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Stefanie Mollborn

@mollborn.bsky.social

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Professor soc/demog Sociology Stockholm University, SUDA Sthlm, and University of Colorado Population Center. Health lifestyles, early life, parenting, LGBQ disparities, reproductive health. Own views. She/her.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 27d

Job! Two assistant/associate professors in educational sociology with a quantitative methods focus based either in Copenhagen or Aarhus
dpu.au.dk/om-dpu/ledig...

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Stefanie Mollborn @mollborn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....

Doktorand i sociologi

Sociologiska institutionen är en av Stockholms universitets största samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och rankas kontinuerligt bland de 50 bästa sociologiska institutionerna i världen. Mer info

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Sociologi SU @sociologi-su.bsky.social · Sep 5

Two research projects are looking for PhD students. One of the projects is about how AI is changing the labour market. The other one will examine how violent crime affects sexual and reproductive health in Mexico.

Last application date is 1 October.

www.su.se/department-o...

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SUDA Stockholm @suda-sthlm.bsky.social · Sep 5

A new research project about sexual and reproductive outcomes of violent crime in Mexico is recruiting two PhD students. The project is lead by Signe Svallfors who has received the five year starting grant from European Research Council.

www.su.se/department-o...

@signesvallfors.bsky.social

Researchers to explore how violent crime affects health - Department of Sociology

If I had five years and generous resources, what would I most like to do? That is what Signe Svallfors was thinking before deciding to apply for the ERC starting grant. The dream project would be to f...

www.su.se

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Dingeman Wiertz @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social · Sep 2

We have 2 posts available in our Quantitative Social Science centre at @sriucl.bsky.social.

It is a wonderful place to work, with great colleagues, exciting degrees, and good promotion prospects. The posts are open to anyone working in the broad space covered by our centre.

Deadline + link 👇

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

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GENUS @genus.bsky.social · Jul 8

Parenthood among same-sex couples has changed as policy & social contexts have evolved. Swedish data revealed that same-sex parenting increased over time among women, but remained rare among men.

👉 New paper by Mollborn, @martinkolk.bsky.social & Evertsson

🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Recent trends in parenthood in Swedish same- and different-sex legal unions: emerging gender and socioeconomic differences - Genus

Parentalization, or becoming a parent and being legally and socially recognized as such, has long been constrained for sexual minorities. Although many studies have examined the outcomes of children o...

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Jul 8

In this post I compiled a literature review of research about such gendered service disparities. These dynamics contributed to my resignation from a tenured full professorship last week.

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Leo Röhlke @leoroe.bsky.social · Jul 7

Happy to share my new study, publ. in Social Science Research 🎉 Bottom line: Yes, adolescents use their phones a lot 🤳 But I find no support for the notion that this use displaces reading, homework, hobbies, physical act., sleep... Instead: Changing media preferences 📺 ->📱. doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · Apr 10

Relying only on household-based data risks undercounting LGBTQ+ partnerships and misrepresenting their lives.

To fix that, we need relationship data plus sexual & gender identity measures. That’s how we accurately reflect LGBTQ+ experiences in policy & research.

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JHSB @jofhsb.bsky.social · Mar 25

In our March issue @mollborn.bsky.social Jennifer A. Pace &Bethany Rigles explore the effects of parents on their children’s health lifestyles: bit.ly/426bSps
What can we do about it? Read the policy brief: bit.ly/41VLMFv

@stockholm-uni.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social

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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · Feb 21

We're hiring a fully funded PhD student in #sociology here in wonderful Copenhagen!

Please share!

Learn more 👇

employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

employment.ku.dk

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Berkeley Population Sciences @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social · Feb 19

We are now accepting applications for our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography, taking place in-person at UC Berkeley on June 2-6, 2025. Deadline to apply is March 10.

See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...

Please share widely!

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Stefanie Mollborn @mollborn.bsky.social · Feb 18

Announcement of a fully funded Ph.D. position in Public Health Sciences @stockholm-uni.bsky.social for working with register data on inequalities in children’s mental health:

su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... (English)

www.su.se/institutione... (More information in Swedish)

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Cassandra Engeman @cassandraengeman.bsky.social · Feb 6

Now accepting applications for a PhD position in Sociology at Stockholm University on the project, "Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave"! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD student in Sociology (B)

The Department of Sociology is one of Stockholm University’s biggest social science departments and is continuously ranked among the top 50 sociology departments in the world. The PhD position is lo

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Stefanie Mollborn @mollborn.bsky.social · Feb 5

Call for apps--open Ph.D. position in #sociology at Stockholm University. Well-funded, great department, wonderful city. Due 1 Mar. Spread the word! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD student in Sociology (A)

The Department of Sociology , founded 1954, offers a lively and collaborative research environment with a strong international research profile. The department is especially competitive in the areas o

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Nov 14

Are you a #student who is interested in #Demography and #DataScience & you have no plans for ☀️☀️☀️#summer 2025☀️☀️☀️☀️ yet? Look no more! @mpidr.bsky.social has just the program for you: Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program! Apply until Jan 8, 2025 demogr.mpg.de/go/Incubator...

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Jens Rydgren @jensrydgren.bsky.social · Jan 1

New position at our department: Senior Lecturer in Sociology with specialization in Personnel, Work and Organization

Department of Sociology, Stockholm University

su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Universitetslektor i sociologi, inriktning personal, arbete & organisation

Mer information om oss finns på: Sociologiska institutionen Arbetsuppgifter Arbetsuppgifterna består huvudsakligen av undervisning, kursutveckling, handledning och examination främst inom kurser

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Dilek Yildiz @dyildiz.bsky.social · Dec 20

2nd position⬇️

📢The Vienna Institute of Demography is seeking a Postdoc to join Demography of Austria Research Group

📍 Location: Vienna, Austria
📅 Application Deadline: January 15, 2025

➡️https://oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Jobs/VID/VID192PD124_.pdf
@oeaw.bsky.social

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Dilek Yildiz @dyildiz.bsky.social · Dec 20

📢 Exciting Opportunity! Vienna Institute of Demography
Wittgenstein Centre & OEAW is seeking a PhD Student to join the Population Data and Projections Research Group. 📊📉

📍Vienna, Austria
📅 Deadline: January 31st, 2025

🔗https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Jobs/VID/VID181DOC124.pdf

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · Dec 12

Fresh drop from @chrisajulian.bsky.social
and Susan Brown #sociology #demography:

A national portrait of the well-being of remarried and previously married cohabiting older adults

Mounting evidence signals that cohabitation operates as an alternative to remarriage in later life. However, others have maintained that cohabitation is an incomplete institution marked by less fav...

www.tandfonline.com

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Chris Carroll, MD @chriscarrollmd.com · Nov 20

A reminder that the improvements that we’ve seen in life expectancy over the centuries are largely driven by preventing infants and children from dying. If you survived past childhood, you probably were going to live to 60.

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · Nov 19

An important tip about how BlueSky works!

There is no algorithm here, we are the algorithm. Reposts determines what gets seen by a bigger audience. Not likes.

Likes are feedback. Reposts are boosts.

If you want something to be seen by everyone: REPOST

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Gayle Kaufman @gaylekaufman.bsky.social · Nov 19

📣 New pub! With @drcompton.bsky.social and students Shuo Meng and Keya Zhou. Most Americans do not think people should get/stay married 'for the kids' and moreso among women and queer folks. Open access in @socquarterly.bsky.social #Sociology Read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

For the Children: Attitudes Toward Marriage and Divorce in the United States

The deinstitutionalization of marriage suggests more support for divorce and the forgoing of marriage. In this study, we examine attitudes toward both marriage and divorce in the context of having ...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Nov 18

Reminder that we’re hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology at UCL Social Research. Position is open to any applied field, deadline 20 December. (Reposting as the link was broken) 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

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Marie Labussière 🟥 @labussieremarie.bsky.social · Nov 12

📢The ERC CAREER project is organizing a workshop on “Skills and Careers in Changing Labour Markets” in Amsterdam on 26-27 May 2025!
👉With keynotes from Siwei Cheng and Heike Solga
Interested? Chech our call for papers and apply!
careerproject.eu/CAREER_works...

CAREER workshop 2025 - Career Project

Call for papers for the CAREER workshop "Skills and Careers in Changing Labour Markets" to be held in Amsterdam on 26-27 May 2025.

careerproject.eu

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Stefanie Mollborn @mollborn.bsky.social · Feb 26

I'm currently reading and really impressed by Jenny Trinitapoli's new book. Recommend! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

An Epidemic of Uncertainty

A decade-long study of young adulthood in Malawi that demonstrates the impact of widespread HIV status uncertainty, laying bare the sociological implications of what is not known.An Epidemic of Uncert...

press.uchicago.edu

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Pablo Gracia @pablogracia.bsky.social · Dec 14

New Faculty Position at Trinity College Dublin, Sociology! 💥

Assistant Professor in Sociology (Quantitative Sociology of Inequality and Life Course)

Deadline: 9th February 2024

📣 Apply and/or share this Assistant Professorship call!

Details on the call:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DEU175/a...

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Pablo Gracia @pablogracia.bsky.social · Nov 22

NEW Full Professorship on "Technology and Society" at Trinity College Dublin & Technological University Dublin!

*Deadline: January 4th, 2024
*Salary: Academic Pay Scale [€132,301 – €167,243 annum]

Looking for TOP scholars in this field.

Please APPLY and/or SHARE!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DEA677/w...

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