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Ariane Ophir

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Sociologist & Demographer | Family & Singlehood | Gender & Life course | US & EU | PI of SINGLE (ERC StG 2025-2030) @ercsingle.bsky.social https://arianeophir.wixsite.com/arianeophir

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 26d

💼📣 I’m seeking a student to work as a Research Assistant (MA/PhD) in Barcelona on a gender inequality & household labor project. Part-time (8–10 h/wk, flexible). Great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in quantitative comparative research. Apply by 15 Oct! #sociology
🔗 shorturl.at/RbYGT

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Jessie Baldwin @jessiebaldwin.bsky.social · 1d

I'm hiring! ✨ Looking for a Research Fellow to study environmental factors that mitigate intergenerational transmission of mental health.

3-year post at UCL @uclbrainscience.bsky.social with great opportunities for training, collaboration & exciting science!

🔗 Apply: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ633/r...

Research Fellow in Mental Health at UCL

Apply for the Research Fellow in Mental Health role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 1d

First the family typology codes and now this?? The rEUsilience project is a true fairy godparent of comparative family research 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 1d

FINALLY!!!!

Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 1d

mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition

Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:

osf.io/preprints/so...

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 4d

I'm happy to report that I understand each Spanish curse word that drunk man is screaming down the street.

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LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research @liser.lu · 4d

⭐WE ARE HIRING! ✨ Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Social Sciences - Ref: 25-35

ℹ️ Learn more: shorturl.at/YrzIh
📧 Work-related questions: Contact Dr. Magdalena GORCZYNSKA-ANGIULLI | [email protected]
📧 Administrative matters: Contact Mrs. Vanya KIROVA | [email protected]

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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Postdoc! Join us to develop #AI (#LLM) tools for research, governance & lawmaking.

📅 Apply by Oct 21, 16.15 (Finnish time)
⏳ fixed-term 2026–2028

🔗 valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/seni...

@thlfi.bsky.social #openpositions #Hiring
#ResearchJob #AcademicJob #AIResearch #Postdoc #ResearchCareers

Senior Researcher (Postdoctoral Researcher, AI Evaluation of Committee Work Project) - National Institute for Health and Welfare

Open job: Senior Researcher (Postdoctoral Researcher, AI Evaluation of Committee Work Project), National Institute for Health and Welfare - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 7d

Deadline approaching! Looking forward to your submissions to
Session 813 "Union Formation, Dissolution, & Singlehood" 💍💔💃🏻

Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 10d

4 days left! Submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. Join demographers and social and health scientists at all career stages, from the US and abroad, next May in St. Louis, Missouri for #PAA2026. buff.ly/HoZlR1U

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DEMO LLN 🇧🇪 @demographielln.bsky.social · 8d

🚨New Tenure Position!
We're looking for a new colleague to join our dynamic team in Belgium.

Innovative quantitative methods | Health & environment | Population dynamics

Read job description here: jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAca...
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2025
#job #tenure

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 8d

I miss being able running a poll...

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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 10d

The @popassocamerica.bsky.social deadline is coming up on Sunday 📆

I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.

I look forward to reading your work in this area!

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Tomás Cano @tomascano.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Contrato Inicial de Doctorado (UNED) 📢

🔹7 meses · 10h/semana · 725€/mes
🔹 Remoto o presencial
🔹Tema: socio-demografía, familia, género, estratificación social.
🔹Requisitos: máster afín, inglés alto, análisis estadístico.

📅 Plazo: 13/10/25
📩 Info: files.persona.co/60187/Contra...

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 9d

When celebrity gossip and sociology merge forces:

The amount of care women give men is so one-directional that I wouldn't be surprised if it's true that Nicole Kidman had a clause in her prenup that SHE pays HIM for BEING sober instead of HIM paying HER for NOT being sober.

Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 9d

And we are very happy to have you onboard! 🥳

Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 11d

I need someone to explain to me why in Europe there are "master programs" that are different from "postgraduate degree programs" but somehow its the PhD students that are called "pre-doctoral students" while some postdoc jobs are labeled as "PhD positions."

I'm seriously soooo confused.

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 16d

An occupational hazard is getting sucked into the "childfree" algorithm of middle-class American/Canadian/British women and men who are really just secretly libertarians and fighting the urge to start another paper.

Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 16d

Deadline approaching!

Looking forward to your submissions to the "Union Formation, Dissolution, and Singlehood" session 813 (under Family Demography). #PAA2026

Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 18d

Come work with us @crestsociology.bsky.social

We are looking for a post-doc with a background in social sciences, interested in NLP and in media & journalism studies.

Details here: www.css.cnrs.fr/post-doctora...

Post-Doctoral Position – Media / Journalism – CSS @ IP-Paris

Site web de l'axe sciences sociales computationnelles du CREST-CNRS. Cours et tutoriels pour l'analyse des données numériques en sciences sociales.

www.css.cnrs.fr

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Bruno Arpino @brunoarpino.bsky.social · 19d

🚀 2-year Postdoc opportunity with me on older adults, digital technologies & wellbeing.

Flexible location/remote-friendly

Deadline 9 Oct, 13:00 CEST

Details & how to apply (both ITA/ENG):

www.stat.unipd.it/procedura-se...

#Postdoc #Ageing #Demography #DigitalInequality

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 22d

Choose the citation style that gives you more space.

Unless the ERC imposed specific rules this year, consider using a style where in-text citations are superscript numbers (e.g. APA bracket in Zotero). Why waste precious space on in-text citations? It's not an article... /end

Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 22d

4/ Intellectually exciting > intellectually dense.

This isn’t a peer-review article. They need to understand well enough to be able to articulate your ideas on your behalf to the rest of the panel. Help them help you by appealing to the tired nerd side. Human-friendly writing goes a long way.

Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 22d

3/ The margins are fixed, but the page is not.

Tables, charts, bold, italics, underline, COLORS—use them! Aesthetics is a powerful communication tool. Use the page in whatever way that best serves your project (but have internal consistency).

Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 22d

2/ The budget isn't an afterthought.

You’ll eventually move money around. But your budget defines team, scope, timeline, and your mobility options. You should have a general understanding of it and not blindly leave it to the HI. Be (politely) annoying now—or you’ll pay for it later. Literally.

Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 22d

1/ Say less. Repeat more.

It’s actually about saying less—but very well. Find 1-3 clear key messages that tie the project together and repeat these again & again (& again). If someone skips two paragraphs, they should still grasp the core of the project. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat!

Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 22d

Things about writing an #ERC Starting Grant that took me a long to time to understand despite all the webinars and resources I consumed (aka "things I wish someone had screamed at me 2 years ago"): 🧵

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Ariane Ophir @arianeophir.bsky.social · 23d

Not me missing my old tweets that I could have referenced now with snarky"told you" on so many things. All that wisdome, gone.