Fabrizio Bernardi
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Fabrizio Bernardi
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Sociologist at UNED (Madrid) working on educational inequalities, social mobility and social demography, EiC of ESR.

https://www.fabriziobernardi.net

Political science 37%
Sociology 28%
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New article in @sfjournal.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and I. Lievore on the effect of edu expansion among parents on children's achievement

Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?

Short answer: yes

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Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands? The withering performance and advantage of their children
Abstract. Extensive research has examined the effect of educational expansion in one cohort on educational inequality and occupational returns in that same
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@ipp-csic.bsky.social. En un día como el 25N hay que contarlo: La violencia contra las mujeres se esconde en la intimidad de los hogares y se cobra víctimas cada día globalmente con un coste social abrumador: No podemos ignorarlo ni tampoco relativizarlo. @csic.es
elpais.com/opinion/2025...

Reposted by Fabrizio Bernardi

Are citizens supportive of public spending on education when it requires paying more taxes?

#ID_Özel #S_Parrado #K_Yıldırım new paper says: No!
Yet evaluations of one’s own children’s schooling reduce this cost sensitivity!

➡️Read the full paper at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf043
Attitudes towards education spending when facing a fiscal trade-off: an analysis of stakeholders
Abstract. Public investment in education is popular in advanced countries. This paper examines whether such public support prevails when individuals are as
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We use:
- Variance function regressions

- Siblings fixed models

- Sociogenomic data for propensity for educational attainment

We show that the effect of luck is socially stratified: it is larger for low SES students with high PGI for education

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Off to Mannheim!
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting at the MZES:

“Unequal Luck: Chance as a Mechanism of Educational Inequality”

with @ferraraale.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social

where luck= chance+ consequences

Here the wp:

osf.io/preprints/so...

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Newly accepted manuscripts at ESR, below.

Check it out for continuos updates

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Reposted by Fabrizio Bernardi

🚩New experimental evidence at the European Sociological Review!

#Martin_Aranguren advances the conceptualization of discrimination, addressing it as a stressor and highlighting its environmental origin!!

Read the full article at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf047
Stressful discrimination: two field experiments on social interaction
Abstract. Interactional incidents are a common object of survey studies on perceived discrimination and of field experiments on discrimination in social in
doi.org

But then can we non maliciously instruct AI as a direct alternative to online surveys?
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail

Reposted by Dave O’Brien

See you in Sevilla!

RC28 conference, 20-22 May 2026
Deadline for abstracts: 1st of December

eventos.upo.es/137585/secti...
The Conference
Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is an honour to welcome you to the RC28 Spring Meeting 2026. This academic meeting is proposed a...
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On my way to chair a session at the GEPS (Population and Society) workshop in Madrid.

Great line-up today.

If you want to drop by:
Sala S. Aleksiévich
Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, UCM
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
new paper by Sean Westwood:

With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research

Reposted by Fabrizio Bernardi

¿Hablar de política en una cita romántica? ¿Algo incómodo… o una oportunidad para saber quién tienes delante?

Mañana nos visita @lalamur.bsky.social de la @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Acércate hasta el @cchscsic.bsky.social o sigue su charla en directo por aquí:

www.youtube.com/live/QactHQc...
Seminario del IPP con Lala Muradova
El Instituto de Bienes y Políticas Públicas (IPP) da la bienvenida a Lala Muradova, investigadora de la Universidad de Southampton, quien presentará su última charla: "Political Talk on Romantic Date...
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🔈 *Call for Participation* 🔈

Italian Conference on Computational Social Science – CS2Italy
May 19-21, 2026 in Torino, Italy

Premier venue for Computational Social Science in Italy: #sociology #polisci #economics #netsci #complexsystems ++

Submit your abstract by Jan 15: cs2italy.org

plz reshare

I think you are right!

This is the way we put it. With expansion subjects with less cultural capital attain BA and there is a longer queue of BA holders in the labor market. Some become overqualified. So: they have less cultural capital and less interest in transmitting it to their children.

that is correct!

Maybe they “find a way” to ensure their children finish high school and obtain a BA, but their advantage in terms of achievement (test scores) erodes.

Congratulations!

congratulations!!

702 euros to be precise...por el retraso de la agencia en contestar, imposibilidad de reservar con Ryanair, error en la reserva etc. Lo más absurdo es que la administración no pone ninguna pega a los 702 euros, pero impone buscar un hotel por 65 euros en Madrid

Reposted by Jani Erola

Key findings:

1. The parental advantage associated to children's achievement in PISA declines as parental education expands.

2. Two mechanisms drive this decline:
- parental over-qualification and
- reduced positive selection of parents who attain tertiary education, with expansion.

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Ejemplo del esperpento actual: invitar a un ponente extranjero para un seminario

Un mes de correos entre organizadores, ponente, administración y agencia

Resultado:
– Vuelo Madrid–Milán: 700 €.
– Hotel: tope 65 € (con la clásica cadena de memorias para aprobar “la excepción que es regla”)

De acuerdo con esta propuesta 👇

Pero para atraer talento es tb indispensable simplificar las gestiones asociadas a la investigación y a la gestión de proyectos. Para empezar:
1. Abolir el requerimiento de usar la agencia de viajes
2. Subir dietas de alojamiento

elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Atraer talento universitario en un momento clave
Las amenazas de Trump a los centros de enseñanza superior de su país abren una oportunidad única para impulsar la investigación en España y Europa
elpais.com
In Norway, you’ll be lucky if undergrads call you *anything*. Most messages or emails simply begin with, “Hei…”.

I’m fine with this personally as it’s the norm here, but it *does* mean I usually need to give “the talk” to more senior students who need to contact researchers outside Norway
There’s a new kid in town!

Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.

We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.

With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...
www.fertstert.org

In Madrid this week? Don’t miss @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social presentation

"The Hidden Demographics of Prenatal Selection: Evidence from Family DNA"

at the UNED inequality/social demography seminar

When: 13th Nov, 19.00-20.30

Where: Room Jorge Cavodeassi (OEI), UNED,
Calle Bravo Murillo 38
The UNED inequality and social demography seminar is back, with @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social @l-sage.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @nicolettabalbo and @danieloesch

If you are Madrid, come along!

👇the program for this academic year

Congrats and very well-deserved!!! Enjoy Paris and if you have time, you could pay a sociological homage/pilgrimage to Durkheim’s (or Jim Morrison’s) grave.

Perfil: conocimiento en desigualdades educativas, movilidad social y análisis del curso de vida; manejo de métodos cualitativos y/o cuantitativos.

Para manifestaciones de interés, contactarme por email: [email protected]

Pasad este mensaje a estudiantes de master/doctorado🙏

Reposted by Bruno Arpino

¿Te interesan los temas de desigualdad y movilidad social? ¿Quieres hacer el doctorado?

Va a salir una Beca FPI en el proyecto I+D que dirijo:
“Does luck matter? The role of luck in individual life courses and views of redistribution”.

La convocatoria oficial de la UNED saldrá en breve.

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I delivered the laudatio for @socarxiv.bsky.social which won the 2025 @kohli-sociology.bsky.social Infrastructure Prize for Sociology. The ceremony was at the @eui-eu.bsky.social and SocArXiv was represented by @philipncohen.com .

My laudatio here:
www.fabriziobernardi.net/laudatio-for...
Laudatio for the Award of the Kohli Infrastructure Prize for Sociology to SocArXiv » fabrizio bernardi
On November 5th at the EUI, I had the honour of delivering the laudatio for SocArXiv, which was awarded the Kohli Infrastructure Prize for Sociology for the year 2025. SocArXiv ... Read more
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