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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 1d

Who'd thought my op-ed (and research) on the "eldest daughter syndrome" two years ago just made its way into Taylor Swift's new album (track #5 "Eldest Daughter") 🤩

theconversation.com/what-is-elde...

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 9d

Scholarship opportunities for studying MSc/MA Sociology (shorturl.at/RiL2P) @sriucl.bsky.social:

📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx
📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7
📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL
📌Chevening: www.chevening.org

Applications open from October 13!

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Neal Caren @haphazardsoc.bsky.social · 12d

Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 15d

What a blast today! Wonderful to welcome the first-ever cohort of Sociology MSc/MA students @sriucl.bsky.social. Our students' passion for (their words) "novel", "world-changing", "rigorous", and "ethical" research is truly inspiring. It's times like these that we do see great hope for the future! 💕

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 22d

🔥 Two-week countdown! Early-career work and family researchers - we look forward to your application!
@wfrn.bsky.social

Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Aug 30

🚨Last month to apply for the 2026–2027 Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship (WFRN ECF). wfrn.org/early-career...

✅ Dedicated ECF preconference
✅ ECF travel support fund
✅ ECF peer and professional network
✅ Career development support
✅ Bespoke mentoring

And so much more...

Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program - Work and Family Researchers Network

Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program The Work and Family Researchers Network is committed to mentoring the next generation of work and family scholars. Our Early Career Fellowship Program p...

wfrn.org

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 23d

“Women are worshipped as goddesses in this society, but the worshippers torture their women at home.”

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 23d

“He would come home and throw the cooked food around.”

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 23d

My talented co-author, Kausiki Sarma, is also a brilliant photographer. The fieldwork images speak thousands of words.

“There is not a single object in my house that has not been a witness to the violence.”

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 23d

This is a heartbreaking piece for us to write 💔 Who'd thought (mundane) housework could be so violent (extreme)? But our interviewees urged us to rethink the housework–violence coalition: “for me, it (marital violence) would be... the manner in which I was made to do housework—is that not violence?”

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · 23d

🚨 Our new paper (w/ Kausiki Sarma) on housework & marital violence in India is just out!

We provide a "radical" rethinking of housework beyond labour division and gender performance.

@sriucl.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Mundane and the Extreme: Women’s Experiences of Housework and Marital Violence in India - Kausiki Sarma, Yang Hu, 2025

Mainstream theories tend to consider housework a form of labor and its gendered division a result of resource exchange or bargaining and an act of “doing gender...

journals.sagepub.com

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 26d

In terms of city or department, doesn't get much better than this

Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 26d

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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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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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 29d

A very significant day for us as our new birth cohort study is announced, the first for quarter of a century. Big congratulations to colleagues in our @clscohorts.bsky.social for all their hard work in getting this off the ground!

News from UK Research and Innovation @news.ukri.org · 29d

UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years #ESRC #AcademicSky

UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years

A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.

www.ukri.org

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · Sep 4

And both based in SRI! Also home to UCL's BSc Sociology and MSc Sociology.

UCL Sociology Network @uclsociology.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wonderful news that we have **TWO** UCL colleagues on the Sociology #REF2029 panel - @yanghu.co.uk and USN chair
@ktwamley.bsky.social. A great endorsement of the sociological work being undertaken here. 2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...

Main Panel C – Social Sciences – REF 2029

2029.ref.ac.uk

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Sep 5

Congratulations!!

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Sep 4

Congratulations to the fab @ktwamley.bsky.social as well!

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Sep 4

Look forward to serving as a member of #REF2029 sub-panel for Sociology & working with the other panel members.

A great privilege and a significant responsibility to read the wonderful works across the diverse spectrum of British Sociology!

2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...

@sriucl.bsky.social

Main Panel C – Social Sciences – REF 2029

2029.ref.ac.uk

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Sep 3

Also excited to launch & lead the new MSc/MA Sociology and welcome our first cohort of students into this one-of-its-kind programme, powered by the powerhouse of interdisciplinary social sciences that is @sriucl.bsky.social 🚨 Applications for 2026 entry opening soon 🔜 www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Sociology MSc

The Sociology MSc provides you with the critical skills needed to analyse the defining issues of our time. Through a curriculum that emphasises a plurality of perspectives and rigorous methodological ...

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Sep 3

Thrilled to have started a new chapter in my career at @sriucl.bsky.social & Quantitative Social Science (QSS) centre @ucl.ac.uk this week.

Absolutely love my supportive colleagues & the inspiring environment ❤️

We're hiring 2 new lecturers in QSS – come and join us ➡ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Dingeman Wiertz @dingemanwiertz.bsky.social · Sep 2

We have 2 posts available in our Quantitative Social Science centre at @sriucl.bsky.social.

It is a wonderful place to work, with great colleagues, exciting degrees, and good promotion prospects. The posts are open to anyone working in the broad space covered by our centre.

Deadline + link 👇

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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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Sep 1

Wonderful opportunity to join a supportive work environment and collegial colleagues! Come and join us!

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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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Aug 30

This is the village that truly does what it researches and teaches – care. Apply to join us! 😊

If you are a graduate student, apply to the WFRN 2026 Graduate Preconference. wfrn.org/2026-work-an...

And yes, the #WFRN2026 Biennial Conference is also accepting submissions! wfrn.org/2026-work-an...

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Aug 30

Work-family scholars, practitioners, and leaders – many of whom our absolute idols and role models – generously volunteer to share their most inspiring career tips at our in-person/virtual events and provide one-to-one mentoring to our ECFs.

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Aug 30

In co-directing the WFRN ECF programme, @ndenier.bsky.social and I are constantly touched and amazed by the incredible support from and collegiality of the entire @wfrn.bsky.social community. And it's been an absolute pleasure and privilege for us to work with the brilliant 2024-25 cohort of ECFs.

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Aug 30

🚨Last month to apply for the 2026–2027 Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship (WFRN ECF). wfrn.org/early-career...

✅ Dedicated ECF preconference
✅ ECF travel support fund
✅ ECF peer and professional network
✅ Career development support
✅ Bespoke mentoring

And so much more...

Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program - Work and Family Researchers Network

Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program The Work and Family Researchers Network is committed to mentoring the next generation of work and family scholars. Our Early Career Fellowship Program p...

wfrn.org

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