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Cristóbal Moya
@cmoya.bsky.social
Research Associate | The German Institute for Economic Research (@diw.de)

Affiliated to the Faculty of Sociology, Universität Bielefeld


Open Science enthusiast
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Applications to host a 2026 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are due Sunday (December 1st) by 5pm. Don't forget to check out our new "Tech for Open Minds" program too. Apply here: sicss.io/host
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November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Last chance today to hand in your application!
Wir suchen eine studentische Hilfskraft in unserem Projekt zu den Erfahrungen Geflüchteter in Deutschland!

Interesse am Thema, Studium einer Sozialwissenschaft und Quanti-Aufgeschlossenheit sind wichtig.

wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/415...

Bitte bewerben und an kluge Studis weiterleiten!
Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) (ID366)
Das WZB ist eine öffentlich geförderte Einrichtung für problemorientierte sozialwissenschaftliche Grundlagenforschung (http://www.wzb.eu). Als auß...
wzb.hr4you.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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My new article in European Sociological Review (@europeansocreview.bsky.social) examines how class-based network segregation and national-level inequality shape support for redistribution, using data from 32,717 individuals across 31 countries.
DOI: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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Class-based network segregation, economic inequality, and redistributive preferences across societies
Abstract. Rising economic inequality has renewed interest in how class-based social networks shape redistributive preferences across societies. While previ
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We're running a new round of SOEPcampus over lunch sessions! 🚀 Join in and get to know the great potential of SOEP
🍽️Join us for SOEPcampus over lunch!
A short online intro to the SOEP data on Nov 26, Dec 3 & 10, 2025 covering data structure, sample design, weighting, and analysis.
📅 Register by Nov 25, 2025: www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c....
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Come and do a PhD at the #EUI! We are five professors in sociology, within the department of Political and Social Sciences. Social stratification, education, family demography, analytical sociology, experimental sociology, it’s all here!
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!

📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences

Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!

Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd

#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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💸 Who supports welfare cuts or tax hikes when money’s tight?
At Bites of Inequality, @kalf.bsky.social shows how self-interest wins when policies hit your own wallet.

🗓 Nov 25, 12:15–1:45
📍 LMU Sociology, Konradstr. 6
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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There’s a new kid in town!

Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.

We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.

With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...
www.fertstert.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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¿Te interesan los temas de desigualdad y movilidad social? ¿Quieres hacer el doctorado?

Va a salir una Beca FPI en el proyecto I+D que dirijo:
“Does luck matter? The role of luck in individual life courses and views of redistribution”.

La convocatoria oficial de la UNED saldrá en breve.

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November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Congratulations to us, and thank you, @kohli-sociology.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Curious to learn what is behind the European Social Survey? This Podcast with Rory Fitzgerad provides a glimpse behind the scenes of this impressive data set. @ess-survey.bsky.social
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄!
Kevin Caners sits down with Rory Fitzgerald, Director of the European Social Survey and laureate of the 2024 Kohli Infrastructure Prize, to uncover the story behind one of the most influential social research projects in Europe.
pod.link/1786456001/e...

@ess-survey.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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This new trick in Economics of pretending almost everything everyone defines as the welfare state is not the welfare state…and then declaring PRE-distribution not redistribution drives inequality is not intellectually serious.

www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/26/d...
Do Predistribution People Know How to Read?
How many times will they fall for the same exact measurement tricks?
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Great contribution on why even in multiverse analysis thoughtful model specification matters, by @kauspurg.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions | PNAS
Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions
www.pnas.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Looking for a post-doc opportunity? Consider applying for this years's Kohli Fellowship and work at the vibrant WZB in Berlin - Deadline November 16:
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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We mourn the loss of Claus Offe, an outstanding scholar and esteemed member of our academic community.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
www.faz.net
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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PhD Opportunity (funded) is now live Any help with promotion appreciated :)

Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality" @demosocupf.bsky.social

Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
CALL_Predoc_UNPACK 2025_F.pdf
drive.google.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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We’re off to a great start on our workshop on survey experiments, organized with @bramlancee.bsky.social
Great to welcome our participants @aissr.bsky.social on such a sunny Fall day!
October 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:

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September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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✨ For those who missed it: Our Article on Perceived Track Mismatch among Minority and Majority Students in the German Education System is published in RSSM ❗️🥳❗️

Free copies until Oct 1 under this link:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbJn~uWr6...

Small 💈⬇️
September 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Same work, (perceptions of) different pay?

C. Diehl, J. Lang, O. Brüggemann, & S. Strauss compare relative #wageinequality and perceptions of wage inequality for #gendered differences in the perception and acceptance of wage inequality.

Read in #Socius: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
September 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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New papers out on perceived unfairness! A 🧵:

In @sociusjournal.bsky.social with @brueggemann-o.bsky.social J. Lang, S. Strauss we show that women are no longer more accepting of lower wages than men by using linked employer-employee data.
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Our EUI postdoc @brueggemann-o.bsky.social presents his work on beliefs on the gender pay gap, #ecsr2025
September 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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🚀 The first ISI Newsletter just launched!
Inside: center insights, job opportunities… and a few surprises we promise are way better than finding an extra fry at the bottom of the bag. 🍟✨

Check your inbox — you don’t want to miss this.
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#isimunich
ISSUE #1
ISI has a newsletter now, isn't it exciting?
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August 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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@iasliu.bsky.social is advertising another postdoc position as part of the Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science. For recently graduated or soon-to-graduate PhD students, the setting is really conducive to getting high quality research done. Apply by September 30th!
Postdoc in Computational Social Science
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August 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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✨ The IAS Seminar Series returns for the Fall 2025 semester with a stellar lineup of speakers and thought-provoking talks. Open to all!

#AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS
August 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM