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Giacomo Melli @giacomomelli.bsky.social · Jul 23

New paper in Quality & Quantity, just in time for your summer methodological reading! With @giorgiodolci.bsky.social, we validate the measurement of populist attitudes in the @ess-survey.bsky.social. Because nothing says 'break' like Structural Equation Modelling and Measurement Invariance.

Giorgio Dolci @giorgiodolci.bsky.social · Jul 23

Super happy to share my new (well, actually first ever!) publication!
In this article, @giacomomelli.bsky.social and I set out to operationalize and validate a scale of populist attitudes, using data from Round 10 of the #EuropeanSocialSurvey.

Full article here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Measuring populism in Europe. Comparison and validation in the European Social Survey - Quality & Quantity

Quality & Quantity - Populism has become a defining feature of European democracies, prompting extensive scholarly debate about its impact on political processes. This study refines the...

link.springer.com

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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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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Aug 18

Nice opportunity. Deadline closing soon.
TN-Square 6th Edition, Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research, 22-24 October 2025, Trento
Employment and Mobility over the life course in changing societies

CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Jun 3

The 6th TN-Square is coming! 🏔️

This edition we are discussing employment, mobility trajectories and social inequality and we
couldn’t be more excited. ✨

Submit your application by August 25th and spread the news!

For more spoilers, check our website:
event.unitn.it/tn-square/

#TNSquare25

TN-Square 6th Edition, Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research, 22-24 October 2025, Trento

Employment and Mobility over the life course in changing societies

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Nadia Steiber 〽️ @nadiasteiber.bsky.social · Jul 18

⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at‬ invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods

Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Jul 14

@davgritti.bsky.social @filippogch.bsky.social @zamberlanna.bsky.social eleonora meli (@istat) @rafgrotti.bsky.social paolo barbieri @stefanischerer.bsky.social

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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Jul 14

Does citizenship-acquisition improve labour market outcomes of immigrant? In the Italian context naturalised immigrants have higher socio-economic attainment and earnings. Yet, this is largely due to positive selection rather than the acquisition of citizenship itself: dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig...

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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Jun 11

10.1186/s41118-023-00208-7
Scherer, Stefani & Brini, Elisa (2023). Employment Instability and Childbirth over the Last 20 Years in Italy. European Journal of Population: 39:31 doi.org/10.1007/s106...
#socblsky #demoblsky #fertility @csisunitn.bsky.social @elibrini.bsky.social @unfpa.org

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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Jun 11

Scherer; Pavolini; Brini (2023). Formal childcare services and fertility: the case of Italy, GENUS, 79 (1) p. 29. - URL: genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

@genus.bsky.social
@unfpa.org
#socblsky #demoblsky #socialpolicy #fertility
@csisunitn.bsky.social
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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Jun 11

Scherer; Pavolini; Brini (2023). Formal childcare services and fertility: the case of Italy, GENUS, 79 (1) p. 29. - URL: genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

@genus.bsky.social
@unfpa.org
#socblsky #demoblsky #socialpolicy #fertility
@csisunitn.bsky.social
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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Jun 11

Scherer, Stefani; Pavolini, Emmanuele; Brini, Elisa (2023). Formal childcare services and fertility: the case of Italy, GENUS, 79 (1) p. 29. - URL: genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.... . - DOI: 10.1186/s41118-023-00208-

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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Jun 3

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Jun 3

The 6th TN-Square is coming! 🏔️

This edition we are discussing employment, mobility trajectories and social inequality and we
couldn’t be more excited. ✨

Submit your application by August 25th and spread the news!

For more spoilers, check our website:
event.unitn.it/tn-square/

#TNSquare25

TN-Square 6th Edition, Trento School of Applied Quantitative Research, 22-24 October 2025, Trento

Employment and Mobility over the life course in changing societies

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Giacomo Melli @giacomomelli.bsky.social · May 22

This all started as a master's thesis with @stefanischerer.bsky.social (@csisunitn.bsky.social) and Geoff Evans (@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social), and turned into something much bigger.
Big thanks to @leoazzollini.bsky.social, from whom I learned a lot, and to everyone who helped along the way.

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · May 16

Time flies when you have fun! 🏔️

For the last session of the Euregio Ring Seminar we discussed fertility in OECD countries (W. Adema, @oecd-ocde.bsky.social ) and the socio-economic implications of pregnancy loss ( @aledinal.bsky.social ).

Such a nice way to wrap this up! ✨

#euregiomobilityfund

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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · Apr 16

📢 Reminder: Submit your paper or extended abstract for the Comparative Population Studies special issue on “Migration Trajectories Over the Life Course”! 🧳
🗓️ Deadline: May 15
📄 Call for papers: www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
#Migration #Lifecourse

www.comparativepopulationstudies.de

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MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · Apr 16

Let’s take a sneak peek at our upcoming talks after the Easter break 🤩
We are very much looking forward to

Mirka Henninger (University of Basel, @unibas.ch)
Rachel Bernhard (@rivb.bsky.social)
Benita Combet ( @benitacombet.bsky.social)
Stefan Zins (IAB, @iabnews.bsky.social)
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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Apr 3

🍕 🥂 Have you submitted to our conference yet? We’re waiting for you — if not, we might have to analyze the social dynamics of ‘people who miss great events’!

www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...

Call for Papers ISI Wealth Conference 2025

International Conference on Wealth Inequality: The Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI) is hosting a research conference in Munich from 9 - 11 October 2025.

www.lmu.de

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Jani Erola @janierola.net · Apr 15

Hey postdocs, here’s an opportunity to develop your research plan with us - and eventually relocate to Turku with your own grant!

INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢 Planning to apply for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025? We offer a fully funded short-term visit to co-develop your MSCA proposal with top researchers in social & behavioral sciences at the INVEST Research Flagship in @utu.fi.

Read more & apply by 18 May👉
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...

Call for MSCA PF Candidates for INVEST Research Flagship of Inequalities, Interventions and New Welfare State (HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01)

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Stefani Scherer @stefanischerer.bsky.social · Mar 17

#euregiomobilityfund

CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Mar 17

The Euregio-Ring Seminar hit Innsbruck last week! 🏔️

Insightful talks from E. Beaujouan (@fertdem.bsky.social) and V. Bordone (@valeriabordone.bsy.social) about their works on delayed fertility in high-income countries and the impact of grandparental childcare on fertility.

Next stop: Brixen! 🚞

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Flaminio Squazzoni @squazzoni.bsky.social · Mar 8

A new start has born! There's a new Master's Degree in #Computational Social & Political Science at the University of Milan. A 2 years training in #quantitative & computational methods to study social and political dynamics. In English. The call for applications is open here csps.cdl.unimi.it/en

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Feb 24

They are talking about us! ✨

Last week, our work on digital skills in job matching (A. Tomelleri, @zamberlanna.bsky.social, A. Schizzerotto & our P. Barbieri) made waves in the local newspapers! 🗞️

Get a look at it!

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Feb 3

A new paper is out for our @filippogch.bsky.social ! 👏

Teaming up w/ @kbkarlson.bsky.social , they explore the impact of family background on income volatility in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 & 🇺🇸 using brother correlations!

Check it out to learn more about intergenerational links!

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Family background and life cycle earnings volatility: evidence from brother correlations in Denmark, Germany, and the United States

Abstract. While stratification scholars have extensively examined intergenerational associations in lifetime income, they have mostly disregarded how famil

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Leo Azzollini @leoazzollini.bsky.social · Jan 31

Great time at @sisec.bsky.social 2025 presenting new research made in @csisunitn.bsky.social on the differential effect of social origins on unemployment across the life course!

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Dec 13

Today, our @stefanischerer.bsky.social (w/ G. Minchio & A. Vitali) dived into the role of both preferences and structural barriers for fertility behaviour.

#fertility
#EuregioRingSeminar

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Jan 14

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CSIS @csisunitn.bsky.social · Jan 24

Next in line is T. Nazio presenting her work on the role of economic crises on dynamics of family formation and dissolution in 🇮🇹 !

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