Zachary Van Winkle
@zjvanwinkle.bsky.social
Associate professor of sociology at Sciences Po Paris, former postdoc at the University of Oxford, PhD from Humboldt University Berlin 🏳️🌈
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
💫 Regardless of EPC outcomes, you’re warmly invited to submit to our workshop and join us — it’s open to everyone.
🎧 You can also attend without presenting (first-come, first-served).
📝 Register for participation here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🎧 You can also attend without presenting (first-come, first-served).
📝 Register for participation here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sequence Analysis Association pre-EPC workshop - Register of attendance
Please use this form to register for attendance at the Sequence Analysis Association pre-EPC workshop if you do not present (presenters do not have to register here).
Please note: Attendance is su...
docs.google.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:07 AM
💫 Regardless of EPC outcomes, you’re warmly invited to submit to our workshop and join us — it’s open to everyone.
🎧 You can also attend without presenting (first-come, first-served).
📝 Register for participation here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🎧 You can also attend without presenting (first-come, first-served).
📝 Register for participation here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
🎉 Accepted to EPC?
🌟Join us for our first pre-EPC workshop: Life Course Dynamics: Insights from Sequence Analysis!
📅 June 3, 2026
👉 Submit a 250-word abstract by Feb 15, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Papers applying sequence analysis or related methods to study life courses are welcome 🫶
🌟Join us for our first pre-EPC workshop: Life Course Dynamics: Insights from Sequence Analysis!
📅 June 3, 2026
👉 Submit a 250-word abstract by Feb 15, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Papers applying sequence analysis or related methods to study life courses are welcome 🫶
Sequence Analysis Association pre-EPC meeting - Abstract submission
The Sequence Analysis Association (https://sequenceanalysis.org/) is organizing a one-day side meeting before the 2026 European Population Conference (EPC) in Bologna, entitled "Life Course Dynamics: ...
docs.google.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:07 AM
🎉 Accepted to EPC?
🌟Join us for our first pre-EPC workshop: Life Course Dynamics: Insights from Sequence Analysis!
📅 June 3, 2026
👉 Submit a 250-word abstract by Feb 15, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Papers applying sequence analysis or related methods to study life courses are welcome 🫶
🌟Join us for our first pre-EPC workshop: Life Course Dynamics: Insights from Sequence Analysis!
📅 June 3, 2026
👉 Submit a 250-word abstract by Feb 15, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Papers applying sequence analysis or related methods to study life courses are welcome 🫶
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Congrats on a great first PAA presentation, @martingaedecke.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉, presenting our paper with @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social on conceptualizing & testing new sequence-analysis-based measures for children's family life's and their consequences on their educational outcomes in FE designs! #PAA2025
April 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Congrats on a great first PAA presentation, @martingaedecke.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉, presenting our paper with @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social on conceptualizing & testing new sequence-analysis-based measures for children's family life's and their consequences on their educational outcomes in FE designs! #PAA2025
How and why did the impact of widowhood on depressive symptoms vary across Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic? Take a look at our new publication in @readdemography.bsky.social!
In “Government Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic & Depressive Symptoms Following Widowhood,” a widowhood penalty applied only to those who lost their spouse during periods of stringent restrictions. @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
February 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
How and why did the impact of widowhood on depressive symptoms vary across Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic? Take a look at our new publication in @readdemography.bsky.social!
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Just published by @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social & @tibaier.bsky.social "Parental separation and children's genetic influences on education" [open access] An integrative study combining sociology, demography, and genetics—based on molecular data doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective This study focuses on the extent to which parental divorce and separation during childhood affect children's chances to realize genetic influences on educational attainment. Background W...
doi.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just published by @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social & @tibaier.bsky.social "Parental separation and children's genetic influences on education" [open access] An integrative study combining sociology, demography, and genetics—based on molecular data doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
🚨 How are more ambitious climate policies feasible politically? We have published 4 new research briefs on the political viability of climate policies. You can find all the briefs on our website.
Here is a 🧵summarizing the briefs.
Please share.
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
Here is a 🧵summarizing the briefs.
Please share.
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
December 6, 2024 at 9:06 AM
🚨 How are more ambitious climate policies feasible politically? We have published 4 new research briefs on the political viability of climate policies. You can find all the briefs on our website.
Here is a 🧵summarizing the briefs.
Please share.
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
Here is a 🧵summarizing the briefs.
Please share.
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Mal wieder herausragender Datenjournalismus bei @zeit.de :
www.zeit.de/politik/2024...
Übrigens gibt es zu fast jeder hier untersuchten Grenze auch akademische Studien (kleiner Thread):
www.zeit.de/politik/2024...
Übrigens gibt es zu fast jeder hier untersuchten Grenze auch akademische Studien (kleiner Thread):
Phantomgrenzen: Wo die alten deutschen Grenzen sichtbar werden
Preußen und das deutsche Kaiserreich beeinflussen noch immer, wie Menschen heute in der EU wählen. Absurd, oder? Wir zeigen erstmals fünf Phantomgrenzen Europas.
www.zeit.de
December 6, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Mal wieder herausragender Datenjournalismus bei @zeit.de :
www.zeit.de/politik/2024...
Übrigens gibt es zu fast jeder hier untersuchten Grenze auch akademische Studien (kleiner Thread):
www.zeit.de/politik/2024...
Übrigens gibt es zu fast jeder hier untersuchten Grenze auch akademische Studien (kleiner Thread):
A nice discussion on economic vulnerability and life course-sensitive social policies by Anette Fasang featuring collaborative research with myself, @robgruijters.bsky.social, @emstruffolino.bsky.social and @hannahzagel.bsky.social.
December 2, 2024 at 9:47 AM
A nice discussion on economic vulnerability and life course-sensitive social policies by Anette Fasang featuring collaborative research with myself, @robgruijters.bsky.social, @emstruffolino.bsky.social and @hannahzagel.bsky.social.
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
This guide for integrating generative AI into your research is extremely useful. It is written for economists, but really of use to anyone doing science imo www.nber.org/papers/w3319...
Generative AI for Economic Research: LLMs Learn to Collaborate and Reason
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:08 AM
This guide for integrating generative AI into your research is extremely useful. It is written for economists, but really of use to anyone doing science imo www.nber.org/papers/w3319...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
It's Monday, so I wrote about four interesting new sociology papers.
- Firms and the motherhood penalty
- FMLA and women's managerial representation
- Fertility decline and gender pay gap
- Class network and attitudes
asocial.substack.com/p/four-good-...
- Firms and the motherhood penalty
- FMLA and women's managerial representation
- Fertility decline and gender pay gap
- Class network and attitudes
asocial.substack.com/p/four-good-...
Four Good Reads - Monday - November 25
Firm sorting, parental leave, fertility decline and pay gaps, social network class composition
asocial.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM
It's Monday, so I wrote about four interesting new sociology papers.
- Firms and the motherhood penalty
- FMLA and women's managerial representation
- Fertility decline and gender pay gap
- Class network and attitudes
asocial.substack.com/p/four-good-...
- Firms and the motherhood penalty
- FMLA and women's managerial representation
- Fertility decline and gender pay gap
- Class network and attitudes
asocial.substack.com/p/four-good-...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Changes in Household Wealth Over the Process of Widowhood Across 11 European Countries - Paper by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social & @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social -> academic.oup.com/psychsocgero... [open access]
Changes in Household Wealth Over the Process of Widowhood Across European Countries
AbstractObjectives. Widowhood has been shown to decrease surviving spouses’ economic well-being. However, previous research has focused mostly on income-re
academic.oup.com
September 12, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Changes in Household Wealth Over the Process of Widowhood Across 11 European Countries - Paper by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social & @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social -> academic.oup.com/psychsocgero... [open access]
Happy to be back at @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social as an associate professor for the first work day of the WIDOW ERC project. Thanks to all my mentors and 5 anonymous tenure letter writers!
Bonne rentrée !
Bonne rentrée !
September 2, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Happy to be back at @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social as an associate professor for the first work day of the WIDOW ERC project. Thanks to all my mentors and 5 anonymous tenure letter writers!
Bonne rentrée !
Bonne rentrée !
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
This study demonstrated that even within European countries with the strongest welfare states, widowhood remains a considerable risk for surviving spouses’ economic wellbeing. New Working Paper by @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social @ajriekhoff.bsky.social & @kturek.bsky.social > www.netspar.nl/en/publicati...
The Economic Consequences of Widowhood during Retirement: A Comparative Study on Survivor Benefits - Netspar
Widowhood entails not only profound grief, but also severe economic consequences. The challenges surrounding widowhood are becoming increasingly urgent, and many pension systems require more sustainab...
www.netspar.nl
August 26, 2024 at 2:22 PM
This study demonstrated that even within European countries with the strongest welfare states, widowhood remains a considerable risk for surviving spouses’ economic wellbeing. New Working Paper by @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social @ajriekhoff.bsky.social & @kturek.bsky.social > www.netspar.nl/en/publicati...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
The life course approach: an interdisciplinary paradigm in family research often too abstract to guide hypotheses on family life variation. New Paper by @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social @robgruijters.bsky.social & Anette Fasang -> a life course theoretical framework with case studies doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective We propose a life course theoretical framework for understanding variation in family life courses between birth cohorts (historical time), societies (place), and social groups (social loca...
doi.org
June 24, 2024 at 12:13 PM
The life course approach: an interdisciplinary paradigm in family research often too abstract to guide hypotheses on family life variation. New Paper by @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social @robgruijters.bsky.social & Anette Fasang -> a life course theoretical framework with case studies doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Great theory paper by Fasang,
@robgruijters.bsky.social, and @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social from a field where I least expected it onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@robgruijters.bsky.social, and @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social from a field where I least expected it onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
June 24, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Great theory paper by Fasang,
@robgruijters.bsky.social, and @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social from a field where I least expected it onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@robgruijters.bsky.social, and @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social from a field where I least expected it onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
📣 JFR's Impact Factor has again increased since last year and now sits at 2.9 according to the 2024 Journal Citation Report by Clarivate Analytics. #JFamRes #openaccess #OpenScience #sociology #demography
June 20, 2024 at 9:54 AM
📣 JFR's Impact Factor has again increased since last year and now sits at 2.9 according to the 2024 Journal Citation Report by Clarivate Analytics. #JFamRes #openaccess #OpenScience #sociology #demography
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Ich freue mich das gemeinsame Forschungsprojekt mit @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social und Martin Gädecke zu Familienkomplexitäten aus der Perspektive von Kindern und deren Folgen vorzustellen.
Vielen Dank für die Einladung! 😊
👇
Vielen Dank für die Einladung! 😊
👇
June 13, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Ich freue mich das gemeinsame Forschungsprojekt mit @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social und Martin Gädecke zu Familienkomplexitäten aus der Perspektive von Kindern und deren Folgen vorzustellen.
Vielen Dank für die Einladung! 😊
👇
Vielen Dank für die Einladung! 😊
👇
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Millennials' average wealth is now higher than that of previous generations at the same age, but it is also more unequally distributed. Check out our new contribution to
inequality.org (with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social): inequality.org/research/gen...
inequality.org (with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social): inequality.org/research/gen...
Millennials’ Wealth Is Finally Growing — But So Is Inequality
The relatively impressive financial state of Millennials as a whole is buoyed by the few that are wildly wealthy while the majority struggle.
inequality.org
June 17, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Millennials' average wealth is now higher than that of previous generations at the same age, but it is also more unequally distributed. Check out our new contribution to
inequality.org (with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social): inequality.org/research/gen...
inequality.org (with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social): inequality.org/research/gen...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Reminder! Still time to register for a 20-hour online workshop on “Sequenc Aanalysis in the Social Sciences”, July 22, 2024 – July 26, 2024 (9:00 AM-1:00 PM ET (US) at the 2024 @ICPSRSummer, with myself and @raabm.bsky.social! Full program here icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/su...
Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research | Home
The ICPSR Summer Program offers introductory to advanced courses in statistics, quantitative methods, and data analysis. We train students, faculty, and researchers.
icpsr.umich.edu
June 10, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Reminder! Still time to register for a 20-hour online workshop on “Sequenc Aanalysis in the Social Sciences”, July 22, 2024 – July 26, 2024 (9:00 AM-1:00 PM ET (US) at the 2024 @ICPSRSummer, with myself and @raabm.bsky.social! Full program here icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/su...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
In our new OA research report, @apolvinen.bsky.social , Satu Nivalainen, @susankuivalainen.bsky.social and I look at how people combine work and retirement in the Finnish pension system with a flexible old-age retirement age and how this is related to their income 1/4 doi.org/10.1093/work...
February 15, 2024 at 9:29 AM
In our new OA research report, @apolvinen.bsky.social , Satu Nivalainen, @susankuivalainen.bsky.social and I look at how people combine work and retirement in the Finnish pension system with a flexible old-age retirement age and how this is related to their income 1/4 doi.org/10.1093/work...
Write me if you have any questions or want to chat about the position !
Sciences Po Paris is recruiting an Assistant Professor of Sociology, affiliated to the CRIS. Inequality / stratification on comparative perspectives. Many subjects welcome: education, health, minorities, justice, AI, environment, labor market...
Job description: www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
Job description: www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
February 1, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Write me if you have any questions or want to chat about the position !
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
Sciences Po Paris is recruiting an Assistant Professor of Sociology, affiliated to the CRIS. Inequality / stratification on comparative perspectives. Many subjects welcome: education, health, minorities, justice, AI, environment, labor market...
Job description: www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
Job description: www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
January 31, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Sciences Po Paris is recruiting an Assistant Professor of Sociology, affiliated to the CRIS. Inequality / stratification on comparative perspectives. Many subjects welcome: education, health, minorities, justice, AI, environment, labor market...
Job description: www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
Job description: www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
What’s the best way to analyze #lifeexpectancy stagnation in the US? 🤔 In PNAS, @drjenndowd.bsky.social & I share our thoughts on a recent paper by Abrams, Myrskylä & Mehta. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318276121
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social (1)
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social (1)
January 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM
What’s the best way to analyze #lifeexpectancy stagnation in the US? 🤔 In PNAS, @drjenndowd.bsky.social & I share our thoughts on a recent paper by Abrams, Myrskylä & Mehta. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318276121
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social (1)
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social @nuffieldlibrary.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social (1)
Reposted by Zachary Van Winkle
🚨JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (f/m/x) / ID 242
The research units Skill Formation and Labor Markets (Director: Professor Heike Solga) and Health and Inequality (Head: Professor Jan Paul Heisig) at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) are...
bit.ly
January 11, 2024 at 10:16 AM
🚨JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.