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Dirk Witteveen

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Sociologist @ University of Oxford & Nuffield College | Lecturer in Social Policy @ Department of Social Policy and Intervention | PhD CUNY Graduate Center https://www.dirkwitteveen.com/

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Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · Mar 28

New paper in International Migration Review! 📝📈

Our analyses of linked 1900–1940 US Censuses suggest that macroeconomic opportunities do not explain career growth variation variation between multi-gen US men and 1st-/2nd-gen European immigrants.

with @mobarakhossain.net 🙌

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What Drives Immigrant Inequalities in Career Growth in the Age of Mass Migration? - Dirk Witteveen, Mobarak Hossain, 2025

This article examines the association between modernization and career growth of American men and European immigrants, focusing on heterogeneity along ancestry,...

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Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · 27d

I also study AI.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · May 6

Democracy Now! is seeking an experienced leader to join our team as Director of Technology.

More details: democracynow.hire.trakstar.com/jobs/fk0plq3/

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Nature Computational Science @natcomputsci.nature.com · Apr 17

📢Out now! Weihua Li, @jenniebrand.bsky.social, @aaronclauset.bsky.social, and colleagues show that researchers’ early training in diverse environments is strongly correlated with nurturing diverse groups in the established period. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #cssky #NetSci

Gender and racial diversity socialization in science - Nature Computational Science

A computational null model is proposed to study the gender and racial diversity-association effects in academia. Researchers’ early training in diverse environments is strongly correlated with nurturi...

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · Apr 16

Following the 10-vote win that made him mayor of Burlington 43 years ago, @sanders.senate.gov took to national television for the very first time to explain his socialist politics.

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Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · Apr 11

Tell 'm Bernie.

CNN @cnn.com · Apr 10

At a CNN town hall moderated by Anderson Cooper, Sen. Bernie Sanders explained why he believes both political parties are influenced by a corrupt campaign finance system.

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Oxford Social Policy and Intervention @dspi-oxford.bsky.social · Mar 28

⬇️ NEW publication from Dr Dirk Witteveen (Departmental Lecturer) in International Migration Review:
'What Drives Immigrant Inequalities in Career Growth in the Age of Mass Migration?'
Read in full: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · Mar 27

WE ARE HIRING!! Senior Research Fellow Demographic Science (Associate/Full Professor) @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @reubencollege.bsky.social
See: lnkd.in/e_Gw84JN

#demography in Oxford: www.demography.ox.ac.uk
Our recent celebration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIu4...
DM or reach out
*PLEASE RE-POST*

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lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social · Mar 24

What Drives Immigrant Inequalities in Career Growth in the Age of Mass Migration?

Dirk Witteveen & @mobarakhossain.net examine the association between modernization & career growth of American men & European immigrants in this Open Access article:

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Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · Mar 28

I actually thought those are transition nodes in the Dutch and German educational systems

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Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · Mar 28

What Drives Immigrant Inequalities in Career Growth in the Age of Mass Migration? - Dirk Witteveen, Mobarak Hossain, 2025

This article examines the association between modernization and career growth of American men and European immigrants, focusing on heterogeneity along ancestry,...

doi.org

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Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · Mar 28

Some RC28 @ Milan impressions

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Wouter Zwysen @wzwysen.bsky.social · Mar 26

Very interesting presentation by @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social at #RC28 on the match between college majors and jobs in the US. What seems to matter most is getting into the occupation that matches degree, not as much the skills or whether you train further.

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Tobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · Mar 5

New in Social Forces: Breathing Unequal Air😷

Our study shows that immigrant minorities in England & Germany face higher air pollution exposure🏭—and moving doesn’t help🚶. In England, disparities are 3x larger than in Germany

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
#EnvironmentalJustice #Inequality #AirPollution

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Feb 24

Are you a social scientist or historian whose work includes analysis of the offshore finance system?

Then please submit a paper to the special issue of Socio-Economic Review I'll be guest editing w/Kimberly Kay Hoang & @vanessahistory.bsky.social.

Due May 15th.

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Call for Papers

Offshore Finance: The Socio-Economics of a Global System Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review Guest editors Brooke Harrington, Dartmouth College, (Brooke.H

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Jonas Wiedner @jwied.bsky.social · Nov 14

🚀Bluesky, we are hiring! 4 days left to apply.
2.5 y postdoc on the role of relocations in refugee integration @WZB in Berlin

Please share! DM for further info
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/342...

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · Feb 10

"In short, QCA often finds complexity where none exists."

This is a great new ETP editorial by my coauthor Mikko Rönkkö, Markku Maula, and Karl Wennberg, illustrating the massive false positives problem in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). doi.org/10.1177/1042...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Feb 7

This is pretty shocking. Make sure you look in the lower right hand corner.

Graph showing health outcomes related to spending with the US doing the worst

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Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · Jan 30

Spent a fantastic week with colleagues and friends at Stockholm University's @sofi.su.se, despite the slightly disappointing weather ☁️ 👀

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Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · Jan 19

I'm very excited to give a talk about ethnic earnings inequality in football at UCL this coming week.

Hybrid format! 🧑🏻‍💻👀

UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · Jan 17

What drives #ethnic earnings #inequality in professional European #football?⚽💸

Join us as @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social examines the #racial-ethnicBias in leagues like @plnews.bsky.social + others using 10,442 player-season records📊

Kick off next Wednesday 1:00pm👇

Book: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · Jan 13

New blog: @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on crime rates and why youth clubs could be valuable investments, based on her @theifs.bsky.social research

Youth clubs could be valuable investments - Understanding Society

What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s driven by government austerity measures led to falling educational performance and increasing ...

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · Dec 31

📣 @bjsociology.bsky.social is seeking reflections by sociologists from across the world on the ongoing managerial and ideological attacks on higher education.

Find out more about the project and the call for submissions ➡️ buff.ly/3XOrZXx

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Luca Maria Pesando @lucampesando.bsky.social · Dec 18

📢 Job: Sabino Kornrich and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at #NYUAD to work on parenting, childhood inequalities, and parenting norms in international and comparative perspective using experimental methods. Deadline to apply: February 14, 2025. To apply: apply.interfolio.com/160976

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Dec 11

When I looked at this for sociology I found that a higher journal impact factor successfully predicted which paper would be cited more 54% of the time. (Sociologists, be sociological!) familyinequality.wordpress.com/2020/12/15/d...

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Aike Rots @aikerots.bsky.social · Dec 9

My department has just advertised 5 salaried PhD positions. Projects within the fields of religion, culture studies, environmental humanities, and/or Asian/Middle Eastern studies are welcome. 3-4 years, full-time, fully funded. Candidates must have finished their MA. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Five Doctoral Research Fellowships (271145) | University of Oslo

Job title: Five Doctoral Research Fellowships (271145), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 24, 2025

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