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Arnout van de Rijt
@arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social
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Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Science. Embracing freedom, openmindedness, compassion, forgiveness, fairness, justice, and humanity, as fascism is knocking on the door.
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Marc Keuschnigg @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social · 2d
Great reception for our work on online misinformation in Chile!
Thanks to my collaborators @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social & Jonas Stein
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 7d
"This article documents a surprising reversal in the long-standing gender gap in academic achievement."

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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 7d
NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · 7d
Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:

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Stanford Sociology @stanfordsoc.bsky.social · 8d
We're hiring for a senior appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor!

Apply here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Senior appointment in the Department of Sociology at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor
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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · Aug 28
A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today

www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...
Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.
www.foreignaffairs.com
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Opiniestukken @opiniestukken.bsky.social · 13d
In NRC: Waarschuwingen uit Weimar
Waarschuwingen uit Weimar
Extremisten kunnen alleen aan de macht komen met hulp van partijen die uit ambitie of lijfsbehoud met ze samenwerken. Dat is de les van de Weimarrepubliek, zegt Daniel Ziblatt.
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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 13d
✨ SPS Welcome 2025 ✨

Yesterday evening, we welcomed our new cohort of #SPS researchers.

Head of Department @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, together with our academic faculty, greeted the first-year researchers and celebrated the start of a new academic journey.

Cheers to a fruitful year ahead! 🥂📚
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 17d
This did not age well.

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Defending the One Percent
(Summer 2013) - Imagine a society with perfect economic equality. Then, one day, this egalitarian utopia is disturbed by an entrepreneur with an idea for a new product. Think of the entrepreneur as St...
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 19d
"This article offers an alternative framework for studying optimal policy design that replaces the dominant economic model’s emphasis on individual utility with a sociological emphasis on unequal life chances."

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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 19d
NEW: Elias Nosrati, "The Political Economy of Optimal Taxation" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21d
Well you're lucky... apparently reading a grant proposal does not meaningfully affect how it's ranked.
Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment - Scientometrics
Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal texts noticeably change panel decisions in single blind review? We report...
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 22d
Brextinction!

From our student @fresejoris.bsky.social and colleagues @juhoharkonen.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social

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Brextinction? How cohort replacement has transformed support for Brexit
Public support for Brexit has declined since the 2016 referendum. We argue that part of this decline is due to cohort replacement where many older voters (who support Brexit) have passed away, while ...
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Ted McCoy 🖖 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 22d
My department, Sociology at the University of Calgary, is hiring FOUR (4) tenure track professors this fall in the areas of systemic justice and structural harm. Please help us to circulate this widely within your scholarly networks!
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
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Jen Heerwig @drjenh.bsky.social · 22d
🚨 We’re HIRING! 🚨
The Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University (SUNY) is seeking two tenure-track Assistant Professors in Global Inequality & Justice (start Fall 2026).

Come join a vibrant, growing department at New York’s top public university!
📍 Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/172669
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 23d
"We find a...positive effect of using streaming platforms on the diversity of cultural consumption as well as on cosmopolitanism, on three domains, music, movies, and TV shows."

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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · Sep 4
Reposting with correct link! sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 23d
"Consonant with findings of low reliability and high, non-random non-response when a “Don’t know” option is available, the interviews highlight that Topbot is worded ambiguously, leading to varied interpretations and often puzzlement."

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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 26d
NEW: Anderson, "An Unreliable Ladder: Top–Bottom Self-Placement, Subjective Social Status, and Political Preferences sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 26d
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025
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Patrick Präg @ppraeg.bsky.social · 26d
Quite amazed by the articles that @sociologicalsci.bsky.social puts out on a regular basis -- this one here by Lewis Anderson: imaginative, bold, well-informed, an incredible eye for detail, this will really be moving the field forward

doi.org/10.15195/v12...
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Tom VanHeuvelen @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social · 25d
I wrote about @hermwerf.bsky.social 's excellent ASR article last year on education expansion and intergenerational mobility.

Hope you find it useful!

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Inequality Readers. On the merits
Education expansion merits optimism, and other puns
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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 26d
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).

You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!

#sociology

More 👇

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Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
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Jan Lorenz @janlo.de · 27d
If you are interested in doing a PhD on Agent-based models of Protests consider this call:

2 Doctoral Scholarships (48 months) ‘Contentious Politics in the Digital Age’ (CoPoDi), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Visit: www.bigsss-bremen.de/academic-pro...
CoPoDi: Research and Faculty
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 29d
Norwegian 🇳🇴 votes nearly counted. Looks like reelection for the Labour Party and the red block. Remarkable comeback. The populist Progress Party has a great result and has overtaken the Conservative Party (remind you of anything?) @jonasgahrstore will be back as PM #valg2025
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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 29d
Love this artwork!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 8
Court staff cover up Banksy image of judge beating a protester
Court staff cover up Banksy image of judge beating a protester
Artist’s latest work at Royal Courts of Justice in London is thought to refer to pro-Palestine demonstrations A painting by Banksy of a judge using a gavel to beat a helpless protester appeared on the walls of the Royal Courts of Justice before quickly being covered up by guards. Banksy confirmed the artwork was his by posting a picture of it on Instagram on Monday morning. Continue reading...
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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · Sep 8
Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).

www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...

@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid
Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 29d
An assistant professor position in Tilburg, in the sociology of social inequalities.
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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · Sep 8
Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).

www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...

@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid
Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.
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Len Seabrooke @lenseabrooke.bsky.social · Sep 6
I'm hiring two Post-Doctoral Fellows in International Political Economy/Economic Sociology as part of the ADD project funded by the Velux Foundation. The posts are linked to an AI Sustainability package led by Christina Lioma at KU and me at CBS, drawing insights from comp sci & political economy.
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