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Thierry Rossier

@thierryrossier.bsky.social
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Visiting Fellow at LSE Sociology. Studying Elites, Inequality, Gender, Class, Power, Economics & Science.

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Marie Sautier @mariesautier.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Call for Paper : "Intersectional Inequalities in Science". Swiss Sociological Association Congress 🇨🇭 Fribourg Submit your abstracts until May 1st 2026. Thank you for circulating the call 🙏 @araujopedro.bsky.social @benzpierre.bsky.social @thierryrossier.bsky.social A. Afsary
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Livio Silva-Muller @liviosilva.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
My first preprint is up! Qualitative Methods in the Digital Era: How computation entangles fieldwork? Drawing on 8 years collecting multiple types of data on Brazil’s environmental state, I reflect on how abductive fieldwork is changing. Comments welcomed osf.io/preprints/so...
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
If you're interested in inequality topics in Science, do not hesitate to submit an abstract to us for the Swiss Sociological Association conference in Fribourg next September
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
If you work on elites, inequality and power structures, do consider submitting an abstract to our mini-conference at SASE (July 1-3 2026 in Bordeaux). Hard submission deadline is *Tuesday December 16*
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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
NEW: Lasse Folke Henriksen, Jacob Aagard Lunding, Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Anton Grau Larsen, "The Hardcore Brokers: Core-Periphery Structure and Political Representation in Denmark’s Corporate Elite Network" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Wesley Stubenbord @wesleystubenbord.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
New from me: An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals. Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5
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Billionaire Migration: An Interactive Map
An interactive map of city-level migration flows for 3,106 billionaires from birth to most recent residence.
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Glauber Eduardo Gonçalves @glaubereg.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Proud to share the publication of my first paper, co-authored with Silvio Candido, in @actasociologica.bsky.social! “Entrenched and unequal at the top: Brazilian capitalism and the social space of its corporate elite” is now out — hope you enjoy the read! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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ASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
New publication by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social) in (@socquarterly.bsky.social). “The Sociology of Queer Nightlife.” The Sociological Quarterly 66(4): 661-674. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6.... The article provides a sociological perspective on queer nightlife.
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Queer Nightlife. Volume 66, Issue 4 of The Sociological Quarterly
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The 2026 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference will be held in Bordeaux July 1-3, 2026 Submissions by Dec 16: sase.org/events/2026-...
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Check that out! Amazing research debunking meritocracy in science!!!
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Pierre Benz @benzpierre.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
🔥🔥 New article in PlosOne 🔥🔥 Citation behaviour isn’t a meritocracy. It’s shaped by social ties and topic overlap. Let’s rethink how we evaluate research impact. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Citation proximus: The role of social and semantic ties on citations
Despite being considered as key indicators of research impact, citations are shaped by factors beyond intrinsic research quality—such as including prestige, social networks, and research topics. While...
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Johanna B @johannamb.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
looking forward to our workshop next week in Lausanne @obelitessuisses.bsky.social ! thank you @pierrebat.cpesr.fr ✨
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Pierre Bataille @pierrebat.cpesr.fr · 08/10/2025
"Scolarisations et formations de l’élite entrepreneuriale : parcours de vie et visions du monde" Très beau programme pour les 16-17 octobre prochain @sspunil.bsky.social thanks to l'équipe @obelitessuisses.bsky.social www.unil.ch/events/17522...
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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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Social Science Research Council @ssrc.org · 15/07/2025
In @asanews.bsky.social ASR, @larivera.bsky.social and @estelabdiaz.bsky.social use qualitative data from elite independent pre K-12 schools to find that admissions processes are structured to exclude applicants at risk of disabilities. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Historically, elite schools have selected students in ways that reproduce advantages for dominant groups and exclude groups deemed undesirable. The specific outgroup in question has changed over time, but the underlying logic used to exclude these groups is often related to disability. Yet, disability as a social category has received minimal attention in discussions of elite reproduction. In this article, we draw on qualitative data collected from elite independent pre-K–12 schools to show that disability is indeed a salient basis of selection into elite educational environments, one that begins at the earliest moments of educational sorting: admission to elite early childhood programs. Through interviews with admissions personnel, we show that elite independent schools explicitly structure their admissions processes to identify—and exclude—children who are perceived as having or being at risk of developing any type of disability, regardless of impairment type or support needs. We argue that admissions practices at elite independent schools (1) serve as a form of social closure intended to restrict enrollment to young children perceived as able-bodied and neurotypical, and (2) represent a case of essentializing merit, in which elite gatekeepers construct merit as an intrinsic, rather than achieved, property of individuals.
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 19/06/2025
“As C. Wright Mills said, each generation must recognise its own elite. The work Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman have done here will be indispensable in this quest .” ‪simonarthur.bsky.social reviews Born to Rule by @aaronreeves.bsky.social‬ and @samfriedman.bsky.social‬ . buff.ly/RIU6ngh
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
My new book on 'The Power of Rankings in Economics and Research Organizations. Contributions to the Social Studies of Economics' with Stephan Pühringer and Jens Maesse is out!! You can dowload the whole book in open access below: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
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The Power of Rankings in Economics and Research Organizations | Contri
Discourses around research excellence and quality are predominant within the economic sciences, with various forms of ranking playing a central role. They make
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Christoph Ellersgaard @chellersgaard.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
New research note out in @bjsociology.bsky.social on the Power Elite in Greenland. The main finding: There is a highly knit elite network in Greenland. However, there are also clear fracturing lines based on the Greenlandic-Danish divide. A 🧵on findings doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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The Power Elite in Greenland
In this research note, we map the power elite in Greenland, amidst the current geopolitical interest in the nation. Using social network analysis, we identify a power elite of 123 individuals as the ...
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Israel's Act of Piracy on the High Seas (illegally storming the Madleen & kidnapping its crew) serves one purpose: To defend its right to continue unobserved and unimpeded the Genocide of Palestinians. An Act of Piracy is thus committed in the process of concluding a Genocide.
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Our editorial on "Mapping relational structures in culture" could not permanently be featured in open access for reasons stemming from the publisher's side. However, it is accessible for .ca a month on the following link, in case you want to read/download it: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzmc_,iJ9...
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mapping relational structures in culture
Culture is a relational concept, and the empirical manifestations of culture are worth being analysed in a structural vein to unveil the patterns of r…
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Rest in power, old man. ¡Hasta la victoria siempre!
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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🚨New paper with @swallaschek.bsky.social on media self-presentations of the super-rich 💸🗞️📺🎤💰. We analyse media interviews and find that they equate business with family success and tie past, present, and future into one seamless narrative. See more below 👇👇👇
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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 27/04/2025
Norway officially recognizes #Palestine: Palestine's ambassador to Norway met with King Harald V in the Royal Palace in Oslo last week, "marking the official establishment of diplomatic relations between Norway and the State of Palestine.​"
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Palestine ambassador presents credentials to King of Norway
The State of Palestine’s new ambassador to Norway officially presented her credentials to King Harald V at the Royal Palace in Oslo.
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Kristoffer Kropp @kristofferkropp.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
My review of George Steimetzs book is out in @actasociologica.bsky.social Its a model for analyzing disciplinary amnesia and transnational relations in social science. Something most social sciences should be concerned with. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Pål Csaszni Halvorsen @paalhal.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Honored to be a part of this special issue with an article about Norwegian writers during WWII. Check out the other ones as well!
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Kristoffer Kropp @kristofferkropp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Happy and honored to contribute to this special issue. Check out the papers!
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Pierre Benz @benzpierre.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This is an amazing work from amazing collegues in an amazing journal bravo bravo bravo 🔥🔥🔥
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Great thread of some brilliant papers!
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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🔥🔥The craftsmanship of research and its fruits in these great works!
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Pierre Bataille @pierrebat.cpesr.fr · 23/04/2025
What an issue 🔥🔥🔥
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
After 3 years of work the editorial of our “Mapping relational structures in culture” Poetics special issue w/ Marco Serino, Elisa Klüger & Fabien Eloire is out. It introduces 10 amazing papers mapping culture w/ GDA/SNA. Below I introduce the 10 papers 🧵(1/12) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mapping relational structures in culture
Culture is a relational concept, and the empirical manifestations of culture are worth being analysed in a structural vein to unveil the patterns of r…
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Marte Lund Saga @martesaga.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
My article about the political activity of the inner circle and wealthy owners is out in @sfjournal.bsky.social! You can read it here: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a... Some highlights in the thread.
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The politics of the Norwegian capitalist class: the inner circle and wealthy owners
Abstract. This paper investigates the political activities of different segments within the capitalist class, comparing an inner circle of interlocked dire
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
3 days, 15 streams, 700 presentations, our annual conference is our biggest UK sociology event – this year on the theme of Social Transformations #britsoc25
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Bruno Cousin @brunocousin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
L’article du @bjsociology.bsky.social est disponible ici : 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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Bruno Cousin @brunocousin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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World Elite Database : comparer les élites économiques à l’échelle mondiale
Une base de données inédite révèle les profils des élites économiques de 16 pays représentant la moitié du PIB mondial. Bruno Cousin, chercheur au Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée,...
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Julien Gossa @juliengossa.cpesr.fr · 18/04/2025
#DataESR 70 chercheurs et chercheuses, 3 ans de travail, plus de 3500 individus recensés dans 16 pays. Une nouvelle base de données permettant de comparer les élites économiques à l'échelle mondiale. 😍🤩😍
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thank you so much @simonkuper.bsky.social for your @financialtimes.com piece on "A new who’s who of the global elites". For those who want to know more about varieties of economic elites in 16 countries, check our paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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ricardosalasd.bsky.social @ricardosalasd.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This amazing paper is out!
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Anton Grau Larsen @antongrau.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Thierry Rossier @thierryrossier.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
A chilling testimony of the life of foreign academics in the US right now. 'This op-ed could lead to me being deported from the US' Read the piece from @bernaleon.bsky.social below
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Bruno Cousin @brunocousin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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Bruno Cousin @brunocousin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Which countries have the worst gender ratio among their economic elites? We just published in the @bjsociology.bsky.social the first systematic comparison between 16 countries answering this and many other questions! If interested, just unroll the following thread 🧶 by @chellersgaard.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Pierre Bataille @pierrebat.cpesr.fr · 28/03/2025
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Mike Savage @mikesavagelse.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This collaboration has amazing potential. Am delighted to see the first publication in print!
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Christoph Ellersgaard @chellersgaard.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The very first paper from our large comparative project - the World Elite Database - is out. Lots of coordination and important discussion on comparing elites allow us to - for the first time really - compare elites across very different national contexts. 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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