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ScienceGuide @scienceguide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

De bezuiniging op onderwijs is budgettair ingeboekt, bevestigt minister Heinen van Financiën. Onderwijs kan in 2031 voor zo'n 1,2 miljard worden aangeslagen. Dat botst met Letscherts woorden dat er geen afspraak is, al wil Heinen daar niet op reageren.

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Heinen spreekt Letschert tegen: onderwijsbezuiniging staat ingeboekt, polder moet haar voorkomen - ScienceGuide

Financiën-minister Heinen zegt, in tegenspraak met Letschert, dat de mogelijke bezuiniging op onderwijs budgettair is ingeboekt.

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Stefan Vermeulen @stefanverm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Vastgoedmiljonairs met tientallen panden en zeer grote beleggers profiteren maximaal, Financiën raamt dat voordeel op circa 15 miljard euro. Dat wordt gedekt door de vermogensbelasting voor kleinere spaarders en beleggers te verhogen: www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/nie...

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Nieuw belastingvoordeel voor zeer vermogende Nederlanders gaat ten koste van minder vermogenden

Het kabinet-Jetten geeft de rijkste Nederlanders vanaf 2028 een belastingvoordeel van circa 12 miljard euro en legt de rekening grotendeels neer bij minder vermogende spaarders en beleggers. Zij gaan ...

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"redefining norms & expectations around parental responsibility [...] If children’s characteristics are no longer seen as matters of luck but as the outcomes of parental choice, parents may become accountable for them." And this comes as parenting is already seen as a monumental individual project

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 22/09/2026

Should we, "accept a future in which reproductive opportunities, parental obligations and children’s life chances are increasingly organized around genetic optimization, private purchasing power and corporate profit"?

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This ridiculous number of applications is, in my view, the result of 2 nightmare developments happening concurrently 1.the precariousness of the job market for young PhD graduates which then fuels further: 2.the AI tools enabling overproduction of proposals. #Research #ERC #ResearchFunding #Academia

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh, the @nytimes.com is writing about the class ceiling! Surely they will have cited and talked to Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison who wrote about this, oh, 8 ish years ago, and not an economist who rediscovered the now obvious but published it in Journal of Econowhatever! Oh, wait.

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Brekelmans wijst daarbij specifiek naar de groep jongeren. "Nog geen kinderen, gelukkig geen gezondheidsproblemen, maar die wel al in hun eerste baan parttime willen werken." The audacity of (young) people to think there's more to life than being (re)productive! 🤨

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Students who nod and smile during lecture when we try to make a point? Heroes

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Teletekstbot @teletekstbot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

[108] CPB:Europese student levert geld op

Pagina: 108 - Titel: CPB:Europese student levert geld op - Inhoud: Internationale studenten leveren ons land gemiddeld meer geld op dan dat ze kosten.Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van het Centraal Planbureau CPB. Vorig collegejaar kwam zo'n 17 procent van de studenten uit het buitenland,met name uit Europa.Het geld dat naar deze Europese studenten gaat,zoals zorg- en opleidingskosten,wordt gemiddeld ruim terugverdiend.Vooral studenten die na hun afstuderen hier blijven,leveren geld op.Ze vinden ook sneller een baan dan vroeger. In de politiek zijn zorgen over de druk op de woningmarkt door internationale studenten.Maar volgens het planbureau is dat effect op lange termijn beperkt.

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am particularly disappointed in the Netherlands, which has one of the few open academic markets in the EU. They have a (modest) Tulip Fund to bring in international scholars, but at the same time cut much more in the foundation of Dutch academia.

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Anyone have recent experiences with Journal of Family Issues? #FamilySociology #Sociology #Demography

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 08/04/2026

I said (paraphrasing): A lot of people would have wanted to move here and could have been productive and happy and sent money back to their families and built a global care network. Instead, we're going to lock them out and force women inside the wall to produce more children. Not how I would do it.

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Sociology Tilburg University @sociologytiu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📢 Excited to announce the 8th Joint Doctoral Conference at Tilburg University! 🎓🌍 📅 26–27 Nov 2026 🗓 Submission deadline: May 1st 2026 PhD candidates: present your research, get feedback, and connect internationally! 💡🤝🗣️ More info 👉 www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/even...

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Eighth Joint Doctoral Conference | Tilburg University

The Eighth Joint Doctoral Conference invites PhD candidates in sociology to come together for enriching academic dialogue and collaboration. This two-day conference is organised by PhD candidates from...

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

De nieuwe kabinetsplannen leiden tot grotere ongelijkheid. Hier even een grafiekje van de gini-coefficient van netto-huishoudsinkomens (bron: LIS). Voor degenen die denken dat we in een nieuwe neoliberale 'Paarse' tijd belanden, de jaren van de Paarse kabinetten uitgelicht.

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

"There is, of course, some risk of corroding the very foundations of our university’s mission. But institutional survival requires adaptation. Our graduates must become “AI-resilient and future-ready members of the workforce”… whatever that means."

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Nothing says romance like a well-documented dataset. @gesis.org gets it. #AcademicsInLove

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Impressive. US Embassy Copenhagen. One Danish flag per Danish soldier that died in Afghanistan, fighting alongside US soldiers. 📸 h/t @onkelmikkel.bsky.social

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Henrik Dobewall @hdobewall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Join us in Turku, Finland for the 3rd @invest-flagship.bsky.social conference; May 6-8, 2026. This year's topic is "Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation" with excizing and timely keynotes by Prof. Harden @kph3k.bsky.social and Prof. Cohen @philipncohen.com

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Reading for an R&R. From an article on changes in climate change worry during COVID: "The results of the multilevel models showed that COVID-19 fear reinforces climate change concerns which contradicts the finite pool of worry theory.” Who worries about a finite number of issues?! Especially now!

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Tom Theuns @tomtheuns.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Interesting court decision: marriage annulled because the officiant used ChatGPT for the vows Dutch law (1:67(1) BW) requires fiancées recognize one another as spouse and accept the duties of marriage The ChatGPT vows, that they 'stand beside' and 'choose' one another were considered insufficient

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David Schindler @david-schindler.de · 21/12/2025

Utrecht University abolishes its English language bachelor's program in economics and replaces it with a Dutch one. They told staff (~30% international) the week before Christmas. Layoffs seem likely now. Unwarranted lobotomy is the only word I can find for it... dub.uu.nl/en/news/econ...

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Economics programme in shock after sudden cancellation of English-taught track

The Bachelor's programme in Economics & Business Economics will only be offered in Dutch from 2029 onwards, the Executive Board announced on Tuesday. The news came as a complete surprise to the econom...

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Where does one even begin to comment?!? 🤯

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Eric Storm @ericstorm.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

8000 mensen protesteerden vandaag tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs en de verdere afbraak van de publieke sector. Nederland wordt echt een land van private rijkdom en publieke armoede.

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Folia @foliacivitatis.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

While coalition talks are in full swing, higher education is already putting pressure on the government to be. During a strike, lecturers and students are demanding that parties involved in forming the coalition – with D66 leading – scrap the budget cuts. www.folia.nl/en/actueel/1...

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Strikers on Dam Square call on Rob Jetten to save higher education

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Pol van de Wiel @polwiel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Stop de sloop! Vanmiddag stond ik met duizenden op de Dam om te protesteren tegen de desastreuze onderwijsbezuinigingen, nota bene doorgezet door een demissionair, ultraminoritair rompkabinet. Lees hierover ook dit opinieartikel in NRC van afgelopen donderdag 4 december: lnkd.in/ety2QdZe

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#Vacancy for an Assistant Professor position at the #Sociology department of @tilburg-university.bsky.social: tiu.nu/23054 (Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociaal Beleid) Deadline: 14 December Questions? Contact the HoD, Tim Reeskens (and yes, C1 level in Dutch is a prerequisite...)

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Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociaal Beleid (23054)

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open! Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based. 👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F

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Torkild Hovde Lyngstad @torkildl.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I have donated to Wikipedia occasionally, and will do it again in the future. Support free and factual information on the internet!

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

#Yellowstone really didn't have consultants with any academia experience... 😬

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The increase in science funding applications from 2023 to 2025 across programs is huge. And most likely the competition will increase unless investments are made in science and research (which have repeatedly shown to pay off later for society at large). www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data

Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.

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Selin Köksal @selinkoksal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

What happens when abortion access becomes restricted even without a law officially passing? With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.

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dr. Marina @drmarina.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Alarmerend: Fvd (33), PVV (30), JA21 (14), SGP (13) en BBB (13) hebben de meeste plannen die in strijd zijn met de beginselen van rechtsstatelijkheid. 3 partijen doen geen enkel voorstel dat strijdig is met de rechtsstaat GroenLinks/PvdA, Volt en PartijvdDieren www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/par...

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Partijen zoeken in hun programma’s ‘steeds vaker de grenzen van de rechtsstaat op’, ziet de Orde van Advocaten

Twaalf van de vijftien politieke partijen doen voorstellen in hun verkiezingsprogramma’s die tegen de rechtsstaat in gaan. Forum voor Democratie (33), PVV (30), JA21 (14), SGP (13) en BBB (13) hebben ...

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Research using Administrative Data is rarely replicated. So we are going to do it at scale and increase the rigour and transparency. Want to learn more about the data and the research it supports whilst also advancing Open Science? Why not sign up?

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Before Dutch elections, most parties let the financial and economic consequences of their plans by @cpbnl.bsky.social. Here the spending on education, relative to the basic trajectory (which, I assume, already includes last year’s budget cuts). There is only one party that wants to cut even more.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

On 'The Politicization’ of Fertility to Achieve Non-Demographic Objectives', written in 1997: "The use of fertility (& population growth) related arguments to justify policies on matters which cannot be proved to be related to fertility without intervening assumptions is at least as old as Malthus"

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The ‘Politicization’ of Fertility to Achieve Non-Demographic Objectives

Published in Population Studies: A Journal of Demography (Vol. 51, No. 1, 1997)

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GENUS @genus.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

👉Systematic review finds same-sex & different-sex parents show similar mental health, parenting stress & relationship quality. Same-sex parents face more stress related to discrimination and less family help. @yuxuanjin.bsky.social @denimazrekaj.bsky.social 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

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Kim van Keken @kimvankeken.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Laten we het extreem-rechtse geweld van gisteren niet politiseren.

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Not fluent in Dutch but I think they spelled "fascists" wrong...

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Dirk-Jan Scheffers 🟥 @dirkscheffers.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

VVD en NSC, die voor de grootste HO bezuiniging sinds tijden tekenden, en CDA en CU, die deze onderwijsbegroting aan een meerderheid in de 1e kamer hielpen, scoren volledig ‘groen’. Dus je kunt de innovatieMOTOR straffeloos afbreken en toch maximaal scoren op de innovatiemonitor. 🧐

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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

📢NEW Vacancy📢 Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social Specialising in quantitative sociology ⏰Deadline: 6 October Maternity cover MORE INFO: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a... APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

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Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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ODISSEI @odissei.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🎉 This week, Marcel Das marks 25 years as the director of Centerdata! To celebrate, we invited him to the ODISSEI Podcast to discuss the LISS Panel: how it operates, the studies it supports, and why it matters for research. 🎧 Listen here: odissei.transistor.fm/episodes/ope...

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

An assistant professor position in Tilburg, in the sociology of social inequalities.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The plenaries this year were excellent. Stuart Gietel-Basten argued passionately that demographers must reclaim the narrative around low fertility and drive the debate in a more productive, less dysfunctional, direction. We have the skills, and this issue *matters* for multiple reasons

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We are the ones who can must do this
→ Genuine micro- and macro- challenges which need addressing
→ Confidently drive the conversation on fertility in a constructive, productive way.
→ If we leave them, fringe views may become even more mainstream
→ Demography as mixed-method locus of sociology, social policy, economics, social theory, health, geography, politics etc.
→ Should be the ones to lead on population issues (!)
→ If we don't, who will?

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Population Research Centre Groningen @popresgroningen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This Wednesday, our colleague Billie de Haas will be at the #Forum in #Groningen to discuss her research on conversations around couples' desires of having children & her card game (hetkinderspel.nl) that helps couples in their decision process👶🧩 🕑20:00 - 21:30 (in Dutch) forum.nl/nl/agenda/ta...

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Wil ik een kind?

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