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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

35 Years of #Reunification MPIDR Researchers Discuss the Demographic Situation in #Germany Nicole Hiekel is Leader of the Research Group Gender Inequalities & Fertility @mpidr.bsky.social. Full quote: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/reunification #EastGermany #WestGermany #CareWork #GenderInequality #Family

Portrait of a woman with brown hair and a black top in front of a green background with text about German reunification and gender inequality. Her quote says: German reunification brought together two different traditions of balancing family and career. Even 35 years later, these differences persist. While women's participation in the labor market has increased overall, the unequal distribution of care work remains a key challenge.

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

ich habe eine gute (PostDoc-)Stelle zu vergeben 100 % E13, zunächst 1 Jahr, ziemlich sicher aber sehr viel länger ab 1.12.2025 Soziologie & Gender Studies deadline: 15.09.2025 job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...

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Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (m/w/d)

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Spoke to Der Spiegel about gender differences in what makes a partner attractive. And why women being picky and men being not ambitious enough is a lame story that does not become more true by reiterating it.

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

MPIDR@PopDays2025 @aisp-sis.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social will be participating in #PopDays2025 in Cagliari. From 4 to 6 June, we will be presenting our research there. We're looking forward to the conference & to lots of 🍨🍕🍧🍝🍦- not necessarily in that order 😉 demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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AISP @aisp-sis.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Everything is ready for the 2025 edition of Population Days - the conference of the Italian Association for Population Studies. We are looking forward to seeing you all in Cagliari! 👉 Use #PopDays2025 to post about the conference!

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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Still welcoming your applications 🤗

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Come work with us!

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SocArXivBot @socarxivbot.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The motherhood penalty on poverty risk within couples in Germany: osf.io/ap9zb

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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

‼️JOB ALERT‼️ Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work 100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc. Apply by 31 May DM me for questions👨‍💻👩‍🏫🦸 tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I wrote a chapter on cohabitation and marriage for this book. It’s open access!

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Vegard Skirbekk @vegardskirbekk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Open Postdoctoral position! - ERC Advanced Grant project HOMME www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/276000/postdoctoral-fellow About the HOMME project www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/research/projects/homme

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Postdoctoral Fellow (276000) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow (276000), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2025

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

🏆📰DGD Best Paper Award for Athina Anastasiadou🎉 @athinaanas.bsky.social has won the Best Paper Award of the German Society for Demography (DGD) for her paper "#Gender Differences in the #Migration Process: A Narrative Literature Review". Congrats Athina! Read all: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...

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Natalia Soboleva @natsobol.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Happy to take part in this exciting conference #GIF2025

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Day 2 of the great #GIF2025 at @mpidr.bsky.social. Listening to @philipncohen.com pick apart the "depopulation panic" w/ figures like this: if global TFR drops to 1.66, in ~200yrs, the global population will be at the 2000 level. Of course these panics are not about humanity as a whole, are they?

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 19/03/2025

An entire conference of family demographers. Outstanding! #GIF2025 (what is the collective noun for this?)

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The fantastic team of my research group „Gender Inequalities and Fertility“ brought this amazing crowd of international family scholars to @mpidr.bsky.social. What a rewarding experience to host a conference that aims to give shape to a timely research agenda.#GIF2025

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Unlike men, German women’s income drops by 20 percent on average upon marriage. Reasons are nonegalitarian gender roles and incentives for joint taxation. WP here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4ffpm... www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/a...

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Einkommen von Frauen sinken nach Heirat um 20 Prozent

Wenn Frauen heiraten, sinkt ihr Arbeitseinkommen im Schnitt um 20 Prozent. Das bestätigt eine neue Studie. Als Gründe nennen die Forscher falsche Anreize im Steuersystem und alte Rollenbilder.

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Bettina Kohlrausch @bettikohlrausch.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Ich hoffe, die zukünftigen Koalitionäre (ich nutze mal bewusst die männliche Form) lesen diesen Beitrag von Birgit Riegraf, ehemalige Präsidentin der @unipaderborn.bsky.social. Gerade in diesen Zeiten ist Geschlechterforschung unverzichtbar!

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„Wissenschaft und Politik müssen die Angriffe auf die Geschlechterforschung ernst nehmen“

Die Soziologin Birgitt Riegraf warnt davor, Angriffe auf die Gender Studies herunterzuspielen. Sie seien ein „Testfall“ für die Demokratie.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 24/02/2025

🇩🇪🗳️ German election 2025 The conservative coalition (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s national vote, while the far-right AfD saw its best-ever result, winning swathes of support in the east. For the SPD, it was a disaster. The results: www.politico.eu/article/germ...

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The gender gap in voting behavior in the 18-24 yrs age group in yesterday’s election in Germany. Women lean towards the left, men to the right.

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Priceless data infrastructure 🗽

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open! This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography. Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon). More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Gender roles have always been complex and flexible; time to retire for good the idea of “traditional” gender roles www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Iron age men left home to join wives’ families, DNA study suggests

Study highlights role of women in Celtic Britain and challenges assumptions most societies were patrilocal

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Childbirth leads men and women’s commuting patterns to diverge, with mothers staying closer to home where access to high-quality jobs is scarce. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Commuting

Childbirth raises the opportunity cost of commuting and makes it difficult for both parents to work far away from home. Using detailed Norwegian employer-employ

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Lisa Paus, MdB @lisapaus.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Viele #Alleinerziehende stemmen #Kinderbetreuung, Job und Haushalt – und kommen finanziell kaum über die Runden. Das zeigt auch der aktuelle #Familienbericht. Alleinerziehende treffen auf steuerliche, strukturelle und soziale Rahmenbedingungen, die für sie nicht passen.

Eine erwachsene Person hält die Hand eines kleinen Kindes. Die Überschrift lautet: „Mehr Unterstützung für Alleinerziehende!“. Lisa Paus wird unten links im Bild erwähnt.

Text auf blauem Hintergrund: „In dieser Legislatur gibt es viel für Familien. Alleinerziehende profitieren davon besonders: Verbesserung der Kitas; Erhöhung von Kinderzuschlag, Kindergeld und Unterhaltsvorschuss; steuerliche Entlastungen.“ Lisa Paus wird unten links im Bild erwähnt.

Text auf blauem Hintergrund: „Wir wollen Alleinerziehende besser unterstützen, z. B. mit: Steuergutschriften, um niedrige Einkommen zu entlasten; 30 Tage Kinderkrankengeld; Kindergeld nur noch zur Hälfte auf den Unterhaltsvorschuss anrechnen.“ Lisa Paus wird unten links im Bild erwähnt.

Text auf blauem Hintergrund: „Wir wollen Alleinerziehende besser unterstützen, z. B. mit: Anspruch auf Beratung und Qualifizierung für den Arbeitsmarkt; einer Neuberechnung des soziokulturellen Existenzminimums für Kinder.“ Lisa Paus wird unten links im Bild erwähnt.

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

You should follow @julialeesch.bsky.social, postdoc in my research group, who did a fantastic debut in science communication on partner choice and the non-randomness of who we partner with. There is an English version as well, see link below.

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Paula Martes @pmartes15.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It was a pleasure to share at #ALAP2024 some results from our research "A multidimensional perspective on gender beliefs and perceptions among Colombian couples" that I am working together with @nhiekel.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone that stopped by our poster and gave us such great feedback. 🙌💫

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Anne-Kristin Kuhnt @akkuhnt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Mit dem Preisgeld von 80.000 € kann die Arbeit an unserem Netzwerk, dessen Ziel eine fundierte interdisziplinäre Diskussion über reproduktive Gerechtigkeit ist, starten. Das wird viel Arbeit, aber erstmal wird gefeiert! 🥂

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IMPRS-PHDS @imprs-phds.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Many thanks to all who attended and contributed to the 6th IMPRS-PHDS Academy @mpidr.bsky.social in person and online, and congratulations to Chiara Micheletti, @parthpandya.bsky.social, @courtneyallen.bsky.social and @anaguv.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Award!

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Prof. Gillian Brown @gillianrbrown1.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

🚨 PhD project: 4-year PhD project on human reproduction, mating strategies and gender roles. Funding is via BBSRC EastBio (i.e. funding not attached to specific project). Please get in touch with me (UK/international). Deadline for nominated applicant: 17 Jan 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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EASTBIO: Bateman’s principles and human reproductive strategies: a biosocial approach at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EASTBIO: Bateman’s principles and human reproductive strategies: a biosocial approach at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We’re hiring a Team Lead at the GESIS Computational Social Science department 🌐 Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊 ❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail 👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...

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Senior Researcher & Team Lead for Transparent Social Analytics and Open Science

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association. Starting as soon as po...

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Conferences are also a space where you meet your mentors, teachers, and friends in academia. Here are some of mine that I truly appreciate. @imprs-phds.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The annual academy @imprs-phds.bsky.social at @mpidr.bsky.social has been a blast. In my role as faculty member I was honored to speak about how fertility behavior (re)produces gender inequalities and why framing family policies as tools to fix low fertility rates misses the point.

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IMPRS-PHDS @imprs-phds.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

💡💡💡We are delighted to welcome @imprs-phds.bsky.social students and their supervisors to the Annual Academy 2024 @mpidr.bsky.social. We're looking forward to two more days of student and faculty presentations, networking, and sharing future research endeavors. 🎓🎓🎓 #demography #phdlife #PhD

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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

University of Padua‘s department of statistical sciences kindly invited me to speak about the intersections of gender inequalities, fertility and family complexity to understand contemporary fertility behavior and future population change.

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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hej research_com, you gender assumptions are showing!

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Calling early-career demographers & quant sociologists. Started an online seminar series centering on #Singlehood from soc/dem perspectives. Students, postdocs & ECR who would like to attend & workshop a paper - email me! Starting Dec 9! *all are welcome if useful & convenient (CET zone)

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Seeing the new inflow from the other place I made a small starter pack of some people working on gender &/OR sexuality, biased towards Sociology. Let me know if you or anyone else should be on it!

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Jennifer Hook @jenlhook.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Mostly #work-family sociologists so far. Reach out for an add! go.bsky.app/63Jq944

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Jennifer Hook @jenlhook.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Aaand this is why we need tractors! After wks of organizing & clearly increasing momentum for a national protest against the billion+ in budget cuts to higher edu & research, the municipality of #Utrecht blocks the protest out of what they state are "safety concerns"... This is heartbreaking. 🟥

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Given this government’s xenophobic and destructive stance, it’s uncertain whether any petition—especially one initiated abroad—will sway their decisions. Nevertheless, it could boost morale here and reinforce the will to resist. Please add your name to the petition! www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-...

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Petition unterschreiben

Stop cuts on Dutch higher education!

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

This week, the government announced an additional cut of roughly 300 million euros, primarily impacting the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

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Marc van Oostendorp @fonolog.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

Some institutions have already indicated that this will mean the elimination of numerous programs, particularly in language studies. Additionally, most English-language teaching will be prohibited (!), forcing many international faculty members, who moved here with their families, to leave.

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