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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · 24d

...or let your ears do the work and listen to our new podcast episode (but admire the cat, too, obviously)

Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our podcast is back from its summer break! Our new episode has Adelina Gschwandtner @kent.ac.uk and Ashleigh Brown from RSPCA discussing pets and life satisfaction, and how it’s possible to work out a monetary value for the benefits we get from cats and dogs

Pets and life satisfaction - Understanding Society

Can we put a monetary value on what pets bring to our lives?

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk

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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · Aug 28

1️😷🔀 @apweiland.bsky.social @mreifenscheid.bsky.social M.Dreier, P.Steins & I use Mannheim Corona Study & SQA to examine employment trajectories during the pandemic and how they are associated with subjective outcomes. @socialindicators.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
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International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) @isqols.bsky.social · Aug 19

Call for Submissions / Convocatoria de Resúmenes ✨
Quality of Life, Well-being and Happiness in Latin America
ISQOLS 2026 Regional Conference, Buenos Aires 🇦🇷
📅 9–11 March 2026 | Univ. de Palermo
Deadline/Fecha límite: 30 Sept 2025
🔗 isqols.org/Argentina
#ISQOLS #Wellbeing

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · Jul 28

Radicalism stems less from #poverty or #inequality than from the ache of being stuck in a place that doesn't matter.
According to @cbd-paradigm.bsky.social, Burger & Webber in @socialindicators.bsky.social‬‬ , it grows in towns drained of people and public culture.
doi.org/10.1007/s112...

Geographies of feeling stuck behind and populist voting in The Netherlands - Social Indicators Research

This article adds to the debate on the polarization of modern society by examining whether two principal theories, ‘voting with their feet’ and feelings of being ‘left behind’, can jointly explain the...

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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · Jul 18

Published @socialindicators.bsky.social as part of a special issue on The impact of the COVID-19 effects on individuals’ subjective well-being. Curated by M. Collischon, J. Kroh and @patzinaalex.bsky.social
link.springer.com/collections/...

The impact of the COVID-19 effects on individuals’ subjective well-being: medium- and long-term effects, heterogeneous consequences, related mechanisms, and variation by measurement

To date, research provides paramount evidence on how the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related disruptions across various life domains ...

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Social Indicators Research @socialindicators.bsky.social · Jul 9

A reminder to authors intending to submit manuscripts to Social Indicators Research:

Please consult our editorial article, to gain guidance on our aims & scope as well as some core methodological ideas. @isa-rc55.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Juan Diego García-Castro @juandiego48cr.bsky.social · Jul 7

🔊Publication alert. Inequality and Status Anxiety: Bad Allies of Health and Well-Being, but not for Everyone. The Role of Ideologies, Socioeconomic Status, and Economic Threat at @socialindicators.bsky.social lead by D.Melita from @labdesigualdad.bsky.social Full article: doi.org/10.1007/s112...

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · Jul 3

Great piece by Yukiko Asada et al. @socialindicators.bsky.social on taking seriously 'luck' as a driver of life outcomes and inequality, creatively illustrated with reference to the life course of a certain French painter in this figure.

Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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David Bartram @dbartram.bsky.social · Jul 1

I've been trying to get authors to post their code (in submissions to @socialindicators.bsky.social); virtually no-one does.

After a 1-year trial period where it is only "strongly encouraged", I think it needs to become mandatory.

Desk-rejections will skyrocket (already very high). So be it...

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks @psalasr.bsky.social & #DIGCLASS (@guillemvidal.me & D.Villani) for the @lisdata.bsky.social Award! Wealth is stratified by class💸—Class isn't dead 🧟

📝Article @socialindicators.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📰Post @lseinequalities.bsky.social: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

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Alina Schmitz @alinaschmitz.bsky.social · Jun 18

📑 New publication in Social Indicators Research:
"Introducing the Social Integration Index for Older Europeans: The Role of Gender and Care Regimes"

Social integration plays a vital role in the health and longevity of older adults, yet a comparative European measurement tool has been lacking.

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eileenpeters.bsky.social @eileenpeters.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 Thrilled to share our new paper with MerlePohlmeyer& KarinSchulzeBuschoff, just published in @socialindicators.bsky.social “Diverging Paths? The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Subjective Well-Being of the Solo Self-Employed and Employees in Germany (2019–2023)”
🔗 rdcu.be/ers11
🧵 Key insights 👇

Diverging Paths? The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Subjective Well-Being of the Solo Self-Employed and Employees in Germany (2019–2023)

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Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center - CIMCYC @cimcyc.bsky.social · May 22

📊 The study, published in @socialindicators.bsky.social, highlights that reducing inequality is not only fair but also improves our collective well-being.

🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1007/s112...

#SocialResearch #Inequality

Perceived Economic Inequality Is Negatively Associated with Subjective Well-being through Status Anxiety and Social Trust - Social Indicators Research

The relationship between economic inequality and subjective well-being has produced mixed results in the literature. Conflicting evidence may be due to overlooking the role of psychosocial processes t...

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International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) @isqols.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 A world-first in happiness research! ISQOLS' Talita Greyling & Stephanie Rossouw created a real-time Happiness Index using Google Trends™ + machine learning. Fast, dynamic insights for policy & well-being.
🔗 Read the full article here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ISQOLS #GNH #Wellbeing

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Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · May 21

The Editorial Boards of leading health economics journals are issuing a Joint Statement of Principles on Editorial Independence. In these troubled times some scholars worry their work might suffer ideological attack. We reaffirm our commitment to unfettered scholarship. Please repost.

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International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) @isqols.bsky.social · May 12

🎥 New Video!
30 Years of ISQOLS Impact: Reflections on community, careers & connection from Stephanie Rossouw, Valerie Møller & Andrew Clark.

👀 Watch: youtu.be/prZ5xJb50a0?...
🎉 Join us in Luxembourg, 21–25 July! #ISQOLS2025 #ISQOLS30 #QualityOfLife

30 Years of ISQOLS Impact: Veteran Reflections on Community, Career, and Connection

YouTube video by ISQOLS

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Social Indicators Research @socialindicators.bsky.social · May 12

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · May 12

Employees who use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini at work face negative judgments about their competence and motivation from colleagues and managers, according to a new study.

AI use damages professional reputation, study suggests

New Duke study says workers judge others for AI use—and hide its use, fearing stigma.

arstechnica.com

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Social Indicators Research @socialindicators.bsky.social · May 11

Yes. I was taking the main reason as implicitly agreed by anyone with half a brain!

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Social Indicators Research @socialindicators.bsky.social · May 11

We are seeing multiple instances of reviewers doing manuscript reviews via use of AI/LLM.

If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request.

Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...

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Social Indicators Research @socialindicators.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thinking of submitting a manuscript to Social Indicators Research?

We (the editors) have published some detailed guidance for authors:

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Underlying idea: authors should have access to a clear sense of how the editors evaluate manuscripts.

Towards the Next Fifty Years of Social Indicators Research: Some Guidance for Authors

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Bruno Arpino @brunoarpino.bsky.social · May 5

Reminder!

Register until May 10 at shorturl.at/eJJwW

Bruno Arpino @brunoarpino.bsky.social · Feb 25

📅 May 16, 2025, 10:30–12:30 | Univ. of Padua 🎓:

“What Makes a Rigorous Quantitative Social Research?”

w/ Prof. David Bartram, Editor of Social Indicators Research

Register at: shorturl.at/eJJwW

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thedoctoreditor.bsky.social @thedoctoreditor.bsky.social · Apr 17

PETS BRING BIG BENEFITS The mood boost pets provide is equal to the rise in life satisfaction you might expect to see if you received an extra $90,000 a year. bit.ly/43RXp2O #petlovers #happiness
@lsepress.bsky.social #Wellbeing #AnimalLovers #horselover @socialindicators.bsky.social #doglovers

Pets Bring Big Benefits

Having a pet is good for you. They can keep you fit and ease stress. In fact their emotional value is equal to that of a really big raise.

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Wim Van Lancker @wvlancker.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨 New publication alert 🚨 Eef Gijbels, Julie Vinck and I examined the costs associated with raising children with disabilities in Belgium, in order to better understand their living standards and improve future poverty measurements. Out now in @socialindicators.bsky.social. 👉 rdcu.be/eeFOz THREAD 🧵

Contextualising Income-Based Poverty Measurement: The Needs-Based Cost of Childhood Disability in Belgium

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Nadiya Kelle @nadiyakelle.bsky.social · Mar 13

Read the full study here: rdcu.be/ecwCe #Volunteering #WellBeing #COVID19

@socialindicators.bsky.social Special Issue: link.springer.com/collections/...

COVID-19 Pandemic, Volunteering, and Well-Being: Volunteering’s Role in Mitigating Depressive Symptoms, Loneliness, and Perceived Social Exclusion during the Pandemic

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Gábor Hajdu @gaborhajdu.bsky.social · Mar 6

📢 My paper is out in @socialindicators.bsky.social! We find that the "experiential advantage" holds in Hungary – people gain more #happiness from #experiences than material goods. Social desirability bias plays a role but doesn't erase the effect. bit.ly/sirexp #WellBeing #SocialDesirability

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