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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · 2d

interesting paper by @benjaminarold.bsky.social @woessmann.bsky.social and Larissa Zirold in the effect of mandatory religious education Germany using NEPS, ALLBUS, and SOEP data jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?

We study whether compulsory religious education in schools affects students’ religiosity as adults. We exploit the staggered termination of compulsory religious education across German states in model...

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 4h

One of the best things I did in Amsterdam is to tell students that I’d make the taped lectures only available to them when the average turnout at lectures was 67%. Taught them a lesson on collective goods and coordination. It worked!

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4h

'It is no secret that student attendance has plummeted in recent years, with near-empty lecture halls a staple of the post-pandemic world.'

Really? I lecture to all our 1st years. Lecture hall is full, not near-empty. Student engagement picked up last year and (early days) seems stronger again. 1/2

Fiction ‘brings lectures to life’ as academics face empty classes

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 6h

#AkadSoz25

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 2d

#ASConference25
Societal Challenges and the important infrastructures for the Social Sciences on the way to get answers. Sebastian Stier shows how to unlock digital behavioral data.

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 6h

#AkadSoz25

RatSWD @ratswd.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Wir waren mit dabei – auf der 5. Konferenz der Akademie für Soziologie #ASConference25 @unimainz.bsky.social, die diese Woche zum Thema „Societal Challenges - Sociological Answers“ stattgefunden hat.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 1d

This important paper shows a precipitous drop in girls' achievement in recent years, closing a third of the gap with boys.

Covid doesn't seem to be the smoking gun, but tiktok may be

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 22h

This is a remarkable coup by UHZ - but does not reflect success of state investment in higher education (which is going down in CH). Rather, it is the model that made U.S. academia so successful: massive private funding. Bizarrely, it is money from a Brazilian foundation. 🤯

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 22h

With the Inequality Cluster, Alex Ludwig (EUI Economics), Francis Vella (Georgetown U), and I organize a one-day conference on Social Mobility. www.eui.eu/events?id=58.... Looking forward to welcoming speakers @pengzell.bsky.social @xisong.bsky.social, Jo Blanden, Kjell Salvanes and Mikael Lindahl>

Workshop on

Organised jointly by EUI scholars Alexander Ludwig and Herman van de Werfhorst, together with Professor Francis Vella (Georgetown University), this event offers a unique forum for dialogue across disc...

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 2d

#GESISspringseminar 2026 – Advanced Regression Modeling

📅 09 – 27 March 2026
📍 GESIS Cologne | Online

Dive into advanced regression techniques, learn from international experts, and connect with researchers from all over the world.

👉 Register and find all details here: gesis.org/springseminar

GESIS Spring Seminar – Advanced Regression Modeling
09–27 March 2026
Cologne & Online

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Sergio Lo Iacono @sergioloiacono.bsky.social · 2d

Deeply honoured to receive this award from the Academy of Sociology with my co-authors! I hope we’ll see many more replications in Sociology in the years ahead, along with preregistrations and registered reports as leading journals make more space for them.

#AkadSoz25 #sociology

Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 2d

And the 1st Replication Award of the Academy of Sociology goes to..

Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt

for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication"

#AkadSoz25 #sociology

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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 2d

A true honor. Thanks Wojtek Przepiorka for leading this and @sergioloiacono.bsky.social for traveling to all these replication sites!

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 2d

Full citation with link to the open access paper:

Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, Arnout van de Rijt, The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication, PNAS Nexus, 2023, doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 2d

And the 1st Replication Award of the Academy of Sociology goes to..

Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, and Arnout van de Rijt

for "The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication"

#AkadSoz25 #sociology

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 2d

And the AS Dissertation Award 2025 goes to...

@kasimirdederichs.bsky.social

for his dissertation "Who (else) is Involved? How Voluntary Associations Connect and Separate us.

Congratulations!

#AkadSoz25 #sociology

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Sabrina J. Mayer @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social · 10d

Me & my very able former colleague and now doctoral candidate Lisa Walter (not on Bluesky yet) just published a new article in @ersjournal.com
We examine how discrimination shapes immigrants and their descendants’ trust in the police in Germany.
👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Beyond police encounters: everyday racism and trust in the police

Trust in the police is essential for democratic legitimacy, yet it is declining across Western Europe. Immigrants and their descendants, who face disproportionate levels of discrimination, report p...

www.tandfonline.com

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 2d

One of many super interesting posters at #AkadSoz25, pitched by one of the authors, @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social.

Cc: @gesis.org @evazschirnt.bsky.social

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 2d

#AkadSoz25

Marlene Hilgenstock @marlenehilgenstock.bsky.social · 3d

Find us at the academy of sociology conference @unimainz.bsky.social @gesis.org @dprex.bsky.social!

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 3d

First keynote at #AkadSoz25 by Nan Dirk de Graaf.

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 3d

#AkadSoz25 it is.

Welcome address by Stefan Müller-Stach at the Conference of the Academy of Sociology in Mainz.

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 3d

Really curious who will win the first replication prize from the AS in Mainz for which replication study.

#sociology #replication #openscience #AkadSoz25

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Apr 11

The Academy of Sociology (Akademie für Soziologie, not on Bsky wut?) is offering a 1,500 Euro prize for the best #replication study in #sociology as25.sociology.uni-mainz.de #openscience 🧪

AS Conference 2025

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Lili Vargha @lilivargha.bsky.social · 4d

❓How do mothers’ and fathers’ paid work lives unfold together after the birth of their first child in DE?

✨ This new preprint takes a longitudinal, dynamic, couple-level perspective.

✨ Big differences by East & West German background, periods and couple-level education

🔗 doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 4d

Welcher Hashtag für die morgen startende Konferenz der Akademie für Soziologie in Mainz?

#AkadSoz25 ? ( #AS2025 und #AS25 führen natürlich auch anderswo hin.)

#Soziologie

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 4d

Working on writing up a short note (and blog post) trying to explain the distinction between model-based and design-based identification.

Any questions regarding this that are burning for you?

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 4d

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

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Joshua Claassen @jclaass.bsky.social · 4d

📢One week left to apply!

DZHW is hiring a research associate at the intersection of survey methodology and computer science (Hannover).

Do your PhD in an interdisciplinary setting with excellent supervision.

I'd apply myself if I weren't already on the team🤓

👉 karriere.dzhw.eu/jobposting/b...

Promotionsstelle

karriere.dzhw.eu

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