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Maude Pugliese @maudepugliese.bsky.social · Jul 9

1/10 🚨Why do women accumulate less wealth than men across countries and time?

I had the privilege of co-directing the latest Special Issue of #SER @sasemeeting.bsky.social with @celinebessiere.bsky.social on gender and wealth accumulation. 🧵 ⤵️

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Gender and wealth accumulation: an international perspective

Abstract. Why do women accumulate less wealth than men globally? As wealth inequality rises both within countries and worldwide, studies on gender and weal

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MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · May 23

❗️ Tue, May 27, 13:45-15:15 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with @dariatisch.bsky.social

"Dynasties of Wealth: The Preservation of Large Family Fortunes Over a Century"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...

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Daria Tisch @dariatisch.bsky.social · May 22

🚨Contrary to our expectations, we find that people perceive arrangements where women perform a higher proportion of housework as less fair than scenarios where men do so.

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Stefan Wallaschek @swallaschek.bsky.social · Apr 23

Together with @norawaitkus.bsky.social, I have a new paper on the question: How do Germany’s super-rich talk about being 💰💰💰? By analyzig media interviews, we show that they blend business with family success and tie past, present, and future into one seamless narrative.
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Unpacking Property: Media, Ownership, and Power in Transformation| The Past, the Present, the Future: Self-Portrayals of Wealthy Business Owners in the Media | Wallaschek | International Journal of Co...

Unpacking Property: Media, Ownership, and Power in Transformation| The Past, the Present, the Future: Self-Portrayals of Wealthy Business Owners in the Media

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · Apr 19

For once a little bit of self promotion: interesting paper on M
mediation of parental social class via wealth transfers on homeownership by @jaschadraeger.bsky.social @nrmllr.bsky.social and myself www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The keys to the house - How wealth transfers stratify homeownership opportunities

This study investigates how actual and anticipated intergenerational wealth transfers – i.e., inter vivos gifts and inheritances – contribute to inequ…

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Franziska Wiest @franziskawiest.bsky.social · Apr 28

My first paper of my dissertation 'Patrimonial Relations. Kinship, capital and conflict in super-rich Families' is out now on open access!

Here I discuss how super-rich families use relational work on affective family ties as an economic resource.

@bupjournals.bsky.social

Family feelings: affective ties and the reproduction of wealth in super-rich families

Rising wealth inequalities, concentrated in the hands of a few super-rich families, have recently sparked sociological interest in how these families sustain and legitimise their wealth across generat...

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Robert Manduca @robertmanduca.bsky.social · Apr 24

I have a new paper out! "Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy." Published yesterday in Socio-Economic Review @sasemeeting.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

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Daria Tisch @dariatisch.bsky.social · Apr 24

A great postdoc position with the truly amazing Isabell - supportive, sharp, and a joy to work with! Apply if you are looking for a postdoc position!

Isabell Stamm @isabellstamm.bsky.social · Apr 17

📢 Here is an exciting job opportunity at the TU Berlin. Please spread the word and apply!

Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.

www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...

Stellenausschreibung VI-153/25: Research Associate (PostDoc) - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen - 2nd qualifi... – Stellenausschreibungen der Technischen Universität Berlin

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Isabell Stamm @isabellstamm.bsky.social · Apr 17

📢 Here is an exciting job opportunity at the TU Berlin. Please spread the word and apply!

Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.

www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...

Stellenausschreibung VI-153/25: Research Associate (PostDoc) - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen - 2nd qualifi... – Stellenausschreibungen der Technischen Universität Berlin

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Joanna Fröhlich @joannafroehlich.bsky.social · Apr 23

Wir freuen uns auf den Start unserer Ringvorlesung zum Thema "Methoden und Perspektiven der Sozialstrukturanalyse" und viele spannende Vortragende, die Einblicke in ihre Forschung zu dem Thema geben. @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social
@ayo162.bsky.social @dariatisch.bsky.social @csauer.bsky.social

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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · Apr 2

New👇post summarizes main arguments from our Sociology paper (w. @mikesavagelse.bsky.social, @marentoft.bsky.social): how different strands of #class analysis can be easily mobilized to study #wealth and #asset inequalities in its various forms & shapes.💰🏰💸

Original paper: doi.org/10.1177/0038...

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · Mar 26

The Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy aims to address the continued underrepresentation of women in political economy. Join us!

📅 Cologne, September 22–25, 2025
👩‍🎓 For current PhD students or recent PhD graduates – free of charge
⏳ Apply by April 25, 2025

Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy

The Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy aims to establish a network of women working in political economy and to contribute to ameliorating existing gendered inequalities in the fi...

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Mar 21

Join us for the first
ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE
in Munich, October 9-11 2025

CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...

Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28.

Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)

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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚨New paper in SER🚨
Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples.
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
@pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux
#Sociology #Demography #Inequality

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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · Mar 4

🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025
📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va...
🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin

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Daria Tisch @dariatisch.bsky.social · Mar 13

If you want to know more about gender differences among billionaires, check out @emmaischinsky.bsky.social and my paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0816...

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Mar 13

As @oxfam-de.bsky.social also argues, equalizing gender gaps among billionaires is the second-best solution. Abolishing billionaires the first.

Their study (www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/pu...) also draws on new work by @dariatisch.bsky.social & @schechtlm.bsky.social:
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Eva Gajek @evagajek.bsky.social · Mar 12

Felix Römer and I take a deep dive into the term and concept of wealth in Docupedia —worth a read! docupedia.de/zg/gajek_roe...

Reichtum | Docupedia-Zeitgeschichte

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Feb 14

Is wealth inequality corrosive to society?

Can't wait to get started on our new project "Wealth and Social Cohesion from a Relational Perspective" with a fantastic team: @natrinh.bsky.social, @dariatisch.bsky.social, @rcarranzan.bsky.social, & @schechtlm.bsky.social

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LMU München @lmumuenchen.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚀 LMU-Soziologe @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social des
@isi-munich.bsky.social erhält Forschungsförderung der @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social in Höhe von 1,6 Mio. €!💰 Mit einem internationalen Team untersucht er, wie Vermögensunterschiede den sozialen Zusammenhalt beeinflussen.
www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...

Millionenförderung für Projekt zu sozialer Ungleichheit

Die VolkswagenStiftung fördert ein Forschungsvorhaben, das die Verteilung von Vermögen in Gesellschaften und ihre Auswirkungen untersucht.

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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · Jan 29

🚨Job alert 🚨

I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸

The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Deadline is Feb 28!

Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg

Infosystem der ZUV

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Dustin Voss @dustinvoss.bsky.social · Jan 21

Our new book "Understanding Political Economy: Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality" is finally out! 📙

In it, we unpack what political economy is and does through an investigation of the relation between the state, the economy and society.

Hardcover: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/und...

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Jan 14

Sociologists working on inequality:

Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)

EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...

Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials

Picture of the main campus of the LMU Munich with students sitting on the grass and talking

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Daria Tisch @dariatisch.bsky.social · Jan 13

nein, das kannte ich noch nicht. Danke, Klaus!

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Daria Tisch @dariatisch.bsky.social · Jan 13

This issue seeks to advance our understanding of how perceptions of wealth inequalities are formed, maintained, and challenged, and their impact on attitudes, policies, and social outcomes. We welcome theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions from diverse disciplines.

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Daria Tisch @dariatisch.bsky.social · Jan 13

📢Call for abstracts: special issue in Historical Social Research on Perceptions of Wealth Inequality.
• Feb 15: Submission of abstracts
• Aug 15: Submission of manuscript
We look forward to receiving your abstracts! #socsky #polsky #polisky @jansg.bsky.social
dariatisch.github.io/SPINE/call_s...

Call for Papers: Perceptions of Wealth Inequality

SPRING SCHOOL ON PERCEPTIONS OF WEALTH INEQUALITY

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