Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 08/06/2026One grant application writer's expanding spell-check dictionary of slightly grandiose but unusual terms. 000
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Three weeks ago, our article "Local Communities, Distant Origins" was published in @amjsoc.bsky.social. It draws on data from 25,000+ ethnoreligious organizations. You can work with that data, too! Download it here: Ethnoreligious Infrastructures in Germany Dataset (ErIGDa) doi.org/10.7802/2900doi.orgGESIS-Suche 052
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...journals.uchicago.eduLocal Communities, Distant Origins: How Cultural Distance and Local Context Shape Immigrant Ethnoreligious Infrastructures1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 131, No 5Vibrant ethnoreligious infrastructures of businesses, associations, and places of worship are key elements of immigrant community life, providing crucial social and economic support for its members. B... 040
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/2026These results challenge a prominent view: that immigrant group formation is driven by local context and structural position. Our findings point to sth else: ethnoreligious organizations—and the communities they sustain—reflect immigrants’ cultural distinctiveness. Let me know what you think! 140
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/20265. Legal security correlates with reduced reliance on coethnic infrastructures. Groups with more secure status (e.g., EU migrants) tend to build fewer such organizations, holding other factors constant. 130
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/20264. Limited support for “reactive” explanations. We find little evidence that far-right mobilization or discrimination systematically increases organizing. 130
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/20263. Local context matters less than often assumed. Contrary to prominent theories—and to findings from other domains such as school contexts—local socio-structural consolidation (e.g., segregation, homogeneity) does not predict organizational density. 120
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/20262. Cultural distance matters—consistently. The more culturally distant a group’s origin is from the host society, the denser its organizational infrastructure. This holds across very different measures (values, religion, food practices). 150
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/2026What we find: 1. Population size is a poor predictor of community organizations. Communities of similar size differ dramatically. Some have extensive infrastructures, others almost none. 130
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/2026More broadly, the project reflects an ambition: to move beyond “groupist” sampling (focusing only on visible, organized communities) and instead study the full spectrum of groupness—from mere statistical concentrations of co-nationals to institutionalized communities. 150
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/2026We assemble a new dataset of 25,000+ ethnoreligious organizations across 54 immigrant groups and ~5,000 local communities in Germany. We combine data from a wide range of sources in multilevel framework to predict the scale of immigrant communities’ local organizational networks. 220
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Why do some minority groups organize around their ethnicity, while others do not? In a new study just out in AJS @amjsoc.bsky.social (w/@mschaeffer.bsky.social, S. Carol and S. Böller), we crunched data on over 25000 immigrant organizations for an answer. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 24316
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt by Amanda McMillan Lequieu American Journal of Sociology, Volume 131, Issue 5, Page 1255-1257, March 2026. #sociology link 001
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Sociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Local Communities, Distant Origins: How Cultural Distance and Local Context Shape Immigrant Ethnoreligious Infrastructures American Journal of Sociology, Volume 131, Issue 5, Page 1182-1221, March 2026. #sociology link 001
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Fabian Gülzau @fguelzau.eurosky.social · 01/04/2026Interesting new preprint on how political preferences of Turkish emigrants in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland evolve, and the extent to which they resemble those of non-immigrant Turkish peers, by @jwied.bsky.social , Mareike Heller, and Serhat Karakayali. 021
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Heute wünsche ich mir, jemand in der Bundesregierung würde mal die strategische Wohnungsreserve des Bundes anzapfen. 020
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 10/03/2026They don't teach Sorokin in Migration Studies, do they? 110
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Refugee integration researchers: send us your abstracts! 010
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.eurosky.social · 17/02/2026Interesting paper by @natrinh.bsky.social, @dariatisch.bsky.social, & @schechtlm.bsky.social on how the Germans assess division of intergenerational transfers among siblings academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a... 0146
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 16/02/202665.1🦋 #FarRight amplifiers 🔊 @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social show how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties, particularly around Islam, migration & cultural issues. #AfDbuff.lyFar-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreFar-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream - Volume 65 Issue 1 01912
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Periodic reminder that this is happening. We particularly invite proposals by social scientists (broadly conceived) and migration experts! 023
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 23/01/2026🚨🚨🚨 We are organizing a conference to discuss spatial dynamics in refugee integration 🎤 Keynotes: Jenny Phillimore, Wolfgang Dauth 📆 November 9th/10th @lifbi.bsky.social in Bamberg. 🏁 Application deadline: April 30th 2026. Consider applying! More info and CfP: www.lifbi.de/UneTra-Confe...lifbi.deMultidisciplinary Conference “Spatial dynamics in refugees‘ multidimensional integration”LIfBi > Start > Aktuelles & Medien > Veranstaltungen > _info_Diese Webseite ist die Online-Präsentation des – Leibniz Institut für Bildungsverläufe 024
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Patrick Präg @ppraeg.bsky.social · 29/01/2026New analytical sociology textbook just dropped 251
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Eylem Kanol @kanol.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Can culture help to explain prejudice? We (@maxschaub.bsky.social) explore this question by examining the rise of antisemitism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. @wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.socialdoi.orgCultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge CoreCultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany 2179
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Richard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It's cold here. Time for gulasch I think. 1161
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner IAB @iabnews.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Bleiben oder gehen ❓ Das fragen sich auch in Deutschland lebende Migrantinnen und Migranten. Ergebnisse der IAB-Online-Befragung „International Mobility Panel of Migrants in Germany“ zeigen, dass Auswanderungsüberlegungen und -pläne regional sehr unterschiedlich ausgeprägt sind. (1/2) 132
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 23/01/2026🚨🚨🚨 We are organizing a conference to discuss spatial dynamics in refugee integration 🎤 Keynotes: Jenny Phillimore, Wolfgang Dauth 📆 November 9th/10th @lifbi.bsky.social in Bamberg. 🏁 Application deadline: April 30th 2026. Consider applying! More info and CfP: www.lifbi.de/UneTra-Confe...lifbi.deMultidisciplinary Conference “Spatial dynamics in refugees‘ multidimensional integration”LIfBi > Start > Aktuelles & Medien > Veranstaltungen > _info_Diese Webseite ist die Online-Präsentation des – Leibniz Institut für Bildungsverläufe 024
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Growth is up 0.2% percentage points, but the snow is all gone now. 050
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Periodic reminder that this is happening. We particularly invite proposals by social scientists (broadly conceived) and migration experts! 023
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Katharina @economista.bsky.social · 21/01/2026A study on publication time focussing on differences between the gender-composition of authors. "Sample averages show that all female-authored articles take about 9 % longer to accept [...] while female solo-authored articles take about 20 % longer to accept" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 12211
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Whoever runs the ESR account surely loves exclamation marks!! 040
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner WiSo Faculty Uni Cologne @wisocologne.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Cologne sociologist Clemens Kroneberg invites to the Sociological Ash Wednesday on 18 February at the University of Cologne. This year’s high-calibre panel discussion focuses on how to deal with academic freedom and diversity of perspectives in universities and academic world. bit.ly/soziologisch... 22316
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Cultural Evolution Society @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Title and abstract (300-500 words) can be sent until 15 March 2026 to mad-office@wzb.eu. WZB will cover travel and accommodation costs for invited participants. See wzb.eu/de/veranstal... for more details.wzb.euThe Cultural Evolution of Migration and Diversity12th Annual WZB Conference on Migration and Diversity 133
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Thrilled to see this article in print by my former colleagues at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.journals.sagepub.comThe Social Origins of Effort: How Incentives Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities among Children - Jonas Radl, William Foley, Lea Katharina Kröger, Patricia Lorente, Alberto Palacios-Abad, Heike Solga, Ja...Cognitive effort (i.e., the mobilization of mental resources for task performance) is essential to equality of opportunity and meritocracy because it epitomizes... 001
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Brilliant article just out in PLOSOne: The overlap of gender and ethnicity/SES in school classes has large effects on friendship segregation. The authors develop an easy fix: Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... 011
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Call for Papers: My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics. I find this very exciting. Consider applying and share widely! wzb.eu/en/node/89129 024
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Daniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Philosophers of migration: What in your opinion is the best single article/book that defends the right to exclude? Curious what the general opinion is here: Miller, Wellman, Walzer, Song, Blake, Pevnick, something else? Note: I am not assuming that you agree with said article. #philsky #pol theory 2105
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 08/01/2026As a researcher of internal and international migration, I pledge never to title any research output "Should I stay or should I go". 🤞 030
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/12/2025The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries. In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas. www.iza.org/publications... 🧵 thread—> 2219109
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 19/12/2025I get the feeling the concept of Advent calendar translates poorly to US English 020
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Here is one for the mathematicians (I think): If you receive 4 referee reports with a total length of 2800 words, how can you produce a "concise" revision memo that "specifically addresses" every rev point and is "no longer than 2500 words"? 200
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 17/12/2025It's good they don't include the appendix in the final PDF! 000
Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · 17/12/2025This is somewhat in contrast to the recent sociological lit on ethnicity, which has focused on category consolidation and other contextual moderators of group formation, but is largely based on micro-level evidence, often from school-contexts. Proper thread to come soon! 100
