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Maybe a good statistic to show that economic inequality is more than the gini coefficient of income or wealth and that increases in economic inequality are not just inexplicable perceptions or fever dreams of populist but grounded in a more complex and multi-dimensional reality.

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Und noch was: Arbeiter:innen rücken auch in ihren Einstellungen zu Migration, LGBT-Rechte oder Klimaschutz NICHT nach rechts. Im Gegenteil.

Auswertung von Schneickert et al. (2025, S. 462), Daten aus dem ESS. Ausführlich hier: brill.com/display/book...

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We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...

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We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict under @steffenmau.bsky.social is looking for Postdoctoral & Doctoral Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict

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basically tinder with academic articles

but really fun to use (and the articles do not unmatch you...)

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Auf dem Weg zurück nach Hannover von der #Frühjahrstagung2026 der #DGS Sektion Soziale Ungleichheit in Potsdam. Was für eine tolle Veranstaltung mit hochwertigen Beiträgen, wertvollen Kommentaren und Frühlingsvibes 🌷☀️ Großes Dankeschön an das Orgateam der @unipotsdam.bsky.social!

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📣 Join our ERC LEARN Research Team at CRIS, Sciences Po, Paris, to investigate how major disruptive events affect children's educational development. Apply by 12 April:

⭐️Doctoral Researcher / PhD candidate
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⭐️Postdoctoral Researcher
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Hintergrund: Schwarz-Weiß Bild des Gedenkens auf dem Marktplatz in Hanau, Menschen halten Schilder mit den Gesichtern der Ermordeten. Darauf die Schrift: 
Wir gedenken:

Gökhan Gültekin
Sedat Gürbüz
Said Nesar Hashemi
Mercedes Kierpacz
Hamza Kurtović
Vili Viorel Păun
Fatih Saraçoğlu
Ferhat Unvar
Kaloyan Velkov

Hintergrund: Schwarz-Weiß Bild des Gedenkens auf dem Marktplatz in Hanau, Menschen halten Schilder mit den Gesichtern der Ermordeten. Darauf die Schrift: Wir gedenken: Gökhan Gültekin Sedat Gürbüz Said Nesar Hashemi Mercedes Kierpacz Hamza Kurtović Vili Viorel Păun Fatih Saraçoğlu Ferhat Unvar Kaloyan Velkov

Wir gedenken:

Gökhan Gültekin
Sedat Gürbüz
Said Nesar Hashemi
Mercedes Kierpacz
Hamza Kurtović
Vili Viorel Păun
Fatih Saraçoğlu
Ferhat Unvar
Kaloyan Velkov

Ermordet vor 6 Jahren, am 19. Februar 2020, beim rassistischen Anschlag von #Hanau.

Wir gedenken Ibrahim Akkuş, verstorben an den Spätfolgen.

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💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸

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2025 war ein Wahnsinnsjahr für die deutschen Milliardäre:

Ihr Vermögen wuchs mit 30 % fast doppelt (!) so schnell, wie das Vermögen des Globalen Durchschnittsmilliardärs mit 16 %.

Dieses Wachstum ist absurd gefährlich, weil es die Ungleichheitskrise weiter verschärft.

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Please join us on 2/3 at 12:30 PM for “Living Together Apart in Europe: Residential Segregation, Social Fragmentation and Belonging in Paris and Berlin” with @taljab.bsky.social, @robertvief.bsky.social, Jean Beaman, and Christine Barwick More details and RSVP info here: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

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Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity

Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity

Intergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.

Intergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.

JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project.

Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.

Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.

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Online-Spenden | Gutes tun Helfen war nie einfacher: Mit Online-Spenden für die Berliner Stadtmission setzen Sie ein Zeichen für Bedürftige. Jetzt unkompliziert Gutes tun!

Letzte Nacht hat irgendjemand den Kältebus der Berliner Stadtmission angezündet. Falls ihr noch was spenden wollt und könnt:

www.berliner-stadtmission.de/spenden/onli...

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🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist?

How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅

🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037

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[...] as further explained under X, Y and Z in the Online Appendix...

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Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure

www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

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The geography of intergenerational mobility in Europe 

How do opportunities for intergenerational mobility depend on where you live? We address this question using European Social Survey data, studying the association between parents’ and children’s occupation, and how it varies by region of residence. Absolute mobility, largely driven by shifts in occupational structure, differs from relative mobility, which reflects the extent to which opportunities are equal across social origins. Capital regions emerge as hubs of absolute, but not necessarily relative, mobility. Absolute mobility correlates with human capital, labor market, demographic, and spatial factors. In contrast, relative mobility is primarily shaped by economic disparities between social classes. Greater inequality entails less mobility, even comparing different places within a country.

The geography of intergenerational mobility in Europe How do opportunities for intergenerational mobility depend on where you live? We address this question using European Social Survey data, studying the association between parents’ and children’s occupation, and how it varies by region of residence. Absolute mobility, largely driven by shifts in occupational structure, differs from relative mobility, which reflects the extent to which opportunities are equal across social origins. Capital regions emerge as hubs of absolute, but not necessarily relative, mobility. Absolute mobility correlates with human capital, labor market, demographic, and spatial factors. In contrast, relative mobility is primarily shaped by economic disparities between social classes. Greater inequality entails less mobility, even comparing different places within a country.

How robust are country rankings in educational mobility? 

We investigate the impact of analytical choices on country comparisons in intergenerational educational mobility using a multiverse approach. A literature survey gives rise to 2,880 plausible ways of measuring educational mobility, which we apply to European Social Survey data from 16 countries. Although some countries consistently appear at the top or bottom of the mobility rankings, most show substantial variation. Beyond our methodological contribution, we report two substantive findings. First, some countries often characterized as low-mobility emerge as matching or surpassing the egalitarian Nordic countries, reinforcing the view that wider mobility differences cannot be attributed solely to the education system but must be sought elsewhere, such as the labor market. Second, the choice of parameter—such as regression coefficients, correlations, or categorical measures—is the single most influential factor that shifts country rankings. As different parameters carry distinct theoretical meanings, researchers should treat parameter choice not merely as a robustness check but as an opportunity to test and refine competing theories.

How robust are country rankings in educational mobility? We investigate the impact of analytical choices on country comparisons in intergenerational educational mobility using a multiverse approach. A literature survey gives rise to 2,880 plausible ways of measuring educational mobility, which we apply to European Social Survey data from 16 countries. Although some countries consistently appear at the top or bottom of the mobility rankings, most show substantial variation. Beyond our methodological contribution, we report two substantive findings. First, some countries often characterized as low-mobility emerge as matching or surpassing the egalitarian Nordic countries, reinforcing the view that wider mobility differences cannot be attributed solely to the education system but must be sought elsewhere, such as the labor market. Second, the choice of parameter—such as regression coefficients, correlations, or categorical measures—is the single most influential factor that shifts country rankings. As different parameters carry distinct theoretical meanings, researchers should treat parameter choice not merely as a robustness check but as an opportunity to test and refine competing theories.

Immensely proud to see two newish publications out that begun their life as masters theses a wee while ago... links below

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no words for this FIFA shitshow...

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To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer

For the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that.

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Abstract for "The truly isolated: Spatial isolation of advantage in the United States" by Shannon Rieger, Angela Li, and Patrick Sharkey, published at Urban Studies

Abstract for "The truly isolated: Spatial isolation of advantage in the United States" by Shannon Rieger, Angela Li, and Patrick Sharkey, published at Urban Studies

👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.

👩🏻‍💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...

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Durchmischte Nachbarschaften, polarisierte Schulen | sub\urban. zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschung

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Fazit: Ein System fester Einzugsgebiete garantiert auch bei Abnahme der Wohnsegregation keine Abnahme der Schulsegregation, andere Faktoren bleiben sehr bedeutsam. Wenn die Politik Schulsegregation reduzieren will, benötigt sie andere Eingriffsmaßnahmen.

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[...] die Binnenmobilität junger Familien. Sinkende Wegzüge in Haushalten mit Kindern <12 erhöhen die Segregationslücke zwischen Schulen und Einzugsgebieten. Grund: Lock-in-Effekte durch Mietdynamiken – alte Mietverträge werden wertvoll, Umzüge als Ausdruck von Schulwahl (eher) unmöglich

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Oft herrscht hier in der wiss. Literatur die Annahme: Es sind die neu-hinzuziehenden high-resource gentrifier, die Schul- und Wohnortwahl immer stärker voneinander entkoppeln und die Treiber dieser Entwicklung sind. Wir argumentieren, dass es einen zusätzlichen Faktor gibt: [...]

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Was/Wer treibt diese Entkopplung? Ein klarer Hotspot sind Gentrifizierungsgebiete. Dort weichen Schulen stärker von der lokalen Wohnbevölkerung ab – besonders in Clustern wie in Nord-Neukölln, Wedding, Teilen von Kreuzberg. Privilegierte Familien wählen häufiger Schulen außerhalb der Gebiete.

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Die Kopplung von Schulsegregation und Segregation auf Ebene der Einzugsgebiete für Berlin 2010 bis 2020, aus: https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v13i2/3.1030

Die Kopplung von Schulsegregation und Segregation auf Ebene der Einzugsgebiete für Berlin 2010 bis 2020, aus: https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v13i2/3.1030

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2010 lag die SES-Segregation an Schulen (gemessen über SGB-II-Anteil) bei ~0.47, 2020 bereits bei ~0.55. Schulen driften also sozial weiter auseinander, obwohl ihre Einzugsgebiete durchmischter werden. Die Kopplung beider Ebenen bricht damit systematisch auf.

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Doch an Grundschulen zeigt sich ein gegenteiliger Trend: Die SES-Segregation steigt dort. Während Wohngebiete durchmischter werden, sehen wir an den Grundschulen einen Polarisierungstrend. Die Kluft zwischen beiden Ebenen wächst ab 2014 deutlich.

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Tabelle zur Wohnortsegregation auf Ebene der Grundschuleinzugsgebiete in Berlin 2010 bis 2020, aus https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v13i2/3.1030

Tabelle zur Wohnortsegregation auf Ebene der Grundschuleinzugsgebiete in Berlin 2010 bis 2020, aus https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v13i2/3.1030

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Beispiel: Der Segregationsindex für Bewohner:innen mit Migrationsgeschichte sinkt 2010–2020 stark, für arab. Herkunft sogar auf das Niveau von Deutschen (o. Migr). Auch Kinderarmut wird räumlich weniger konzentriert. Die Idee der „auseinanderdriftenden Stadt“ greift für Wohnsegregation nicht (!).

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Ein zentrales Ergebnis: Obwohl in Berlin in den 2010er Jahren immer wieder medial eine räumliche Polarisierung diskutiert wurde, beobachten wir (für das Wohnen) empirisch das Gegenteil. Die residentielle Segregation sinkt stadtweit. Berlin wird auf Nachbarschaftsebene durchmischter.

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Die Ausgangsfrage: Spiegelt die soziale Zusammensetzung von Grundschulen die ihrer Einzugsgebiete? Die Politik hat das Mantra „kurze Beine, kurze Wege“. Doch unsere Studie zeigt: Schulen sind deutlich segregierter als ihre Nachbarschaften, obwohl es formal strikte Einzugsgebiete gibt.

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