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Ely Strömberg

@elystromberg.bsky.social

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PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam. Interested in intersectionality, discrimination, and pretty books. Like to measure categories continuously, eg. gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality. They/them https://elystromberg.github.io/About/

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · Nov 12

Seeing the new inflow from the other place I made a small starter pack of some people working on gender &/OR sexuality, biased towards Sociology. Let me know if you or anyone else should be on it!

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 12d

Thought at first it was just the classic dude who likes to be a little controversial, then you look at this blogpost and it's transphobic dogwhistle bingo

Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 13d

I mean I would love it if this country was so genderqueer

Distracted boyfriend meme: Left woman "1.000.000 Non-binary", right woman "Survey error"

Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 13d

Discussing on another site with an employee of the Dutch statistical agency is very concerned about administrative data. This after a survey finds that 6.4% of the Dutch population would consider choosing a third gender marker if gender self-id law made it easy.

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Dick Zijp @dickzijp.bsky.social · 13d

NOS/Nieuwsuur maakte vorige week een alarmistisch item over onvrije debatcultuur aan Nederlandse universiteiten. Mirko Tobias Schäfer en ik schreven er een opiniestuk over: 'Dat de academische vrijheid onder druk staat, komt niet door linkse cancelcultuur.'

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‘Universiteit kan geen vrijplaats voor feitenvrije meningen zijn’

Dat de academische vrijheid onder druk staat, komt niet door de ‘linkse cancelcultuur’, betogen universitair docent Dick Zijp en universitair hoofddocent Mirko Tobias Schäfer. Zij hekelen de beeldvorm...

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 27d

✨Accepted for Publication ✨

"Surveying Citizens with a Migration Background - A Quantitative Study of Identification versus Categorization"

Coming soon in the journal Survey Research Methods.

Read the pre-print here:

doi.org/10.31219/osf...

OSF

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 27d

Happy to be in Amsterdam today to present some work that bites the hand that feeds me

"People can see status without seeking status" Per Engzell. Research into social stratification presents a puzzle. On the one hand, across social strata, people agree on a hierarchy of prestige between occupations. On the other, they differ widely in the extent to which they seek social advancement for themselves or their children. If occupational values were shared, we would expect differences in status seeking to be smaller. I resolve this puzzle by distinguishing between consensus beliefs--what we think 'most others value--and what we ourselves value. From this, I sketch a model of status alignment showing how differing preferences shape taste for status versus other attributes. I contrast this with dominant theories that attribute social reproduction to status maintenance: the desire to avoid downward social mobility. A novel empirical test using Swedish survey data shows that status alignment offers the most consistent explanation and best model fit when mothers are asked to evaluate 82 occupations for their child. Across social strata, mothers hold accurate beliefs about what others want, but differ in what they want for their child. Status alignment, not status maintenance, drives social reproduction.

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · 27d

This is the worst timeline

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Signe Svallfors @signesvallfors.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 Job alert! 📣 2 fully funded PhD positions in sociology/demography in the ERC Starting Grant SeRO, which studies the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health in Mexico. Please share and apply!
PhD post 1: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD post 2: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Signe Svallfors @signesvallfors.bsky.social · Sep 4

So excited to announce that I have been awarded a €1.6M Starting Grant from @erc.europa.eu to study the impact of local violent crime on sexual and reproductive health.

I'm so grateful to all who provided their support through this journey.

Ads for 2 fully funded PhD studentships in comments 👇

Stockholm University @stockholm-uni.bsky.social · Sep 4

Stockholm University is awarded most ERC Starting Grants among Swedish universities in this year's round, five in total. The grants go to researchers in philosophy, astronomy, psychology, zoology, and sociology. @erc.europa.eu @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social #research
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Five ERC Starting Grants to Stockholm University - Stockholm University

Five ERC Starting Grants to Stockholm University Stockholm University is awarded most Starting Grants among Swedish universities in this year's round, five in total. The grants go to researchers in ph...

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Signe Svallfors @signesvallfors.bsky.social · Sep 3

At #BSPS2025 @bspsuk.bsky.social talking about how demography as a field has engaged with intersectionality as a critical framework.

📷 The fantastic @joestrong.bsky.social

Researcher standing in front of a poster

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚨We are hiring 2 Lecturers/Assistant profs in Quant Social Science at UCL🚨

What we look for:
🐍 R/Python proficiency
🤖 Teaching and/or doing ML and/or social networks
🌍 Research on inequality, climate, education, social norms & more

Circulate this or apply by 10-Oct 👉 tinyurl.com/5djcc35z

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Ewa Batyra @ewabatyra.bsky.social · Aug 25

I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇

Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨

Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!

Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

We're hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher in Demography, deadline: 30 September 2025

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Eva Zschirnt @evazschirnt.bsky.social · Aug 11

@bramlancee.bsky.social and I are organising the 3rd AMCIS Workshop on "Survey Experiments in the Social Sciences", 1-2 October 2025 in Amsterdam.
We are looking for Papers and/or Research Designs. Please email your submission to me and Bram, submission deadline is 27/08/2025.

@aissr.bsky.social

Call for Papers and/or research designs for a workshop on "Survey Experiments in the Social Sciences" at the University of Amsterdam in October.

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Andreas Diemer @andreasmdiemer.bsky.social · Aug 21

I recently had some fun mapping access to urban amenities in Sweden at a granular scale. It's work in progress, but I decided to share some of it on my website today. Check it out!

sites.google.com/view/andreas...

#EconSky #GeoSky #GISChat

Andreas Diemer - Other

Other Materials

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · Aug 21

Super nice resource Andreas! Thought outdoors looked a little bit strange it didn't seem to represent the city's green areas. As an example, Dalen has many playgrounds which is clearly marked, but Nytorps gärde and Nackareservatet are invisible on the heatmap due to the point representation.

Heatmap and regular map of area of stockholm

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FemQuant @femquant.bsky.social · Aug 20

EVENT: Please join us for our first FemQuant event of the 2025/26 academic year!

‪‪@crowold.bsky.social‬ will present "Invisible Biases, Unequal Outcomes: Uncovering Gender Biases in Quantitative Research on Older Adults"

📆 Thurs 18 Sept, online

Sign-up: femquant.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Photo of speaker and seminar details. Invisible Biases, Unequal Outcomes: Uncovering Gender Biases in Quantitative Research on Older Adults. Dr. Carla Rowold, Hertie School Berlin.
Thursday 18 September 2025, 10:00 EDT/15:00 BST/16:00 CEST

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · Jul 26

This report by Lee Mordechai👇🏼👇🏼 witnessing-the-gaza-war.com/wp-content/u...

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 *Call for Applications* / 📢 *Convocatoria abierta*
Join our project on Prejudice & Discrimination at the Spanish National Research Council (Madrid 🇪🇸)
Open to junior scholars at different stages (postdocs, predocs, or MSc grads considering a PhD)
🔗 ⬇️ www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zrur0...

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · Jul 23

Picture of a sweaty man from the show Seinfeld with the text ” ‘Beyond’ is a conceptual destination”

Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · Jul 23

Good example: Beyond is pushing the boundaries on cringe

Poor example:

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Jul 23

Beyond cringe

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · Jul 22

I posted this earlier, but came back to it again. It's just unbelievable. Warwick's consultants telling people how to write terribly so they are "on brand". It's Beyond ridiculous. Or rather "Beyond is ridiculous".

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Ely Strömberg @elystromberg.bsky.social · Jul 21

We just need @dieworkwear.bsky.social to rate this outfit

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Jul 21

Trying to hit 10k followers on my birthday with this post. Girlfriend said it couldn’t be done. She’s probably right anyway

A picture of me in a colorful outfit, a green and yellow box on my head, eating a pizza slice

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · Jul 19

For all the people who didn't have time to read my dissertation back-to-back:

(I'm guessing that's everyone 😄)

The journal PLC published a 1000-word summary I wrote of my dissertation, with a review from my favourite author of my PhD: Dr. LaFleur Stephens-Dougan from Pinceton University.

Enjoy!

Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · Jul 18

How do voters react to diversity in politics? How do voters feel about to women, ethnic minority, and Muslim politicians, and how do these groups respond to in-group politicians?

💎 New double publication in #openaccess 💎

👉By @sbvanoosten.bsky.social and LaFleur Stephens-Dougan

#OpenPublishing

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · Jul 13

it's time we put the things i promised in my research proposal behind us

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · May 14

Economists looking at an idea from sociology literature that they will be the first to write a paper on.

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