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UCL Sociology Network @uclsociology.bsky.social · 18d

Are you a UCL Sociologist? Apply to join UCL Sociology Network's Coordinating Group. Contribute to the Network’s wide-ranging programme of activities and share news of important sociological developments tinyurl.com/2ut5dttz

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · Aug 21

Another job alert! Join us @sociologyoxford.bsky.social as a postdoc on @ewabatyra.bsky.social's ERC project. A great three-year position to work in the area of fertility and reproductive behaviour. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · Aug 13

Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues.

We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below #genetics #socialscience #economics #cohort

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · Feb 14

🚨NEW PAPER! Together with Wuno Akingbuwa (@wonuola.bsky.social) we developed a way to estimate non-linear genetic correlations. It didnt sit well with us that known non-linear relations (e.g. BMI and MDD with a famous U shaped ) are poorly captured in statistical genetics. 🧵

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Felix C Tropf @fctropf.bsky.social · Feb 24

Thrilled to see our study on GxE, neighborhood and education published in @europeansocreview.bsky.social academic.oup.com/esr/advance-... incredible work by @lauisilva.bsky.social and Tobias Wolfram!

Mind the gap: the interplay between genes and neighbourhood context on educational achievement

Abstract. This article expands on previous research on gene-environment (GxE) effects on socio-economic status, by stepping beyond the family dimension and

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Felix C Tropf @fctropf.bsky.social · Dec 10

Another incredible opportunity for a faculty position in (socio)genomics @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social: careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistan...

Assistant Professor in the Broad Area of Social Genomics, Behavior Genomics and Related Fields

careers.purdue.edu

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · Feb 19

I am a huge Sam Trejo fan, if you are in London, or able to join remote, and you have the time you should go!

Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · Feb 19

Are you in London tomorrow? Come see the amazing Sam Trejo & discuss #biosocial science w/ me & @emiliecourtin.bsky.social

We'd love to see you in person but also available as a hybrid event, details here: www.lse.ac.uk/lse-health/E... #popsky #episky #genetics

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Jan Heisig @jpheisig.bsky.social · Jan 11

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨

We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ

Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.

3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (f/m/x) / ID 242

The research units Skill Formation and Labor Markets (Director: Professor Heike Solga) and Health and Inequality (Head: Professor Jan Paul Heisig) at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) are...

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Vanessa di Lego @vdilego.bsky.social · Jan 30

The Research Group on Health and Longevity led by Marc Luy at the Vienna Institute of Demography is hiring!!! This is the coolest group and institute you will have the opportunity to work at! Plus, it's on beautiful Vienna. Apply!!! www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/about/ne...

3 vacancies in the Health & Longevity research group

Join us - We offer one postdoc and two PhD positions in the Research Group on Health and Longevity.

www.oeaw.ac.at

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Felix C Tropf @fctropf.bsky.social · Jan 30

Challenges of increasing prevalence of disability in China. Very insightful talk by prof Gong Chen from Peking uniceristy. @ioe.bsky.social

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Arno Van Hootegem 🌱 @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social · Dec 18

Two weeks left to apply! Organized with @rutheva.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social, Torkild Lyngstad and Karri Silventoinen. We will have presentations by Gregory Clark, Evelina Akimova and @fctropf.bsky.social! So apply to join this exciting group in Oslo. Accommodation and food are covered!

Arno Van Hootegem 🌱 @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social · Nov 28

We are hosting a workshop on how genetics can help to understand social structures, especially in interaction with environments! Apply before the end of the year if you want to join us in beautiful Oslo!

Call for Papers: Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures" | Reimagining Norden in a...

Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures: Genetic influences across time, groups, and societies", University of Oslo, 29 February-1 March 2024.

www.helsinki.fi

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