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Kieron Barclay

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Demographer at Stockholm University. kieronbarclay.weebly.com

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Rosa Weber @rosaweber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I am very happy to share that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for the immiGEN project, “(Dis)advantage Across Countries and Generations: Intergenerational Social Mobility in Immigrant Families”! Thank you to all my friends, colleagues, and family for all your encouragement along the way!
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Signe Svallfors @signesvallfors.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply! PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🚨Open Positions!🚨 Postdoc/Research Scientist Positions Migration | Population Dynamics | Computational Demography Application Deadline: Oct 10, 2025 See job description here: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61... #Postdoc #Jobs @ezagheni.bsky.social @perrottadaniela.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social
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Are Skeie Hermansen @aresherman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
IN OTHER NEWS: check out our new COIN paper on immigrant--native pay gaps in advanced economies published in @nature.com this afternoon! Specifically, we study the relative contribution of within-job unequal pay vs between-job segregation to earnings disparities across immigrant generations. 1/9
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Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs - Nature
Data from nine European and North American countries reveal that the disparity in earnings between immigrants and natives is largely a result of segregation of immigrant workers into lower-paying jobs...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
‼️ #JobOpening ‼️ #Postdoc Position(s) at the Max Planck | University of Helsinki Centre for Social Inequalities in Population Health in #Rostock 📅Deadline: May 4, 2025 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61... #Postdoc #SocialInequalities #Population #Demography #Epidemiology #Health @pophel.bsky.social
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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The Population and Development turns 50 this year! To mark the occasion, w/ @aasli.bsky.social, we conduct a computational analysis of research themes and author characteristics in PDR and compare with @readdemography.bsky.social and Population Studies. doi.org/10.1111/padr...
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<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
To mark the Population and Development Review's (PDR) 50th anniversary, we analyze its contributions to the landscape of population research. We examine the trajectory of research published in PDR an...
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Frederik Schenk @freddyschenk.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
PhD position in history with focus on climate history @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and @bolincentre.bsky.social with Prof. Ljungqvist: "Adaptations to climate change in the northern Baltic region ca 1500–1900". More info here: su.se/english/rese... (deadline 15.03.2025) 🧪🌍 #ScienceJobs
Sleigh in a snow storm, Gustaf Brandelius 1878. County Museum of Gävleborg through Digitalt museum.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen! Please share! Learn more 👇 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🆕📰 @dsusielee.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social & @kieronbarclay.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social have investigated how changes in the age distribution of #mothers are associated with changes in #twinbirth rates in low-income countries. #demograohy #data #fertility www.demogr.mpg.de/go/twinbirth
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D. Susie Lee 이수지 @dsusielee.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Will twinning rate ⬆️ in low-income countries, even if the spread of IVF remains slow? Polyovulation rate increases w/maternal age (Evolved trait) + Maternal age structure is shifting upward (Demographic trend) = More twins expected! ✌️ doi.org/10.1093/humr... with wonderful @kieronbarclay.bsky.social
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More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. How are the changing maternal age structure and population growth expected to shape future twinning rates in low-income countries?S
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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Sociologists working on inequality: Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required) EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5... DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f... Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
Picture of the main campus of the LMU Munich with students sitting on the grass and talking
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Danish Demographic Society @demografi.dk · 09/01/2025
👋 #AcademicSky and especially #demography We are delighted to join bsky 🙌 Danish Demography Society was established in 1972 and was reborn in 2022 after almost a decade of inactivity 🇩🇰 This summer we are honored to host Nordic Demographic Symposium, please apply 🔗 demografi.dk/aktiviteter/...
Call for papers – Nordic Demographic Symposium 2025
Published: 2024-12-23
Updated: 2024-12-23
The symposium brings together leading population scholars and stakeholders across the Nordic countries to present cutting-edge demographic research and discuss recent trends in population development and policy. We particularly encourage the participation of producers of register data to join this important dialogue. Keynote speakers are Jennifer Dowd (Oxford University), Tomáš Sobotka (Vienna Institute of Demography), and Ulla Muller (UNFPA).
The event aims to enhance the integration of research and data into policy, support young researchers, and strengthen the demographic field across the Nordic countries.
We welcome abstracts of 250-300 words from all areas of demographic research. The deadline for submission is February 10, 2025. Notification of participation will be sent on March 1, 2025.

We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at the 23rd Nordic Demographic Symposium.
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Philipp Dierker @philippdierker.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New paper just out in @actasociologica.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä, looking at the selective nature of re-partnering among single mothers in terms of their well-being in Germany and the UK. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
“Revisiting the J-Shape: Human Development & Fertility”--New findings from this H Schubert @cdudel.bsky.social M Kolobova & M Myrskyla study “support the Myrskyla et al. reversal hypothesis for the U.S. at the subnational level when applied to historical periods.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
@angelacar.bsky.social, @Aapo Hiilamo and Mikko Myrskylä recently hosted a workshop to "demystify machine learning for population researchers" @mpidr.bsky.social. More than 50 researchers came together to learn about new research techniques. demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Sanni Kuikka @sunnyx9.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Do we understand the social processes we think we do, particularly for the vulnerable groups? Paper out now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #computationalsocialscience #machinelearning #sociology #lifecourse
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
🚨💡🚨Job Alert!🚨💡🚨 @mpidr.bsky.social invites applications for a #Postdoc or statistical #analyst in the Department of Social #Demography & the Research Group on #Labour Demography, headed by Director Mikko Myrskylä. 📅 Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2024 www.demogr.mpg.de/en/career_61... #BigData #Data
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CREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
New article by CREST's @ppraeg.bsky.social in @readdemography.bsky.social: "The Total Effect of Social Origins on Educational Attainment: Meta-analysis of Sibling Correlations From 18 Countries" Link: doi.org/10.1215/0070... Preprint at @socarxivbot.bsky.social: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Jenny Chanfreau @jenchanfreau.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
The midlife health of only children in the UK - new publication with Katy Keenan, @kieronbarclay.bsky.social & Alice Goisis - out now open access in International Journal of Epidemiology doi.org/10.1093/ije/... A quick summary 🧵👇
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The midlife health of only children: chronic disease indicators and biomarkers by sibship size in three nationally representative UK cohorts
AbstractBackground. Despite persistent concerns about only children’s disadvantage relative to individuals with siblings, existing health-related evidence
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Ozan Aksoy @aksoyundan.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
📢 Vacancy: permanent lectureship (Assistant Prof) in our centre. We are a cohesive quant social science group with great UG programmes and students. Post open to any social science details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #Sociology #SocialScience #QuantitativeResearch #MachineLearning #NLP #BigData
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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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Ilya Kashnitsky @ikashnitsky.phd · 27/06/2024
Mark the dates for the Nordic Demographic Symposium, 10-12 June 2025, 🤩 Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, DK. It's going to be three hyggelig days filled with high-quality #demography. The call for papers in in Jan'25 on our website (demografi.dk). Demography in getting back to Denmark😍
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Anton B Andersson @antonbandersson.bsky.social · 26/06/2024
We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in sociology. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology
The Swedish Institute for Social Research, SOFI, is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The institute is an internationally leading research institute in the field of socia
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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
This cartoon has not been improved upon. August 29, 2016
A Paul Noth cartoon from August 29, 2016. 

A billboard of a wolf saying “I am going to eat you.” Sheep are looking at it and one says “He tells it like it is.”
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Mine Kühn @minekuhn.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
PhD Alert 📣 We are seeking a PhD candidate to work on our interdisciplinary project focusing on women’s retirement trajectories and their impact on health 👩‍⚕️🕵️‍♀️👩‍💻👩‍🔧👩‍🚒 If you have questions or are interested, please reach out to me. Feel free to share this post!
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Kieron Barclay @kieronbarclay.bsky.social · 22/05/2024
New paper! We take a relatively novel approach to examining whether the extended family influences educational achievement by looking at whether cousin group characteristics (cousin order, cousin group size) are associated with test scores. Take a look! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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The Influence of Extended Kin on Educational Achievement: An Examination of Cousin Order and Cousin Group Size1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 129, No 6
Despite growing interest in the potential influence of grandparents on grandchild status attainment, research has not addressed whether the ordinal position or number of grandchildren affects outcomes...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 21/05/2024
🙌Congratulations to Steffen Peters‼️ As participant of the @imprs-phds.bsky.social he successfully defended his Phd thesis about “Who starts a family? The prospective association between psychological factors and family formation processes” at Stockholm University. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 26/04/2024
🚨 Last chance to apply for our Senior Researcher position in Reproductive #Demography, applications close on Monday ➡️ demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs @leverhulme.bsky.social
Picture of Dr Joshua Wilde to the left and our logo top right. Text to the right of the image reads: Join Dr Joshua Wilde’s SEXRATIO project. SEXRATIO seeks to understand variations in natural sex ratios at birth and their implications for measuring missing women and gender discrimination. Learn more links to a QR code.Picture of city at night to the left and our logo top right. Text to the right of the image reads: Senior researcher in reproductive demography. 1) PhD/DPhil in a related field 2) Substantial research or professional experience relevant to the SEXRATIO project 3) Apply by 29 April for this three years fixed-term post, £45,585-£54,395 per annum.
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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
Dive into the dynamics of #SocialOpportunity based on sibling correlations! 👨‍👧‍👦🎓 Join us on May 1st for a captivating discussion on "Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage: Sibling Similarity in #Education Worldwide" 🌏 with @ppraeg.bsky.social Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
🚨 Applications close on Thursday to join Dr Joshua Wilde's team as a Postdoc Researcher in Reproductive #Demography ➡️ www.demography.ox.ac.uk/jobs @leverhulme.bsky.social
Blue background with white speech bubble and orange highlight around. Speech bubble text reads: We are hiring! 1) Senior Researcher in Reproductive Demography, apply by 29 April. 2) Postdoc Researcher in Reproductive Demography, apply by 25 AprilPicture of city at night to the left and our logo top right. Text to the right of the image reads: Postdoc researcher in reproductive demography. 1) Close to completing a PhD/DPhil in a related field 2) Sufficient specialist knowledge within the research programme and experience writing computer codes 3) Apply by 25 April for this three years fixed-term post, £36,024-£44,263 per annum.
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 09/04/2024
🎉We're happy to congratulate Ben Malinga John on the successful defense of his dissertation on the "Union-Fertility Nexus and Fertility Variation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Marital Dissolution and Repartnering" at Stockholm University Demography Unit - SUDA. www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 04/04/2024
Boktips: Caroline Ugglas Familjeformeln, som kommer ut idag, ger en antropologs bild av kärlek, äktenskap, otrohet, barnafödande, barnuppfostran, mm i dagens samhälle. Rekommenderas varmt! www.nok.se/titlar/larom...
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Familjeformeln
“It takes a village to raise a child.” Trots det växer de flesta barn i Sverige idag upp i hushåll med bara en eller två vuxna. Vi har bytt byn mot bostadsområdet och har helt andra förutsättningar nä...
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Kieron Barclay @kieronbarclay.bsky.social · 11/03/2024
New paper out, using Norwegian register data. Overall, our results are consistent with small to negligible effects of birth spacing behavior on (non-pregnancy-related) health outcomes for parents. I was lucky to have two excellent collaborators: @martinkolk.bsky.social & Øystein Kravdal
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Ingrid van Dijk @ingridvandijk.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
Join us in Lund this summer for a course on health inequalities using longitudinal demographic data
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Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University @humangeosthlm.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
We have a vacancy for a PhD position in the population geography research group. Come with your own proposal and join our great research environment! English: www.su.se/english/abou... Swedish: www.su.se/om-universit...
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Kieron Barclay @kieronbarclay.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
We are looking for a new doctoral student in Sociological Demography. Hosted by the Department of Sociology / Demography Unit (SUDA) here at Stockholm University. Salaried position with good conditions! Deadline: March 1st. More details via the link below.
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PhD Student Positions - Stockholm University
PhD Student Positions
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Jens Rydgren @jensrydgren.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
PhD Student position in Sociology at Stockholm University. Come join our department! Good conditions, with decent salary throughout the 4-years program. Open position. You need a background in sociology or other social science disciplines. www.su.se/english/abou...
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Bastian Betthaeuser @betthaeuser.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
📣 The Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at the Sciences Po, Paris, is hiring an Assistant Professor. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/fr/conte...
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Jenny Chanfreau @jenchanfreau.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
📣 Call for abstracts for International Symposium on Medically Assisted Reproduction: Health, Social, and Demographic Aspects 📅 16-18 September 2024 🗺️ Villa Vigoni, Lake Como, Italy We welcome qualitative/ quantitative/ conceptual papers. Submit abstract: forms.office.com/e/vCUFxZ454m
Call for papers event poster. We invite proposals for presentations and posters on any health, social and demographic aspects of Medically Assisted Reproduction which affect children, adults and families, including matters around egg donation, surrogacy, egg freezing, access to MAR treatments, and more broadly around current fertility levels and intentions, reproductive health and rights, and childlessness in the European context and beyond. We welcome both empirical (qualitative or quantitative) and conceptual papers.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 400 words by 15th of March 2024. 

The event will take place on 16-18 September 2024 at Villa Vigoni by Lake Como, Italy. The event is free of charge and accommodation costs and meals will be covered by the event organisers. Attendees
will need to fund their own travel to and from the event.
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Kieron Barclay @kieronbarclay.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
Come and join us at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University! We're hiring a Senior Lecturer in Sociology. This is a permanent faculty position, and demographers are also very welcome to apply.
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Available jobs - Stockholm University
Available jobs at Stockholm University. PhD student positions, researchers, teachers and administrative staff.
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Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 27/12/2023
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Stockholm: www.su.se/english/abou...
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Available jobs - Stockholm University
Available jobs at Stockholm University. PhD student positions, researchers, teachers and administrative staff.
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Zachary Van Winkle @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Two 3-year PhD fellowships are available within the remit of my ERC project on the risks and vulnerability of widowhood across ageing societies!!! Deadline for applications - December 10 Start date - September 1 www.sciencespo.fr/osc/fr/conte...
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Call for Two PhD Candidates | Sciences Po Centre de recherche sur les inégalités sociales
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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Postdoc opportunity with me in computational demography at Oxford to explore questions about demographic change, kinship, gender and and inter-generational dynamics: tinyurl.com/2skdt98w Keen to apply but need a bit more time to get the application in? Deadline now: Tue, Nov 21, noon (UK time).
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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Very pleased to see this much-deserved award for Ridhi Kashyap. Not only is she an excellent researcher and inspiring academic, she is a thoroughly fine colleague, which in my view gives a real shine to this prize. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/prof... #demography #sociology
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
We are hiring a Postdoc in sociology at SOFI! The postdoc will focus on the conditions under which parenting leaves either promote working-life inclusion, or exclusion – with attention to policy interplay. The position is part of our "sustainable synergies" program. www.su.se/english/abou...
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Felix C Tropf @fctropf.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Another opportunity to work on the FINDME project. An excellent applied statistician/ data scientist will use social and genetic data to explain inequalities in our wealth health and family planning. This one is in London! @CLScohorts shorturl.at/jJLT5 pls re-bluesky!
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Peter Fallesen @pfallesen.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Want to work in Copenhagen? We are hiring at assistant prof (open ended contract with merit based promotion scheme) at the ROCKWOOL Foundation rockwoolfonden.dk/stillingsops...
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Research position at the ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit - ROCKWOOL Fonden
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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Too old to attend, but happy to promote: 15th Conference of Young Demographers 7–9 February 2024, Prague. Call for papers: t.co/O7kmzLsBTH website: youngdemographers.github.io/conference.h...
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