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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 26d

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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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Sep 1

This.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

#academia #academiasky

The Perverse Consequences of the Easy A

In the era of grade inflation, students at top colleges are more stressed than ever.

www.theatlantic.com

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks for this, this cannot be pointed out often enough at the moment.

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Jul 28

Amen to that…

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Why we need a right not to be manipulated

From airlines to broadband, companies exploit cognitive biases to get us to part with money. Here’s how to fight back

www.theguardian.com

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Jul 9

The Arab Barometer, or the Correlates of War dataset

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · Jul 8

oops the Anxious Gen Z Workplace Trend Tone button on my keyboard got stuck and now I need to go take a microvacation www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

A Day in the Life of the Gen Z Worker

Are you sure these are new workplace trends? Are you sure you aren’t just describing a routine phenomenon in an alarmed way?

www.theatlantic.com

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Jul 7

You can read and download the paper here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Comments and feedback are very much appreciated!

#Polisky #EconSky #Sociology #AcademicSky

OSF

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Jul 7

**New working paper**

AI is reshaping how we work. This makes some people more productive - but exposes others to job and income loss. I explore how this affects people's political attitudes and preferences using data from the @ess-survey.bsky.social and indicators of AI exposure & complementarity.

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Jun 19

“In all my discussions with scientists across every sector, exactly zero think the journal system works well.”

Some will disagree with aspects of Seemay’s analysis but this point is undoubtedly true open.substack.com/pub/asterain...?

Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough

Why we're no longer funding journal publications

open.substack.com

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Eleanor @belay-and-boulder.bsky.social · May 22

Does the movie end when she abseils off the end of her rope and dies?

I guess no one taught her that stopper knots save lives... 😅

#abseiling #rappelling #rockclimbing #jurassicworld

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Daily Climbing Memes @dailyclimbingmemes.bsky.social · May 2

165 #ClimbingMemes #RockClimbing #Bouldering #Optoutside #SportClimbing #TradClimbing #Canyoneering #dirtbaglife #TradDad #Daily

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · May 1

Very interesting. We’re seeing something corresponding in survey data: many higher educated workers, especially in sectors with high AI use, are worried about being replaced by technology at about the level of an industrial worker. And then there’s also this: doi.org/10.1086/718327

Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies | Journal of Labor Economics: Vol 40, No S1

We study the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on labor markets using establishment-level data on the near universe of online vacancies in the United States from 2010 onward. There is rapid growt...

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Apr 26

Just bizarre. Imagine these programs actually work and a bunch of colleagues from Yale and Stanford move their lives to us only to be told by some backbencher turned minister that they’re unproductive wastes of money that should better get to learning the local language or else…

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Alessandra Candian @donnainfiorino.bsky.social · Apr 26

Cuts to #Dutch education and research, limitation for international students, universities butchering departments but also “hey, here some money to attract top researchers from US, universities should also add some” because “we don’t care about your passport”. #FacePalm #AcademicSky

Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hier wetenschappers ontslaan en dan vervangen door Amerikanen: academische omvolking (en Hollandse spruitjeskneuterigheid want dit gaat van geld voor inflatiecorrectie af)

Onderwijsminister trekt 25 miljoen euro uit om wetenschappers naar Nederland te halen www.nu.nl/algemeen/635...

Onderwijsminister trekt 25 miljoen euro uit om wetenschappers naar Nederland te halen

Het ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap heeft 25 miljoen euro vrijgemaakt voor een fonds voor buitenlandse topwetenschappers. Dat bedrag moet het mogelijk maken om wetenschappers uit ander...

www.nu.nl

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Apr 26

Same here in Norway. Makes you wonder if anyone in charge really has some form of a plan for HE and research or if it’s just “fake it ‘til you make it”…

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Juliana Chueri @julianachueri.bsky.social · Apr 10

🚨 Call for papers! 🚨
Excited to co-chair the ESPAnet Milan 2025 stream “New Social Risks 2.0? Social vulnerability in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis” 🌍🤖📉.

📅 Deadline: April 14

@carloknotz.bsky.social

ESPANET 2025

University of Milan, 27th-29th August 2025

www.espanetmilano2025.it

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Mar 27

As above, @danielauer.bsky.social @janhelmdag.bsky.social @valeriefrey.bsky.social

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Mar 27

Great if you could forward to potential applicants, @julianachueri.bsky.social @garritzmannj.bsky.social @tobiastober.bsky.social @ainagallego.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @shirraviv.bsky.social @eawolff.bsky.social @moritzmarbach.bsky.social @breznaunate.bsky.social

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Mar 27

My department is *hiring a PhD* student (3 years, fully funded) for a research project on the social and political effects of AI-related technological change. *Deadline: May 4, '25*. See here for more information & to apply: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #PoliSky #Sociology #AcademicSky

PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Mar 24

Not immediately, but I’ll teach a course on survey experiments starting in the fall of 27 - could be relevant then.

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econmaett @econmaett.github.io · Mar 24

If I were a lady, I‘d join the @rladies.org team! 💪
#rstats

R-Ladies @rladies.org · Mar 24

🚀 Join the R-Ladies Global Team! 🌍💜
Are you passionate about diversity, empowerment, and fostering an inclusive R programming community? Make an impact by joining the R-Ladies Global Team! ✨

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Mar 17

You’re welcome! And, on the positive side, we might be on the other side of the tunnel now (fingers crossed…)

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Mar 17

Cuts (including layoffs) were implemented in NO & DK: www.khrono.no/godt-nytt-ku...

www.khrono.no/store-kutt-o...

Godt nytt kutt-år

Universitetsansatte ønsker seg sjelden ledelse i det hele tatt. Og hva hvis de i tillegg er motløse akademikere?

www.khrono.no

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Mar 17

IN NEW ISSUE: What drives opposition to social rights for immigrants?
@carloknotz.bsky.social, Alyssa Taylor, Mia Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/xMCkbbY

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Mar 12

IMO, #academics treat out value and role in society as self-evident.

Clearly, it ain't.

Let's get better about discussing the value of education, enlightenment, discovery, etc

#AcademicSky

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 12

“American universities did not cause the onslaught that the second Trump administration is unleashing upon them,” Nicholas B. Dirks writes. But they'd “be in a much stronger position today if they had made a proactive case to the public for their own importance.”

Academia Needs to Stick Up for Itself

American higher education would be in a much stronger position today if it had made a proactive case to the public for its own importance—and taken steps to address its very real shortcomings.

www.theatlantic.com

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