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Martin Kreidl

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Social demographer interested in family and inequality. Professor @soc-muni.bsky.social. UCLA sociology and @ccpratucla.bsky.social alum. @ggp.bsky.social @ggp-cz.bsky.social country coordinator.

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Martin Kreidl @martinkreidl.bsky.social · Sep 4

we are hiring! a sociologist/survey methodologist to join the @ggp-cz.bsky.social team at @soc-muni.bsky.social.

Generations & Gender Programme Czech Republic @ggp-cz.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 GGP CZ seeks to hire a post-doctoral researcher to join the national GGP team. The successful candidate will participate in the organization of the GGP in Czechia, especially in the implementation of the GGS survey.
🔗 Learn more here: ggp-cz.fss.muni.cz/en/aktuality...
@ggp.bsky.social

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Reposted by Valerie Mueller, Martin Kreidl

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 3d

🚨Job alert!🚨

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities

jobs.helsinki.fi

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Reposted by Cas Mudde, Ruth Dassonneville, Alexander Wuttke , and 4 more Cas Mudde, Ruth Dassonneville, Alexander Wuttke, Guy Grossman, Martin Kreidl, Jason Lyall, David Darmofal

Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 3d

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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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · 3d

The study, based on GGS @ggp.bsky.social & ESS @ess-survey.bsky.social, shows that young people all over EU consider it ideal to start to cohabit, marry, and become parents during their 20s but, on average, experience these events later than their ideal timeline.
🚻Country & gender diff. persist.

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Reposted by Martin Kreidl, José Antonio Noguera

Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 9d

** PhD Opportunity (funded) **
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality (UNPACK)” @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...

#jobs #PhD #poverty #policy #Doctor

CALL_Predoc_UNPACK 2025_F.pdf

drive.google.com

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Meredith Broussard, Ingo Rohlfing , and 9 more Joanna Bryson, Meredith Broussard, Ingo Rohlfing, Ian Hussey, Martin Kreidl, Brian Keegan, Matt N Williams, Jens Rommel, Dana R. Fisher, Johannes Breuer, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Dana Howard

Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 9d

A lot of psych is already conducted with online convenience samples & ppl are probably excited about silicon samples bc it would allow them to crank out more studies for even less 💸

How about we reconsider the idea that sciencey science involves collecting own data.
www.science.org/content/arti...

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

www.science.org

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 15d

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 16d

The educational #wealth divide in #Europe
New study by Andrea Pietrolucci, Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, and Marco Albertini,: Beyond income, parental wealth shapes young people’s chances of entering higher education.
👉

The educational wealth divide in Europe: Post-secondary enrollment gaps across parental wealth components and countries

Parental wealth is a crucial dimension of socioeconomic status (SES) and plays a significant role in the intergenerational transmission of educational…

doi.org

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 16d

Unemployment rates
Spain 10%
Finland 10%
Sweden 9%
Colombia 9%
Chile 8%
Greece 8%
Turkey 8%
France 8%
Canada 7%
Italy 6%
NZ 5%
UK 5%
US 4%
Germany 4%
Mexico 3%
S Korea 3%
Japan 2%

Source: www.oecd.org/en/data/insi...

Chart showing July 2025 unemployment rates in OECD countries.

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Journal of Marriage and Family @jmfncfr.bsky.social · 17d

More new research out this month from JMF! Explore division of labor, parenting stress, divorce risks, and more: bit.ly/JMFEarlyView

#FamilyScience #SocialScience #SocialSciences #SocialScienceResearch #OpenAccess

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Bruno Arpino @brunoarpino.bsky.social · 18d

🚀 2-year Postdoc opportunity with me on older adults, digital technologies & wellbeing.

Flexible location/remote-friendly

Deadline 9 Oct, 13:00 CEST

Details & how to apply (both ITA/ENG):

www.stat.unipd.it/procedura-se...

#Postdoc #Ageing #Demography #DigitalInequality

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Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller , and 5 more Stephen P. Jenkins, Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller, Sona Golder, Thomas M. Meyer, Martin Kreidl, Florian Keusch, Claudia Landwehr

MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 18d

📣 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...

Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.

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Generations & Gender Programme Czech Republic @ggp-cz.bsky.social · 21d

📌 Hledáme posily! Přihlaste se na pozice:

👩🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓 Doktorand/ka se zaměřením na měření a analýzu fertilních nebo životních záměrů a plánů

🧑🏻‍🦱👩🏻 Odborník/ice na propagaci, diseminaci a péči o uživatele výzkumu GGP – Současná česká rodina

🔗 Podmínky a více informací zde: ggp-cz.fss.muni.cz/aktuality/hl...

Hledáme posily

Tým projektu GGP – Současná česká rodina hledá posily na pozice: doktorand/ka se zaměřením na měření a analýzu fertilitních/životních záměrů a plánů a odborník/ice na propagaci, diseminaci a péči o už...

ggp-cz.fss.muni.cz

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Reposted by Martin Kreidl, Fabrizio Bernardi, Patrick Präg

Gaia Ghirardi @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social · 23d

First single-author pub out in SSM!

It shows a mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of health inequality: high-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity & overweight, while low-SES environments trigger it 🌍🧬⚖️

OA:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The development of body mass index from adolescence to adulthood: A genotype-family socioeconomic status interaction study

Body weight in adolescence and adulthood may result from the interplay between individuals’ genetic characteristics and the social context in which th…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23d

My team at @pewresearch.org studies the global size and demographic characteristics of religious groups, including the religiously unaffiliated.

Our latest report describes big changes in the global religious landscape since 2010:

How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020

Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated changed, according ...

www.pewresearch.org

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Reposted by Peter H. Lee, Martin Kreidl

British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 24d

Take part in ‘75 Years of Sociology’ – a fixture in the sociological calendar unlike any other! Submit an abstract for the BSA’s 75th anniversary conference, 8-10 April 2026, University of Edinburgh. Deadline: 3 October 2025 tinyurl.com/23sjk4nh #sociology

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Reposted by Martin Kreidl, David C. Kimball, Timothy D. McBride

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 25d

Check out this scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) & life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries (lines = averages).

The United States sits alone in the bottom right area due to its very high spending rate and below-average life expectancy.

More www.oecd.org/en/publicati... 🧪

Figure 1.7 illustrates the extent to which countries that spend more on health have better health outcomes.
There is a clear positive association between health spending per capita and life expectancy at birth (Figure 1.7). Among the
38 OECD countries, 18 spend more and have higher life expectancy than the OECD average (top right quadrant). A further
11 countries spend less and have lower life expectancy than the OECD average (bottom left quadrant).
Of particular interest are countries that deviate from this basic relationship. Eight countries spend less than the OECD average
but achieve higher life expectancy overall (top left quadrant). This may indicate relatively good value for money of health systems,
notwithstanding the fact that many other factors also have an impact on health outcomes. These eight countries are Korea, Spain,
Italy, Israel, Portugal, Chile, Costa Rica and Slovenia. The only country in the bottom right quadrant is the United States, with
much higher spending than all other OECD countries but lower life expectancy than the OECD average.

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 26d

Hard at work on your #PAA2026 submission? The deadline is in 3 weeks! Submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. buff.ly/Uu9sG50

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Julia Mikolai @jmikolai.bsky.social · 28d

We are hiring a Posd-Doctoral Research Fellow @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social to work on #family and #housing #projections using #microsimulation. DL: 1 October. More info: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Research Fellow (or Research Assistant*) – AR2690

Research Fellow (or Research Assistant*) – AR2690, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, Salary: £38,784 - £46,049 per annum, Start: As soon as possible, Fixed term until May 2027, <p st...

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Martin Kreidl @martinkreidl.bsky.social · Sep 5

Apply by the end of September (we will continue reviewing applications until end of November if the position is not filled). No location requirement for the initial applointment, but renewal would require location in/near Brno.

Reposted by Martin Kreidl, Ismael Peña‐López

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW: The beliefs & practices of religious "nones" in 22 countries: pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Related: The rise of religious "nones" as part of a global secular transition nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

Large shares of “nones” in some countries say “there is something spiritual beyond the natural world, even if we cannot see it.” For instance, 61% of “nones” in Mexico and 65% in Brazil express this belief.

Many religiously unaffiliated adults also express belief in God. This includes solid majorities of “nones” in South Africa (77%) and several countries in Latin America, such as Brazil (92%), Colombia (86%) and Chile (69%).3

Religiously unaffiliated adults in Europe and Australia are much less inclined to believe in God. Just 18% of “nones” in Australia, 10% in Sweden and 9% in Hungary are believers.

In the United States, 45% of “nones” say they believe in God, according to our 2023 survey.

Another relatively common belief among people who do not affiliate with any religion is that animals can have spirits or spiritual energies. In Greece and several Latin American countries, at least three-quarters of “nones” believe this.

In general, “nones” are somewhat more likely to say they pray than to say they light incense or candles. However, in most of the studied countries, the “nones” who pray tend to report that they do so infrequently – a few times a month or less often.

For example, just 23% of German “nones” say they ever pray. That includes 16% who pray a few times a month or less often, and 7% who say they pray weekly or more often.

Overall, “nones” are much less likely than religiously affiliated adults to engage in these practices. For instance, 72% of Christians in Germany say they ever pray, including 33% who pray at least weekly.

Many “nones” express negative views about religion’s influence on society.

For instance, in 12 of the 22 countries studied here, religiously unaffiliated adults are more likely to say religion encourages intolerance than to say it encourages tolerance. In Germany, nearly three-quarters of “nones” say religion encourages intolerance, compared with a quarter who say it encourages tolerance.

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Reposted by Emilio Zagheni, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Martin Kreidl

Signe Svallfors @signesvallfors.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply!
PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Generations & Gender Programme Czech Republic @ggp-cz.bsky.social · Sep 4

Reposted by Bruno Arpino, Martin Kreidl

European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 The 1st Conference of the EAPS Working Group on Sustainable Ageing will take place in Padova, Italy, on 11–12 September 2025. The program features around 50 presentations on ageing, intergenerational relations, and digitalization and more.

ℹ️More information:
www.eaps.nl/page/sustain...

EAPS.nl | Sustainable Ageing

There is an ongoing debate, within and outside academia, about population ageing and its economic, political and environmental sustainability.  But how can societies ensure ageing we...

www.eaps.nl

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Reposted by Emilio Zagheni, Bruno Arpino, Martin Kreidl , and 2 more Emilio Zagheni, Bruno Arpino, Martin Kreidl, Marco Albertini, Clark Gray

European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna.

💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...

EAPS.nl | European Population Conference 2026

EAPS.nl

www.eaps.nl

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Martin Kreidl

Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm looking for a PhD student to do some trailblazing at the frontier of personality genomics and lifespan gene-environment transactions (start Fall 2026)! If you want to work with me: psychology.msu.edu/graduatestud...
(PS @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social is taking a student too, in moral psych/dev!)

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ANSIRH @ansirh.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today we submitted a letter with @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social to the FDA signed by over 200 scientists.

The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...

Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy Reproductive Health Researchers Comment Letter to FDA

On August 27th, 2025, UCLA Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy (CRHLP) and Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at UCSF submitted a letter on behalf of more than 260 rese...

law.ucla.edu

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Rebecca Sear, Kris Inwood , and 5 more Joanna Bryson, Rebecca Sear, Kris Inwood, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Patrick Svensson, Martin Kreidl, Patrick Präg, Alice Reid

Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)

www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...

One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)

www.lse.ac.uk

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Reposted by Gijs Schumacher, Justus Uitermark, Matthijs Rooduijn , and 4 more Gijs Schumacher, Justus Uitermark, Matthijs Rooduijn, Martin Kreidl, Damian Trilling, Johannes Breuer, Rense Corten

Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · Aug 25

🚨 PhD Position at the University of Amsterdam 🚨

Join my team as a computer scientist / computational social scientist working on LLMs, social media, and politics.

We offer freedom, impact, and an inspiring environment at one of Europe's leading universities.

🔗 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD Position on Improving Social Media Using Large Language Models

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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