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Jeff Lockhart @jwlockhart.bsky.social · 10d

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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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 15h

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Classes sociales sous la mondialisation : espaces sociaux, espaces symboliques et espaces géographiques dans un monde en transition

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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 1d

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Christoph Ellersgaard @chellersgaard.bsky.social · 1d

Er interviewet i Berlingske i forbindelse med vores nye bog.

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Venstresnoede storbyakademikere fremstiller sig selv som grønne dydsmønstre – og det har allerede fået fatale konsekvenser for klimakampen | Berlingske

Over alt i Vesten vender vælgerne ryggen til den grønne dagsorden. Nu opfordrer tre forfattere den øvre middelklasse i storbyerne til at tænke over, hvilke signaler de sender, når de fremstiller sig s...

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 3d

"The wealth tax debate shouldn’t be separate from the one about how we tax property and pensions – that’s where most of the country’s wealth sits." c/o @resfoundation.bsky.social Bet it will continue to be, though. 🙄

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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 2d

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OBELIS - Observatoire des élites suisses @obelitessuisses.bsky.social · 3d

Article sur les 10 ans de l'OBELIS dans Le Temps: www.letemps.ch/carrieres-et...

Discrètes, toujours plus diplômées et féminines: les élites suisses sous la loupe - Le Temps

L’Observatoire des élites suisses fête ses 10 ans en 2025. Retour avec deux membres de son équipe fondatrice sur les caractéristiques des personnes de pouvoir en Suisse et leur évolution, alors que le...

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Pierre Bataille @pierrebat.cpesr.fr · 3d

Le poids des diplômé·es d'Ecole de commerce dans les poursuites d'étude au-delà du bac+5 interroge aussi. J'ai du mal à croire que ce soit pour faire des doctorats (mais je peux me tromper). Donc ce serait pour des master complémentaires?

Data ESR [SIES] @dataesr.bsky.social · 3d

À caractéristiques observées comparables, les "chances" de poursuivre en bac + 5 sont près de 4 fois plus élevées pour un diplômé bac +5 en #droit à l' université que pour un étudiant en #sciences contrairement aux diplômés en #STAPS et #économie
👉 cutt.ly/hr2gPW9M #ESR #HelloESR #odds-ratios #bac+5

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Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 11d

This looks very interesting!

Maria Sobolewska @profsob.bsky.social · 11d

An important new paper from my talented, but BlueSky-less PHD Jose Lopes

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

The unfulfilled promises of upward mobility and support for radical left parties in Western Europe

In recent decades, educational expansion has produced a large swathe of university graduates which labour markets are increasingly less able to absorb…

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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 3d

From @rbreich.bsky.social:

"AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value. This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025. Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment"

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 3d

Academic economists forming connections on social media show a bias toward certain races, genders, and elite institutions. Evidence from a paper recently published in AER: Insights.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 12d

How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged.

@musaalgharbi.bsky.social's We Have Never Been Woke arrives in #paperback on Oct. 7. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi. Now in paperback with a new preface. How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged.

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Nicolas Bina @nicolasbina.bsky.social · 10d

Alors, qui dirige les ministères ? Le résultat d'une enquête de quatre ans pour mieux connaître le cadre, les pratiques ... et les personnes ! qui occupent ces fonctions méconnues. La suite et les détails, ici : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... @rt42-afselites.bsky.social @cedurkheim.bsky.social

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RT 42 AFS • Sociologie des élites @rt42-afselites.bsky.social · 10d

[📑#Socioelites] "L’accès aux établissements et filières d’élite dans l’enseignement supérieur. Barrières et nouvelles opportunités" d'Agnès van Zanten @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social
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EditionsScpo @editionsscpo.bsky.social · 13d

« Sarkozy conteste les catégories traditionnelles dans lesquelles un problème est pensé. Il discute sans fin les distinctions du licite/illicite, de l’intérêt individuel/bien commun, afin d’étendre la zone grise où les repères normatifs se dissolvent » P. Lascoumes @liberation.fr shorturl.at/FXE8N

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LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research @liser.lu · 6d

⭐Test our experimental survey on residential preferences!

Try out our interactive survey; join us at the stand of the Housing Observatory during HOME EXPO 2025 (Semaine Nationale du Logement) at LUXEXPO The Box (Luxembourg City - Kirchberg), from October 9 to 12.

ℹ️LEARN MORE:
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Try our experimental survey on residential preferences | LISER

YouTube video by Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 5d

Geografía del empleo decente en Ecuador 👇🏽👇🏽

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La Vie des idées @laviedesidees.bsky.social · 6d

L'alliance « Trump-Musk » a occulté l'histoire plus conflictuelle des relations entre le parti républicain et le grand patronat des Etats-Unis. Au cœur des tensions : les mesures protectionnistes des présidents républicains, à rebours de l'agenda libéral défendu par les leaders des multinationales.

Trump et les grands patrons

L'alliance « Trump-Musk » a occulté l'histoire plus conflictuelle des relations entre le parti républicain et le grand patronat des Etats-Unis. Au cœur des tensions : les mesures protectionnistes des présidents républicains, à rebours de l'agenda libéral défendu par les leaders des multinationales.

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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 5d

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Pierre Bataille @pierrebat.cpesr.fr · 5d

"Scolarisations et formations de l’élite entrepreneuriale : parcours de vie et visions du monde"

Très beau programme pour les 16-17 octobre prochain @sspunil.bsky.social thanks to l'équipe @obelitessuisses.bsky.social

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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 7d

Muchas gracias a Carrera Economía Presencial de la Unemi y la EPUNEMI - Empresa Pública de la UNEMI por la invitación a presentar la investigación "Empleo Juvenil en Ecuador: Nuevos índices para nuevas reflexiones". Grandes colegas y futur@s colegas.

Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 9d

"Lo cierto, es que existen beneficios de los paros que pueden ser apreciados a la luz de la evidencia empírica"

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Naoki Iso @isnki.bsky.social · 10d

Algorithmic meta-capital: Bourdieusian analysis of social power through algorithms in media consumption

/ Outi Lundahl
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Algorithmic meta-capital: Bourdieusian analysis of social power through algorithms in media consumption

Algorithms make highly consequential decisions and, thereby, exercise considerable power. In this study, I investigate how social power through algorithms is exercised in media consumption, particu...

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 13d

In our latest blog, Javier Terrero Dávila (@oecdsocial.bsky.social) asks how much income mobility do different countries exhibit?

And how does it vary across different groups relating to age, gender, education and where people live?

#LSEInequalitiesBlog

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Who climbs the income ladder? New evidence from tax records

Using surveys to track short-term social mobility – how much people move up or down the income ladder – has limitations. How can using administrative data help?

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 13d

📣 Coming up tomorrow:
Join a special screening of the film 'From Where We Stand', an authentic portrait of Northern England post-Brexit.

The film will be introduced by Adrian Favell, and followed by a Q&A with Mike Savage and the filmmaker Lucy Kaye.

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From Where We Stand and the Northern Exposure project on race, nation and disaffection in the North of England after Brexit

Join us for the screening of 'From where we stand', followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Lucy Kaye.

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The Bridge Group @bridgegroup.bsky.social · 12d

Socio-economic background remains the single strongest predictor of who reaches senior leadership in UK #FinancialServices, according to new data released today by the Bridge Group and Progress Together.

Read the report #ShapingTheGrowth2025: bit.ly/4q5be6P

#PerformanceNotPrivilege

Graphic with the text: Performance not privilege: Who gets to the top in UK financial services?

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Jonathan Báez Valencia @jbaezvalencia.bsky.social · 12d

En el IV Encontro de Estudos em Pierre Bourdieu organizado por el GEBU nela @unicampoficial.bsky.social

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Ea Blaabæk @blaabaek.bsky.social · 14d

Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research

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How are cultural tastes stratified? Evidence from library borrowing for the entire population of Denmark

Abstract. Research shows that cultural tastes are socially stratified. Yet, most of this research relies on small-sample surveys and includes only a few di

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