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Do you work or teach on political trust, and need to get up to speed? Check out this new #openaccess collection edited by @danjdevine.bsky.social @mfair.bsky.social: 12 chapters covering causes and consequences of political trust www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o... #polisky #commsky #socsky #econsky
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February 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
wcwonline.bsky.social
Read the article here: theconversation.com/how-the-law-...

#criminology #gendersky #socsky
Wellesley Centers for Women IN THE NEWS "Some states have passed laws in recent years to protect child victims of sex trafficking. But at the same time, most states have passed laws that allow those same children to be arrested or prosecuted for prostitution. It's a tug of war between advocates, law enforcement and policymakers to determine the best approach for keeping vulnerable children safe from pimps, predators and dangerous family members. Often these intentions to 'keep kids safe' end up harming the very children the laws are supposed to protect. This is done by identifying them as criminals and not victims." THE CONVERSATION
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
wcwonline.bsky.social
For @theconversation.com, Associate Research Scientist Kate Price and WCW Intern Mallika Sunder explained how law enforcement can retraumatize child sex trafficking victims through prosecuting victims of prostitution, adultification, and racial bias. #criminology #gendersky #socsky
Wellesley Centers for Women IN THE NEWS How the law can add to child sex trafficking victims' existing trauma THE CONVERSATION
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
drernestocast.bsky.social
On children, youth and immigration enforcement see post above on "Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration." #academicsky #socsky #booksky #audiobooks
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
annowens.bsky.social
Housing folks! Submit to APPAM! I am co-chairing the Housing, Community Development, and Urban Policy area (obv the best one). Submit by 4/22!

#housingsky #econsky #socsky #policysky
appam.bsky.social APPAM @appam.bsky.social · 11d
It's time to submit your abstract for #2026APPAM! Learn more: https://ow.ly/apx450Y8UK6
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
rnim-seminar.bsky.social
𝗞𝗷𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗚. 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘀 (Norwegian School of Economics) will present his paper on 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. #EconSky #Socsky

Title: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀, 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆

Time : 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗘𝗦𝗧 ||𝟰 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗧 || 𝟭𝟭 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮

Registration: 👉 tinyurl.com/ekdw93ma

👇Abstract:
How does a large structural change to the labor market affect education investments made at young ages? Exploiting differential exposure to the national decline in routine-task intensity across local labor markets, we show that the secular decline in routine tasks causes major shifts in education investments of high school students, where they invest less in vocational-trades education and increasingly invest in college education. Our results highlight that labor demand changes impact inequality in the next generation. Low-ability and low-SES students are most responsive to task-biased demand changes and, as a result, intergenerational mobility in college education increases.
February 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
docb313.bsky.social
I'm looking forward to it! I hope to see you there.
#socsky #crimsky #academicsky
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
socialtheoryonfilm.bsky.social
A short film on Erving Goffman's 'Presentation of Self in Everyday Life'. A fun bit of entertainment for students and Sociologists, and hopefully an entry point for those interested in learning about #Sociology.

#socsky #publicsociology

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Erving Goffman - The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
YouTube video by Social Theory on Film
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January 30, 2026 at 11:54 AM
socialtheoryonfilm.bsky.social
A short film on Stan Cohen's (1972)'Folk Devils and Moral Panics'. A fantastic book that remains as relevant as ever.

#sociology #socsky

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Stanley Cohen: Folk Devils and Moral Panics
YouTube video by Social Theory on Film
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January 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM
weedenkim.bsky.social
Sociologists: Excellent article if you're teaching a course on culture, climate change, disasters, indigenous populations, or homelessness.

I could go for a moosaroni stick right about now...

#socsky #sociology
shanahstone.bsky.social Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social · 18d
Villages Destroyed and a Hunger for Home

After a typhoon destroyed their homes, hundreds of Alaskan Natives find themselves far from their familiar food and landscapes.

by @jomalley17.bsky.social
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Villages Destroyed and a Hunger for Home
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 PM
redavisphd.bsky.social
My article on the need for intersectionality in research on transactional sex is in the current issue of Criminology & Criminal Justice! Read it here or DM me for a free copy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #sociology #criminology #socsky #crimsky #academicsky
Debt, sex, and money: Imperialist discourses of transactional sex across three geographic and cultural contexts - Rachel E Davis, 2026
Discourses surrounding similar forms of transactional sex in the United States and Europe, Africa, and East Asia exemplify the ways that sexual transactions ser...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:45 PM
rnim-seminar.bsky.social
𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮-𝗭𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 (Bank of Italy) will present his paper on 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟯𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. #EconSky #AcademicSky #Socsky Join us!

Title: 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮

Time : 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗘𝗦𝗧 ||𝟰 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗧 || 𝟭𝟭 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮

Registration: 👉 tinyurl.com/ekdw93ma

👇Abstract:
Standard intergenerational measures have been shown to understate the long-run persistence of socioeconomic advantages in developed countries. We study theoretically and empirically whether this pattern extends to less developed settings, using Indonesia as a case study. We estimate multigenerational correlations in education across three generations, using five waves of the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) and the 1995 and 2005 Censuses. Contrary to previous findings, we find a negative grandparent-grandchild coefficient, implying greater educational mobility than the intergenerational correlations from developing contexts typically suggest. We build a theoretical framework to identify two key factors influencing multigenerational transmission in developing countries: (1) financial and credit constraints, and (2) cultural norms surrounding marital sorting. To test the salience of these mechanisms in Indonesia, we analyze regional variations in marital practices, education expenditures, and the impact of 1997 Asian financial crisis.
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
weedenkim.bsky.social
A friendly reminder for fellow sociologists and demographers: early registration for the PAA meetings (May 6-9 in St. Louis) closes tomorrow, Jan 17.

Maybe y'all knew that, but by default my email app filters all bulk emails from external orgs into spam/junk.

@popassocamerica.bsky.social

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January 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM
sotonpolitics.bsky.social
If you work on any aspect of trust and politics, you'll definitely want to check out this agenda-setting collection co-edited by our brilliant colleague @danjdevine.bsky.social. Plus, it's open access and free for all! #polisky #commsky #socsky #econsky
danjdevine.bsky.social Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · Jan 9
A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine.

I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.

Hope it's useful.

🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 AM
annowens.bsky.social
New in @houspoldebate.bsky.social
- CA's affordable housing is not affordable to lowest-income tenants, who comprise most tenants
- Units built in higher SES areas have a range of affordability levels, promising for integration goals

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#housingsky #socsky
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program relies onhousing developers to build affordable housing units. Developersconsider financial feasibility and programmatic regulations whenplanning projects, and one central project feature is the affordabil-ity of units. Decisions around unit affordability directly shape hous-ing supply and, in turn, affect where low-income tenants live. Inthis article, I analyze LIHTC projects in California and show that,among projects funded from 2011 to 2023, only a small share(15%) of units was affordable to extremely low-income (ELI) house-holds. In contrast, ELI households comprised the majority of LIHTCtenants. The share of units affordable to ELI households increasedover time due in part to program regulations, financial feasibility,and state priorities around housing formerly homeless individuals,though there was still a substantial mismatch between units’affordability and tenants’ incomes during this period. Units afford-able to ELI households are slightly less likely to be in the highestsocioeconomic status (SES) communities, though mismatchbetween affordability and tenant income is similar across neigh-borhood types. Developer decision-making around income target-ing, tenant type, and project location shapes affordable housingsupply, and I conclude by noting the importance of assessing theintersections of these factors for future policymaking
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
wcwonline.bsky.social
Read the article, written by @caitjgibson.bsky.social, here: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
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#devpsy #socsky #sts #womeninstem
Her daughter was unraveling, and she didn’t know why. Then she found the AI chat logs.
A majority of teens are interacting with AI companions, and many of their parents have no idea.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
wcwonline.bsky.social
Youth, Media & Wellbeing Lab Director Linda Charmaraman is featured in a new @washingtonpost.com article exploring AI chatbots' negative mental health impact on children and recounting a mother's experience with Character.AI's exacerbation of her daughter's mental struggles.
#devpsy #socsky #sts
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Wellesley Centers for Women IN THE NEWS Her daughter was unraveling, and she didn't know why. Then she found the Al chat logs. The Washington Post
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
hss.springernature.com
Check out our latest! 'Social Media in Society' is about the role that social media plays in the lives of individuals, societies, economies, and polities. bit.ly/4bnKsRZ @dhutchman.bsky.social #BookSky #SocSky
Social Media in Society
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
docb313.bsky.social
nyupress.org/978147984208...

In No Restraint, parents of children with disabilities share how school staff dragged their children into seclusion rooms that resemble solitary confinement prison cells and locked them inside.

Coming February 24, 2026

#socsky #sociology #academicblusky #criminology
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
iai.tv
Although we think we have control over our decisions, advertising leads us to make choices that are not our own. | https://bit.ly/4aKw7yA

Join Barry C Smith as he exposes the hidden tactics food and drink companies use to manipulate our senses and behaviour.

#socsky
The seduction of advertising
Our senses inform every decision and choice we make, especially the food and drink we consume and the products we buy. Companies all around the world spend millions on advertising to make sure they at...
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December 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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What does it mean to be “normal”? | https://iai.tv/video/the-normal-and-the-abnormal

Join Rose Cartwright, Frank Tallis, Dinesh Bhugra, and Bhessel van der Kolk as they discuss the increasingly divisive subject of how we should approach and treat mental disorders.

#philsci 🧪 #socsky
The normal and the abnormal
We often judge mental health and disorder against a benchmark of what it is to be 'normal'. Critics argue though that this is a dangerous approach and what is normal is unknown. Cultures have often us...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
iai.tv
Many have had the experience of an urge to do something wrong just for the hell of it. | https://iai.tv/video/the-devil-in-all-of-us-paul-bloom

Join Yale psychologist Paul Bloom as he invites us to see the clever, creative and beautiful side of our impulses toward evil.

#socsky
The devil in all of us
Many have had the experience of an urge to do something wrong just for the hell of it. From walking on grass we're told to keep off to fantasies of violence towards someone we find a minor annoyance. ...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
karstendonnay.bsky.social
📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social !

💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.

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Abstract for the publication "Does Hard Propaganda (Also) Work in Democracies? Evidence from the United States"
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
preprints.bsky.social
Don't let your research stay hidden behind the 'Under Review' mask.

#Preprints bring your work to light immediately, ensuring it can be accessed, shared, cited, and protected from the beginning. 🌟

#Preprints #OpenScience #OpenAccess #booksky #socsky #geoscience #EduSky
"A two-panel meme based on Scooby-Doo. In the top panel, Fred points to a villain in a white ghost mask labeled 'PAPERS UNDER REVIEW' and says, 'CAN I ACCESS IT NOW?' In the bottom panel, Fred unmasks the villain to reveal a bright, glowing gold star medal labeled 'EXCELLENT RESEARCH!' The act of unmasking is labeled 'PREPRINTS,' and Fred says, 'I GET IT.' The meme illustrates how preprints make high-quality research visible during the long peer-review process."
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM