Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · 18h

Submit your short abstract by 15 December 2025 to [email protected]

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · 18h

📢 Call for Papers 📢
Excited to co-edit a Special Issue on “Time Use and Family Dynamics in Contemporary Europe” in Comparative Population Studies (CPoS)!
We invite submissions using time-use data to advance research on family life across Europe.
🔗 www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...

1 4 8

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

GENUS @genus.bsky.social · Jul 8

Parenthood among same-sex couples has changed as policy & social contexts have evolved. Swedish data revealed that same-sex parenting increased over time among women, but remained rare among men.

👉 New paper by Mollborn, @martinkolk.bsky.social & Evertsson

🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Recent trends in parenthood in Swedish same- and different-sex legal unions: emerging gender and socioeconomic differences - Genus

Parentalization, or becoming a parent and being legally and socially recognized as such, has long been constrained for sexual minorities. Although many studies have examined the outcomes of children o...

genus.springeropen.com

7 20

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations! 🤩

1

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Apr 25

I would love to be added to your starter pack. Thanks :)

1

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Apr 10

📣 Labor market scholars & anyone curious about flexible working — don’t miss this!

@heejungchung.bsky.social will be giving an online talk on the flexibility paradox this Monday, 14 April.

✉️ Register here: [email protected]

4 7

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Apr 2

Good news! If you want to attend online, email us by Thursday (3 April) at [email protected] - If there is insufficient interest in online participation, the event will be held fully in person.

2

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Mar 26

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🎉

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Mar 4

🔎 Why are female-dominated jobs less likely to offer flexible working-time arrangements, despite policies designed to support work-life balance?

In our latest #EUIResearch interview @mhamjediers.bsky.social explains how gendered views on caregiving & work commitment shape this gap 📌 buff.ly/zCw9Hj8

6 19

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Jan 22

Happy to see this insightful study by @stefaniamolina.bsky.social published! 🎉 It dives into the complex relationship between family dynamics, intimate partner violence, and infant health in Colombia. Worth a read for anyone interested in how social factors impact child well-being.

Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Jan 22

Research by @stefaniamolina.bsky.social examines the role of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the association between mothers' partnership status and infant health in Colombia. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Demographic Research - Unmarried motherhood and infant health: The role of intimate partner violence in Colombia (Volume 52 - Article 6 | Pages 141–178)

Volume 52 - Article 6 | Pages 141–178

www.demographic-research.org

7

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

GENUS @genus.bsky.social · Jan 20

❓ How fair is the division of labor around first childbirth? Women feel it is most fair near birth but increasingly unfair as the child grows, while men’s perceptions remain unchanged.

▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access!

🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

12 15

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

Lena Wagner @lenacwt.bsky.social · Jan 15

Excited to see our work on the 10th Family Report on the impact of divorce and separation across the family life course presented today by German Minister of Family Affairs @lisapaus.bsky.social. Check out key insights and recommendations here ⬇️ www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/theme...

Lisa Paus stellt Zehnten Familienbericht vor

Der Zehnte Familienbericht untersucht die Lebenslagen Allein- und Getrennterziehender und nimmt dabei die Dynamiken im Lebensverlauf in den Blick. Lisa Paus stellte den Bericht im Kabinett vor.

www.bmfsfj.de

1 8

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

Aljoscha Jacobi @aljoschajacobi.bsky.social · Jan 10

We stumbled onto this puzzle in @heejungchung.bsky.social work who laid the groundwork for most of this.

Also 10/10 can recommend working with Maik and Tabea :)

Links and fancy graphs with key findings 👇

Maik Hamjediers @mhamjediers.bsky.social · Jan 7

📢 Flexible working supposedly addresses women's work-family conflicts but is less prevalent in women-dominated occupations. @aljoschajacobi.bsky.social, @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social & I explore why and how this has changed over past decades

Out in @socialindicators.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s112...

1 4 9

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Jan 8

Interested in flexible working-time arrangements?

Check out our new paper 👇

Maik Hamjediers @mhamjediers.bsky.social · Jan 7

📢 Flexible working supposedly addresses women's work-family conflicts but is less prevalent in women-dominated occupations. @aljoschajacobi.bsky.social, @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social & I explore why and how this has changed over past decades

Out in @socialindicators.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s112...

3 10

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Dec 9

Herzlichen Glückwunsch 🥳
Bin sehr gespannt auf das neue Netzwerk zur reproduktiven Gerechtigkeit!

Anne-Kristin Kuhnt @akkuhnt.bsky.social · Dec 6

🚄🥳🏆10 Stunden Bahnfahrt, 3 Stunden Hannover, 1 Preis! Unser interdisziplinäres Forschungsnetzwerk #ReproGerecht wurde mit dem Norddeutschen Wissenschaftspreis 2024 ausgezeichnet! 🏆🥳

#Forschung #Wissenschaft #ReproduktiveGerechtigkeit
#NorddeutscherWissenschaftspreis

1 4

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Nov 29

Have a look at this new article on feminized part-time work and mental load!

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Nov 27

Super happy to my paper on feminized part-time work in Norway published! Below is a thread of what I find — it’s a complex issue with some complex, yet very interesting results, so buckle up.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... (1/10)

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

journals.sagepub.com

3

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

Jennifer Hook @jenlhook.bsky.social · Nov 15

I made a Starter Pack!

But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary

Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT

@wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/63Jq944

#Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky

56 73 130

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Oct 28

New article out with Marco Giesselmann & @davebrady72.bsky.social! We examine how the increase in refugees to Germany influenced exclusionary beliefs & behaviors among Germans. Big thanks to Dave Brady for breaking down our findings—check it out below! 👇

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Oct 26

More than 1 million refugees migrated to Germany in 2015-2016.

How did this affect Germans’ exclusionary beliefs & behaviors?

New at American Journal of Sociology w/Giesselmann & @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The Increase in Refugees to Germany and Exclusionary Beliefs and Behaviors1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 3

In 2015–16, Germany experienced a rapid and controversial increase in refugees that varied substantially across German districts. This increase provides unique leverage for analyzing how fractionaliza...

www.journals.uchicago.edu

9

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

Sarah Schmauk @sschmauk.bsky.social · Apr 12

Don't miss the submission deadline for the Divorce Conference 2024 - this year we will meet in Berlin!
www.uni-due.de/divorce-conf...

Berlin Skyline with the Text "22nd Conference of the European Divorce Network, 10-11th October 2024, Berlin, Germany

4 9

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Feb 28

Had an awesome start to the week kicking off my research stay at MZES at Uni Mannheim! 🚀 Staying here for three weeks, so if you're around, let's catch up and chat! 😊

9

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Feb 26

📢 Join us on March 4th for the 1st Hertie Distinguished Equality Lecture at the Social Policy Research Colloquium! Jonas Rees will discuss "From collective remembrance to collective forgetting" from 12:30-13:30 in Room: Forum A. Don't miss this insightful session! @hertieschool.bsky.social

1 3

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

DYNAMICS_PhD @dynamics.bsky.social · Dec 11

📢Job Alert: We´re recruiting 10 Doctoral Researchers
@dynamics.bsky.social Program studying #DemographicChange, #DemocraticProcesses and #PublicPolicy @hertieschool.bsky.social and Humboldt-University Berlin.
Great Job, great city, vibrant research community! Come and join our team in Berlin!

1 33 36

Reposted by Tabea Naujoks

Zachary Van Winkle @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social · Oct 18

The authors "find that gay and lesbian people have higher educational attainment than heterosexual people in all five countries and that these higher levels of education stem from greater rates of upward educational mobility among gay/lesbian people."

Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · Oct 10

Important new work out in the European Sociological Review. This study is immediately an essential reference in the field of LGBTQ+ education research. Congrats and thank you to the authors!

academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...

Does intergenerational educational mobility vary by sexual identity? A comparative analysis of five ...

Abstract. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people are disadvantaged in terms of health and socio-economic status compared with heterosexual people, yet findings pertai

academic.oup.com

5 19

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Oct 18

Thank you 🥰

Tabea Naujoks @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social · Oct 18

Thank you ☺️🥳