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Hannah Zagel @hannahzagel.bsky.social · Jul 17

Welcome, Andreas! I look forward to working with you.

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Christian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · Jun 19

❗ The 𝘞𝘡𝘉 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 (@wzb.bsky.social‬) establishes a 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 for the 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 and is looking for its future 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 ❗

📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know! ⁣
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wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire... ⁣

#Polisky
@epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

Director for the study of democracy

The Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) is Germany’s leading non-university research institute for fundamental social science research, with a...

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Hannah Zagel @hannahzagel.bsky.social · Jun 18

We look forward to hosting you here!

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Roxana-Diana Burciu @roxanaburciu.bsky.social · Jun 18

I will be at TU Dortmund from 23 June to 4 July, visiting @hannahzagel.bsky.social at the Life Course Sociology Chair. Get in touch if you're around and want to chat about family, poverty, or the brief German summer 🌞
ls.sowi.tu-dortmund.de/en/details/b...

Benvenuta a Dortmund, Roxana Diana Burciu!

Roxana Diana Burciu from the Università Bocconi is visiting our chair as part of the Research Explorer Ruhr program from 23.06. to 04.07. Welcome, Roxana! We are looking forward to an exciting time f...

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Joe Strong @joestrong.bsky.social · May 6

FINAL WEEK [deadline May 9th] to apply to this year's BSPS Demography Conference @bspsuk.bsky.social

Strands on:
💚 Fertility and Sexual and Reproductive Health
🧡 Critical Demography

Friendliest conference in town. Only 250 word abstract. Go go go!!!

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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · Apr 30

‼️JOB ALERT‼️

Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work

100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨‍💻👩‍🏫🦸

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Thorsten Faas @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · Feb 21

Schon 4000 Leute - vielen Dank. Aber wir nehmen gerne noch mehr! www.wahlumfrage2025.de

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · Feb 15

This summer we are hosting the 4th installment of the ODISSEI-SICSS. Its a summer school on Computational Social Science. We provide access and training to the ODISSEI infrastructure and if you aren't local, we provide accomodation for two weeks.

sicss.io/2025/odissei/

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨 please share!

We will be running our annual workshop on the political economy of development in Berlin @wzb.bsky.social in June.

This is a really fun workshop doing deep reads of a small number of new papers.

Call for papers / participants below! ⬇️

www.wzb.eu/en/events/mo...

MoPED Workshop

Berlin Meeting on the Political Economy of Development (MoPED) -- The MoPED workshop offers an opportunity for scholars who focus on the political economy of development, broadly defined, to build...

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Stephan Köppe @drkoeppe.bsky.social · Feb 14

We are looking for your submissions to our ESPAnet 2025 stream:
www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
The more submissions, the more paper slots. And great team of convenors!
@petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social P. Schober @cassandraengeman.bsky.social @heejungchung.bsky.social @hannahzagel.bsky.social

Espnet stream
30. Navigating Gender, Identity, and Care: Policies and Politics in European Welfare Systems

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Jan 31

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the German CDU, just claimed in parliament that gang rapes are committed on a daily basis by asylum seekers in Germany. It is pure far right propaganda. The mainstreaming of the far right is happening on steroids in Germany right now.

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TU Dortmund @tu-dortmund.de · Jan 24

Guten Morgen, wir sind nun auch hier! #tudo crowd: Teilt gerne diesen Beitrag & spread the message 🙂 Wer sich vernetzen möchte: Wir haben eine Liste mit TU-Accounts in unserem Profil angelegt. Freuen uns auf Kommunikation & Austausch. 💚

Ein Smartphone-Display in Nahaufnahme mit den Icons der Bluesky-App und der TU-Dortmund-App nebeneinander. Dazu der Text: "Hallo, Bluesky!"

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · Dec 29

We have slightly updated our white paper on the future of Social Science Infrastructure in Europe. zenodo.org/records/1456...

We would be very interested in hearing thoughts and opinions. The global data landscape is changing dramatically and we need to think critically about what we do next.

European Social Science Infrastructure White Paper

Building on the achievements of recent years and envisioning a stronger alignment between the needs of the research community, we offer 7 clear recommendations for developments in Data, Computation, F...

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Sonja Blum @sonjablum.bsky.social · Dec 9

Job alert 🚨

🔎 (Postdoc) Researcher (full-time)
Bielefeld University
✨Comparative Politics & Public Policy
Apply until 3 January 2025

Details 🇩🇪 uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/386...
Details 🇬🇧 uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/386...

Please share widely/get in touch for more info

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d)

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Zachary Van Winkle @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social · Dec 2

A nice discussion on economic vulnerability and life course-sensitive social policies by Anette Fasang featuring collaborative research with myself, @robgruijters.bsky.social, @emstruffolino.bsky.social and @hannahzagel.bsky.social.

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Konrad Litschko @litschko.bsky.social · Nov 23

"Es reicht ein Durchgeknallter." CDU-MdB @wanderwitz.bsky.social verlässt die Politik. Auch andere Abgeordnete erleben Anfeindungen. Karl Lauterbach, Karamba Diaby @baerbelbas.de @petrapau.bsky.social @ricardalang.bsky.social fordern ein Gegensteuern. @sabineamorde.bsky.social taz.de/Rueckzug-von...

Rückzug von Marco Wanderwitz: Die Bedrohten

Der CDU-Mann Marco Wanderwitz verlässt die Politik, und er ist nicht der Einzige. Der Aufschrei ist groß – aber auch die Frage, was zu tun ist.

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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · Nov 22

🚨 NEW #OpenAccess Book 🚨
Reproduction Policy in the Twenty-First Century by @hannahzagel.bsky.social

📖 Free to read, download, & share on ElgarOnline: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

🔍 Explore more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

#WelfareStates #ReproductiveRights @ralmeling.bsky.social

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Hannah Zagel @hannahzagel.bsky.social · Nov 22

It’s live! Read now: www.elgaronline.com/view/book/97...

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Nov 20

⏰ Please share widely!

We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!

Predoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) (ID 303)

The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is a publicly financed research institution that conducts leading edge theory-based and problem-oriented social ...

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Hannah Zagel @hannahzagel.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thank you!

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Anna Kluge @annekluge.bsky.social · Nov 19

Very excited about this book, full of insightful contributions! 🎉 My chapter explores curriculum-making in sex education: who is (made) responsible for what goes into these curricula? A comparative lens on "knowledge responsibility" across German federal states. Open-access available soon!

Hannah Zagel @hannahzagel.bsky.social · Nov 19

Our book is out! It will be available open access soon. Read about reproduction policy in the welfare state from various comparative perspectives.

www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/rep...

Reproduction Policy in the Twenty-First Century

‘This book is truly going somewhere new, elucidating reproduction policy as a field of study and critically integrating it into comparative welfare state research. It shines an original light on an un...

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Hannah Zagel @hannahzagel.bsky.social · Nov 19

Our book is out! It will be available open access soon. Read about reproduction policy in the welfare state from various comparative perspectives.

www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/rep...

Reproduction Policy in the Twenty-First Century

‘This book is truly going somewhere new, elucidating reproduction policy as a field of study and critically integrating it into comparative welfare state research. It shines an original light on an un...

www.e-elgar.com

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Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yale Sociology is running 3 joint searches for assistant professors! Reach out with questions.

Sociology/African American Studies
apply.interfolio.com/151852

Sociology/Council on African Studies
apply.interfolio.com/150528

Sociology/Jackson School of Global Affairs
apply.interfolio.com/151641

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · May 10

From X: in the Harvard Crimson, Jocelyn Viterna schools the disingenuous people counting "gotcha" words in course catalogs to (supposedly) show universities' leftie indoctrination of students. Worth a read:

www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · Mar 12

We seek 2 (research) master's students, eager to embark on a #PhD project on:

1. Wealth and Family Cohesion (@norawaitkus.bsky.social)
2. Uncertainty Around Candidate Quality & Discriminatory Hiring Outcomes (Tomas Turner-Zwinkels)

Deadline: 5 April

www.academictransfer.com/en/338638/2-...

2 PhD positions in Sociology at Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Tilburg University - Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences has job openings for 2 PhD positions in Sociology at Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (1.0 FTE) for the Department...

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