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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 5d

COVID has reduced the number of papers published by NL-based scholars, but it has not increased the gender gap. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Knowledge lost, parity gained? COVID-19 and gender gaps in Dutch academia - Scientometrics

We investigated the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted long-standing gender inequalities in Dutch academia. Dutch academia is an ideal case to gain insight on exacerbated gender differentials due to COVID-19 on employees, because men and women face comparable institutional contexts and any COVID-19 impact becomes visible and measurable fast through potentially decreased yearly publications. We reconstructed the complete publishing careers up till 2022 of more than 8000 Dutch scientists who received a PhD from 1990 onwards and still had an active publication career before the pandemic started. We compared the publication dip between men and women during COVID-19. Our data allowed us to investigate whether the gendered impact of COVID-19 varied across research domains, different PhD cohorts and type of research output. We consistently find that COVID-19 did not have more severe consequences on research output for women than for men.

link.springer.com

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · 7d

Sehr schöne Zusammenfassung der Abwägungen!

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European Association for Population Studies @eaps.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna.

💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...

EAPS.nl | European Population Conference 2026

EAPS.nl

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · 26d

Great! I am confident that I will manage this time haha

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · 26d

This sounds indeed super interesting! I looked up the program and hope to be at the conference if there is a next time.

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · Sep 5

The paper I had to present today got reject after a similar paper came out during the reviewing process (also rejected for other reasons that I do not agreed with). So I switched up my presentation and made it about publishing tragedies 😅

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · Sep 5

Were you at my presentation at #ECSR2025 or is the timing of this post a random coincidence? 🤔

if yes, it was not my intention to blame any editor, but happy to spark this discussion and love between editors.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 5

Students, there's no need to use ChatGPT to draft emails to your professors.

Just be polite and direct. No need to stress over the style.

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Cornelius Schubert @cschbrt.bsky.social · Sep 4

W3 Professur für Allgemeine Soziologie an der @tu-dortmund.bsky.social. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 01.10.2025.

#Stellenausschreibung
#Professur

tudberufung.hr4you.org/job/view/731/universitaetsprofessur-w3-allgemeine-soziologie?page_lang=de

Universitätsprofessur (W3) Allgemeine Soziologie

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · Aug 31

New publication with @katjamoe.bsky.social, M. Visser, and E. Verbakel in @wesjnl.bsky.social

Using a combination of survey and register data in NL, we see that men cargiver were able to improve their wages over time, while wages for women caregivers decreased.
So very similar to the dady bonus...

Screenshot of abstract found under https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09500170251348856

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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · Aug 28

4️🫂📈 @klararaiber.bsky.social, M.Visser, E.Verbakel & I examine caregiving & wages with 🇳🇱 longitudinal register data: caregiving yields improved wage growth for men, but not for women—highlighting persistent gender inequality. @wesjnl.bsky.social‬
doi.org/10.1177/0950...

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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · Aug 28

Very proud that 5 of my papers have recently been published 🤩! 🫶 to my co-authors!!!
1️Employment trajectories during Corona😷🔀
2️Motherhood penalty in wealth👩‍👧‍👦💰
3️Support for a right to work from home🏠✅
4️Wage development of family caregivers🫂📈
5️Handbook article on longitudinal analyses🧮👩‍🏫
Time to read📚🤓⬇️

Overview of new publications by Katja Möhring and others from https://www.uni-bamberg.de/sfa/

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Social Science Research @ssreditorial.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ariane Bertogg, @ppraeg.bsky.social, and @klararaiber.bsky.social show that caregiving improves cognitive functioning for both men and women in later life. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · Aug 15

Very interesting piece and speaks to probably many more parents!

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · Aug 15

🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load

📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵

The political consequences of the mental load

Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic

doi.org

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Aug 7

Sad but true #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter #ErrantScience

A Venn diagram shows overlapping circles labeled: "Your Paper", "The Part You're Excited About", "The Part People Actually Read", and "The Part One Reviewer Insisted Your Paper Must Have." The last circle is completely outside the two middle ones.

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · Jun 24

New paper out in @ssreditorial.bsky.social!

A. Bertogg, @ppraeg.bsky.social and I find that cargiving is associated with better cognitive health - so some positive effect for a change

CREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · Jun 24

NEW ARTICLE by CREST's @ppraeg.bsky.social in @ssreditorial.bsky.social: Dynamics of Later-Life Caregiving and Health. Insights From Biomarker Data and Cognitive Tests using @elsa-study.bsky.social

Co-authored with Ariane Bertogg and @klararaiber.bsky.social

OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Abstract
As populations age and informal caregiving becomes more widespread, the health consequences of providing care are becoming a key concern for societies. Sociological theories of stress appraisal and role strain posit detrimental consequences to the health and wellbeing of caregivers. Conversely, role enhancement theory holds that caregiving can have positive health consequences. Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA) collected among adults aged 50 years or older with a follow-up period of up to 20 years (2002–23, 88,225 observations of 20,217 respondents), we examine associations between transitions into and out of caregiving, and two key health outcomes which have been understudied as consequences of caregiving, namely: allostatic load and cognitive functioning. We estimate asymmetric fixed-effects models which model changes in health outcomes as a function of transitions into and out of caregiving while accounting for unobserved between-person heterogeneity. Our results show that caregiving is associated with better cognitive health for both men and women, but not with improved biomarker-based allostatic load. Results do not differ by caregiving intensity. Our findings provide support for role enhancement theory, suggesting that caregivers benefit in terms of cognitive functioning, even if a biomarker-based approach to measuring stress-related health outcome does not corroborate an overall health benefit. We formulate implications for policy-making and directions for future research.

Panel A: Transitioning into caregiving is associated with lower allostatic load for men. Transitioning into caregiving is associated with better memory, and this association is stronger for women than for men. Panel B: Women’s memory functioning improves when they intensify their caregiving engagement. Coefficients from asymmetric fixed effects models controlling for age, marital status, children, grandchildren, siblings, parents, income, and wealth. Spikes denote 95% confidence intervals. Full models reported in the Appendix, Table A.3, Table A.4.

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · May 12

Mega! Herzlichen Glückwunsch 🥳🥳

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · May 7

Come work with us!

Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies @radboudgender.bsky.social · May 7

Interested in how how migration reshapes fatherhood, emotional life, and gender performances?
@klararaiber.bsky.social and Francesco Cerchiaro are hiring a PhD candidate for an exiting project at Radboud University.

Find all information here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Deadline: June 1st

PhD Position: Fatherhood, Emotions and Masculinity in Migration | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD Position: Fatherhood, Emotions and Masculinity in Migration at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!

www.ru.nl

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Apr 9

This is the literal destruction of knowledge.

Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today

The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.

mississippitoday.org

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · Apr 8

Geography shapes social processes – voting, migration & protests are often spatially dependent in ways standard regression models can’t capture. Learn with @ruettenauer.bsky.social to detect, visualize & model spatial ties via advanced spatial regression techniques!

➡️ tinyurl.com/07-25-geodat...

GESIS Workshop
Geodata and Spatial Regression Analysis
09 to 11 July 2025
Tobias Rüttenauer
University College London

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Lars Leszczensky @leszczensky.bsky.social · Apr 8

📢 Call for Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of the Network for Empirical-Analytical Social Research on Muslims (NAFS) on September 15 & 16 @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt, Germany.

Call is here: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170436331/Cf...?

Thanks for sharing! 👍

www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de

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Anna Kurella @annakurella.bsky.social · Apr 4

Exciting news: as I’ve started a new chapter as an assistant professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover, my postdoc position at MZES is now open!

It’s a fantastic opportunity for recent PhDs: wonderful colleagues, excellent research infrastructure, and plenty of time to develop your own ideas.

Fellowship for a Social Scientist at the MZES | Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung

The Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) of the University of Mannheim offers

www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de

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Vegard Skirbekk @vegardskirbekk.bsky.social · Mar 27

Open Postdoctoral position! - ERC Advanced Grant project HOMME

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/276000/postdoctoral-fellow

About the HOMME project www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/research/projects/homme

Postdoctoral Fellow (276000) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow (276000), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Klara Raiber @klararaiber.bsky.social · Mar 28

We are looking for a PhD candidate!

💡 Create and evaluate interventions designed to lower work-care conflict for family caregivers
📍Sociology department at Radboud University in Nijmegen but part of a bigger project
✅️ Dutch language skills required
💰 Four year fulltime

www.ru.nl/werken-bij/v...

Promovendus: Meer uren werkt! | Radboud Universiteit

Als Promovendus: Meer uren werkt! werken bij Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen? Bekijk hier de vacature!

www.ru.nl

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