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Jeff Lockhart @jwlockhart.bsky.social · 5d

I'm excited to share my new paper with a former student, Tommy Smith. "'This Work Would Not Have Been Possible without...': The Length of Acknowledgments in Sociology Books"

Open Access in @sociusjournal.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1177/2378...

Main figure from the paper. Violin plots showing the length of acknowledgments sections in books by sociologists, broken out by gender, race, sexuality, parents’ education, millennium of author’s PhD, and publisher type.

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!

The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.

Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 6d

Come work with us 🚨

We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab.

Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science.

Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions.

DL 🗓️ November 1

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab

Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · 9d

Missed cycling & vega bitterballen too much, so I‘m back in the Netherlands 🚲 Heel excited to be spending this autumn at the University of Amsterdam as a visiting researcher at the Department of Sociology @uva.nl @aissr.bsky.social Get in touch if you’re around and fancy a ☕️/🍻

A photo of a university staff card in front of the UvA Roeterseiland campus

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Robert Seyfert @seyfert.bsky.social · 10d

Reminder: Stellenausschreibung endet 30.09.

Robert Seyfert @seyfert.bsky.social · Aug 21

📢 Stellenausschreibung!

Postdoc-Stelle (100%, 4 Jahre)
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @uni-kiel.de

Bereich Soziologische Theorie
👉 Fokus ist Theoriebildung in Forschung + Lehre

Bewerbungsfrist 30.09.25

Rückfragen per E-Mail an mich.

@dgsoziologie.bsky.social

www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 12d

The secret to academic success is 20% grit, 80% sunk cost fallacy

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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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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · 16d

That time of the year

A meme of a woman with two children in swimming pool. The woman is playing joyfully with one of the kids while the other kid struggles to stay over water. The child struggling to stay over water is titled ‘PhD’ while the other child is titled ‘Postdoc applications’

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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · 23d

Any excuse to go back to Ghent and revisit last year‘s ECPG conference memories! Talking about my research on infidelity at the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender, join us today at noon if you‘re around ✨

Screenshot of the University of Ghent announcing a lunch seminar today

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 26d

when I open a new doc titled 'draft' and it asks if I want to overwrite the 17 other 'drafts' in the folder

A group of colorful Toy Story characters gathered together, with some appearing worn or weathered. The toys have various expressions ranging from welcoming to somewhat wary.

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Kat Chzhen @katchzhen.bsky.social · 28d

📢NEW Vacancy📢

Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social

Specialising in quantitative sociology

⏰Deadline: 6 October

Maternity cover

MORE INFO:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...

APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

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

An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Katya Ivanova 🟥 @katyaoivanova.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).

www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...

@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs

Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid

Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.

www.academictransfer.com

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!

Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.

📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur

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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic publishing: because you‘re worth it

A spam email stating that my conference content deserves to be highlighted in special issues of journals

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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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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · Aug 29

Industry postdoc vs academia postdoc

A water station in an office building with two jars of water (one fruit infused) and glasses on a wooden tablet

A water dispenser with paper cups on top

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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · Aug 27

University travel risk assessment: which precautions shall I take for these *deep and meaningful conversations* awaiting me in the Netherlands

Cultural and religious awareness notes about the Netherlands

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Satu Helske @satuhelske.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake.

#research #hiring

INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Aug 25

We’re hiring!

Join @utu.fi & INVEST Research Flagship Centre as a #SeniorResearcher ( #postdoc ) or #DoctoralResearcher in the #SHARELEAVE project on parental leave and social inequality. 🌍👶

🗓 Apply by Sept 22 at 4 pm (Finnish time) 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...

#hiring #openvacancies

Senior researcher or doctoral researcher

The Faculty of Social Sciences, INVEST Flagship Research Centre at the University of Turku invites applications for contract-based, fixed term senior researcher or doctoral researcher position from 1....

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Medicine without Doctors @medicinewithoutdoctors.org · Aug 26

🚨JOB KLAXON🚨

We are recruiting five 5-year postdoctoral fellows to work with us. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism).

At:University of Edinburgh
Starting: April 2026
Deadline: 2 October 2025

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Paula Villa Braslavsky @paulita.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm teaching an MA seminar in sociology on 'AFFECTS' (mainly in German). any suggestions for recent literature (after 2020?)? I have Simmel, Plessner, Ahmed, Neckel, Sauer, Landweer, Hochschild. I'm especially interested in articles on empirical studies that work well in class.
DANKE

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · Aug 20

JOB: come work with me @uni-konstanz.de ! We have a junior professorship to fill from 1 April 2026 (6 years, non-tenured, as funding comes from the Centre for Cultural Inquiry).
The denomination is very timely: Environmental #Anthropology!
Details ⬇️
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/2...

#academia

Junior Professorship (non-tenure) in Environmental Anthropology

Deadline: 01.10.2025

stellen.uni-konstanz.de

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Simone Schneider @simoneschneider.bsky.social · Aug 6

Who needs tenure track when you got spam emails and teach undergrads

A spam email inviting me to give a keynote at a conference.

An email which addresses me as Professor.

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie e.V. @dgsoziologie.bsky.social · Aug 6

DGS-Stellenmarkt:

Wiss. Mitarbeit (m/w/d) an der Professur für Soziologie und Gender Studies

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

job-portal.lmu.de

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Heini Väisänen @heinivaisanen.bsky.social · Aug 6

We are looking for a postdoc to work for the @soc-misc.bsky.social project. The post is based at the University of At Andrews in Scotland and focuses on analysing administrative and census data on #miscarriage. Let me or Katy Keenan know if you have any questions. More info below 👇

SOC-MISC @soc-misc.bsky.social · Aug 5

🔎 The University of St Andrews research team led by Katherine Keenan and partner in the SOC-MISC project is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on analysing Scottish public data on miscarriages.

More information in the link below :
👉 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Post-doctoral Research Fellow – AR3162

Post-doctoral Research Fellow – AR3162, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, Salary: £38,249 - £45,413 per annum, Start: Earliest December 2025 (to be confirmed), Fixed term for 18 mont...

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Sacha Hilhorst @sachahilhorst.bsky.social · Aug 5

I've been slow to share this because in all honesty I was a little bit hungover on Saturday, but I wrote the New Statesman's weekend essay this week, on why England's ex-mining areas have become especially disenchanted with politics:

www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

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