🔴 Just 4 days after the Hungarian elections, we unpack what the results mean for Europe and the Netherlands.

Join our expert roundtable with Carolien van Ham, Mark Duursma, Zsuzsanna Végh & Kati Cseres.

🚀 Wij zoeken een Managing Director!

Leid ons bureau (19 collega’s), werk met een coachende stijl en verbind inhoud, financiën en organisatie binnen ons UvA onderzoeksinstituut.

Solliciteer t/m 3 mei: werkenbij.uva.nl/vacatures/ma...

Hybrid Ethnography and Digital Activism - AISSR The AISSR and MEN4DEM project welcome Liz Przybylski for a lecture and panel on hybrid ethnography and digital activism, exploring how digital platforms shape inequality, knowledge, and political mobi...

Excited to welcome Dr. Liz Przybylski @aissr.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social for a talk on hybrid ethnography followed by a discussion moderated by @britanlar.bsky.social

📅 15 April 2026, 12:00–14:30
📍 Roeterseilandcampus, CREA Music Hall
🔗 More info & registration: aissr.uva.nl/content/even...

Liza Mügge: ‘Diversity is indispensable for our democracy’ Professor Liza Mügge examines how diversity and inequality shape democracy, and why safety, representation and public debate are essential to a well-functioning political system.

We’re proud to share that @lizamugge.bsky.social has been appointed Professor of Politics of Diversity 👩‍🎓

Her research shows why diversity is essential for democratic representation and resilient societies.

Read more 👇
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#AISSR #Democracy #Diversity

Vrouw in de Media Award Vrouw in de Media Award

🎉 Stem op AISSR-politicoloog @zahrarunderkamp.bsky.social

Ze is genomineerd voor de Vrouw in de Media Award, die vrouwelijke experts zichtbaarder maakt omdat zij nog steeds minder vaak aan het woord komen in de media.

👉 Stem t/m 13 feb: vidm.nl/vrouw-in-de-...

A faster transition away from gas starts with listening to residents - AISSR In the collaborative research project Just Prepare, Imrat Verhoeven examines how the energy transition can be made fairer and more effective, particularly in vulnerable neighbourhoods.

⚡A faster energy transition starts with listening. Political scientist Imrat Verhoeven shows why asking residents “How are you?” is often key to fair and effective energy transitions, especially in vulnerable neighbourhoods.

Read the full interview 👇

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IMPULSE spotlight: Alana Helberg-Proctor & Bahareh Goodarzi - AISSR Read the IMPULSE Spotlight on Alana Helberg Proctor and Bahareh Goodarzi, examining how race continues to shape healthcare in the Netherlands and what this means for reproductive justice.

How does race continue to shape healthcare in the Netherlands?

In our IMPULSE Spotlight today: Alana Helberg Proctor & Bahareh Goodarzi examine race-based healthcare practices and their consequences for reproductive justice.

🔗 aissr.uva.nl/content/news...

Why don’t we see addressing poverty as investing in our future? Sociologist Matthew Desmond explains YouTube video by The Daily Show

🎥 In this short clip from @thedailyshow.com, Desmond zoomed in on how U.S. poverty is a policy choice. A theme he will explore further during his AISSR Lecture.

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Accommodating Poverty: The Rising Costs of the American Welfare State - AISSR AISSR Lecture by Pulitzer Prize–winning sociologist Matthew Desmond on poverty, housing and welfare policy. Discover how rising housing costs undermine anti-poverty programs in the US.

Why does poverty persist in wealthy societies?

On 18 March, Matthew Desmond (@princeton.edu & @evictionlab.bsky.social) joins the AISSR for a public lecture on poverty, housing, and inequality. Pulitzer Prize–winning author of 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 & 𝘗𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 📚

Sign up 👇
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Anne Sastromedjo & Siegnella Concincion on Doing a PhD as a Civil Servant at the City of Amsterdam YouTube video by Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

❌❌❌ The Social Science of Amsterdam

🎥 Video 5/6 explores what happens when research is embedded in city government. Anne Sastromedjo & Siegnella Concincion reflect on doing a PhD as civil servants in Amsterdam, bridging policy, care and critical social science in practice:

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Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior

What happens when #Trust becomes volatile? 💥

@cvalebeek.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social use survey data from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 to analyse how #VotingBehaviour is impacted by three key components of #PoliticalTrust.

Find out what they are 👉 📖

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My PhD dissertation is available here: shorturl.at/jJhIt
Unpublished chapters are being developed into w papers 📄
I'am deeply grateful to my promotors @hermwerf.bsky.social, @thijsbol.bsky.social, for their guidance+support, the committee's thoughtful engagement & @aissr.bsky.social colleagues+team

Wie willen de Iraniërs als nieuwe leider(s) als het regime valt? ‘We weten weinig over wat de bevolking nu denkt’ Wie kunnen het overnemen als de Islamitische Republiek aan haar eind komt? Socioloog Ladan Rahbari, die Iran in 2015 verliet, kent genoeg kandidaten. Die zijn niet allemaal even serieus te nemen. ‘De ...

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Yannick Drijfhout on Activism & Social Movements in Amsterdam-Noord YouTube video by Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

❌❌❌ Urban development is often framed as progress, but who decides?

🎥 Video 4/6 of The Social Science of Amsterdam follows Yannick Drijfhout on activism, participation & power in Amsterdam Noord, working closely with community organisations.

@anouk-amsterdam.bsky.social

youtu.be/MCxX9BThMVk?...

Congratulations Dr. @panchoceron.bsky.social! 👨🏻‍🎓Well done 👏

Nanke Verloo on Citizen Participation in Local Decision-Making YouTube video by Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

How inclusive is citizen participation in practice?

🎥 Video 3/6 of *The Social Science of Amsterdam* features Nanke Verloo on participation processes in A'dam, following residents, civil servants & alderman @rutgergrootwassink.bsky.social ⬇️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tdu...

🎉 Congrats to @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social on being elected as a new member of The Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie), an independent division of @knaw-nl.bsky.social

A well-deserved recognition of his impactful research on housing inequality and urban change 👏

🔗 dejongeakademie.nl/en/news/3197...

Christian Bröer on Stress & Time in Amsterdam Families YouTube video by Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

How does social science engage with Amsterdam? ❌❌❌

In this video series, AISSR researchers show how their work connects to everyday urban life 🏙️

🎥 Video 2/6 features Christian Bröer on TimingStress: how time pressure shapes #stress, #sleep and #familylife in Amsterdam ⬇️

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An extremely well-ordered mud-puddle. Migration, the Netherlands, and the fascist horizon - AISSR Explore how contemporary European fascism operates within liberal democracy and why migration is its core battleground. This AISSR lecture by Schinkel & Van Reekum offers sharp insights on Europe and ...

Sign up for next week's AISSR Lecture by Erasmus Uni experts Willem Schinkel & @rvanreekum.bsky.social: 'An extremely well-ordered mud-puddle. Migration, the Netherlands, and the fascist horizon'

Aftertalk with @antigonesdream.bsky.social & Darshan Vigneswaran

15 Jan ⬇️
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Eelke Heemskerk & Yuliia Kazmina on Data Science with Amsterdam’s Research & Statistics (O&S) YouTube video by Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

How does social science engage with Amsterdam? ❌❌❌

In this new video series, researchers show how their work informs policy and urban life 🏙️

🎥Video 1/6 features Eelke Heemskerk, @yuliia-kazmina.bsky.social & Laure Michon on mapping everyday social connections in the city:

youtu.be/gfzCgp5YxH0?...

Slide with the same title as the blog post mentioned above

How to Publish Ethically in a World Dominated by Predatory and Exploitative Academic Publishers

Blog by @aissr.bsky.social
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Join us 15 Jan (15:30–17:00) at CREA for the 3rd AISSR Lecture in our series, by Willem Schinkel & @rvanreekum.bsky.social: An extremely well-ordered mud-puddle.

Aftertalk with Sarah Bracke (@antigonesdream.bsky.social) & Darshan Vigneswaran + drinks. Register now ⬇️

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📢♀️ 'Resilience in Action: A Toolkit for Feminist Strategies in Times of Backlash' is out now!

🧰⚒️ Free to use and share. May this support many of you in pushing back against backlash.

💯⚡Proud of the Push*Back*Lash team @aissr.bsky.social

⬇️👇Download here #Toolkit2
pushbacklash.eu/dissemination/

Nine UvA researchers receive ERC Consolidator Grants The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Consolidator Grants to nine UvA researchers. The laureates are: Thijs Bol, Jaron Harambam, Eirini Karyotaki, Patty Leijten, Dora Matzke, Matthijs Roodui...

Extremely happy that my project got funded with a Consolidator Grant from @erc.europa.eu. The project is called FIRMS, and with a team, I'll study how the workplace/firm affects inequality in careers. We'll use register data to trace the careers of millions of workers. 1/3
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Nine UvA researchers receive ERC Consolidator Grants The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Consolidator Grants to nine UvA researchers. The laureates are: Thijs Bol, Jaron Harambam, Eirini Karyotaki, Patty Leijten, Dora Matzke, Matthijs Roodui...

🌟 Celebrating 5 AISSR researchers awarded the @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grants!

Huge congrats to @abbeyst.bsky.social, @yatunsastra.bsky.social, @thijsbol.bsky.social, Jaron Harambam & @mrooduijn.bsky.social 🎉

Read more about their projects: www.uva.nl/en/content/n...

#ERCCoG

IMPULSE Spotlight: Steven Pickering on Rebuilding Trust in Uncertain Times - AISSR Discover how Steven Pickering’s IMPULSE-funded research explores rebuilding public trust through cross-national experiments and guides policymakers in today’s uncertain political climate.

💠 Rebuilding Trust in Uncertain Times 💠
Launching our IMPULSE Spotlight series!

First up:
@stevepickering.bsky.social on how trust in institutions can be rebuilt through cross-national experiments.

Read the full interview: aissr.uva.nl/content/news...

Explaining Perceptions of Unfair Treatment: Theoretical Arguments and Empirical Evidence from Ethnic Minorities, Women and Students - AMCIS In this lecture, Prof. Dr. Claudia Diehl discusses to what extent the various mechanisms that have been proposed to explain perceived ethnic discrimination apply to other disadvantaged groups and othe...

On Thursday we host Claudia Diehl for the year's last AMCIS Seminar: "Explaining Perceptions of Unfair Treatment: Theoretical Arguments & Empirical Evidence from Ethnic Minorities, Women & Students"

Info & registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...

@codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social

Social Ladders: The Weight of Social Mobility - AMCIS In this talk, Dr Anthony Miro Born (London School of Economics and Political Science) critically explores the ideal of social mobility.

Tomorrow, we host @miroborn.bsky.social for an AMCIS Seminar on "Social Ladders: The Weight of Social Mobility" where he will critically explores the ideal of social mobility.

Info and registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...

@codyhochstenbach.bsky.social
@aissr.bsky.social

✨ Wij zoeken een nieuwe programmamanager! ✨

Werk je graag verbindend tussen onderzoekers, projecten en subsidiegevers? Ben je sterk in organiseren en communiceren? Solliciteer vóór 19 dec 2025 en kom werken binnen ons domein Sociale Wetenschappen:

werkenbij.uva.nl/vacatures/pr...

Rahil Roodsaz (43) geeft les over de liefde aan de UvA: ‘Mensen zijn klaar met datingapps, dat hoor ik ook van studenten’ UvA-docent en liefdesonderzoeker Rahil Roodsaz (43) doet antropologisch onderzoek naar langdurige relaties in de Waterlandpleinbuurt in Noord. ‘Ik vraag heel concreet: waar en hoe vindt het liefhebben...

Onderzoek naar liefde & midlife in Amsterdam-Noord 💛
Antropoloog Rahil Roodsaz duikt in de dagelijkse ritmes van stellen (35–60) in *Rhythms of Love*. Hoe verandert liefde als we ouder worden? Persoonlijke, kwetsbare verhalen vol inzicht.

Een interview in @parool.nl: www.parool.nl/ps-van-de-we...