Interesting new preprint on how political preferences of Turkish emigrants in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland evolve, and the extent to which they resemble those of non-immigrant Turkish peers, by @jwied.bsky.social , Mareike Heller, and Serhat Karakayali.
Heute wünsche ich mir, jemand in der Bundesregierung würde mal die strategische Wohnungsreserve des Bundes anzapfen.
They don't teach Sorokin in Migration Studies, do they?
Refugee integration researchers: send us your abstracts!
Figure 4 Average marginal effects, representative and wealthy sample. Notes: Each color represents one hypothesis. Based on N = 5,600 evaluations in the representative sample and N = 6,368 evaluations in the wealthy sample. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals shown.
Interesting paper by @natrinh.bsky.social, @dariatisch.bsky.social, & @schechtlm.bsky.social on how the Germans assess division of intergenerational transfers among siblings academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
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#FarRight amplifiers 🔊
@dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social show how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties, particularly around Islam, migration & cultural issues. #AfD
Send us abstracts!
Periodic reminder that this is happening. We particularly invite proposals by social scientists (broadly conceived) and migration experts!
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We are organizing a conference to discuss spatial dynamics in refugee integration
🎤 Keynotes: Jenny Phillimore, Wolfgang Dauth
📆 November 9th/10th @lifbi.bsky.social in Bamberg.
🏁 Application deadline: April 30th 2026.
Consider applying!
More info and CfP: www.lifbi.de/UneTra-Confe...
New analytical sociology textbook just dropped
Glückwunsch!
Can culture help to explain prejudice? We (@maxschaub.bsky.social) explore this question by examining the rise of antisemitism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
@wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
It's cold here. Time for gulasch I think.
Das Balkendiagramm zeigt für jeweils die Bundesländer mit den beiden höchsten und den beiden niedrigsten Werten den Anteil der befragten Migrantinnen und Migranten mit Auswanderungsüberlegungen sowie mit konkreten Auswanderungsplänen in Prozent. Zusätzlich ist der bundesweite Durchschnitt für beide Größen dargestellt. Mehr Informationen dazu entnehmen Sie bitte dem begleitenden Text im IAB-Forum. Die Daten stammen aus der repräsentativen Online-Befragung von eingewanderten Personen in Deutschland „International Mobility Panel of Migrants in Germany“ (IMPa) (Feldphase Ende 2024 bis Anfang 2025), und sind gewichtet (N = 41.608).
Bleiben oder gehen ❓ Das fragen sich auch in Deutschland lebende Migrantinnen und Migranten. Ergebnisse der IAB-Online-Befragung „International Mobility Panel of Migrants in Germany“ zeigen, dass Auswanderungsüberlegungen und -pläne regional sehr unterschiedlich ausgeprägt sind. (1/2)
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We are organizing a conference to discuss spatial dynamics in refugee integration
🎤 Keynotes: Jenny Phillimore, Wolfgang Dauth
📆 November 9th/10th @lifbi.bsky.social in Bamberg.
🏁 Application deadline: April 30th 2026.
Consider applying!
More info and CfP: www.lifbi.de/UneTra-Confe...
Growth is up 0.2% percentage points, but the snow is all gone now.
Periodic reminder that this is happening. We particularly invite proposals by social scientists (broadly conceived) and migration experts!
The delayed acceptance of female research in economics lStephan B. Bruns, Anthony Doucouliagos d, Hristos Doucouliagos Johannes König , T.D. Stanley, Katarina Zigova https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.105204 Abstract We explore gender differences in the time taken to accept empirical articles of economics research. On average, female-authored articles take 9 % longer to accept. This gender gap cannot be fully attributed to differences in author affiliation, research productivity, research quality and novelty. The gender composition of editorial boards does not affect acceptance time for female authors. Nevertheless, this gender gap narrows as female representation in an area of research deepens. We find evidence of sub-field differences in this gender gap, consistent with differences in social norms.
A study on publication time focussing on differences between the gender-composition of authors.
"Sample averages show that all female-authored articles take about 9 % longer to accept [...] while female solo-authored articles take about 20 % longer to accept"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Danke!
Whoever runs the ESR account surely loves exclamation marks!!
Ich auch!
Poster for the “Sociological Ash Wednesday” event at the University of Cologne on 18 February 2026, 16:00–18:00, in lecture hall A2, with a background photo of the Cologne skyline and cathedral at sunset over the Rhine. Large white text announces the title “SOZIOLOGISCHER ASCHERMITTWOCH”, with green banner slogans reading “Universitäre Diskursräume” and “Zwischen Freiheit und Beschränkung”. The lower left lists a panel discussion with Claudia Diehl (Konstanz), Naika Foroutan (Berlin), Markus Ogorek (Köln), Uwe Schimank (Bremen) and Richard Traunmüller (Mannheim), moderated by Jan‑Martin Wiarda, and organisation credit to Clemens Kroneberg with a website link. The logos of the University of Cologne, the Adenauer School of Government and the WiSo Faculty’s 125‑year anniversary (1901–2026) appear at the top and bottom of the poster.
Cologne sociologist Clemens Kroneberg invites to the Sociological Ash Wednesday on 18 February at the University of Cologne.
This year’s high-calibre panel discussion focuses on how to deal with academic freedom and diversity of perspectives in universities and academic world.
bit.ly/soziologisch...
Title and abstract (300-500 words) can be sent until 15 March 2026 to mad-office@wzb.eu. WZB will cover travel and accommodation costs for invited participants. See wzb.eu/de/veranstal... for more details.
Thrilled to see this article in print by my former colleagues at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
Brilliant article just out in PLOSOne: The overlap of gender and ethnicity/SES in school classes has large effects on friendship segregation.
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Call for Papers:
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
Philosophers of migration: What in your opinion is the best single article/book that defends the right to exclude? Curious what the general opinion is here: Miller, Wellman, Walzer, Song, Blake, Pevnick, something else?
Note: I am not assuming that you agree with said article. #philsky #pol theory
As a researcher of internal and international migration, I pledge never to title any research output "Should I stay or should I go". 🤞
1. Less skilled labor is abundant. 2. Skilled emigration is a brain drain. 3. Development substitutes for migration. 4. Migration substitutes for failing development, but doesn't cause development.
The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
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I get the feeling the concept of Advent calendar translates poorly to US English