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Kat Chzhen

@katchzhen.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at @tcddublin.bsky.social | Acting Head of @tcdsociology.bsky.social | child wellbeing, education, mental health, poverty, inequality | Formerly UNICEF, Nuffield College | Member of @learnineq.bsky.social learnineq.eu

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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
And also by Ilyar Heydari Barardehi on parental expectations, family SES and children’s secondary school subject difficulty choices in Ireland #ECSR2026 @learnineq.bsky.social
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Great representation of @learnineq.bsky.social at the #ECSR2026! An excellent talk on school exposure effects by @hermwerf.bsky.social
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#ECSR2026 keynote speaker @distasioval.bsky.social sums up the agenda for experimental research on discrimination in different fields.
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Excellent #ECSR2026 keynote by @mtriventi.bsky.social on the opportunities for social stratification research!
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
@tcddublin.bsky.social is supporting Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA postdoctoral fellowship applications with proposal review and budget advice. Message me if you want to discuss a project to be hosted in @tcdsociology.bsky.social.
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Still time to apply to the #ECSR2026 conference at Trinity College Dublin on June 15-17 @tcddublin.bsky.social organised by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie Abstract submission deadline: January 11! Submit an abstract: www.ecsr2026.net
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📣One more #tenuretrack Assistant Professor job going at TCD Sociology! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW155/a... Closing date: January 26 @tcdsociology.bsky.social @isa-rc28.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Come over to the Exams Hall to meet Sociology students and staff during #TrinityOpenDay
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Well done Chloe O’Hanlon (PhD student at @tcdsociology.bsky.social) on presenting her capstone project on child poverty at the Growing Up in Ireland conference today.
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Looking forward to Ilyar's presentation of our paper from @learnineq.bsky.social at next week's Growing Up in Ireland conference.
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Well done Chloe O’Hanlon (PhD student at @tcdsociology.bsky.social) on presenting her project on a new measure of child poverty for Ireland at a round table at Pobal yesterday. A fascinating level of engagement from policy stakeholders at such an early stage in the project (incl DCED, DSP, CSO).
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Excellent points by Fintan O'Toole
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
It was great to see a talk by Dr Ilyar Barardehi at @tcdsociology.bsky.social weekly research seminar on social inequalities in Irish children’s exam subject difficulty levels - findings from #LEARNINEQ
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The next ECSR conference is brought to you by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie! Trinity College Dublin, 15-16 June 2026 www.ecsr2026.net #ECSR2026 Abstract submission deadline: 11 January 2026
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚨#PhDopportunity Alert🚨 Apply or circulate: A fully funded #PhDposition in #Sociology with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social at @tcdsociology.bsky.social to study "The Economics of Late-Life Divorce in High-Income Countries" Deadline: July 21 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
New publication: an #OpenAccess #SystematicReview by @learnineq.bsky.social "A Metareview of Research on Educational Inequality and Socioeconomic Disadvantage" www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
39 hours of focus group discussions to determine the essential needs for households with children in Ireland #MESL2025
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Congratulations to the newest Trinity College Dublin PhD graduates in Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social! @surili.bsky.social @olivia-mcevoy.bsky.social and Aron Foley! @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
It was a pleasure to contribute to "Social Sustainability in Ageing Welfare States" edited by @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social Kenneth Nelson and @katikuitto.bsky.social. All the chapters will be #openaccess via @elgarpublishing.bsky.social in a couple of weeks! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/soc...
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
• These expectations did not depend on children’s earlier performance, particularly for Eastern European and African families, whose children scored lower on average in reading tests.
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Key findings: • Immigrant parents, especially those from Asian, African, and Eastern European backgrounds, were more likely to expect their children to earn university or postgraduate degrees than native Irish parents.
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Congratulations to @rodolfopezzi.bsky.social on his Dermot McAleese Teaching Award 2024/25 in Sociology for his outstanding contribution to our Trinity Elective "Inequality in the 21st century". @tcdsociology.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Excited to attend the annual consortium meeting of #LEARNINEQ in Manchester
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We have new teaching fellow position at @tcdsociology.bsky.social! Deadline: 30 April Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Excited to chair this TRiCC webinar by Sinéad Tobin and Sinéad Whiting on children’s lived experience of foster care on 28 April 2025
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Congratulations to Dr Mengxuan (Suri) Li @surili.bsky.social on her successful viva today! 🎉🥳🎊 A well-deserved PhD in Sociology from Trinity College Dublin. Suri's thesis examined the role of parental resources in children's education and mental health.
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 24/01/2024
My new open access paper, based on HBAI data, shows that the UK two-child limit led to income losses for large families and increases in child poverty. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Just got this delivered, can’t wait to read it!
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