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Robert Vief
@robertvief.bsky.social
sociologist, Postdoc @goetheuni.bsky.social. Ph.D from @humboldtuni.bsky.social

interested in: educational decisions & stratification, neighborhoods, segregation, spatial data/mapping

https://tinygu.de/RobertVief-CV-en
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2010 lag die SES-Segregation an Schulen (gemessen über SGB-II-Anteil) bei ~0.47, 2020 bereits bei ~0.55. Schulen driften also sozial weiter auseinander, obwohl ihre Einzugsgebiete durchmischter werden. Die Kopplung beider Ebenen bricht damit systematisch auf.
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Beispiel: Der Segregationsindex für Bewohner:innen mit Migrationsgeschichte sinkt 2010–2020 stark, für arab. Herkunft sogar auf das Niveau von Deutschen (o. Migr). Auch Kinderarmut wird räumlich weniger konzentriert. Die Idee der „auseinanderdriftenden Stadt“ greift für Wohnsegregation nicht (!).
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📢 Publication Alert!

Wir analysieren für alle Berliner Grundschulen von 2010 bis 2020, wie sich Wohn- und Schulsegregation entwickeln – und warum sich beide Systeme immer stärker entkoppeln, obwohl die Stadt durchmischter wird. 1/
(mit @taljab.bsky.social)

Open Access:
doi.org/10.36900/sub...
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Danke! Ich denke, dass der Hauptmechanismus darin liegt, dass es eine Abkehr davon gibt, genau an diesen Mechanismus (Sickereffekt) zu glauben, zumindest in räumlichen Kontexten, wo Neuvermietungsmieten deutlich über den Bestandsmieten liegen (vgl. unsere Appendix-Analysen A.23 im Paper)
October 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We are taking advantage of a natural experiment: Berlin’s 2019 rent cap law — one of the boldest rent control experiments worldwide.

Rents were frozen (and in many many cases lowered) until Germany’s constitutional court struck it down in 2021.

And (see map below), reductions affected many

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September 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨 New paper: “Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs?” in the Journal of Politics (JOP)

(joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social)

👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Most important findings in this thread:

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September 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Nothing better than presenting research (on residential (de-)segregation trends and its non-alignment with better healthcare accessibility) that came out of joint ideas with former students and their excellent work on the topic and complex data, kudos to Marlene Steenken and Nele Bittner
#ECSR2025
September 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Well well, @ruettenauer.bsky.social also entering the meme game in his #ECSR2025 presentation about two-way fixed-effects estimators

Gonna keep you posted if others pop up the next days haha
September 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Btw, in my opinion, the best meme game award within a conference presentation at #ECSR2025 goes to Chenru Hou (University of Potsdam) and her presentation about classroom diversity and friendship ties - for constantly underline all parts of her presentation with cat memes

Nice job haha 😸
September 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@hermwerf.bsky.social presenting about a sorting and learning model of educational inequality.

Although starting at 9am, packed room

What did we learn? Negative effects of the gymnasium for low-SES students (for many outcomes)

#ECSR2025
September 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Packed first session at the #ECSR2025 about policies and educational inequality

Andrea Pietrolucci presenting on neoliberal and democratic school-level policies and their consequences for achievement

Controlled for student composition: neoliberal policies do not have any benefit (surprise...)
September 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
And:

2) on Friday morning (9 am), where we present research about differentials in occupational aspirations among 15 year olds by SES type in 68 countries (PISA data, see below)

See you there and happy conference!

#ECSR2025
September 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
On my way to Cologne for ECSR Conference.
Excited to see so much interesting research! Also: You can catch me at two occasions:

1) Come to the poster session (Thursday, 5:30 pm), where we show research about residential segregation and related inequalities in healthcare accessibility
#ECSR2025
September 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Lol so viel Subversion in der FAZ dann doch etwas überraschend 😂

www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
June 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I was deeply saddened to learn of Richard Alba’s passing today by John's post on Facebook. I had the privilege of being his student during an academic exchange year at CUNY in 2017. His seminar and our conversations left a lasting mark on me both intellectually and personally. 1/4
June 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Was man in schlechten BA-Arbeiten erwartet, ist jetzt genau so in nem offiziellen "wissenschaftlichen" Bericht der US-Gesundheitsbehörde passiert. Es tauchen einfach Fake-Quellen auf, die ins Weltbild passen, sieben wurden einfach frei erfunden.

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
May 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Lieber SPIEGEL. Es gäbe durchaus politische Möglichkeiten, am anderen Ende der Verteilung die Profite der Vermieter:innen zu begrenzen, statt jetzt als Lösung das 2€ Essen für alle Betroffene von überhöhten Mieten zu propagieren, aber nun gut...
March 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Römer in Frankfurt ist voll, man kommt nicht mehr auf den Platz. Viele Menschen sind wütend!
January 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ New Publication 📜

We all felt it during COVID-19 lockdowns: size of your living space mattered somehow. But how exactly? 🤔

Our new study unpacks why small living spaces shaped the pandemic experience, and which groups were most negatively affected

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Funny tool to figure out when your followers are most active online:

besttimetopost.blue

Apparently for me, it’s not right now — everyone’s off having lunch (so early?)
January 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Some professional news: Starting January 1, 2025, I’ll begin a Postdoc position at Goethe University Frankfurt. While I’ll miss the HU, I’m incredibly excited about the new intellectual environment, amazing colleagues, and the city itself!
December 5, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Zum Anlass des Mauerfalls habe ich der Berliner Morgenpost ein kleines Interview gegeben - an welchen Stellen die Ost/West-Differenzierungen heutzutage in Berlin noch klar zu erkennen sind, und wo auch nicht...
Heute im Print auf Seite 12

www.morgenpost.de/berlin/artic...
November 10, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Honored to have contributed to articles/data journalism on Berlin schools @tagesspiegel.de (w. Hendrik Lehmann, K. Demirci + others). Today, we received the first-place award for local journalism from KAS, presented by Norbert Lammert – the 'Oscar' of journalism awards (their wording)
November 4, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Yesterday, I finally submitted my doctoral thesis "Integrated neighborhoods, polarized schools. The patterns of residential and school segregation in Berlin, Germany".

So happy about it. And somehow crazy that I really wrote an entire book...
Whoever wants to read it, just DM me
May 17, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Today is the kickoff of this semester's Think and Drink Kolloquium from the Georg-Simmel-Centre, Humboldt-Universität

We start with Sarah Klosterkamp from Goethe UniversitätFrankfurt (see description below)

6pm, room 002, Universitätsstr. 3b, 10117 Berlin

Come by!!
April 29, 2024 at 6:17 AM