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Molly Fee @molly-fee.bsky.social · 15d

So happy to share that my book, Believing in Light After Darkness: Displacement and Refugee Resettlement, will be out in March with @ucpress.bsky.social
www.ucpress.edu/books/believ...

Believing in Light after Darkness by Molly Fee - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

www.ucpress.edu

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Daniela Urbina J. @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations, Molly!!!!

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UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 22d

Announcing the 2025-2026 Inequality Workshop schedule!
Join us throughout the academic year for dialogue and critical commentary on some of today’s most pressing issues.

Want early access? Sign up for our newsletter → bit.ly/4pxC2fC

#InequalityResearch #AcademicWorkshops #UChicago

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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · 22d

📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris.

📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!

▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

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World Inequality Conference 2026 - World Inequality Lab

The World Inequality Lab is organizing the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, to be held at the Paris School of Economics on June 4-5, 2026.

inequalitylab.world

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 22d

📢 #CallForPapers - On Families, Technology and the Economy
NYU Abu Dhabi and CEPR invite papers for a workshop that will take place at NYU Abu Dhabi on 15-17 December.
Deadline for submission: 1 October
More information and submission details: cepr.org/events/famil...
#EconSky #EconConf

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Jen Heerwig @drjenh.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 We’re HIRING! 🚨
The Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University (SUNY) is seeking two tenure-track Assistant Professors in Global Inequality & Justice (start Fall 2026).

Come join a vibrant, growing department at New York’s top public university!
📍 Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/172669

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Ariel Ducey @aducey.bsky.social · 24d

My department, University of Calgary Sociology, is hiring four assistant professors. Part of our Faculty of Arts renewal plan. Please read all details here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

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Charlie Rahal @crahal.com · Sep 1

🚨It's that exciting time of year!🚨

Our team has got TWO open DPhil (PhD) positions in #datascience + #health here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for 2026🎉! See for details:

1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html
2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026.html

Please share and help us to find our future teammates ❤️!

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Sep 9

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Criminology (in our Sociology department)! Tenure track. 2/2 teaching load. Great colleagues. Fantastic location.

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Assistant Professor of Sociology with an expertise in Criminology, tenure track, nine-month position beginning August 16, 2026. Competitive salary for an entry-level position. The Department offers un...

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Daniela Urbina J. @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social · Sep 2

It also includes my article on women's education and marriage/cohabitation in Colombia :) Check it out!

Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Sep 2

The August issue posted last week--5 notes, 9 articles & a note from the new Editors in Chief. This issue includes research on mobility-based segregation, child migration in Africa, educational inequality in biological aging, and inequalities in dementia risk. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...

Volume 62 Issue 4 | Demography | Duke University Press

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Valentina Di Stasio @distasioval.bsky.social · Sep 2

Assistant Professor vacancy at Utrecht University!

Rense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · Sep 1

WORK! The Sociology Department at Utrecht University is hiring a new assistant prof, with expertise on migration/integration/polarization/stratification. Come join us! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...

Universitair docent sociologie

Wil jij studenten inspireren en vernieuwend onderwijs geven? Versterk ons team als universitair docent met expertise in migratie en/of sociale stratificatie.

www.uu.nl

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Robert (Bob) Faris @bobfaris.bsky.social · Aug 29

UC Davis Sociology will be hiring an assistant professor specializing in gender. If that's your area, apply here:

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07293

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Sociology of Gender

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Social Science Research @ssreditorial.bsky.social · Aug 15

@tvanheuvelen.bsky.social‬ and colleagues investigate whether unionization reduces earnings disparities between Black and White workers in the public sector. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Daniela Urbina J. @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you, Maggie!!!

Daniela Urbina J. @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social · Aug 13

While we know how female advantages in education have changed union formation in rich countries, we know much less about the implications of these trends in contexts that are less economically prosperous and have more gender inequality in the domestic and public realms. Check it out!

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Daniela Urbina J. @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm delighted to share my new article in @readdemography.bsky.social!

Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Aug 13

“Female Advantages in Education & Union Formation”: @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social uses DHS & Colombia census data to assess changes in union entry & assortative mating in a middle-income setting where women are, overall, better educated. @uscsociology.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Aug 7

This year’s RSSM publication award goes to

The long-run causal effects of single-sex schooling on work-related outcomes in South Korea

Kim, Ahn, Behrman, Choi, Dimant, Hannum, Lee, Mutz, Park
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 89, 100876, 2024

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congrats to @andrewpenner.bsky.social and a host of co-authors on winning the award for significant scholarship from @isa-rc28.bsky.social, presented by RC president @jenniebrand.bsky.social.

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · Aug 1

The ISA RC28 Spring Meeting 2026 will be held at the campus of Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) in Seville.
Conference dates: May 20–22, 2026.
Theme: Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South

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UW-Madison Sociology @uwsoc.bsky.social · Jul 29

We're hiring! Please share with your networks!

The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · Jul 17

Research Associate/Post-Doctoral Fellow @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean. Apps due 10/1 - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Jobs | City University of New York

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Martina Yopo Díaz @martinayopo.bsky.social · Jul 17

Invitamos a enviar propuestas para un libro editado sobre justicia reproductiva en América Latina. El plazo para el envío de propuestas es el 30 de noviembre, 2025. Más info en: tinyurl.com/2298h4c5

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Jul 11

It's here! Our latest issue takes up big social problems, from the multi-front assault on queer and trans people to the opioid epidemic, urban segregation, and environmental racism. #sociology

Clickable table of contents: contexts.org/articles/sp25-toc/

Companion playlist: tinyurl.com/CTXsp25tunes

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Rodolfo Disi Pavlic @rdisip.bsky.social · Jul 10

1/11 How does justification of violence against the police change when you live near protests that are actively policed?

In this article, just published in @sfjournal.bsky.social, we address this question using the 2019 Chilean social uprising as a case study.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

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