Merlin Schaeffer
@mschaeffer.bsky.social
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Professor of Sociology at University of Copenhagen. I study how immigration transforms societies. Diversity | Integration | Discrimination | Misperceptions
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kbkarlson.bsky.social
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).

You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!

#sociology

More 👇

jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
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danbischof.bsky.social
Can banning political ideologies protect democracy? 🛡️🆚🗣️

Our (w. @valentimvicente.bsky.social) paper finds: punishing individuals might backfire. We study a West German policy banning "extreme left" individuals from working for the state.

#Democracy #PoliticalScience

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url: osf.io/usqdb_v2
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m-b-petersen.bsky.social
The largest Danish retailer, Salling Group, will mark all products from Europe with a star, helping customers select European rather than American products.

The continents are drifting apart at both the macro and micro level.

Danish news story here: www.dr.dk/nyheder/peng...
Vil du boykotte amerikanske varer? Nu sætter dagligvarekæmpe sort stjerne ved europæiske varer
Fremover får kunder i Netto, Føtex og Bilka nemmere ved at vælge europæiske varer.
www.dr.dk
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kbkarlson.bsky.social
Just did the proofs for this short methods paper that I really like!

Not everyday you get to 'solve' a problem identified 30 years ago in some of the most widely used statistical models in #sociology 👀 - and with two super awesome collaborators, what a blast 🥳
mschaeffer.bsky.social
Yes! And if that would initiate a culture of a more collaborative way of making opposition politics, it would be a big win.
mschaeffer.bsky.social
👆 this is so true, unfortunately. A married couple where one is a medical doctor and the other a lawyer is the epitome of German prestige.

That said, German federalism and its two-chamber system may make a minority government a bit more challenging than the unicameral Scandinavian ones.
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fabriberna.bsky.social
I have received a request to review from the Israel Science Foundation today. I have declined it. My email reply below.

My position is similar to @philipncohen.com : I do not collaborate with institutions linked to the Israeli government.
But I do collaborate with individual researchers.
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frederiksen.bsky.social
We have an open position for an Associate Professor in Sociology working in the field of quantitative inequality and stratification research at Roskilde University, Denmark. Please share or apply!
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Associate Professor in Sociology
Offering a high-performing, large and truly interdisciplinary social science environment, the Department of Social Sciences and Business (ISE) at Roskilde Unive
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tabeascharrer.bsky.social
Flüchtlinge in Deutschland ziehen oft in wirtschaftlich schwache Städte mit hoher Arbeitslosigkeit, um günstigen Wohnraum finden/ Refugees in Germany often move to economically weak cities with high unemployment to find affordable housing. Research by @jwied.bsky.social & @mschaeffer.bsky.social
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touboel.bsky.social
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨

Open call for a fully funded PhD scholarship starting September 1st.
Deadline for applications is March 2nd.
Do not miss this rare opportunity to pursue your own research idea and earn a PhD degree.
Read more in link below 👇

jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
PhD scholarship at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
jobportal.ku.dk
mschaeffer.bsky.social
Putting the focus on causal inference in Stats2 for bachelor students went fine.

But crafting exam questions that truly test application is tricky!

Want to assess their ability to apply causal inference, not just identify limitations of observational data. But how in take home exams? Any ideas?
mschaeffer.bsky.social
Anyone else teaching multiple OLS to sociology undergrads and putting the focus on causal inference with Angrist & Pischke's "Mastering Metrics"?

Would love to chat and share ideas. Here's my material:

merlin-ols.netlify.app
Tester | Multiple Regression & Fundamentals of Causal Inference
merlin-ols.netlify.app
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jwied.bsky.social
Refugees in 🇩🇪 are not allowed to relocate for some time after arrival. We know this is bad for integration. So, once they are allowed to, refugees move to places with opportunity, right?
On average: no, as @mschaeffer.bsky.social and I show in a new publication @scmrjems.bsky.social
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nachristakis.bsky.social
In 2024 work in @pnas.org, @amir-ghasemian.bsky.social and I explore “The Structure and Function of Antagonistic Ties in Village Social Networks.”

At the population level, the existence of antagonism has important implications for the overall structure and function of human groups. #HNL 1/
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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schechtlm.bsky.social
🚨New publication alert🚨
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky
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apsrjournal.bsky.social
Just published on APSR First View: "Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies" by Gregory Eady and Anne Rasmussen. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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lion-c.bsky.social
Bsky is being flooded with German speaking AI powered bots.
A thread on why this is important, ultimately making all social media is unusable. #deutschland #trolls #AI #election

1/ What happened? All these responses to a @zeit.de post have something in common (spoiler: they are not real):
Likely AI generated responses to a german news article.
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fabriberna.bsky.social
European Sociological Review is on Bluesky!

@europeansocreview.bsky.social

Follow it for alerts and new initiatives
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nachristakis.bsky.social
We can actually predict who your friends are based on whether you have similar bacteria in your poop! And that metric outperforms other more usual social features, such as how you resemble your friends on a host of traits like age, sex, wealth, etc. 7/
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
https://shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
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cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
'Experimental Sociology' by Davide Barrera, Klarita Gërxhani, Bernhard Kittel, @luismmiller.bsky.social & @tobiaswolbring.bsky.social.

Gives a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, different designs, and methodological controversies in experimental sociology.

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Cover image of Experimental Sociology by Barrera, Gërxhani, Kittel, Miller and Wolbring.