Cristóbal Moya
@cmoya.bsky.social
Research Associate | The German Institute for Economic Research (@diw.de)
Affiliated to the Faculty of Sociology, Universität Bielefeld
Open Science enthusiast
Affiliated to the Faculty of Sociology, Universität Bielefeld
Open Science enthusiast
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I've used Lavaan almost every (work)day for 15 years, but this open source labour of love has never received proper institutional support. I'm delighted to be a small part of an 1.5M OpenScienceNL award, led by Jorgensen, to completely revamp and futureproof Lavaan www.openscience.nl/en/news/45-p...
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I've used Lavaan almost every (work)day for 15 years, but this open source labour of love has never received proper institutional support. I'm delighted to be a small part of an 1.5M OpenScienceNL award, led by Jorgensen, to completely revamp and futureproof Lavaan www.openscience.nl/en/news/45-p...
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For everyone using names in experimental research, check out this first publication in Nature's Scientific Data from our @equalstrength.bsky.social project on perceptions of names in Europe
Lead by Abel Ghekiere and @billiemartiniello.bsky.social; great summary by @sbvanoosten.bsky.social below ⬇️
Lead by Abel Ghekiere and @billiemartiniello.bsky.social; great summary by @sbvanoosten.bsky.social below ⬇️
⁉️What do people read into names? ⁉️
✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨
When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background?
🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅
Check it out here: 🧵
✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨
When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background?
🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅
Check it out here: 🧵
The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For everyone using names in experimental research, check out this first publication in Nature's Scientific Data from our @equalstrength.bsky.social project on perceptions of names in Europe
Lead by Abel Ghekiere and @billiemartiniello.bsky.social; great summary by @sbvanoosten.bsky.social below ⬇️
Lead by Abel Ghekiere and @billiemartiniello.bsky.social; great summary by @sbvanoosten.bsky.social below ⬇️
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Businesses, associations, and places of worship are key aspects of immigrant community life. Why do some groups build dense organizational ecologies but others don’t? A new analysis of 25,117 ethnoreligious organizations in 4900 communities suggests that culture—not social structure—drives density
Local Communities, Distant Origins: How Cultural Distance and Local Context Shape Immigrant Ethnoreligious Infrastructures | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Businesses, associations, and places of worship are key aspects of immigrant community life. Why do some groups build dense organizational ecologies but others don’t? A new analysis of 25,117 ethnoreligious organizations in 4900 communities suggests that culture—not social structure—drives density
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Two-thirds of quantitative articles in the latest volume of American Sociological Review provide at least their code and a link to the data, which is progress over past years but still very bad.
Another update on American Sociological Review’s failure to meet current social science standards
In the most recent volume, two-thirds of papers based on quantitative analysis provided replication packages.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Two-thirds of quantitative articles in the latest volume of American Sociological Review provide at least their code and a link to the data, which is progress over past years but still very bad.
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On Thursday we host Claudia Diehl for the year's last AMCIS Seminar: "Explaining Perceptions of Unfair Treatment: Theoretical Arguments & Empirical Evidence from Ethnic Minorities, Women & Students"
Info & registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
@codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social
Info & registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
@codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social
Explaining Perceptions of Unfair Treatment: Theoretical Arguments and Empirical Evidence from Ethnic Minorities, Women and Students - AMCIS
In this lecture, Prof. Dr. Claudia Diehl discusses to what extent the various mechanisms that have been proposed to explain perceived ethnic discrimination apply to other disadvantaged groups and othe...
amcis.uva.nl
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
On Thursday we host Claudia Diehl for the year's last AMCIS Seminar: "Explaining Perceptions of Unfair Treatment: Theoretical Arguments & Empirical Evidence from Ethnic Minorities, Women & Students"
Info & registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
@codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social
Info & registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
@codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social
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The call for papers for ISA RC28 Spring Meeting 2026 has been extended until 8 December
Apply here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai... .
Apply here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai... .
The Conference
Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is an honour to welcome you to the RC28 Spring Meeting 2026. This academic meeting is proposed a...
eventos.upo.es
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The call for papers for ISA RC28 Spring Meeting 2026 has been extended until 8 December
Apply here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai... .
Apply here: eventos.upo.es/137585/detai... .
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This talk by @simine.com about what other fields can learn from the crisis in psychology is excellent. I so wish sociology was listening. If 10% of sociologists knew 50% of what she says then research in sociology would be 100% better.
In case you have missed Simine Vazire's excellent webinar yesterday, here is the link to watch it online: youtu.be/_vb1CNwC3CM Thanks again @simine.com for staying up so late and thanks to the audience for the great questions!
PCI Webinar series #13 - Simine Vazire - Recognizing and responding to a replication crisis
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This talk by @simine.com about what other fields can learn from the crisis in psychology is excellent. I so wish sociology was listening. If 10% of sociologists knew 50% of what she says then research in sociology would be 100% better.
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Applications to host a 2026 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are due Sunday (December 1st) by 5pm. Don't forget to check out our new "Tech for Open Minds" program too. Apply here: sicss.io/host
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November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Applications to host a 2026 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are due Sunday (December 1st) by 5pm. Don't forget to check out our new "Tech for Open Minds" program too. Apply here: sicss.io/host
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Last chance today to hand in your application!
Wir suchen eine studentische Hilfskraft in unserem Projekt zu den Erfahrungen Geflüchteter in Deutschland!
Interesse am Thema, Studium einer Sozialwissenschaft und Quanti-Aufgeschlossenheit sind wichtig.
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/415...
Bitte bewerben und an kluge Studis weiterleiten!
Interesse am Thema, Studium einer Sozialwissenschaft und Quanti-Aufgeschlossenheit sind wichtig.
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/415...
Bitte bewerben und an kluge Studis weiterleiten!
Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) (ID366)
Das WZB ist eine öffentlich geförderte Einrichtung für problemorientierte sozialwissenschaftliche Grundlagenforschung (http://www.wzb.eu). Als auß...
wzb.hr4you.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Last chance today to hand in your application!
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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Class-based network segregation, economic inequality, and redistributive preferences across societies
Abstract. Rising economic inequality has renewed interest in how class-based social networks shape redistributive preferences across societies. While previ
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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We're running a new round of SOEPcampus over lunch sessions! 🚀 Join in and get to know the great potential of SOEP
🍽️Join us for SOEPcampus over lunch!
A short online intro to the SOEP data on Nov 26, Dec 3 & 10, 2025 covering data structure, sample design, weighting, and analysis.
📅 Register by Nov 25, 2025: www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c....
A short online intro to the SOEP data on Nov 26, Dec 3 & 10, 2025 covering data structure, sample design, weighting, and analysis.
📅 Register by Nov 25, 2025: www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c....
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We're running a new round of SOEPcampus over lunch sessions! 🚀 Join in and get to know the great potential of SOEP
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Come and do a PhD at the #EUI! We are five professors in sociology, within the department of Political and Social Sciences. Social stratification, education, family demography, analytical sociology, experimental sociology, it’s all here!
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Come and do a PhD at the #EUI! We are five professors in sociology, within the department of Political and Social Sciences. Social stratification, education, family demography, analytical sociology, experimental sociology, it’s all here!
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💸 Who supports welfare cuts or tax hikes when money’s tight?
At Bites of Inequality, @kalf.bsky.social shows how self-interest wins when policies hit your own wallet.
🗓 Nov 25, 12:15–1:45 📍 LMU Sociology, Konradstr. 6
🗓 Nov 25, 12:15–1:45 📍 LMU Sociology, Konradstr. 6
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
💸 Who supports welfare cuts or tax hikes when money’s tight?
At Bites of Inequality, @kalf.bsky.social shows how self-interest wins when policies hit your own wallet.
🗓 Nov 25, 12:15–1:45 📍 LMU Sociology, Konradstr. 6
🗓 Nov 25, 12:15–1:45 📍 LMU Sociology, Konradstr. 6
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There’s a new kid in town!
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...
www.fertstert.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There’s a new kid in town!
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
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¿Te interesan los temas de desigualdad y movilidad social? ¿Quieres hacer el doctorado?
Va a salir una Beca FPI en el proyecto I+D que dirijo:
“Does luck matter? The role of luck in individual life courses and views of redistribution”.
La convocatoria oficial de la UNED saldrá en breve.
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Va a salir una Beca FPI en el proyecto I+D que dirijo:
“Does luck matter? The role of luck in individual life courses and views of redistribution”.
La convocatoria oficial de la UNED saldrá en breve.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
¿Te interesan los temas de desigualdad y movilidad social? ¿Quieres hacer el doctorado?
Va a salir una Beca FPI en el proyecto I+D que dirijo:
“Does luck matter? The role of luck in individual life courses and views of redistribution”.
La convocatoria oficial de la UNED saldrá en breve.
1/2
Va a salir una Beca FPI en el proyecto I+D que dirijo:
“Does luck matter? The role of luck in individual life courses and views of redistribution”.
La convocatoria oficial de la UNED saldrá en breve.
1/2
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Congratulations to us, and thank you, @kohli-sociology.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Congratulations to us, and thank you, @kohli-sociology.bsky.social!
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Curious to learn what is behind the European Social Survey? This Podcast with Rory Fitzgerad provides a glimpse behind the scenes of this impressive data set. @ess-survey.bsky.social
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
Kevin Caners sits down with Rory Fitzgerald, Director of the European Social Survey and laureate of the 2024 Kohli Infrastructure Prize, to uncover the story behind one of the most influential social research projects in Europe.
pod.link/1786456001/e...
@ess-survey.bsky.social
Kevin Caners sits down with Rory Fitzgerald, Director of the European Social Survey and laureate of the 2024 Kohli Infrastructure Prize, to uncover the story behind one of the most influential social research projects in Europe.
pod.link/1786456001/e...
@ess-survey.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Curious to learn what is behind the European Social Survey? This Podcast with Rory Fitzgerad provides a glimpse behind the scenes of this impressive data set. @ess-survey.bsky.social
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This new trick in Economics of pretending almost everything everyone defines as the welfare state is not the welfare state…and then declaring PRE-distribution not redistribution drives inequality is not intellectually serious.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/26/d...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/26/d...
Do Predistribution People Know How to Read?
How many times will they fall for the same exact measurement tricks?
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This new trick in Economics of pretending almost everything everyone defines as the welfare state is not the welfare state…and then declaring PRE-distribution not redistribution drives inequality is not intellectually serious.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/26/d...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/26/d...
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🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
Great contribution on why even in multiverse analysis thoughtful model specification matters, by @kauspurg.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions | PNAS
Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions
www.pnas.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Great contribution on why even in multiverse analysis thoughtful model specification matters, by @kauspurg.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Looking for a post-doc opportunity? Consider applying for this years's Kohli Fellowship and work at the vibrant WZB in Berlin - Deadline November 16:
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looking for a post-doc opportunity? Consider applying for this years's Kohli Fellowship and work at the vibrant WZB in Berlin - Deadline November 16:
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We mourn the loss of Claus Offe, an outstanding scholar and esteemed member of our academic community.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
www.faz.net
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
We mourn the loss of Claus Offe, an outstanding scholar and esteemed member of our academic community.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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PhD Opportunity (funded) is now live Any help with promotion appreciated :)
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality" @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality" @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
CALL_Predoc_UNPACK 2025_F.pdf
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October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
PhD Opportunity (funded) is now live Any help with promotion appreciated :)
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality" @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality" @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
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We’re off to a great start on our workshop on survey experiments, organized with @bramlancee.bsky.social
Great to welcome our participants @aissr.bsky.social on such a sunny Fall day!
Great to welcome our participants @aissr.bsky.social on such a sunny Fall day!
October 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We’re off to a great start on our workshop on survey experiments, organized with @bramlancee.bsky.social
Great to welcome our participants @aissr.bsky.social on such a sunny Fall day!
Great to welcome our participants @aissr.bsky.social on such a sunny Fall day!
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Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:
apply.interfolio.com/174709
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September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:
apply.interfolio.com/174709
apply.interfolio.com/174709