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Tobias Rüttenauer
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Quantitative Social Science at UCL. Climate Change, Environmental + Urban Sociology, Spatial Demography and Methods, with ❤️ for Fixed Effects and 🚴
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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · Nov 9
New paper on the Social Impact of #ExtremeWeather🌪️ in @europeansocieties.bsky.social 🙌

It unpacks the link between extreme weather events, climate beliefs, and behaviour. Spoiler alert: belief shifts happen, but actions? 🤔

Check out OA: doi.org/10.1080/1461...

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
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deutschmann.bsky.social
New #openaccess study

We made >16,000 visa appointment requests at German embassies and consulates worldwide

Key finding: The poorer the country, the longer the wait time and the lower the chance to get an appointment.

"A time panelty for the Global South?"
shorturl.at/ZiAFb
Visas are a key tool for states to regulate incoming mobility from abroad, which can have ramifications for the establishment and perpetuation of global inequalities. In this article, we systematically analyze visa appointment wait times in German embassies and consulates worldwide. Using computational methods, we collect—and publish—fine-grained longitudinal data on the closest available appointment dates for various visa types, covering a total of 16,182 visa appointment requests. Our analysis reveals strong and systematic variance: the poorer the country a diplomatic mission is based in, the longer the wait time and the lower the chances of finding an available appointment (which ranges from almost 0 to 100 percent). We also argue that Germany’s system is quite opaque compared to other established immigration countries such as the U.S. These core findings raise important questions in light of current debates about global justice, legal pathways to migration, and efforts to attract foreign talent. Graph that shows that 44.1 percent of requests did not lead to an appointment that could be selected. For the 55.9 percent where an appointment was available the distribution of wait times follows a steep curve with short wait times in many cases and a long tail of few cases with very long wait times of up to 98 days. The average wait times and chances to find an appointment varied a lot between Germany's diplomatic missions. The latter range from almost 0 to 100 percent. This variance is not random. Rather, economic wellbeing (GDP per capita) is a key predictor of wait times and chances of finding an appointment. The poorer the country a German embassy/consulate is based in, the longer the wait time and the lower the chances of finding an appointment.
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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kauspurg.bsky.social
Billions of regressions ≠ robustness.

My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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jasminabdelghany.bsky.social
We conducted a systematic review of the effect of in-utero exposure to ambient air pollution on the sex ratio at birth. Evidence is scarce and we need more studies employing rigorous causal inference designs. Work led by Ursula Gazeley @oxforddemsci.bsky.social, preprint available below.
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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norawaitkus.bsky.social
🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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polizzan.bsky.social
✍️ Just out: Annette Baudisch & I delve into the formal demography of fertility, birth, & reproduction timing. 👶 We use methods from mortality research to summarize when in the parental life course children are born. 📆 1/n
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
Fertility, birth, reproduction: Connecting formal demographic frameworks
The conventional framework of fertility research conceptualizes childbirth from the mother’s perspective. From her perspective, birth is an uncertain and potentially recurring event. In contrast, t...
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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jonburton.bsky.social
PODCAST: Does pollution affect immigrant populations disproportionately?

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/bre...

Chris Coates looks at air pollution and in particular how common is it for immigrant populations to live in more polluted areas. With @ruettenauer.bsky.social and L’myah Sherae
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
ruettenauer.bsky.social
Does #AirPollution 🏭 affect immigrant populations more than others?

🎙️I joined @usociety.bsky.social with L’myah Sherae to discuss #EnvironmentalJustice and the unequal exposure of immigrant minorities to air pollution in England and Germany.

Listen to the podcast below 👇
October 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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sanderwagner.bsky.social
New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.

It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨‍💼💰👩‍💼 are by studying many local labour markets.

Thread 👇

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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denewjohn.bsky.social
Sorry did you just not see this? It is an amazing interview. If you can't like and share this, please don't follow me as we have nothing in common.
bmcarthur17.bsky.social bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · Aug 16
This Brit nails it.

#Immigration
September 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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norawaitkus.bsky.social
Auf dem Weg ins schöne Duisburg!
Freue mich u.a. auf die Diskussion mit @katharinahppe.bsky.social und @lwestheuser.bsky.social zur #Exponentialgesellschaft von @deutschmann.bsky.social. Morgen, 17h #DGS2025
deutschmann.bsky.social Emanuel Deutschmann @deutschmann.bsky.social · Sep 22
Mittwoch um 17 Uhr in LB 107 beim #DGS2025. Ich freue mich auf die Diskussion mit @katharinahppe.bsky.social und @lwestheuser.bsky.social zur #Exponentialgesellschaft

Danke @norawaitkus.bsky.social und Monika Eigmüller für die Organisation!
niwitte.bsky.social Nils Witte @niwitte.bsky.social · Sep 21
Bei Lektüre von #Exponentialgesellschaft by @deutschmann.bsky.social
viel gelernt über Ökologie, Wachstum, Stabilisierung. Wichtige Denkanstöße. Vor allem bleibt die Frage: Wie soll ich leben? Welche Kompromisse muss ich und muss die Gesellschaft schließen?

See you in Duisburg #DGS2025 bei AmC3
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
ruettenauer.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!

It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐

Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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kbkarlson.bsky.social
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).

You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!

#sociology

More 👇

jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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buraksonmez.bsky.social
🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social

We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries

doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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kasimirdederichs.bsky.social
Honored that my thesis was selected for the second place of this year's ECSR best thesis award. I feel very grateful for everyone who supported me during this journey! 😊
nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Nuffield College, Oxford @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social · Sep 8
Congratulations to Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellows Said Hassan and Kasimir Dederichs who have been awarded first and second ECSR Prize for best PhD thesis, respectively, for their Nuffield College DPhil theses!

Read more: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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katyaoivanova.bsky.social
Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).

www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...

@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid
Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.
www.academictransfer.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
ruettenauer.bsky.social
@kasimirdederichs.bsky.social just presented our paper on #ResidentialSegregation 🏘️ across Europe at #ECSR in Cologne.

Very impressed by a packed Residential Segregation session at the end of the conference🧐 - cool #ECSR crowed😎
September 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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norawaitkus.bsky.social
🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4
The new ERC Starting Grant - funded projects include:

✴️ redefining false memories

✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic

✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues

✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood

✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure

Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
September 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
ruettenauer.bsky.social
Excited and grateful to launch my ERC project #SOCIO-CLIMP 🌍🌤️

The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.
erc.europa.eu European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4
📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
September 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
ruettenauer.bsky.social
Do people have less #Kids because of the #ClimateCrisis? 🌍👶

In our preprint, @katyaoivanova.bsky.social and I find that environmentalists are less likely to have kids in their 20s and 30s... But by their early 40s, the gap closes.

Maybe it's rather about #Postponement? 🕰️

🔗 doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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jwfurlong.bsky.social
*Our new LTN paper out today*

Do 'boundary road' junctions with minor roads get safer when minor roads are filtered (i.e. closed to through-traffic)?

We tested this using police-reported casualty data (2012–24) from 113 London Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) introduced between 2015–24.

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A cyclict comes turns out of a modally-filtered side street in London whilst a black car is driven past on a main road.
August 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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sriucl.bsky.social
A fantastic opportunity in our amazing department! Come and join us as Director of our Centre for Longitudinal Studies www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
ruettenauer.bsky.social
Everything (and everyone) looks better in #viridis 😂

Happy to teach #Geodata and #SpatialRegression 🌍📊 in colourful R, this week at @goetheuni.bsky.social

If you're interested in Geodata Analysis, the materials are all online (comments welcome): ruettenauer.github.io/Geodata_Spat...
July 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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aresherman.bsky.social
New preprint out with @aleksandermadsen.bsky.social, where we show that later-arriving childhood immigrants have lower earnings, are more likely to enter manual occupations, and are less likely to enter analytical and language-intensive jobs and be employed in high-wage firms as adults.
July 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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mfair.bsky.social
One or two lectureships in the sociology department at Uppsala.
Excellent applicants wanted!
July 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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moritzhuertgen.de
Haha, möglicherweise geht’s jetzt doch ganz schnell mit dem Klimaschutz in Deutschland
Screenshot Bild.de "Hitze macht Autobahn kaputt"
July 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM