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Mariska van der Horst

@mariskavdhorst.bsky.social
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Social scientist. Main interests: inequality in (paid and unpaid) work, including based on age, dis/ability, and gender. Quantitative and qualitative research.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Jodey Whiting - a 42 year old disabled mum - died in 2017, leaving a note saying she had no money for food. Now, a new inquest has ruled Jodey killed herself after her benefits were “mistakenly stopped by the DWP.” Thoughts to Jodey’s mum who fought for justice. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Disabled woman killed herself after DWP mistakenly withdrew benefits
Rare second inquest hears that Jodey Whiting, 42, left notes saying she had no food and could not pay bills
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Just about 2 months ago PhD-candidate Ying Shen published her first paper (that time based on quantitative analyses), and now she already published her second (this time based on qualitative research)! Available (again) open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Parental care among only children in China: Motivation, provision, and experiences - Ying Shen, Ruxandra Oana Ciobanu, Mariska van der Horst, Matthias Kliegel, Theo G. van Tilburg, 2025
Being the only child in the family means concentrated responsibilities for parental care. This study presents findings from 23 semi-structured interviews with C...
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The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
📻 Recommended listening! This excellent new podcast episode by @mediastormpod.bsky.social for which our Dr Anna Bull was interviewed: open.spotify.com/episode/4w1Z... It explores how unis handle sexual misconduct cases when their professors are at the heart of the scandal...
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Abuse in academia: Are universities protecting predatory professors?
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
First published article (available open access) by PhD-candidate Ying Shen who developed typology for care potential: “Policies and practice should not assume that older parents will receive care solely based on having multiple children or a child living nearby.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The Translation of Intergenerational Care Potential Into Care Receipt of Older Parents: A Prospective Study - Ying Shen, Theo G. van Tilburg, Mariska van der Horst, 2025
This study prospectively examined the extent to which intergenerational care potential translated into parent’s care receipt. Data were from 510 parents (aged 7...
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Man-yee Kan @manyeekan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Call for abstracts! Submit your abstracts to the GenTime #timeuse and #gender ideologies sessions at the upcoming #BSPS2025 conference! @bspsuk.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
New article published, first one of PhD-candidate Anika Chowdhury who has done impressive analyses on Dutch register data looking at retirement pathways, available open access www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Cliff-edge or atypical retirement? Exploring retirement trajectories of post-war baby boomers in The Netherlands | Ageing & Society | Cambridge Core
Cliff-edge or atypical retirement? Exploring retirement trajectories of post-war baby boomers in The Netherlands
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Nieuwe pensioenwet kan slechter uitpakken voor vrouwen die deeltijd werken www.nu.nl/economie/634...
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Nieuwe pensioenwet kan slechter uitpakken voor vrouwen die deeltijd werken
De nieuwe pensioenwet kan voor een grotere pensioenkloof zorgen tussen mannen en vrouwen, stellen onderzoekers. Jonge werknemers gaan namelijk meer pensioen opbouwen, terwijl vrouwen dan vaker parttim...
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“the proposed Horizontal Equal Treatment Directive, which would ensure equality for persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation outside the field of employment, has been withdrawn" www.age-platform.eu/eu-steps-bac...
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EU steps back on Equality Protection: Commission withdraws Horizontal Equal Treatment DirectiveAccessibility toolsIncrease textDecrease textGreyscaleHigh contrastNegative contrastLight backgroundUnder...
AGE is deeply disappointed and concerned about this decision, which represents a significant step back in the fight against discrimination, including on the grounds of age, and the protection of older...
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Ben Baumberg Geiger @benbgeiger.bsky.social · 18/04/2024
Why the labour market stats aren't all that they seem - new blog post at inequalities.substack.com/p/why-the-la...
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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Do flexible retirement schemes create possibilities for exiting early or working longer? Or both? 🤔 💻 Join our ETK research webinar on April 22 to find out more, with presentations from Finland and Norway www.etk.fi/en/topical-i...
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Research webinar: Early exit or working longer through flexible retirement? - Finnish Centre for Pensions
In Finland, Norway and Sweden, partial retirement is completely independent of the employment relationship: a person can receive a partial or even a full pension regardless of the amount of work or…
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INOMICS @inomics.bsky.social · 08/04/2024
Fully funded doctoral researcher (f/m/d) – Sociology – in the RWI/IAB dlvr.it/T5D6w7
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
Kamer debatteert over ‘versnipperd’ gehandicaptenbeleid: ‘Als je het niet ervaart, sta je er niet bij stil’ www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 02/04/2024
“S2E11 Menopause, sexism, ageism: What's driving women out of work? - with Karen Arthur and Emma Goswell” mediastormpodcast.com/podcast/epis...
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
PHD-positie binnen onderzoeksproject beschikbaar. Voor details, zie: werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/nl/vacatures...
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
“Every disabled person who has been told by a stranger in Tesco that they would “rather die than be like you” knows, in the pit of our stomachs, what some of the public think about the value of our lives.” My col. on assisted dying in tomorrow’s paper t.co/Ttalz1Gesr
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I’m glad the debate on assisted dying is forging ahead. But few understand why it frightens so many | Frances Ryan
Everyone deserves the right to a good death. Yet fears disabled people have about being coerced into euthanasia are justified, writes Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
This is a fantastic postdoc opportunity to join the new ERC funded research group led by the brilliant Dr. Silvia Loi @mpidr.bsky.social !
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Pablo Gracia @pablogracia.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
NEW & FANTASTIC Assistant Professorship at the Department of Sociology of Trinity College Dublin! 😲 Assistant Professor in Sociology General areas: Economic and Organisational Sociology Deadline: 21 March, 2024 Share and apply! 😊 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGB915/a...
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 18/02/2024
“We looked at a huge amount of evidence of the years and what our review shows is that there are ways to make the home working approach actually work well for the organisation and also for the employee.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds
A review of 1,930 papers into home working found major pluses, but also downsides such as antisocial hours and being overlooked for promotion
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
"Furthermore, in the survey a quarter (26 per cent) said their employers value older workers less than before the crisis began. Half (49 per cent) of all workers felt there were fewer opportunities for older workers to progress in the workplace since the beginning of the cost of living crisis." (UK)
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Third of people think attitudes to older workers have worsened, survey finds
Employers view hiring over 55s as a ‘risk’, experts say, while a fifth of older employees have felt discriminated against because of their age
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
New project I am involved in, now has a website, explaining what it is and the key objectives: www.amsterdamumc.org/en/research/...
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Mariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
Massive congratulations to Vanessa Beck and Jo Brewis on today’s publication of their book “Menopause Transitions and the Workplace”! 2nd book in series “Rethinking Work, Ageing and Retirement”-series. For more details see here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/menopause-tr...
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