Great 2-3 year postdoc opportunity in the Social Policy unit here at @sofi.su.se, Stockholm University
SOFI is an incredible research and work environment, could not recommend it more
Deadline for applications (including your own research plan): 13th April 2026
Job opportunity for sociologists working in the field of social policy:
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We’re pleased to announce a $10 million gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation, which supports the work of @stone-lis.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/10-mill... @cuny.edu
Nordic ESPAnet Early Career Seminar!
Opportunity for Doctoral students and Postdocs to discuss their work, in an environment tailored to quality feedback.
Organised at @sofi.su.se and keynotes by @cassandraengeman.bsky.social and @janhelmdag.bsky.social
More info: espanet.org/nordic-semin...
We have a new paper out discussing the childcare gap phenomenon examining the statutory parenting leave entitlements and early childhood education and care services provision
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ESPAnet is a great community. Be part of it!
Submit your stream proposal and contribute to ESPAnet’s interesting and supportive academic environment.
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This is a brief reminder that the Call for Streams for the 24th ESPAnet Annual Conference is now open.
The deadline for submissions is the 9th of January.
More informations at: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...
"Helping European families become more resilient"
Interview about the @reusilience.bsky.social project, together with Mary Daly @dspi-oxford.bsky.social
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@sofi.su.se @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Conclusion:
- From crisis corporatism to reshaping European labour markets in defence of vulnerable workers
@minnavangerven.bsky.social, Marta Kahancová, Anil Duman, and @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
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Transfer SI is out!. Together the papers critically analyse Crisis corporatism and institutionalised power relations and aims to shed understanding of the COVID-19 measures and how they reshaped (or not) European labour markets to defend vulnerable workers. journals.sagepub.com/toc/TRS/curr...
- Tripartite alliances for vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Eurofound PolicyWatch database
Garima Singh, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social and @minnavangerven.bsky.social
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- Institutionalised power or crisis corporatism? Comparing Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic
@jstrigen.bsky.social @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi, and Aino Salmi
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Excellent “debut”!
Today is a very special day for me 🎉 my first ever solo-author paper is out in Journal of Marriage and Family (this was my dream journal during my PhD and I am beyond excited to have this paper published there). Go check it out, it's open access.
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Last of my Kind, by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.
Don’t forget to download and read this excellent work: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
It was a great pleasure to discuss and examine @katriaaltonen.bsky.social ’s excellent dissertation “Austerity, health payments and economic well-being” at the University of Turku. Supervisors: @janierola.net and @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social
Congratulations, Katri!
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ali Solomon. #NewYorkerCartoons
Tripartite alliances for vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Eurofound PolicyWatch database
New paper by @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social and myself, in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
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I don’t think the #smurfs have a particularly good track record on gender equality, but hey: if they can try it, so can we all!
#smurfetteprincie
En route to Brussels, to attend the FutuRes final conference tomorrow . I will bring a discussion based on @reusilience.bsky.social research.
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How symbolic, that upon submission of our multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to R / CRAN, the automated checks trip over Evelyn Kitagawa’s name, while the two men are just fine.
More soon (hopefully), with @thaning.bsky.social
🚨Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition working paper out!
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
That is a very kind thing to say, thank you!
mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
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"Fragmentation of social policies remain a key explanation of gender inequality".
Mara Yerkes in her keynote at "Breaking silos, building futures.
Policy innovations for integrated family and child support"
@odiseehogeschool.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social
"To a child seeking help, labels on the doors mean nothing. To them, it matters how the health/social workers are as a person."
Maria Kaisa Aula (Welfare area of Central Finland) on the importance of trust in welfare provision.
@cofaceeu.bsky.social @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social
In the conclusion, we critically reflect on our own role in taking on this commissioned work, the importance that policy makers involve academics already at the design stage of the tender/commissioned work, and the importance of methodological pluralism.
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Blindspot 5: The various forms of publication bias.
Countries known for extensive provision of ECEC were overrepresented. This means that the evidence base for the revision of the Barcelona targets might be the weakest for those countries that might be furthest away from achieving them.
