Happy to announce that the STEMPATHS project starts today, led by Laura Zilian, @nadiasteiber.bsky.social, and myself at the University of Vienna! 🚀
We employ Austrian register data to study women's underrepresentation in the STEM sector. 🧵
More info 👇
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/funding/d...
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„Mothers saw a significant decline in their chance of getting tenure (dropping by 35% three to four years after birth, and 23% lower after eight years) than if they hadn’t had children, whereas fathers experienced no discernible change.“ 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Rooftops of Bologna in the background, text in front: Pre-Conference Open Workshop: Comparative Family Research with Population Register Data (EPC 2026) on 3 June 2026 from 15:30 to 17:00 at the conference venue in Bologna, Italy. Register by 20 April 2026! Organised by Anna Baranowska-Rataj (Umeå University), Sandrine Metzger, Nadia Steiber and Lili Vargha (University of Vienna)
📢Join this pre- #EPC2026 workshop on 3 June 2026 in Bologna for researchers interested in comparative research using #population register #data! Register by 20 Apr 2026➡️ t.ly/9Uuhx @nadiasteiber.bsky.social @metzgers.bsky.social @lilivargha.bsky.social @baranowska-rataj.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social
I have a 5-year Senior Research Fellow position open! This is linked to my Academy Professorhip that launched in January.
I am looking for a person with strong methods skills, cv sufficient for an adjunct professor (”dosentti”, a bit similar to habilitation), and supervision experience.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
🚨 Are Gen Z gender gaps in gender equality attitudes really as pronounced as perceived?
In a new preprint w/ @stinasiegert.bsky.social , we analyzed 82k+ young adults across 24 European countries.
👉 Read here: osf.io/6h9gd_v1
"P-Hacking with one prompt" by Shigeto Kawahara.
TL/DR: Ask LLMs to find a significant effect, and they will oblige.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
From the abstract: "[...] hypogamy [=woman has a higher formal education than her male partner] is associated with more gender equality in labour market participation but not with a more equitable sharing of household tasks."
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.
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.
Science personnel and funding gutted at astonishing scale in the US:
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Do Daughters gain from Hypogamy and Sons from Hypergamy? Parental Heterogamy and Children's Educational Outcomes: https://osf.io/yq3ub
New in ESR
Does educational hypogamy promote gender equality—or does it reflect who selects into these unions?
🌟New #OpenAccess study by @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and #CSiegert constrasts optimistic, pessimistic, and selection-based narratives of hypogamy within couples!
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
We are seeking to appoint a Tenure-Track Professor in Sociology with focus on #QuantitativeMethods @ifswien.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
For the call and how to apply 👇
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods
Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
@wzb.bsky.social is searching for new director for the study of democracy
These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas
www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
🚨Please share widely!
#Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
So proud - check out the fantastic work of @stinasiegert.bsky.social on parenthood and poverty within couples #PhDone
New paper with @fabriberna.bsky.social - part of my PhD thesis!
Why are the negative educational consequences of parental separation stronger among high-SES children?
→ When high-SES parents separate, they lose their ability to compensate for their child’s low genetic propensity for education 🧬👪
📢New paper out on measuring global #migration flows using online data in @pnas.org
We use privacy-protected records from over 3 billion Facebook users to estimate migration flows between 181 countries, accounting for biases in social media usage
🔗https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2409418122
"Changing Minds: How Academic Fields Shape Political Attitudes"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
🇦🇹 Do you want to add your own survey question to the Austrian Socio-Economic Panel #ASEP? There is now a call for open modules for ASEP wave 2 (autumn 2026): www.statistik.at/fileadmin/pa...
After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.
In a shift, American women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman. As one researcher told Stephanie H. Murray, “understanding the dynamics of these couples is key to understanding the future of marriage”: https://theatln.tc/MTCP3Ef0
Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten vielerorts schwieriger geworden. In #Wien wurden die Bedingungen stetig besser. Ich bin überzeugt, dass dieser Trend anhält, die Unterstützung dafür stark bleibt und werde meinen Teil dazu beitragen. Ich lebe und forsche gerne in Wien! #IchForscheGernInWien
Für unser Team der Political Communication Research Group bietet Wien hervorragende Rahmenbedingungen.
#IchForscheGernInWien #TopForschungWien #Wien 1/3
In a shift, American women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman. As one researcher told Stephanie H. Murray, “understanding the dynamics of these couples is key to understanding the future of marriage”:
📢 Call for Papers!
We invite you to submit your research for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference on "Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century", taking place from Nov 19–21 2025 at @oeaw.bsky.social in Vienna.
📆 Deadline: May 31, 2025
🔗 tinyurl.com/ywetcthm
#WiCVienna #demography
#Registerforschung im #Regierungsprogramm:
1️⃣ Alle Register bis Juli 26 im #AMDC.
2️⃣ Erhöhung der Basisfinanzierung des AMDC bei gleichzeitiger Senkung der Projektkosten auf int. Niveau.
3️⃣ Langfristige Absicherung des ASEP im Falle einer positiven Evaluierung.
@registerforschung.bsky.social
Sciences Po is hiring an Assistant Professor on Digital Inequalities. Candidates should have strong theoretical/methodological skills, and an ambitious research agenda on social stratification and inequality. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...