Sebastian Kohl
sebastiankohl.bsky.social
Sebastian Kohl
@sebastiankohl.bsky.social
Professor in social sciences @FU_Berlin | @MPIfG_Cologne alumnus | Housing | Finance | Insurance @[email protected]
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(4) Sebastian Kohl, Max Steinhardt, and Simon Voss shift attention to an often-overlooked dimension of housing inequality: the distribution of living space. Overcrowding and under-occupation in the existing housing stock are rising. Policymakers should incentivize redistribution.
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Happy to share that our research brief on housing space inequality in Germany will soon be published by the Progressive Politics Research Network!
This work, a collaboration with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social , digs into who has access to space and how policy can address it.
Next week, with the Progressive Politics Research Network, we are going to publish 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. While housing has become a huge grievance across Europe, it is often absent from progressive parties‘ agendas. Our group of experts discusses different aspects of this
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🏘️ Bezahlbarer #Wohnraum wird zur sozialen & politischen Schlüsselfrage. Klimaschutz, Baukosten und soziale Gerechtigkeit müssen zusammen gedacht werden.

Worauf es ankommt, beschreiben Lisa Pfann (@fesonline.bsky.social) & Eike Windscheid-Profeta in unserem Interview: www.boeckler.de/de/interview...
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Deadline 21 July.
Kohl and team are doing some of the most interesting research on housing and finance these days. And an excellent mentor and all around good guy.
Bonus: berlin
July 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
July 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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I am starting to look for a PhD student in (comparative) political economy, historical or computational sociology starting in October (4 years, 65%) at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Check out the announcement here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). | Sebastian Kohl
I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). Any research projects in political econom...
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June 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I am starting to look for a PhD student in (comparative) political economy, historical or computational sociology starting in October (4 years, 65%) at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Check out the announcement here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). | Sebastian Kohl
I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). Any research projects in political econom...
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June 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Happy to see our joint work on immigrant housing now published in the Journal of Housing Economics!
With @simonvoss.bsky.social (@fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social) and Marc-André Luik, we show how language skills shape homeownership outcomes—offering new causal evidence on immigrant integration. #EconSky
Excited to share that my joint work with @steinhardt.bsky.social and Marc-André Luik on immigrant housing in the US is out in the Journal of Housing Economics!
We provide the first causal evidence linking immigrant language skills to homeownership. #EconSky

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Language proficiency and homeownership: Evidence from U.S. immigrants
In this paper, we deliver the first causal evidence on the relationship between immigrant host-country language proficiency and homeownership. Using a…
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May 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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We are very happy to welcome everybody at the "Workshop on Immigration & Refugee Inflows: The Impact on Host Country Economies" at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.
Looking forward to two days full of interesting presentations!

@jfki-econ.bsky.social @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social #EconSky
March 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Thank you to all the participants of our workshop „The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding“ for these two very interesting days! We look forward to welcoming you soon again at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social!

#EconSky #EconConf
February 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Insightful key-note lecture by Alexander von Hoffman (@harvard.edu) on "Overcrowding: Concepts, Contexts, and Contingencies" for our workshop on The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding.

#EconSky #EconConf
February 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Phil Hubbard right now at our overcrowding workshop (w/ @steinhardt.bsky.social) with a talk on the spread of tiny houses in London!
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February 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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New insights about socio-ecological inequality in housing consumption in the Netherlands by Mira Kopp and @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social presented at the workshop on overcrowding at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Attention spoiler-cars matter!

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February 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Welcoming remarks from @steinhardt.bsky.social and @sebastiankohl.bsky.social at the workshop on "The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding" at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. We look forward to the interesting presentations ahead!

#EconSky #EconConf
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🗓️ Next Monday and Tuesday:
We are very happy to host a workshop on "The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding" at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

See all information about the workshop and program below
and feel free to join!

@steinhardt.bsky.social @sebastiankohl.bsky.social @lucastella.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28
February 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You are welcome to join the guest lecture by Katharina Sass (University of Bergen) on admission choices in secondary-school systems in Norway and Germany next Tuesday (Jan 21st) at the JFK Institute @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social , 16:15-17:45 👇
January 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Postdoctoral position at LMU Munich with Fabian Pfeffer, focusing on social inequality, wealth, mobility, and quantitative methods. No German required; apply by January 15, 2025, for a preferred start in April. More details: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Post-doctoral Researcher (m/f/x)
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January 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Are you a political scientist, economist, or sociologist working historically? If you are also based at a European institution, we want to learn more about you!! Please consider filling in our survey (until Jan 20th).

Take a look & spread the word, thanks! 👇
January 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Join us next Tuesday at 16:15 for @timwhite100.bsky.social's talk on Venture Capital Experiments with Housing in Berlin, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @jfki-econ.bsky.social 👇
January 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Berlin friends: next Tuesday at 4pm I am presenting findings from my new book project at the Freie Universität.

Join us!
November 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Welcome to next Tuesday's lecture at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social' JFK Institute, with Alex Kentikelenis presenting his forthcoming book (w/Sarah Babb) on "The Making of the Washington Consensus". Join us at 16:15! @socfub.bsky.social @jfki-econ.bsky.social 👇
November 27, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Join the public lecture by Barbara Fritz next Tuesday @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social's JFK Institute on the Global Financial Safety Net 👇
November 22, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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In the US and Germany, despite very different labor markets, firm size appears to impact workers’ job outcomes in a remarkably similar way.

More in our new MPIfG Discussion Paper by Sinisa Hadziabdic and @sebastiankohl.bsky.social

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@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #socsky
November 20, 2024 at 8:31 AM