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Luca Maria Pesando @lucampesando.bsky.social · 12d

📢 Job: @loraulet.bsky.social and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at #NYUAD to work on fertility (including through technology), human capital, and employment trajectories in comparative perspective. Econ/demg/soc. Expertise with online surveys, RCTs, experiments.
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Ewa Batyra @ewabatyra.bsky.social · 16d

One more week left to apply for a 3-year postdoc in Demography (deadline: Sept 30, 12:00 midday UK time). Join me at the Sociology Department in Oxford to study global fertility change as part of the DIVREP project!👇

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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Bruno Arpino @brunoarpino.bsky.social · 16d

🚀 2-year Postdoc opportunity with me on older adults, digital technologies & wellbeing.

Flexible location/remote-friendly

Deadline 9 Oct, 13:00 CEST

Details & how to apply (both ITA/ENG):

www.stat.unipd.it/procedura-se...

#Postdoc #Ageing #Demography #DigitalInequality

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Job alert: Postdoc at NYU Abu Dhabi. You’ll uncover how group boundaries form online using virtual experiments + digital trace data and work with a fantastic trio: Mario Molina, Minsu Park & Blaine Robbins. Apply by 1 Nov 2025. 👇🏼

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Population Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 23d

The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2026!

➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️

Learn More:

Prospective Students | Graduate Group in Demography

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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 28d

📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover).

Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome.

🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...

Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Sociology on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 27d

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025

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Marga Torre @mtorre.bsky.social · 27d

💼 Oferta de trabajo!

Buscamos un Técnico de Investigación para el proyecto GENDERSEG:

- 20h/semana | 1.400€/mes
- Deadline: 18/09 (inclusive)

👉 Más info sobre requisitos y tareas a desarrollar: aplicaciones.uc3m.es/atenea/fiche...

¡Se agradece difusión!

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Luca Maria Pesando @lucampesando.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wonderful news, mitici ragazzi! @marilianep.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social

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Luca Maria Pesando @lucampesando.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wonderful news. Warmest congratulations, Signe!

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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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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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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...

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Elisabetta De Cao @edecao.bsky.social · Jul 4

Had a great and super productive time at @UTSEngage where I presented our work “Spare the Rod? Christian Missions and the Roots of Harsh Parenting” with @albertociancio.bsky.social, @giulialamattina , and @lucampesando.bsky.social. Thanks a lot @AdelineDelavande for the opportunity!!!

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IUSSP @iussp.bsky.social · May 12

Join us today at 9 am NY / 15:00 Paris / 18:30 Delhi to learn about the 2025 IUSSP Early Career Awardees: Nurudeen Alhassan, Luca Maria Pesando, Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Igor Cavallini Johansen & Monica Alexander.

Join us on 12 May. REGISTER NOW!

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#populationstudies

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IUSSP @iussp.bsky.social · Apr 17

Proud to announce the 2025 IUSSP Early Career Awards: Nurudeen Alhassan (AFIDEP), Luca Maria Pesando (NYU-Abu Dhabi), Diego Alburez-Gutierrez (MPIDR), Igor Cavallini Johansen (UNICAMP) & Monica Alexander (University of Toronto).

Join us on 12 May. REGISTER NOW!

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Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · May 6

Deadline approaching: Friday this week at noon UK!

Apply and/or share widely!

Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social · Apr 14

*JOB OPENING*

Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.

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Patrick Heuveline @patrickhvl.bsky.social · Apr 30

High-quality, open-access overview chapters, great resource for courses such as Sociology of the family

ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations @cpc-cg.bsky.social · Apr 25

📚 NEW BOOK - open access!

Leading scholars explore how individual life trajectories, societal norms, and legal frameworks are shaping modern #relationships.

Co-edited by CPC member @briennaph.bsky.social

🔖 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

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Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course
Research Handbooks in Sociology series
Edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH), University of Antwerp, Belgium, Laura Bernardi, Swiss Center of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Brienna Perelli-Harris, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, UK
Publication Date: April 2025 ISBN: 978 1 80392 337 6 Extent: 394 pp
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com.

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Elisabetta De Cao @edecao.bsky.social · Mar 15

Great time presenting at @ubeconomics.bsky.social “Spare the rod? Christian missions and the roots of harsh parenting” with Alberto Ciancio Giulia La Mattina @lucampesando.bsky.social.

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Valentina Rotondi @rotondivale.bsky.social · Feb 10

How is trust in female scientists shaped across culture and generations?

Tomorrow at @univdauphine.bsky.social, I’ll be presenting the results of some recent research conducted with @lucampesando.bsky.social, drawing on evidence from five countries. Looking forward to the discussion!

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Elisabetta De Cao @edecao.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨 Job Alert 🚨
4-year postdoc position to work on my ERC project HARSH - Uncovering the Roots of Harsh Parenting.

📍 Dep. of Economics @DSE_Unibo, Bologna, Italy 🇮🇹
📅 Deadline: March 14, 2025
💡 Learn more and apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

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Elisabetta Aurino @bettaaurino.bsky.social · Jan 24

Come work with me, @wolfssharon.bsky.social @nsuntheimer.bsky.social & an interdisciplinary team in Barcelona, Ghana, & the US!
Looking for a #postdoc @ubeconomics.bsky.social for our @ercresearch.bsky.social project on how investments in the early and the adolescent years support children

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Luca Maria Pesando @lucampesando.bsky.social · Jan 13

Yayyyy so happy for you and so so so deserved. Bravo 💪🎉

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Luca Maria Pesando @lucampesando.bsky.social · Jan 9

Happy to join!

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Florencia Torche @ftorche.bsky.social · Jan 8

JOB ALERT: I am looking to hire two full-time pre-doctoral scholar to work with me in projects related to social stratification, human capital formation and health disparities. Data management and statistical analysis skills required. The position offers competitive salary and benefits.

Careers | Human Resources

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