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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · 1d

Mine is: Paper I am glad I never wrote (but someone else did).

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite academic genre is "paper I would’ve written if I’d had the time"

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · 7d

Wait: if C is random, then what about AE? Because it is a zero-sum game, right?

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 9d

When I submitted this paper, I couldn’t have guessed I’d soon join @europeansocreview.bsky.social as Associate Editor. Glad to see it published in print now, with great company from some other authors I’ve edited over the past year.
academic.oup.com/esr/issue/41/5

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Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · Sep 11

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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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 2

Some cool PhD studentships open at Stockholm Sociology:

AI/future of work (quant)
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Organized labor and care leave (quant/mixed)
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Violence and sexual health in Mexico (quant/qual)
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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IFAU @ifau.bsky.social · Jun 27

Välkommen att söka forskningsbidrag från IFAU senast den 15 september!

Läs mer: www.ifau.se/Forskning/Fo...

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Are Skeie Hermansen @aresherman.bsky.social · Aug 20

Excited to see our paper on the immigrant–native pay gap featured in @nature.com’s new policy brief pilot, please take a look!

Pay gap between nationals and migrants mainly due to unequal access to high-paying jobs

Recognizing foreign qualifications and providing language training could improve immigrants’ access to better-paying positions.

www.nature.com

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Aug 20

Still counts as a review!

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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · Aug 20

Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Aug 18

Also, my first use of GPT-5

Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Aug 18

Just replaced my 'gone sailing' note

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Are Skeie Hermansen @aresherman.bsky.social · Jul 16

IN OTHER NEWS: check out our new COIN paper on immigrant--native pay gaps in advanced economies published in @nature.com this afternoon! Specifically, we study the relative contribution of within-job unequal pay vs between-job segregation to earnings disparities across immigrant generations. 1/9

Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs - Nature

Data from nine European and North American countries reveal that the disparity in earnings between immigrants and natives is largely a result of segregation of immigrant workers into lower-paying jobs...

www.nature.com

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jul 1

Haha, ingen tillbakakaka!

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jul 1

Fixed it!

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 30

Six volunteers already. Success!

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 27

You need a season in Florence!

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is the downward mobility of melancholia. Now it's everyone's companion.

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 25

*förtünätë*

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 25

The horror

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 25

Some are more fortunate than others in that regard

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IIES, Stockholm University @iies.su.se · Jun 23

🧵 Should we subsidize elder care more?

1/ A new thesis by IIES’s Patrizia Massner uses Swedish data to explore big social challenges - aging populations, economic inequalities, and the role of public policy. 👇
www.su.se/institute-fo...

#econsky

Should we subsidize elder care more? - Institute for International Economic Studies

A new doctoral thesis by IIES graduate student Patrizia Massner looks into some of today’s most pressing social and economic challenges (from aging populations to inequalities in work and family life)...

www.su.se

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Carl Nordlund @carln.bsky.social · Jun 23

Interested in doing a PhD at the Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social? Look no further: 1-2 fully funded PhD positions now available!

PhD student in Analytical Sociology

liu.se

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 17

You blocked one week for writing Bluesky entries?

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Martin Hällsten @martinhallsten.bsky.social · Jun 13

Any regrets?

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