Mads Meier Jæger
madsjaeger.bsky.social
Mads Meier Jæger
@madsjaeger.bsky.social

Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen. I study inequality, cultural taste, and good looks.

Political science 33%
Sociology 23%
Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research

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How are cultural tastes stratified? Evidence from library borrowing for the entire population of Denmark
Abstract. Research shows that cultural tastes are socially stratified. Yet, most of this research relies on small-sample surveys and includes only a few di
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Getting tenure means you’ve gotten a grown-up job. Many more responsibilities than “just “publishing. Tenured people keep the system going. You realize this once you get tenure.

"You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have exhausted all the other possibilities." Great, now get to work ...!

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Time for a (job) change: From 1 March, I'll be Associate Dean for Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen. I look forward to promoting the social sciences at every possible opportunity.

socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/ne...
New social science associate deans for research and education
Professor Mads Meier Jæger and Professor Signe Vangkilde will join the Faculty of Social Sciences on 1 March as associate deans for research and education, respectively.
socialsciences.ku.dk
‼️ Hiring ‼️

Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich

📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)

Application deadline in early March.

Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk

We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
Sociologists working on inequality:

Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)

EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...

Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials

Hopefully not, respectfully 😀