Arnout van de Rijt
@arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Science. Embracing freedom, openmindedness, compassion, forgiveness, fairness, justice, and humanity, as fascism is knocking on the door.
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🔎 What happens when a natural disaster suddenly constrains your future? Or when technology like egg-freezing extends it?
In the latest #MyEUIResearch video, PhD researcher Alba Bosch explores how our perception of time shapes life decisions.
Watch now 👉 https://loom.ly/YiRG4wc
In the latest #MyEUIResearch video, PhD researcher Alba Bosch explores how our perception of time shapes life decisions.
Watch now 👉 https://loom.ly/YiRG4wc
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🔎 What happens when a natural disaster suddenly constrains your future? Or when technology like egg-freezing extends it?
In the latest #MyEUIResearch video, PhD researcher Alba Bosch explores how our perception of time shapes life decisions.
Watch now 👉 https://loom.ly/YiRG4wc
In the latest #MyEUIResearch video, PhD researcher Alba Bosch explores how our perception of time shapes life decisions.
Watch now 👉 https://loom.ly/YiRG4wc
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Among many nice things at the EUI, you can make music with great people.
In the background of Alba Bosch explaining her fascinating research, we perform "Maig" by Eduard Toldrà. You can find the full recording here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTiT...
(Apply for the PhD until January 15th!)
In the background of Alba Bosch explaining her fascinating research, we perform "Maig" by Eduard Toldrà. You can find the full recording here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTiT...
(Apply for the PhD until January 15th!)
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Among many nice things at the EUI, you can make music with great people.
In the background of Alba Bosch explaining her fascinating research, we perform "Maig" by Eduard Toldrà. You can find the full recording here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTiT...
(Apply for the PhD until January 15th!)
In the background of Alba Bosch explaining her fascinating research, we perform "Maig" by Eduard Toldrà. You can find the full recording here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTiT...
(Apply for the PhD until January 15th!)
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My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
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I talked to @cnn.com about a great achievement for Brazilian democracy, as Jair Bolsonaro starts serving his sentence for trying to overturn an election. www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/a...
Bolsonaro tested Brazil’s democracy. Its Supreme Court stepped in | CNN
Brazilian democracy has spent the past three years in a near-permanent state of tension – a full-body clench against an ex-president who refused to accept defeat. On Saturday morning, those muscles ti...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I talked to @cnn.com about a great achievement for Brazilian democracy, as Jair Bolsonaro starts serving his sentence for trying to overturn an election. www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/a...
"Using data from the PSID’s Transition to Adulthood Study (2005–2021), we identify trajectories of financial and co-residential support between ages 18 and 28 and relate them to economic and partnership trajectories and events."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Ramina Sotoudeh, Ginevra Floridic, "Pathways to Independence: The Dynamics of Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Using data from the PSID’s Transition to Adulthood Study (2005–2021), we identify trajectories of financial and co-residential support between ages 18 and 28 and relate them to economic and partnership trajectories and events."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
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🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
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Come and do a PhD at the #EUI! We are five professors in sociology, within the department of Political and Social Sciences. Social stratification, education, family demography, analytical sociology, experimental sociology, it’s all here!
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Come and do a PhD at the #EUI! We are five professors in sociology, within the department of Political and Social Sciences. Social stratification, education, family demography, analytical sociology, experimental sociology, it’s all here!
"The political ascent of Donald Trump between mid-2015 and the presidential election of November 2016 was not associated with a decline in support for the legalization of undocumented immigrants but the opposite."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Mariano Sana, "Public Support for the Legalization of Undocumented Immigrants during the 2016 Presidential Campaign." sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"The political ascent of Donald Trump between mid-2015 and the presidential election of November 2016 was not associated with a decline in support for the legalization of undocumented immigrants but the opposite."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
"We find a highly connected network core of ∼275 directors...We find a large political premium for directors in very large companies."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Lasse Folke Henriksen, Jacob Aagard Lunding, Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Anton Grau Larsen, "The Hardcore Brokers: Core-Periphery Structure and Political Representation in Denmark’s Corporate Elite Network" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"We find a highly connected network core of ∼275 directors...We find a large political premium for directors in very large companies."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
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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 among parents?
Short answer: yes
1/2
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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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November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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
1/2
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
1/2
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
"Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences are associated with the emotional support and cognitive stimulation of children."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Stacey and Williams, "The Intergenerational Reach of Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences: Associations with Children’s Emotional Support and Cognitive Stimulation" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences are associated with the emotional support and cognitive stimulation of children."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
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Many thanks to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for her excellent review of our short book
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Many thanks to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for her excellent review of our short book
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
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Today, we took part in a symposium at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence on the challenges & opportunities experienced by descendants of immigrants in Italy. We presented recent and ongoing PhD projects from SPS researchers @eui-sps.bsky.social of the EUI @eui-eu.bsky.social, and my work on discrimination.
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today, we took part in a symposium at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence on the challenges & opportunities experienced by descendants of immigrants in Italy. We presented recent and ongoing PhD projects from SPS researchers @eui-sps.bsky.social of the EUI @eui-eu.bsky.social, and my work on discrimination.
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Reading this article on specializion in scientific fields across countries, in input (left, personnel) and output (right, citation impact). This is NL: highest spec. fields are almost all in the social sciences. Scores are relative to the international distribution. direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Reading this article on specializion in scientific fields across countries, in input (left, personnel) and output (right, citation impact). This is NL: highest spec. fields are almost all in the social sciences. Scores are relative to the international distribution. direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
"Across 110th street" -- Bobby Womack
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Across 110th street" -- Bobby Womack
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
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Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
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I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Associate Professorship in Sociology - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
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Very good piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on what the Dutch election might mean for Europe www.politico.eu/article/neth...
As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching
It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Very good piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on what the Dutch election might mean for Europe www.politico.eu/article/neth...
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Are you at the @odissei.bsky.social Conference today? The Portal team released an update, improving centralized search for social science datasets available in various repositories in the Netherlands. The Portal will be showcased at conference, by Ricarda Braukmann of DANS a.o.
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Are you at the @odissei.bsky.social Conference today? The Portal team released an update, improving centralized search for social science datasets available in various repositories in the Netherlands. The Portal will be showcased at conference, by Ricarda Braukmann of DANS a.o.
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
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Met @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social in het @fd.nl over het plan van @simonhix.bsky.social en @catherinedevries.bsky.social over een kiesdrempel fd.nl/opinie/15758...
🎁 Hogere kiesdrempel bemoeilijkt politieke bestuurbaarheid
Een hogere kiesdrempel lijkt een logische reactie op de politieke versnippering, maar zou Nederland juist minder bestuurbaar maken. Kleine partijen fungeren vaak als smeerolie in het systeem, schrijve...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Met @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social in het @fd.nl over het plan van @simonhix.bsky.social en @catherinedevries.bsky.social over een kiesdrempel fd.nl/opinie/15758...