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Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 2h

One of many super interesting posters at #AkadSoz25, pitched by one of the authors, @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social.

Cc: @gesis.org @evazschirnt.bsky.social

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · 1d

#AkadSoz25

Sebastian E. Wenz @sewenz.bsky.social · 1d

Welcher Hashtag für die morgen startende Konferenz der Akademie für Soziologie in Mainz?

#AkadSoz25 ? ( #AS2025 und #AS25 führen natürlich auch anderswo hin.)

#Soziologie

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Sabrina J. Mayer @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social · 7d

Me & my very able former colleague and now doctoral candidate Lisa Walter (not on Bluesky yet) just published a new article in @ersjournal.com
We examine how discrimination shapes immigrants and their descendants’ trust in the police in Germany.
👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Beyond police encounters: everyday racism and trust in the police

Trust in the police is essential for democratic legitimacy, yet it is declining across Western Europe. Immigrants and their descendants, who face disproportionate levels of discrimination, report p...

www.tandfonline.com

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 7d

In Zeiten von ständigen Transformationen sollten wir Bildung als Befähigung zu stetigem Wandel verstehen.

Mein Einleitungsvortrag in das Bildungspolitische Forum 2025 des @leibnizbildung.bsky.social

Livestream: www.youtube.com/@Leibniz_bil...

www.leibniz-bildung.de/veranstaltun...

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uni-bamberg.de @uni-bamberg.de · 14d

Die Universität Tallinn hat dem Bamberger Soziologen Michael Gebel den Titel einer Ehrenprofessur verliehen. Damit ehrt sie seine langjährige und enge wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🤩 Mehr: blog.uni-bamberg.de/menschen/202...

📷 Piret Räni/ Tallinn University

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15d

Every time economists discover occupations exist, a sociologist dies

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 29d

When (if ever) is it right to appeal a rejection? This advice offered by AJS seems good more generally

$Under what circumstances does it make sense for me to appeal a decision? The answer is that you should appeal only if the following two things are true a) A reviewer made a flagrant error of interpretation as to what you had done, and b) The editors' letter indicates that this error was consequential for the decision. Note that (a) excludes differences of judgment of quality ("Reviewer A says it wasn't good enough, but it was!") and differences of interpretations of the data ("Reviewer A says my finding is due to selection, and I say it isn't!"). Note that (b) excludes times when the editorial letter passes over an error made by a reviewer in silence. The following are not justifications for making an appeal: c) You think a reviewer was biased or unfair. The editorial board understands that they have to contextualize different reviewers' positions to assemble a coherent expert judgment of a manuscript. d) You think that the reviewers in general are supportive. Because we can only publish a fraction of the papers that are submitted, we must reject some papers that are good, and that reviewers think are good, to make space for those that reviewers, and we, think are of outstanding importance. Further, reviewers sometimes use gentler and more supportive language in their comments to the author than they do in their comments to the editor. e) A reviewer found a problem in a revised manuscript that is inherent in the design seemingly acceptable in the first round of review. We do our best never to reject manuscripts upon review for reasons that should have been raised when the manuscript was first submitted. However, one reason we do add new reviewers in the R&R stage is to catch weaknesses that may have been previously missed, and if these are believed to be uncorrectable, a rejection is the only proper decision.$

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Sep 4

It sucks that guys get so caught up in fighting for status among men that they can’t even admit a woman is hot because she isn’t the “male-culture approved” kind of hot.

Letting other men decide for you which women you think are hot might sound kinda gay, but it’s actually extremely straight.

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · Sep 4

congrats! 🍾

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats! 🍾

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Kerstin Ostermann @kostermann.bsky.social · Sep 4

#VET students drop out more often when the local economy is good, but what happens with dropouts' wages if such a good local economy turns bad in the following years?
If you want to know more, come to my talk in the "Returns to education" session (today 3:30pm, S12) at #ECSR2025!

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Malte Sandner @maltesandner.bsky.social · Sep 3

New article out!

With Laurenz Bärtsch, I examine the effects of a German parental leave reform.

The reform increased maternal part-time work during the first 12 months after birth — but interestingly, we find no long-term impact on employment or wages.👇

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reducing the child penalty by incentivizing maternal part-time work?

Governments worldwide are discussing ways to increase maternal labor market participation and to reduce the child penalty. This study analyzes the lon…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 3

All projects go through three stages: enthusiasm, despair, and strategic reframing.

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IAB @iabnews.bsky.social · Aug 21

Die Berufs- und Studienwahl gehört zu den wichtigsten Entscheidungen junger Menschen, denn sie stellt langfristig die Weichen für ihr künftiges Erwerbsleben. Auf einer Sonderseite hat das IAB Publikationen zum Thema „Jugendliche auf dem Weg ins Berufsleben“ zusammengestellt 👉 iab.de/themen/sonde...

Das Bild zeigt junge Menschen vor einem Gebäude.

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · Aug 19

Interesting paper by Fabian Kratz on education effects across cohort and age on anti-immigrant sentiments sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

Rising Educational Divides in Attitudes: How Polarization across Cohorts Can Mask Age-Related Polarization

Article: Rising Educational Divides in Attitudes: How Polarization across Cohorts Can Mask Age-Related Polarization | Sociological Science | Posted August 19, 2025

sociologicalscience.com

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Kamila Cygan-Rehm @cyganrehm.bsky.social · Aug 15

One-year visiting position for advanced female postdocs in Dresden. I am happy to host anyone broadly interested in applied micro. Salary within the German public sector's pay scale (TV-L, E13-E15). Deadline: Sept 15, 2025. Please share widely! 👇

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · Aug 14

This is a great paper on causality in the social sciences. While much of the conditionality of causal claims are known and usually well-taken, their weakest link argument goes further than that.

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Feb 22

Say you’ve got very good causal IDENTIFICATION. Can you say you have causality, can make a causal general claim, and can say what “THE causal effect” is?

NO

We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.

www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

The necessity of construct and external validity for deductive causal inference

The Credibility Revolution advances internally valid research designs intended to identify causal effects from quantitative data. The ensuing emphasis on internal validity, however, has enabled a negl...

www.degruyter.com

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Sociology of Education, ASA journal @soceducation.bsky.social · Aug 13

New work Wednesday!
A factorial survey experiment finds: study program features like content, a flexible curriculum, and institutionalized support affect enrollment intentions—but don’t reduce social inequalities in these intentions.
#CollegeEnrollment

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thank you to our colleagues at @iabnews.bsky.social: Silke Anger, Sarah Bernhard, Adrian Lerche & @maltesandner.bsky.social! Without their support this study would not have been possible! 5/6

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · Aug 13

Our results reveal significant effects of the investigated dimensions on enrollment intentions, suggesting that adjusting program content, flexibility, and support services enhances those intentions. However, we find limited effect variation across social background. 4/6

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · Aug 13

We use data from a factorial survey experiment conducted with German high school students in their final year of school and apply random-intercept regression models to investigate the causal (socially stratified) effect of study program features on enrollment intentions. 3/6

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · Aug 13

We examine three key elements in a study program: content, flexibility, and support. We argue that these elements shape individuals’ beliefs about costs, benefits, and their success probability, thus affecting enrollment intentions. 2/6

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Alex Patzina @patzinaalex.bsky.social · Aug 13

Happy to see our paper out that examines the role of study program characteristics for college enrollment intentions!
This ist joint work with Carina Toussaint (lead author), Hans Dietrich and @tobiaswolbring.bsky.social

@uni-bamberg.de @fauwiso.bsky.social
@iabnews.bsky.social

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · Aug 13

For a change, here is some advertising on my own behalf, as I believe this paper together wiht Tobias Roth, Sandra Mingham and Meike Selbach deserves a little more attention. academic.oup.com/esr/article/...

Do Birth Order Effects on Secondary School Track Placement Differ Between Natives and Migrants? A Within-Family Analysis in the German Educational System

Abstract. While existing research has found negative birth order effects on competences and educational attainment in various Western countries with differ

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