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Maren Toft

@marentoft.bsky.social
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Professor of Sociology, uni Oslo. Relational sociology, class analysis, urban inequality, elite studies, 🍉

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Hanna Kuusela @hannakuu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My book, Streaming privilege. How television teaches us to accept inequality, is now out! Mixing elite sociology and cultural studies, I aim at unpacking our desire for luxury topics. The book is OA, so you may read it at @manchesterup.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526190055/
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Manchester University Press - Streaming privilege
Streaming privilege - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Streaming privilege by Hanna Kuusela
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026
‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
«Det finnes ingen plussmennesker og minusmennesker.Likevel har vi allerede akseptert noe av premisset idet vi begynner å svare med å liste opp alle norskpakistanere som har gjort landet rikere, klokere, morsommere, vakrere.Som om menneskeverd må dokumenteres med prestasjoner» @sumayali.bsky.social
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Rasismen er særlig brutal når den ikke bare retter seg mot de av oss som er her, men mot dem som ennå ikke finnes - Filter Nyheter
Når en politisk rådgiver i Frp sier at pakistanere ikke bør få barn, er det ikke bare en stygg kommentar, men en forestilling om fremtiden.
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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
From @martesaga.bsky.social and @marentoft.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.uio.no/forskning/fo...
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Norges økonomiske eliter har mer politisk makt enn vi er klar over - Forskningsnytt
Vi har en tendens til å tro at vi er likestilte i Norge, og at alle har like muligheter. Men selvbildet stemmer ikke. Makt flyttes og bevares på toppen av samfunnet. Det foregår gjerne ubemerket, i de...
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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Really impressed again by the combination of deep discussions and good vibes at this year's @bjsociology.bsky.social conference, including fantastic work by @marentoft.bsky.social, @magneflemmen.bsky.social, @vladimirbortun.bsky.social, @sachahilhorst.bsky.social & @salomeietter.bsky.social
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
«This archive is produced to honor and commemorate teachers and researchers in higher edu murdered in Gaza during the genocide perpetrated by Israel and its patrons, esp the US. They were members of the global intellectual community, and we are all impoverished by the loss of their contributions»
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma... Nancy Fraser on Habermas
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Nancy Fraser | After Habermas
Jürgen Habermas may be variously described as the moral conscience of postwar Germany, the last great systematic...
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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Two more days to apply!
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Det er mer interessant å forsøke å forstå hvorfor Epstein ønsket en relasjon til Mette-Marit, enn å spekulere i hennes motiver. Som min kollega Mikael Holmqvist har påpekt, har monarker en særegen «royal touch». Det er konsekrering, ikke først og fremst flørting, som er graverende @morgenbladet.no
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(+) – Ekstrem sammenfiltring av elitemakt og kvinnefiendtlighet
Det kritikkverdige ved Mette-Marits kontakt med Jeffrey Epstein, er ikke den flørtende tonen, mener sosiolog Maren Toft, men at hun har skjenket Epstein et stykke symbolsk kapital.
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Palantir har ingenting å gjøre i den norske staten. Denne tråden er virkelig god i å avkle galskapen. På høy tid at norske politikere spisser ører til Maja Van Der Velden www.nrk.no/norge/reager...
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Reagerer på Norges forhold til Palantir
Teknologien er basert på at vi ikke lenger har demokratisk kontroll, mener professor. Nå jobber Palantir for å bedre inntrykket av selskapet i Norge.
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OBELIS - Observatoire des élites suisses @obelitessuisses.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
From June 14th to 19th 2026 the 3rd edition of the summer school on "Elites, Power and Inequality" will take place at the University of Lausanne. Program and registration here: www.unil.ch/unil/en/home... Deadline is 1st April 2026.
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
«If imperialism is driven by oligarchic power, then oligarchic power must be confronted. Europe should respond to Trump’s blackmail with targeted measures aimed not at American consumers, but at American billionaires.»
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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
We are happy to announce the call for papers for the third WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites! It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov. You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
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Helene Onshuus @heleneonshuus.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Les en farlig bok i julen. Du rekker å lese Mørkets venstre hånd før nyttår.
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Christoph Ellersgaard @chellersgaard.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Me and @runestahl.bsky.social are hiring a future PhD fellow to study climate and class www.cbs.dk/om-cbs/job-o...
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 05/11/2025
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week." This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
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Forsberg™ @magnusforsberg.no · 24/10/2025
Det er ikke «apolitisk» å investere i selskaper som er uetiske. Det eneste «apolitiske» man kan gjøre er å ha etiske retningslinjer (uavhengig av strenghet) som man håndhever likt helt uavhengig av hvilke selskaper som bryter dem.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10. This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.
Immigration is the most important issue facing your countryImmigration is the 14th most important issue facing you personally
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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%. And the gap is growing. Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
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British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
📣 Submit your abstract for the British Journal of Sociology Conference by Monday 20 October. There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts on any aspect of sociology. Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The children are always ours, every single one of them
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
New book hitting the shelves today "Climate & Class: How to Keep the Climate Fight from Becoming a Culture War", with @chellersgaard.bsky.social and Andreas Mulvad.
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Derek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“Fascism” isn’t a slur for politics we don’t like. It’s a precise word with precise meaning. And in the face of what’s happening right now in America, it’s the most honest one we have. I’ll lay it out as plainly as I can. 🧵
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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This is a fantastic project. So well deserved!
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Mikkel Flohr @mflohr.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The International Association of Genocide Scholars has passed a resolution stating that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide. Read the resolution here genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2025
In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide? | Sindre Bangstad
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In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide? | Sindre Bangstad
With an election looming, will politicians finally listen to the majority who want to divest from Israeli arms companies, asks Oslo academic Sindre Bangstad
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Gaza has reached IPC Phase 5, which is the worst level of food insecurity & is associated with high amounts of death & permanent disability. For people experiencing this level of malnutrition, even if it ended today, many of the consequences (eg personal outcomes like disabilities) are irreversible.
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Fabrizio Bernardi @fabriberna.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Following an exchange with @marcoalbertini.bsky.social on the @isa-rc28.bsky.social letter to the @isa-sociology.org exec committee, I’m reposting my position on requests to review for the Israel Science Foundation.
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Pablo Gracia @pablogracia.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
It is also very problematic to read statements saying that the ISS suspension has “real” personal & professional consequences for our colleagues, while Palestinian sociologists and academics (many murdered, suffering from starvation, with universities demolished) are ignored, not even mentioned [4]
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Kalwant Bhopal @kalwantbhopal.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Free Palestine.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Israeli army has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking aid since late May - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Israeli army has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking aid since late May
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
“Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die” - AFP. International media is barred from entering Gaza by Israel. The only ones who have borne witness are local reporters, 185 of whom are now dead. The last remaining, like all Gazans, are being systematically starved.
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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🔥🔥"Very few of the economic elite have a background in the humanities or social sciences. This is most common in the UK and Switzerland, with around 20 per cent. Johs Hjellbrekke U. Bergen @marentoft.bsky.social and PhD student Marte Lund Saga at the U. of Oslo" www.forskning.no/sosiologi-ok...
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Rikfolk i Norge er ikke som andre rikinger
I utlandet er den økonomiske eliten ofte utdannet ingeniører. I Norge er de siviløkonomer.
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Sven Egil Omdal @svenni.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Til alle som lurer på hva de kan gjøre for å demme opp mot orbanifisering og trumpifisering her hjemme: Et lite, men viktig bidrag er å abonnere på Filter Nyheter.
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Hanna Kuusela @hannakuu.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
First draft of a new book sent to the publisher. (And already noticed two typos in the table of contents!)
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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Entire population
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Gaza's entire population faces critical risk of famine, global hunger monitor says
The entire population of Gaza faces a critical risk of famine, with half a million of them facing starvation, a global hunger monitor said on Monday, calling this a major deterioration since its last report in October.
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Revisiting this beauty in these dire and desperate times
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 04/05/2025
Finally got my copy yesterday and jumped straight into it Brilliant book as expected and so necessary at a time when reactionaries aim to divide us, cosplaying as defenders of women's rights and the liberal centre conveniently laps it up Order yours here: www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/fasc...
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Fascism and the Women’s Cause by Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond
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David Jordhus-Lier @davidjolier.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Excited to have signed a contract w/LSE Press (RGS-IBG Book Series):"Alienation and agency: Labour geographies in the age of failing climate mitigation". My book is on oil workers but I will argue that alienation is a useful term for human geography. What does a geography of alienation mean to you?
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Formue blir stadig mer skjevfordelt og betydningen av klassebakgrunn for hvem det er som eier mest øker. Snakket med NRK om formuesulikhet og bl.a. arbeidene til @norawaitkus.bsky.social & @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social og min forskning med Hansen @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social www.nrk.no/norge/de-rik...
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De rikeste rykker fra
Ulikheten i Norge stiger, viser en rapport. – De rikeste blir stadig rikere, og de eier mer. På en måte vi ikke er så vant til å snakke om i Norge, sier sosiolog.
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Maren Toft @marentoft.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Important piece by the magnificent @martesaga.bsky.social and the first empirical publication of our WEB-project ✨ www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/... @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
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Bruno Cousin @brunocousin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thanks a lot to @simonkuper.bsky.social & the @financialtimes.com for this close reading of our research article on the economic elites of 16 countries, and for jump-starting the public discussion about it! The paper @bjsociology.bsky.social is avaisble here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)
The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re....
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Alex Wood @alexjwoodsociology.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Pleased to see that Michael Burawoy's important article 'Why and how should sociologists speak out on Palestine?' has been posthumously published by @sociologicalreview.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
New👇post summarizes main arguments from our Sociology paper (w. @mikesavagelse.bsky.social, @marentoft.bsky.social): how different strands of #class analysis can be easily mobilized to study #wealth and #asset inequalities in its various forms & shapes.💰🏰💸 Original paper: doi.org/10.1177/0038...
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