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Philipp Lersch
@pmlersch.bsky.social

Sociologist at DIW Berlin/SOEP and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | https://pmlersch.github.io/

Political science 29%
Sociology 25%
🟢Wealthy individuals fuel the climate crisis through their investments even more than through their consumption and lifestyles — This is one of the key findings presented in *Chapter 1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*.

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Junge Menschen in Deutschland besitzen deutlich seltener Wohnimmobilien als ihre Eltern, immer mehr von ihnen wohnen zur Miete. Das zeigt eine neue DIW-Studie auf Basis von EU-SILC-Daten, die in Kooperation mit Forschern der @ox.ac.uk erstellt wurde. 🧵(1/6) www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

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Check out this open-access article that deepens on compound effects of residential and social mobility!
Moving homes, changing perspectives: How residential and social mobility in childhood shape locus of control and adult mental health

Our team members Riccardo Valente and @svidal.bsky.social explore it in a new paper at SSR.

Check it out, it’s open access:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Redirecting
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Moving homes, changing perspectives: How residential and social mobility in childhood shape locus of control and adult mental health

Our team members Riccardo Valente and @svidal.bsky.social explore it in a new paper at SSR.

Check it out, it’s open access:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Redirecting
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Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
🚨New paper in SER🚨
Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples.
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@pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux
#Sociology #Demography #Inequality

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"Fiscal Centralization and Inequality in Children's Economic Mobility"

New research with @schechtlm.bsky.social @zparolin.bsky.social just out in ASR doi.org/10.1177/0003...

#sociology #demography #econsky

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Young People's Homeownership in Europe: Delayed or Out of Reach? A Research Note: https://osf.io/rfpum

This was a great collaboration with the brilliant @smaexie.bsky.social and Lisa Klein. We find demographic trends having counterbalancing effects on wealth inequality.
Wealth Inequality among Families in a Changing Demographic Landscape: Evidence from Germany, 1988-2017: https://osf.io/jh5xp

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Wealth Inequality among Families in a Changing Demographic Landscape: Evidence from Germany, 1988-2017: https://osf.io/jh5xp

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Call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026: one week left to apply!

More information: ow.ly/1ZOl50V9y65
🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025
📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va...
🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin

• CALL FOR PAPERS –  2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”

Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…
• CALL FOR PAPERS –  2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”
Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard (University of Queensland), and Riccardo Valente (Autonomous University of Barcelona). The proposed special issue aims to leverage a trajectory-based approach that fully accounts for the multi-dimensional nature of migration across time and space, providing deeper insights into diverse migration trajectory patterns and their long-term individual and societal implications.
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The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open!

This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography.

Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon).
More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

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The European Association for Population Studies is now on bluesky.
Follow @eaps.bsky.social for updates on activities and the next European Population Conference in Bologna!

Awesome work!
Reminder: From 1st Jan. 2025, the deposit of replication packages will be condition for publication in ESR!

Find out more at:

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General Instructions
Submission of Papers The European Sociological Review publishes original research articles in all fields of Sociology. Submissions should usually be around 8,0
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🚨New publication alert🚨
What happens to female labor market supply when their male partner starts to earn payroll tax exempt income? Joint work w/ @andreashaupt.bsky.social, now open access at JMF: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
#sociology #gendersky #polisky #econsky

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European Sociological Review is on Bluesky!

@europeansocreview.bsky.social

Follow it for alerts and new initiatives
We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
DECIPHE Research Project
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📢 QSS-CLS Seminar Series: #Class origin, intergenerational transfers, and the gender wealth gap

@natrinh.bsky.social uncovers how gendered parental wealth transfers drive #WealthInequality, with the largest #GenderGap at the top of the class hierarchy.

⏰Dec 4th, 1pm: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
Class origin, intergenerational transfers, and the gender wealth gap | IOE - Faculty of Education and Society
Hear Nhat An Trinh describe how gender disparities in wealth levels vary by parental class and examine the contribution of the gendered allocation of parental wealth to these differences.
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"Homecoming After Brexit," by @ebrusanliturk.bsky.social @samin.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @ezagheni.bsky.social & F Billari, uses Scopus data to assess “immediate effects of the 2016 Brexit referendum on the mobility of top talent in British academia.” @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Big news from Germany
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨

Join us as an Associate Professor in Social Demography, in association with @stjohnsox.bsky.social.

We're open to a range of specialisations: family, fertility, gender, migration, population health, inequalities & more 🌍

Apply now ➡️ www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/article/asso...

Hi Manuel, can you add me? Thx!

Inflation of the number of scientific publications substantially driven by special issues in for-profit open-access journals: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... h/t: www.economist.com/science-and-...
The strain on scientific publishing
Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years; ...
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“Walter Korpi’s work has had a profound impact on the field of sociology and social policy. Beyond his groundbreaking academic contributions, he has been a source of inspiration for and contributed to the success of many scholars, both within and outside SOFI.”

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Professor Walter Korpi Passes Away at 90 - Swedish Institute for Social Research
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of an outstanding sociologist and a vital contributor to SOFI’s success. Professor Emeritus Walter Korpi passed away on November 19, at t...
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📣 Join our research team at @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social to work on the ERC-funded LEARN project on major health crises and children's educational development. We're hiring:

⭐️Postdoc
⭐️Doctoral researcher
⭐️Predoc / Research Assistant

👉Apply by 30 Nov: www.sciencespo.fr/osc/en/conte...