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Mads Meier Jæger

@madsjaeger.bsky.social
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Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen. I study inequality, cultural taste, and good looks.

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Social Science Research @ssreditorial.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
@madsjaeger.bsky.social and Rikke Haudrum Rasmussen analyze the effect of highbrow and omnivorous tastes on perceptions of individuals, finding that highbrow/omnivorous tastes signal higher status than lowbrow/univorous tastes. Read this paper open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This article by @madsjaeger.bsky.social and @rozameuleman.bsky.social draws on three-generations of data from Denmark to demonstrate how cultural tastes don’t just signal status, they shape real inequalities in access to opportunities. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Ea Blaabæk @blaabaek.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research doi.org/10.1093/esr/... OA: osf.io/ar2xc_v2/dow... @europeansocreview.bsky.social
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How are cultural tastes stratified? Evidence from library borrowing for the entire population of Denmark
Abstract. Research shows that cultural tastes are socially stratified. Yet, most of this research relies on small-sample surveys and includes only a few di
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Mads Meier Jæger @madsjaeger.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
"You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have exhausted all the other possibilities." Great, now get to work ...!
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Jani Erola @janierola.net · 10/02/2025
It is today, the deadline! So: submit today!
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Mads Meier Jæger @madsjaeger.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Time for a (job) change: From 1 March, I'll be Associate Dean for Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen. I look forward to promoting the social sciences at every possible opportunity. socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/ne...
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New social science associate deans for research and education
Professor Mads Meier Jæger and Professor Signe Vangkilde will join the Faculty of Social Sciences on 1 March as associate deans for research and education, respectively.
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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
‼️ Hiring ‼️ Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich 📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads & details: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
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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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