhorn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Did German left parties abandon economic equality in favor of equal rights, as the diagnosis of the "Lifestyle-Left" suggests? Analyzing party programs since 1970, we caution against sweeping claims in Unequal German Democracy (open access). 3 key qualifications👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Just ashamed of European academic institutions reacting to the authoritarian clampdown against our US colleagues with "look, we have nice jobs here". Do you think this is the kind of solidarity needed from us? What are you actually doing to strengthen academic freedom and to help those affected?
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joshuakdubrow.bsky.social @joshuakdubrow.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Trump bans sociology concepts. Why? Because sociology is dangerous to authoritarians. thesociology.place/2025/03/09/s...
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Sociology is dangerous! Why authoritarians and their supporters attack sociology
The Trump Administration censors sociological knowledge In 2025, the Trump Administration banned words that sociologists regularly use from appearing on government websites and publicly-funded scho…
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I'm travelling to New York City to participate in a “parallel event” of the United Nations Council on the Status of Women, in NYC, presenting research on the situation of single mothers. On international women's day!
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
New public management doesn’t save money. It costs taxpayers a small fortune to do basic things. Once state capacity is abolished, private sector rent seeking goes into overdrive.
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Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
>>Wer arbeitet, muss mehr haben.‹‹ Damit meinen sie nicht etwa, dass der Mindestlohn steigen muss, sondern das der Bürgergeld-Regelsatz zu hoch und der Abstand zum Niedriglohnsektor zu gering ist. Arm gegen Armer. Niedriglobnschufter gegen Bürgergeld-Empfänger*innen. Ein Thread.🧵(1/8)
Nach oben buckeln, nach unten treten. Wie Arme gegeneinander ausgespielt werden
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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Quite many higher-educated workers now feel at risk of losing their jobs to technology. My new article on how this affects their party preference, based on OECD Risks that Matter data, is now out in the European Political Science Review (doi.org/10.1017/S175...). @valeriefrey.bsky.social #PoliSky
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Technological vulnerability among the higher-educated: implications for party preferences | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Technological vulnerability among the higher-educated: implications for party preferences
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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Recently, our book on the Transformation of the Left in Europe came out Open access tinyurl.com/ahuxx6d6 A few interviews that summarize key findings: 🔉 Polisci No problem et al. podcast: tinyurl.com/54tvx3md 🔉 Swiss SD party podcast: tinyurl.com/ds4maabc 📖 SamPol Magazine: tinyurl.com/y93nd6cm
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Jan Helmdag @janhelmdag.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Some personal news: I bought a house and can now enjoy all the (in)direct subsidies that Swedish homeowners get 🏡☺️
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Alexander Horn @alexanderhorn.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Is rising inequality unstoppable? No! @poppublicsphere.bsky.social we analyze decades of inconclusive research and show that government partisanship matters, but only under certain conditions. Party effects are 7x likelier with specific study designs—and predictably so🎯 Open Access t.co/zDaOVpfoOa
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Today we say our final farewell to Walter Korpi. I thought this piece gave a good overview of the continued relevance of his work and legacy: jacobin.com/2022/01/clas...
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Class Struggle Built the Swedish Welfare State
Swedish social democracy produced one of the most humane societies in history. That wouldn’t have happened without a militant labor movement and a working-class political party.
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Keonhi Son @keonhison.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🙌NEW PUBLICATION: Have you ever wondered why many women in early history supported rightist parties that often suppressed women's political rights? @jeppjournal.bsky.social In this paper, I offer a supply-side explanation, focusing on political parties' positions on gender policies, 1900-1975.
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Jan Helmdag @janhelmdag.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
New SPIN update with ANNUAL data 🔥 I’m very proud to announce a new update for the Social Insurance Entitlements dataset (SIED) that includes annual data on replacement rates for unemployment, sickness, accident, and old-age benefits for 37 countries from 2000 to 2023. www.su.se/social-polic...
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The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) @sofi.su.se · 26/11/2024
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of an outstanding sociologist and a vital contributor to SOFI’s success. Professor Emeritus Walter Korpi passed away on November 19, at the age of 90.
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Professor Walter Korpi Passes Away at 90 - Swedish Institute for Social Research
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of an outstanding sociologist and a vital contributor to SOFI’s success. Professor Emeritus Walter Korpi passed away on November 19, at t...
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Charles Knox-Vydmanov @knoxvydmanov.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A wave of new social protection people joining overnight and this morning! Added to this starter pack go.bsky.app/FP9qJZV I am also adding the same people to this list which you can pin as a feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... (or you can just make your own custom one!)
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The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) @sofi.su.se · 22/11/2024
Are you our new research assistant? If you have a degree in sociology or social sciences, are passionate about social policy, skilled in analyzing data and legislation, comfortable with stats software, and fluent in English, apply now! #sociology #stockholm #sweden #sofi #research #StudentLoans
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Lediga jobb - Stockholms universitet
Här finns en lista med lediga jobb vid Stockholms universitet.
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