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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

@sjoerdalten.bsky.social on Parent's externalizing behavior and children's human capital

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Rafael Ahlskog @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We're hiring! Are you a social scientist with experience working with genetic data? Join us as a postdoc and work on gene-environment interplay - with amazing data - in a collaborative project between Uppsala, Oslo and Amsterdam!

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Postdoctoral Position, Political Science - Uppsala University

Postdoctoral Position, Political Science , Department of Government, Uppsala University

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Rafael Ahlskog @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Me and @aysuo.bsky.social talk to @sjoerdalten.bsky.social about economics and genetics. And we get some book recommendations. Neat!

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Sjoerd van Alten @sjoerdalten.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Check out our new study in Nature Genetics! In this paper we study the genetic factors that are associated with field of study.

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Laurel Raffington @laraffington.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin! Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications 🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...

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Postdoctoral Position in Social Science Genomics | Max Planck Research Group Biosocial

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NBER @nber.org · 11/09/2025

Genetics play a role on the persistence of socioeconomic across generations: one generation's genetics significantly impacts the education, income, and wealth of the next, from Sjoerd van Alten, Silvia H. Barcellos, Leandro Carvalho, Titus J. Galama, and Marina ... www.nber.org/papers/w34208

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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues. We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below #genetics #socialscience #economics #cohort bit.ly/41EnPmu

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Microsoft Forms

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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Gabriella Conti @gabriconti.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

📣 I’m delighted to share a new working paper that’s been years in the making: 🧬 “ #Gene × #Environment Interactions: Polygenic Scores and the Impact of an Early Childhood Intervention in Colombia” 👉🏻 Available here as @hceconomics.bsky.social WP: humcap.uchicago.edu/RePEc/hka/wp...

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Alex Strudwick Young @alextisyoung.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I am recruiting a quantitative/computational postdoc to my group at UCLA. This is a great opportunity to work on foundational theory, methods, and software in statistical genetics. Link to apply: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10275. Please repost!

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Giacomo Bignardi @giacomobignardi.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Our study is now out in @naturecomms.bsky.social! Here, we integrate large-scale registry musicality data from twins to investigate the genetics of music enjoyment 🧬🎶🧑‍🤝‍🧑

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Laurel Raffington @laraffington.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

We are looking for a scientist passionate about developmental psychology, sociogenomics, and DNA methylation in a cash gift RCT postdocprogram.mpg.de/node/692! 3.5+ yr position in Berlin (until April 30, 2029) integrated into a new Max Planck postdoc program www.mpg.de/en/max-planc... #MPRGBiosocial

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Postdoc position | Max Planck Postdoc Program

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Sjoerd van Alten @sjoerdalten.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I encourage all interested in Social Science Genetics to apply for this Gordon Research Conference "Leveraging Genetic Analysis Tools to Understand Wealth, Education, and Social Inequality". A great lineup of speakers and plenty space for discussion. June 1-6 near Boston www.grc.org/genes-behavi...

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2025 Genes, Behavior and Society Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Genes, Behavior and Society will be held in Easton, Massachusetts. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 13/03/2025

Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡 Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

If one person gives a euro to Ukraine, the result is €1. If two people give 2 each, it is €4. If 3,000 give 3,000 each, it is 9 million. Let’s coordinate, here 👇 and please re-post to spread the word. yourcontributionsquared.eu/en/

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Your Contribution Squared

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Yiqing Xu @yiqingxu.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

We streamlined six new DID-like estimators and created this tutorial for implementation in R. yiqingxu.org/packages/fec... Hope you no longer need to spend months figuring out what these estimators are and how to use them.

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Sjoerd van Alten @sjoerdalten.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I am very excited to share this latest preprint! We figured out how to study a latent index driving partner choice without measuring it directly. The genetic correlates that we uncover with this latent index can be used to study the process of partner choice and correct GWAS for assortative mating.

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Shannon Palus @shanpalus.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"the company’s elevated stock price becomes increasingly dependent on the belief that Musk the magician can deliver wildly creative new products. That image is fading." @davidzipper.bsky.social why boycotting Telsa could make Elon hurt

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Don’t Buy a Tesla. Sell Your Tesla. Refuse a Tesla at the Rental Counter. Yes—It Will Help.

Elon Musk’s car company is in a precarious spot.

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Sjoerd van Alten @sjoerdalten.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Yesterday, I succesfully defended my PhD-dissertation: Genetics, Human Capital Formation, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status, cum laude at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. I look back with gratitude to all that I learned, and look forward to the new knowledge that lies ahead.

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Sjoerd van Alten @sjoerdalten.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I cannot remember the last time I have been more enthusiastic about a working paper. Access to housing through lottery allocation dramatically boosts fertility outcomes in Brazil. Among 20-24 year olds, total lifetime fertility doubles after receiving housing. www.bcb.gov.br/content/publ...

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Sjoerd van Alten @sjoerdalten.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Ik sprak gisteren met NRC over mijn proefschriftonderzoek over welke rol genen spelen in socio-economische ongelijkheid. Erg leuk, maar wel erg moeilijk om zo'n complex onderwerp in zo'n kort stukje samen te vatten. (1/2)

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 28/11/2024

🔊Next conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) in Bristol, 22-23 May. ✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social ✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk). essgn.org/essgn-confer...

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ESSGN Conference IV

Bristol, May 22-23, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce the 4th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network. This conference aims to improve our understanding of how gene…

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 25/11/2024

Man I cannot endorse this abstract more

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Rosa Cheesman @rosacheesman.bsky.social · 25/07/2024

Check out our new paper on genetic links with 10 fields of education in >460k ppl. We found overlapping genetic influences on different fields, summarised by 2 key tendencies: Technical v Social and Creative v Conformist osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Come to the Boulder workshop on statistical genetics, you’ll get a Beanie, it’ll keep you warm some random day months later!

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Sjoerd van Alten @sjoerdalten.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Are you looking for a PhD position? Come join our wonderful group here at VU Amsterdam to work on social science genetics and geno-economics. werkenbij.vu.nl/ad/phd-posit... #EconSky

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