RC28 Significant Scholarship Award
Dear RC28 members,
The Committee and Board will consider all nominations received by March 1, 2026.
Please submit your nomination for the 2026 award by March 1, 2026 to RC28 President Jennie Brand at brand@soc.ucla.edu.
Special issue "Computational Social Inequality Research in Practice: New Methods for Longstanding Questions" in Historical Social Research.
Proposals (600-800 words) can be submitted by 15 February 2026. Please refer to the call:
www.centre-lives.ch/fr/appel/cal...
14 PhD positions in Marie-Curie doctoral network Future leaders in ageing and digitalizing societies (Digi4Age)
Deadline: March 30, 2026
Details: digi4age.net/job-openings/
PhD and Postdoc position at the Center for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at the Sciences Po, Paris
For further information, please see (drive.google.com/file/d/1RuFf...) and the postdoctoral researcher (drive.google.com/file/d/1BzYJ...)
3-year Postdoctoral Researcher – Firms, Mental Health, and Career Inequality, University of Amsterdam
Application deadline: 30 March 2026. For more information and to apply, see here. Questions about the position can be directed to Thijs Bol (t.bol@uva.nl).
2 vacancies for PhD students on social inequalities at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES), University of Lausanne
Application deadline: March 18, 2026
Position 1 (social stratification of time use):
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
2 Postdoc positions in ERC funded project on debt dynamics in Heidelberg
The positions are based at the Max Weber Institute of Sociology at Heidelberg University.
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
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Call for Abstracts: multidisciplinary conference “Spatial dynamics in refugees’ multidimensional integration” (Bamberg)
Abstract Submission deadline: 30 April 2026
Submission email: unetra@lifbi.de
Further information: www.lifbi.de/de-de/Start/...
ASA methodology midyear will be hosted at the University of Toronto on April 24-25, 2026. Submission deadline is March 5, 2026. Looking forward to seeing you in Toronto!
ISQOLS 2026, Special Session “Spatial mobility and subjective well-being” 11 – 14 August 2026, Lexington, Kentucky
The abstracts (max. 300 words) must submitted via isqols.org/2026. The current deadline for abstract submission is 15 February 2026.
ECSR Thematic Conference "Life Course and Social Stratification", University of Trento (Italy), 23-24 April 2026
Submit your abstract to: csis@unitn.it
Deadline for abstract submissions: 22 February 2026
For full details, please visit the conference website: sites.google.com/unitn.it/ecs...
Call for Abstracts: multidisciplinary conference “Spatial dynamics in refugees’ multidimensional integration” (Bamberg)
Extended abstracts Submission deadline: 30 April 2026
Submission email: unetra@lifbi.de
Further information: www.lifbi.de/de-de/Start/...
Discover our new “Thematic concepts over time” tool in the MISSY metadata portal:
• Filter by year, dataset and thematic concept
• View variable availability and country-level frequencies
• Export results as CSV Try it here: www.gesis.org/en/missy/mat... www.gesis.org/missy/matrix...
Special collection European Journal of Ageing new Topical Collection entitled “Ageing Well for All: Multidimensional Pathways to Sustainable Ageing”, edited by Bruno Arpino and Valeria Bordone.
Submissions close: 31 August 2026
For more information: link.springer.com/collections/...
RC28 Significant Scholarship Award
Nominations are accepted only from RC28 members. Self-nominations are permitted.
Please submit your nomination for the 2026 award by March 1, 2026 to RC28 President Jennie Brand at brand@soc.ucla.edu.
PhD Position (75%) at the IAB Nuremberg – Migration, Integration & Labour Markets | Application deadline: 30 January 2026 | Start date: 1 April 2026
Application deadline: 30 January 2026
Start date: 1 April 2026
Link: recruiting.arbeitsagentur.de/ba-karriere/...
CRIS at the Sciences Po, Paris is seeking a post-doctoral researcher to join the Research Team led by Prof. Mirna Safi working on “The Discrimination-Inequality Cycle: Bridging Unequal Treatment and Unequal Outcomes across Countries, Regions and Workplaces” Apply:
www.sciencespo.fr/cris/files/J...
The Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences (CGS) at the University of Cologne offers a three-year doctoral scholarship to outstanding students holding a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Social Sciences.
Deadline March 15, 2026.
cgs.uni-koeln.de/sites/cgs/Ca...
Nipissing University is seeking an assistant or associate professor with expertise in social epidemiology and health inequality. The review of applications will begin February 11th. www.nipissingu.ca/careers/empl...
Research Assistant or PhD Position in the DAB Panel Study, FHNW School of Education, Muttenz/Basel Switzerland
The candidate will fill a 50% research assistant position in the DAB Panel Study beginning in mid-2026.
apply.refline.ch/655298/4374/....
Application deadline: January 31, 2026.
A*STAR IHDP Singapore seeks postdoc for SG-LEADS (led by Prof. Jean Yeung) studying child development. Requires PhD in social sciences, expertise in family/youth development. Apply careers.a-star.edu.sg/JobDetails.a...
LIS and LISER invite applications to a joint Visiting Researchers Programme: 2–8 week funded visits on “Policies to Fight Inequality” using LIS/LWS data. Send ≤3-page proposal, contact info, preferred dates/duration, and CV to lis2er@lisdatacenter.org
. www.lisdatacenter.org/news-and-eve...
The Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) invites applications for an Associate Professor (Senior Researcher) with expertise in work, employment and/or organizational dynamics in the context of demographic change. Application deadline: 9 February 2026. nidi.nl/en/about-us/...
On March 23-26, 2026, the ECSR will organize a Spring School on the topic "Inequalities Across Lives and Generations: Cumulative Disadvantage, Life Course Dynamics, and the Intergenerational Transmission of (Dis)Advantages."
www.nasp.eu/training/oth...
The Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Working Group of the European Association for Population Studies invites abstract submissions for its 2026 workshop, to be held 16–18 September 2026 in Hannover, Germany. Abstract submission is open until 31 March 2026.
hmmwg.vse.cz/homepage/wor...
ECSR Thematic Conference “Mechanisms of Social Mobility” at the University of Zurich 11-12 May 2026
Deadline for Submissions: 18 January 2026 to social.mobility@soziologie.uzh.ch
For full details, please visit the conference website:
www.suz.uzh.ch/socialmobility
Gearing up for the RC28 @isa-rc28.bsky.social Online Conference on Educational Inequalities on 20-21 January 2026! We have a great lineup of speakers from different regions who will address current topics in the field of educational stratification and inequalities. www.sciencespo.fr/cris/en/even...
Call for Papers: the ISA RC28 Summer Meeting at New York University, New York, USA August 5-7, 2026. Submit your abstract as.nyu.edu/research-cen... by February 15, 2026 (11:59 pm EST).
