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

The paradox of inequality that isn’t: rising economic inequality depresses and polarizes citizens’ belief in meritocracy Abstract. This study examines how rising income inequality has been impacting individuals’ belief in merit-based success, using three decades of survey dat

🔍 How does economic inequality impact beliefs in meritocracy?

Using comprehensive survey data from 39 advanced capitalist democracies over more than three decades, Markus Gangl & I examine how rising economic inequality has been shaping citizens' belief in meritocracy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwag016

Our new preprint on gender equality attitudes among Gen Z 👇

Educational hypogamy and gender equality within couples: a review of competing hypotheses and evidence from the Generations and Gender Survey Abstract. This study examines the implications for gender equality of the increasing prevalence of heterosexual couples in which the woman is more highly e

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/...

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Big new blogpost!

My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.

--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

Last week, I received the Kurt-Rothschild-Prize for Economic Research in the Austrian Parliament for my research on poverty risk within couples and my efforts to make my findings accesible to a broader public. Many thanks to the Karl-Renner-Institut for recognizing my work :-)

Wie toll, gratuliere! 👏

Feminicide is reshaping Mexico’s demographic future. Between 2000 and 2019, nearly 50,000 women were murdered. #Feminicide #Mexico #Demography #GenderViolence

📠 New paper out!
It explores how gendered career patterns among couples around first birth intersect with changes in individual poverty risk, i.e. under the assumption of no income pooling.
Read it OA here: doi.org/10.1016/j.al...

excited to share that I've started a postdoctoral position at the Chair of Family and Work (@katjamoe.bsky.social) at the University of Bamberg this month! I’m looking forward to be a part of the great research community here - and I’ve already become a big fan of the German Mensa system :-)

❓How do mothers’ and fathers’ paid work lives unfold together after the birth of their first child in DE?

✨ This new preprint takes a longitudinal, dynamic, couple-level perspective.

✨ Big differences by East & West German background, periods and couple-level education

🔗 doi.org/10.31235/osf...

📣 CfP im Rahmen der 15. Armutskonferenz (27.-29.04.2026, Salzburg)

Der Call richtet sich an Nachwuchsforschende aus Armuts- und Ungleichheitsforschung, die ihre Master-, PhD- oder vergleichbaren Projekte in einem offenen Rahmen präsentieren+diskutieren möchten.

Deadline für Abstracts: 16.11.2025

Christina Siegert @stinasiegert.bsky.social (Universität Wien) wird für „Armutsgefährdung von Frauen in Paarhaushalten: Ein blinder Fleck der Armutsforschung“ ausgezeichnet. @univie.ac.at

⭐🎓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...

Danke Julia ☺️

Defended my PhD on Monday and received a prize for it on Wednesday! 🥳🍾 Many thanks to my supervisor @nadiasteiber.bsky.social, examiners Leen Vandecasteele and Wilfred Uunk, and the Theodor Körner Fonds for their support and recognition.

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<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library Objective This study examines the role of changes in paid work and housework time on first-time mothers' and fathers' mental health trajectories. Background The transition into parenthood is a key...

New study from my PhD thesis—supervised by @pablogracia.bsky.social—out in Journal of Marriage and Family!

📝 It examines how changes in paid work and housework following birth shape first-time mothers’ and fathers’ mental health trajectories.

Read here (Open access): doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13121

Anomalies & data problems are found in the Hungarian EU SILC income data from around year 2017. It is very likely that the data was manipulated to decrease the poverty rate.

Annamaria Tatrai and Andras Gabos conducted a very thorough investigation of the issue: www.valaszonline.hu/2025/04/01/e...

🆕Conference"Gender Inequalities, Fertility & the Future of Family Demography:Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity” kicked off @mpidr.bsky.social!Researchers from around the🌏are engaging into discussions on how gender inequalities shape fertility, families, & demographic change. #GIF2025

Ich freue mich sehr, dass meine Dissertation mit dem Theodor Körner Preis 2024 ausgezeichnet wurde! Ein großer Motivationsschub für die letzten Schritte vor der Abgabe 🤠

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Can partners sustain a decent living without relying on each other’s income? So happy to see my first phd paper out in European Sociological Review, exploring how child costs shape poverty risk & economic interdependence within couples by gender and education in 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇸🇪. doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

🚨 We’re looking for a Full Professor of Sociology to join us! Expertise in the areas of work and social inequality is particularly desirable @univie.ac.at
⏰ Closing date: 15th January 2024
See t.ly/v32Fv for detailed information!
#sociology #professorship