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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!

Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.

📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

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Ewa Batyra @ewabatyra.bsky.social · Aug 25

I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇

Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨

Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!

Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

We're hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher in Demography, deadline: 30 September 2025

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Satu Helske @satuhelske.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake.

#research #hiring

INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Aug 25

We’re hiring!

Join @utu.fi & INVEST Research Flagship Centre as a #SeniorResearcher ( #postdoc ) or #DoctoralResearcher in the #SHARELEAVE project on parental leave and social inequality. 🌍👶

🗓 Apply by Sept 22 at 4 pm (Finnish time) 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...

#hiring #openvacancies

Senior researcher or doctoral researcher

The Faculty of Social Sciences, INVEST Flagship Research Centre at the University of Turku invites applications for contract-based, fixed term senior researcher or doctoral researcher position from 1....

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Arieda Muço @ariedamuco.bsky.social · Aug 24

If you use Stata and you want to make nice coefficient plots, this article by @uptonorwell.bsky.social is really fantastic!

medium.com/the-stata-ga...

Making Regression Coefficient Plots in Stata

Traditionally, researchers reported results of regression analyses using tables. A more visually appealing way of presenting these results is by using a coefficient plot. Unlike a typical scatterplot…

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 6

Look at how having a child affects male and female happiness differently.

What do you notice?

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Aga Kasperska @akasperska.bsky.social · Jul 17

📚 Our paper on employer’s perceptions of workers taking parental leaves: we find hiring & pay penalties for fathers taking (longer) leave and rewards for mothers taking shorter leave. #IPC2025

@amatysiak.bsky.social
@ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
@labfam.bsky.social

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Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · Jul 15

Millions of Poles tuned in to watch their country's first-ever appearance at the Women's Euro this month.

The tournament "has changed the perception of women’s football in the country forever", writes Joanna Wiśniowska for @theguardian.com.

How Poland’s Euro 2025 showing transformed a nation’s view of women’s football

Despite their group-stage exit, Nina Patalon’s side have made history and changed perceptions back home

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Nennstiel @nennstielr.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 Are young women becoming more left-wing & young men more right-wing?
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

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Antonia Lloyd-Jones @antonialloydjones.bsky.social · Jun 5

It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Jun 3

What happens to women when they are denied an abortion?

Short run: their risk of death rises.

A full 15 years later, they experience:

more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance

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Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social · Jun 3

🌍 Join Us at @UniWarszawski for a landmark event on Europe’s future!
We are thrilled to welcome you to "Europe and Mobilities: Challenges and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Transformations" conference — a flagship event of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. 1/2

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Aga Kasperska @akasperska.bsky.social · Jun 2

📢 New publication!

With @amatysiak.bsky.social & @ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social we provide evidence of #FlexibilityStigma: employers see remote workers as less productive and committed which explains their career penalties. Plus gender differences.

📄 Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social · May 30

📢 Can’t join us in Warsaw for #EUROMOBI2025? No problem!
We’re streaming the entire conference live on YouTube 🎥

🗓️ June 4–6
📍 Univ. of Warsaw
💬 Europe, mobilities & socio-economic change

Join us online (coffee not included 😉)
#EuropeAndMobilities

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · May 27

Male college students are 18.6% more likely than female students to receive favorable grade changes made by instructors.

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POB V | IDUB UW @pobvuw.bsky.social · May 23

The latest agenda for the Europe and Mobilities conference is now available!
Explore the sessions, keynotes, and side events shaping the conversation around Europe's future.
See what’s coming soon at @UniWarszawski.
Registration and full details > bit.ly/4ijTmzG

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Honorata Bogusz @honoratabogusz.bsky.social · May 19

My partner Radost has created fantastic visualizations of yesterday's Polish presidential election results — mapped by both population (~half of Poles live in cities) and territory.
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...

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Aga Kasperska @akasperska.bsky.social · May 15

The conference addresses key socio-economic issues in Europe: migration, demography, democracy, and tech change. @labfam.bsky.social & @amatysiak.bsky.social lead the session on Demographic Change & Resilience (Thu 4th of June, 14:45-16:15).

It’s held in 🇵🇱 with online access - link coming soon.

Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social · Apr 18

The registration for "Europe and Mobilities", organised as part of @poland25eu.bsky.social is open. Join academics, policymakers, international orgs and NGOs to discuss demography, migration, digital and energy transformation, and the future of democracy in Europe
b2match.com/e/euromobi-c...

Europe and Mobilities. PL Presidency Conference.

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Johanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · May 9

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · May 1

If you run conjoint experiments, you need to read this.

Most conjoints estimate average effects for each attribute.

But what if the effect of one attribute depends on the others?

This paper has got you covered!

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British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) @bspsuk.bsky.social · Apr 15

less than 4 weeks to get your abstract in for the #BSPS2025 call for papers... strands from climate change to gender to conflict to formal demography to public views on low fertility ...and much more

take a look at the full range & submit your work by 9 May:
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

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Aga Kasperska @akasperska.bsky.social · Apr 12

Full poster:

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📊 Our #PAA2025 poster on employer’s perceptions on workers taking parental leaves with @amatysiak.bsky.social, @ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social & @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
We find hiring and pay penalties for fathers taking (longer) leave and rewards for mothers taking shorter leave. @labfam.bsky.social

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King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership @giwlkings.bsky.social · Mar 19

"Sir Gareth Southgate has expressed his concern that 'callous, manipulative and toxic influencers' are taking the place of traditional father figures in society and contributing to mental health issues among young men."

Gareth Southgate rails against ‘callous toxic influencers’ in Dimbleby Lecture

Sir Gareth Southgate has expressed concern that ‘callous, manipulative and toxic influencers’ are taking the place of traditional father figures and contributing to mental health issues among young me...

www.theguardian.com

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Alexi Gugushvili @a-gugushvili.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨🔍 New research on Russian public opinion! Despite sanctions, political turmoil & economic strain, many Russians remain surprisingly optimistic about the war. Why? My latest study unpacks this paradox & what it reveals about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇 (1/4)

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1478...

Russian public perceptions of the war in Ukraine: a paradox of optimism amid crisis

This study examines public perceptions of the Ukraine war, with a particular focus on Russian attitudes toward its economic and political impacts in comparison to other countries. Drawing on theore...

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Feb 24

New article by me!

It's a common mistake to think the TFR is a prediction of the average number of children women will have over their lifetimes.

But it's not. The TFR can decline even when the eventual number of children per woman stays constant or even increases; the opposite can happen too. 🧵

A line graph compares two measures of fertility rates in Sweden over time: the total fertility rate and the completed cohort fertility rate.

The total fertility rate is depicted using a red line, which shows a downward trend starting around the early 1900s, with fluctuations and a gradual decline to about 1.5 in 2022.

The completed cohort fertility rate is illustrated with a blue line, with the time axis showing the women's birth year. It shows an initial decline followed by a stable fertility rate.

A note at the bottom states that the completed cohort fertility rate has been shifted by 30 years to align with the respective birth years of women. The data source is the Human Fertility Database (2024) and the chart is published by Our World in Data.

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