Keonhi Son
@keonhison.bsky.social
Research Fellow at MZES and Visiting Scholar at Sciences po | previously SOCIUM Bremen & MPIfG (visiting) | Comparative Welfare Research | Historical Political Economy | Gender Study
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Keonhi Son
@keonhison.bsky.social
· Dec 11
🙌NEW PUBLICATION:
Have you ever wondered why many women in early history supported rightist parties that often suppressed women's political rights?
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
In this paper, I offer a supply-side explanation, focusing on political parties' positions on gender policies, 1900-1975.
Have you ever wondered why many women in early history supported rightist parties that often suppressed women's political rights?
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
In this paper, I offer a supply-side explanation, focusing on political parties' positions on gender policies, 1900-1975.
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📣 Final Call for visiting fellowships for postdocs at the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social! Great opportunity to spend 2-4 weeks in a fantastic academic environment! See 👇 for details!
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
📣 Final Call for visiting fellowships for postdocs at the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social! Great opportunity to spend 2-4 weeks in a fantastic academic environment! See 👇 for details!
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CRC 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" Enters Third Funding Phase! 🌏🥳 DFG is supporting the CRC for another four years until the end of 2029! #socialpolicy Read more: socialpolicydynamics.de/en
uni-bremen.de/en/
uni-bremen.de/en/
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
CRC 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" Enters Third Funding Phase! 🌏🥳 DFG is supporting the CRC for another four years until the end of 2029! #socialpolicy Read more: socialpolicydynamics.de/en
uni-bremen.de/en/
uni-bremen.de/en/
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Publication in Journal of Development Studies
💡 Rethinking vulnerability to international human trafficking in theoretical frame: agency instead of passive victimhood
🚻 No baseline gender gap—but: a gendered bystander effect, increasing men’s vulnerability, not women’s
doi.org/10.1080/0022...
💡 Rethinking vulnerability to international human trafficking in theoretical frame: agency instead of passive victimhood
🚻 No baseline gender gap—but: a gendered bystander effect, increasing men’s vulnerability, not women’s
doi.org/10.1080/0022...
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Publication in Journal of Development Studies
💡 Rethinking vulnerability to international human trafficking in theoretical frame: agency instead of passive victimhood
🚻 No baseline gender gap—but: a gendered bystander effect, increasing men’s vulnerability, not women’s
doi.org/10.1080/0022...
💡 Rethinking vulnerability to international human trafficking in theoretical frame: agency instead of passive victimhood
🚻 No baseline gender gap—but: a gendered bystander effect, increasing men’s vulnerability, not women’s
doi.org/10.1080/0022...
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Analysis of German elections shows female candidates underperform mainly because parties nominate them in less favorable districts, not due to voter bias or candidate traits, from Thomas Fujiwara, Hanno Hilbig, and Pia Raffler www.nber.org/papers/w34396
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Analysis of German elections shows female candidates underperform mainly because parties nominate them in less favorable districts, not due to voter bias or candidate traits, from Thomas Fujiwara, Hanno Hilbig, and Pia Raffler www.nber.org/papers/w34396
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We are hiring! We are looking for a departmental lecturer to teach and supervise master students in comparative social policy. We offer a supportive and engaging environment in which to develop your own research agenda. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions Apply here 👇
Job alert!
We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy to deliver teaching, supervision and service on MSc and MPhil courses in Comparative Social Policy.
Apply by 14 Nov
More info: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy to deliver teaching, supervision and service on MSc and MPhil courses in Comparative Social Policy.
Apply by 14 Nov
More info: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We are hiring! We are looking for a departmental lecturer to teach and supervise master students in comparative social policy. We offer a supportive and engaging environment in which to develop your own research agenda. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions Apply here 👇
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For my DFG-funded project “German Sexual Identity and Election Study” and my ERC-funded project “VisibleQueers”, I am looking for three student assistants (m/f/d) to provide dedicated support and active collaboration.
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Three Student Assistants (m/f/d) Projects German Sexual Identity and Election Study as well as VisibleQueers
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For my DFG-funded project “German Sexual Identity and Election Study” and my ERC-funded project “VisibleQueers”, I am looking for three student assistants (m/f/d) to provide dedicated support and active collaboration.
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
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🚨 Don't miss our next online Family Policy seminar with the wonderful @keonhison.bsky.social on Wednesday (17th), 4:30 pm: "Hidden work-family challenges in the global south: a systematic review of causes, consequences, and policy responses."
👉More about it here: www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/eve...
👉More about it here: www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/eve...
Hidden’ Work-Family Challenges in the Global South: A Systematic Review of Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses
Seminar. 17/09. 16h30-18h.
www.sciencespo.fr
September 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚨 Don't miss our next online Family Policy seminar with the wonderful @keonhison.bsky.social on Wednesday (17th), 4:30 pm: "Hidden work-family challenges in the global south: a systematic review of causes, consequences, and policy responses."
👉More about it here: www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/eve...
👉More about it here: www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/eve...
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An underrated reason for the persistence of cousin marriages: high fertility maintains a large supply of cousins. Could (help) explain why Pakistan’s first-cousin marriage rate is 50%!!! versus India and Bangladesh <10%.
September 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
An underrated reason for the persistence of cousin marriages: high fertility maintains a large supply of cousins. Could (help) explain why Pakistan’s first-cousin marriage rate is 50%!!! versus India and Bangladesh <10%.
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Tradwives aren’t trad
“Why tradwives aren’t trad”. Delighted to feature in @prospectmagazine.co.uk today. Read online here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/hist... #Economica #womenwealthpower
Why tradwives aren’t trad
The housewife is a Victorian invention. History shows us women’s true economic power
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Tradwives aren’t trad
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Another year of great success and company at the ESPAnet Annual Conference 👏🏼 already looking forward to the next one 🫰🏼 @keonhison.bsky.social Andrew Zola & @janhelmdag.bsky.social in the pics from their final session
August 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Another year of great success and company at the ESPAnet Annual Conference 👏🏼 already looking forward to the next one 🫰🏼 @keonhison.bsky.social Andrew Zola & @janhelmdag.bsky.social in the pics from their final session
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What do fathers really want for Father's Day? How about a national policy that provides paid leave to all fathers!
Check out my newly released Big Ideas Talk courtesy of @wfrn.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iloV...
Check out my newly released Big Ideas Talk courtesy of @wfrn.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iloV...
Richard Petts - What if All Fathers in the U.S. Had Paid Paternity Leave?
YouTube video by Work and Family Researchers Network
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What do fathers really want for Father's Day? How about a national policy that provides paid leave to all fathers!
Check out my newly released Big Ideas Talk courtesy of @wfrn.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iloV...
Check out my newly released Big Ideas Talk courtesy of @wfrn.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iloV...
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South Korea gender divide update 😲
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
June 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
South Korea gender divide update 😲
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
Young men lean right by 50 points
(74% conservative vs 24% centre-left)
Young women lean left by 22 points
(58% centre-left vs 36% cons)
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(3) "The Origin of Social Policy for Women Workers: The Emergence of Paid Maternity Leave in Western Countries" by Keonhi Son @keonhison.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
May 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
(3) "The Origin of Social Policy for Women Workers: The Emergence of Paid Maternity Leave in Western Countries" by Keonhi Son @keonhison.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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@haukelicht.bsky.social and I have exciting news! Our joint project „Group Appeals in Parliamentary and Electoral Debates“ has been approved for funding by the DFG and the FWF! The project will start on Feb 1, 2026 and we’ll be hiring:
📍Pre-doc (Mannheim)
📍Post-doc (Innsbruck)
Stay tuned for calls!
📍Pre-doc (Mannheim)
📍Post-doc (Innsbruck)
Stay tuned for calls!
May 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@haukelicht.bsky.social and I have exciting news! Our joint project „Group Appeals in Parliamentary and Electoral Debates“ has been approved for funding by the DFG and the FWF! The project will start on Feb 1, 2026 and we’ll be hiring:
📍Pre-doc (Mannheim)
📍Post-doc (Innsbruck)
Stay tuned for calls!
📍Pre-doc (Mannheim)
📍Post-doc (Innsbruck)
Stay tuned for calls!
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Do events abroad reshape national discourse? 🌍
@nbuhmann-holmes.bsky.social study Danish parliamentary debates before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall 🧱
📊 Both liberal & socialist parties upped market-friendly language ✅ Liberals to seize momentum, the left to maintain legitimacy after 1989 👇
@nbuhmann-holmes.bsky.social study Danish parliamentary debates before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall 🧱
📊 Both liberal & socialist parties upped market-friendly language ✅ Liberals to seize momentum, the left to maintain legitimacy after 1989 👇
Push, ignore or surrender? Party responses to the ideational momentum of foreign events
What is the effect of foreign events on ideas and discourses at the national level? This paper argues that a foreign event may set in motion an ideational momentum that gives positive attention to ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Do events abroad reshape national discourse? 🌍
@nbuhmann-holmes.bsky.social study Danish parliamentary debates before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall 🧱
📊 Both liberal & socialist parties upped market-friendly language ✅ Liberals to seize momentum, the left to maintain legitimacy after 1989 👇
@nbuhmann-holmes.bsky.social study Danish parliamentary debates before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall 🧱
📊 Both liberal & socialist parties upped market-friendly language ✅ Liberals to seize momentum, the left to maintain legitimacy after 1989 👇
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@cassandraengeman.bsky.social, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social.
www.su.se/swedish-inst...
www.su.se/swedish-inst...
Cassandra Engeman appointed Associate Professor - Swedish Institute for Social Research
Cassandra Engeman, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at Stockholm University
www.su.se
May 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
@cassandraengeman.bsky.social, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social.
www.su.se/swedish-inst...
www.su.se/swedish-inst...
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At InFER we are regularly visited by leading scholars presenting their latest research. This summer semester we already had the pleasure of welcoming Lucio Baccaro (Max-Planck-Institute) and Jan Jonsson (University of Oxford). See our upcoming events and feel free to join us!
May 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
At InFER we are regularly visited by leading scholars presenting their latest research. This summer semester we already had the pleasure of welcoming Lucio Baccaro (Max-Planck-Institute) and Jan Jonsson (University of Oxford). See our upcoming events and feel free to join us!
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Very happy to see this article with #AlexSchilin out open access in #WestEuropeanPolitics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/2
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/2
May 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Very happy to see this article with #AlexSchilin out open access in #WestEuropeanPolitics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/2
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/2
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The first paper of my dissertation has been published in West European Politics!
@wepsocial.bsky.social
See the thread below:
@wepsocial.bsky.social
See the thread below:
May 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The first paper of my dissertation has been published in West European Politics!
@wepsocial.bsky.social
See the thread below:
@wepsocial.bsky.social
See the thread below:
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🧾 Gender meets taxation
Laura Seelkopf (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) brings together two rarely connected topics, gender and taxation, to explore overlooked puzzles and lessons for political economy research 👇
Laura Seelkopf (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) brings together two rarely connected topics, gender and taxation, to explore overlooked puzzles and lessons for political economy research 👇
Invisible taxation: women and the tax state
Tax systems in Europe and elsewhere severely discriminate against women. This has huge implications for their income, wealth and general power within society. It also leads to gendered consumption ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🧾 Gender meets taxation
Laura Seelkopf (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) brings together two rarely connected topics, gender and taxation, to explore overlooked puzzles and lessons for political economy research 👇
Laura Seelkopf (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) brings together two rarely connected topics, gender and taxation, to explore overlooked puzzles and lessons for political economy research 👇
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Excited to share our new article published in @spsr.bsky.social! We compiled Swiss municipality-level direct-democratic vote results from 1866 to 1944 through extensive archival work and filled some gaps in existing datasets up to 2023.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Municipality‐Level Outcomes of Direct‐Democratic Votes in Switzerland, 1866–2023
Switzerland relies heavily on direct-democratic institutions to decide on a wide range of political issues. Since 1848, more than 600 direct-democratic votes have taken place at the national level. H...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Excited to share our new article published in @spsr.bsky.social! We compiled Swiss municipality-level direct-democratic vote results from 1866 to 1944 through extensive archival work and filled some gaps in existing datasets up to 2023.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Our current Scholar in Residence Matthias Thiemann @sciencespo.bsky.social will give his first of three public lectures at the Institute tomorrow at 16:30.
The lecture series will focus on shadow banking - the generation and trading of credit outside of the banking system.
The lecture series will focus on shadow banking - the generation and trading of credit outside of the banking system.
The Conventional Wisdom on the Rise of Shadow Banking and the Neglect of Financial Stability Concerns: Strengths and Weaknesses
Matthias Thiemann is Professor of European Public Policy at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2025. During his stay at th...
www.mpifg.de
April 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Our current Scholar in Residence Matthias Thiemann @sciencespo.bsky.social will give his first of three public lectures at the Institute tomorrow at 16:30.
The lecture series will focus on shadow banking - the generation and trading of credit outside of the banking system.
The lecture series will focus on shadow banking - the generation and trading of credit outside of the banking system.
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📣 Neu von @sarahwagner.bsky.social und @wurthmann.bsky.social
📘 Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Eine politikwissenschaftliche Einordnung.
Entstehung, Entwicklung, Positionierung und vieles mehr.
👇 #OpenAccess 😀
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
📘 Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Eine politikwissenschaftliche Einordnung.
Entstehung, Entwicklung, Positionierung und vieles mehr.
👇 #OpenAccess 😀
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW)
Dieses open access Buch liefert einen Einblick in die Entstehung und Entwicklung des Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW).
link.springer.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📣 Neu von @sarahwagner.bsky.social und @wurthmann.bsky.social
📘 Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Eine politikwissenschaftliche Einordnung.
Entstehung, Entwicklung, Positionierung und vieles mehr.
👇 #OpenAccess 😀
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
📘 Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Eine politikwissenschaftliche Einordnung.
Entstehung, Entwicklung, Positionierung und vieles mehr.
👇 #OpenAccess 😀
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Union und SPD planen eine Prämie für Teilzeitbeschäftigte, die ihre Arbeitszeit ausweiten. Das könnte vor allem Frauen mit Minijobs dazu bringen, mehr zu arbeiten.
Arbeitsmarkt: Findet Schwarz-Rot ein Mittel gegen die Ehefrauenfalle?
Union und SPD planen eine Prämie für Teilzeitbeschäftigte, die ihre Arbeitszeit ausweiten. Das könnte vor allem Frauen mit Minijobs dazu bringen, mehr zu arbeiten.
www.wiwo.de
April 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Union und SPD planen eine Prämie für Teilzeitbeschäftigte, die ihre Arbeitszeit ausweiten. Das könnte vor allem Frauen mit Minijobs dazu bringen, mehr zu arbeiten.