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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 7d

New book review 📙 👀

“Ladegaard develops a thesis about the darker side of digitalization, something which is extensively documented, but sparsely theorized … the work is timely and innovative."

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 8d

👉 New interview out 👀

As part of the forthcoming special issue on “Social investment in Action” we bring an interview with Professor Elizabeth Popp Berman, author of the widely acclaimed 'Thinking like an Economist – How Efficiency Replaced Equality in US Public Policy'.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 8d

👉 New comment out 👀

Garritzmann, Häusermann and Palier argue that the key problem of the ongoing debate is that scholars and politicians refer to social investment as if it was one single type of policy, whereas there are quite different variants of this paradigm.

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Digital Democracy Centre @ddc-sdu.bsky.social · 8d

📄DDC PUBLICATION UPDATE📄
Our former PhD & current Postdoc @emilbakke.bsky.social is first author on this important study on visual expressions in protest movements!
Together with @nicolemilmandoerr.bsky.social and @mathiaswullum.bsky.social in @actasociologica.bsky.social !
Great work Emil et al.!

Emil Bakkensen Johansen @emilbakke.bsky.social · 8d

Out now in @actasociologica.bsky.social: “Momentary symbols: Tracing the visual expressions of collectives”

with @nicolemilmandoerr.bsky.social & @mathiaswullum.bsky.social

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Emil Bakkensen Johansen @emilbakke.bsky.social · 8d

Out now in @actasociologica.bsky.social: “Momentary symbols: Tracing the visual expressions of collectives”

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 8d

👉 New article commentary out 👀

In the forthcoming Special Issue on Social Investment in Action Moira Nelson argues that SI research needs to go beyond calling for ‘more’ education to systematically address the variegated social and economic effects of education policies.

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Besnik Pula @besnikpula.bsky.social · 23d

Honored to see the review of my book by Eduardo Duran published in @actasociologica.bsky.social Truly appreciate the attention!

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 22d

In a new article, Ramaekers and Raiber advances our knowledge of neighbour caregivers by examining the impact of anticipated reciprocity and previous (negative) caregiving experience. They indicate that neighbours can form a safety net for those who cannot rely on family.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 23d

“A deep engagement with phenomenological theory and a practical roadmap for how it can inform a renewed, more human-centered interpretive sociology.”

- Eduardo Duran on Besnik Pula’s 'Alfred Schutz, Phenomenology, and the Renewal of Interpretive Social Science'.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 23d

👉 New article out 👀

'Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy' by Rense Nieuwenhuis, Mara A Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and Jakob Strigén.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · 29d

New article!

Berger and Bakken bridge the gap between online and offline drug market research finding that market relationships vary on a continuum between being fully digital to fully physical. They show how this continuum is determined by social and relational factors.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Sep 9

In this new article Eivind Hjort Matthiasen analyzes how upper-class and working-class individuals in Oslo, Norway, orient themselves toward environmental values through their energy practices.

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Unraveling the role of material conditions in eco-habitus: Studying eco-friendly energy practices across social classes - Eivind Hjort Matthiasen, 2025

This article analyzes how upper-class and working-class individuals in Oslo, Norway, orient themselves toward environmental values through their energy practice...

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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · Sep 5

Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy

New paper in @actasociologica.bsky.social with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Sep 4

Nick Crossley argues that both identity and social ties are important to group formation, but that our understanding of their intersection is underdeveloped. In the new article ‘Group formation and social structure: On networks and identities’ he address this deficit.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Sep 3

In ‘Against underdog metaphysics: Alvin Gouldner and the Marxist critique of post-theory’, Wilén and Söderberg connect the reservations that Marxists have long expressed about the revolutionary potential of the lumpenproletariat with the Marxist critique of post-theory.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Sep 3

In 'Politics of welfare exclusion: Open and concealed welfare chauvinism and public support for social assistance reform' Mikkel Haderup Larsen test how welfare chauvinism in proposals to reform the Danish Social Assistance system affects public support.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Sep 1

In "Institutional conditions and acquisition of language skills among young refugees: Investigating the German context" @oliverwinkler.bsky.social and Anne-Kathrin Carwehl show that school enrollment waiting time and insecure residence status relates to fewer language skills

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Aug 15

New article👀
In "Radical right support and the deepened rural-urban and educational divides among younger generations" Amanda Valldor from @sofi.su.se shows that educational and rural-urban political divides are more pronounced among younger generations than older ones.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Aug 11

New📖review
Across the economy, politics, and society, @kjhealy.co and @marionf.bsky.social "show how processes of datafication—and more specifically, ordinal ranking—are reorganizing how people are seen." @lauraknelson.bsky.social writes in her review of the Ordinal Society.

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Aug 7

In "What the street level can teach us about the social investment state – Insights from encounters between caseworkers and vulnerable unemployed clients in Denmark" Mathias Herup Nielsen adds a street-level perspective to the scholarly discussions over social investment.

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What the street level can teach us about the social investment state – Insights from encounters between caseworkers and vulnerable unemployed clients in Denmark - Mathias Herup Nielsen, 2025

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨new paper 📃
In "Feeling like a bad investment: Exploring the lived experiences of being the object of social investment technologies in Danish public employment services" @sabinapultz.bsky.social opens a critical discussion; who are we investing in and for what purpose?

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Aug 1

Back from the summer break and you have been very productive indeed: 61 manuscripts in our inbox!
So when you soon receive invitations to review, please keep in mind that for each of your manuscripts that go into review you need to review 2-3 manuscripts for the system to balance out. Thanks! 😘

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Jul 31

Zachary Webster Griffen reviews "The Politics of Modelling: Numbers Between Science and Policy" by Andrea Saltelli and Monica Di Fiore and reflects on how Trump and Musk has profoundly altered the relationship between statistical modelling and politics in the US

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Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Jul 30

Lovely paper but wrong "Acta" I am afraid 😉

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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · Jul 14

New article:

Group formation and social structure: On networks and identities

Nick Crossley in @actasociologica.bsky.social

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