Arnout van de Rijt
@arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Science. Embracing freedom, openmindedness, compassion, forgiveness, fairness, justice, and humanity, as fascism is knocking on the door.
"Across 110th street" -- Bobby Womack
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Across 110th street" -- Bobby Womack
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
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Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
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I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Associate Professorship in Sociology - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
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Very good piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on what the Dutch election might mean for Europe www.politico.eu/article/neth...
As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching
It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Very good piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on what the Dutch election might mean for Europe www.politico.eu/article/neth...
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Are you at the @odissei.bsky.social Conference today? The Portal team released an update, improving centralized search for social science datasets available in various repositories in the Netherlands. The Portal will be showcased at conference, by Ricarda Braukmann of DANS a.o.
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Are you at the @odissei.bsky.social Conference today? The Portal team released an update, improving centralized search for social science datasets available in various repositories in the Netherlands. The Portal will be showcased at conference, by Ricarda Braukmann of DANS a.o.
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
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Met @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social in het @fd.nl over het plan van @simonhix.bsky.social en @catherinedevries.bsky.social over een kiesdrempel fd.nl/opinie/15758...
🎁 Hogere kiesdrempel bemoeilijkt politieke bestuurbaarheid
Een hogere kiesdrempel lijkt een logische reactie op de politieke versnippering, maar zou Nederland juist minder bestuurbaar maken. Kleine partijen fungeren vaak als smeerolie in het systeem, schrijve...
fd.nl
November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Met @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social in het @fd.nl over het plan van @simonhix.bsky.social en @catherinedevries.bsky.social over een kiesdrempel fd.nl/opinie/15758...
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
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✨ Celebrating excellence in sociology at the Kohli Prize Awards
📍 4 Nov: Kohli award lecture by Prof. Cohen
👉 https://loom.ly/ZO3ovsE
📍 5 Nov: Kohli award ceremony and MWP lecture by Prof. Bearman
👉 https://loom.ly/jf65j-A
📍 6 Nov: MWP masterclass
👉 https://www.eui.eu/events?id=580761
📍 4 Nov: Kohli award lecture by Prof. Cohen
👉 https://loom.ly/ZO3ovsE
📍 5 Nov: Kohli award ceremony and MWP lecture by Prof. Bearman
👉 https://loom.ly/jf65j-A
📍 6 Nov: MWP masterclass
👉 https://www.eui.eu/events?id=580761
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
✨ Celebrating excellence in sociology at the Kohli Prize Awards
📍 4 Nov: Kohli award lecture by Prof. Cohen
👉 https://loom.ly/ZO3ovsE
📍 5 Nov: Kohli award ceremony and MWP lecture by Prof. Bearman
👉 https://loom.ly/jf65j-A
📍 6 Nov: MWP masterclass
👉 https://www.eui.eu/events?id=580761
📍 4 Nov: Kohli award lecture by Prof. Cohen
👉 https://loom.ly/ZO3ovsE
📍 5 Nov: Kohli award ceremony and MWP lecture by Prof. Bearman
👉 https://loom.ly/jf65j-A
📍 6 Nov: MWP masterclass
👉 https://www.eui.eu/events?id=580761
A 3-party coalition would become a possibility.
Simplifying assumption: All 23% voters for small parties vote randomly for one of the 6 big parties
GL / PvdA: 15 + 23/6 = 19%
D66: 13.5 + 23/6 = 17%
CDA: 13 + 23/6 = 17%
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Coalition size = 53% > 50%
Simplifying assumption: All 23% voters for small parties vote randomly for one of the 6 big parties
GL / PvdA: 15 + 23/6 = 19%
D66: 13.5 + 23/6 = 17%
CDA: 13 + 23/6 = 17%
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Coalition size = 53% > 50%
October 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A 3-party coalition would become a possibility.
Simplifying assumption: All 23% voters for small parties vote randomly for one of the 6 big parties
GL / PvdA: 15 + 23/6 = 19%
D66: 13.5 + 23/6 = 17%
CDA: 13 + 23/6 = 17%
---------------------
Coalition size = 53% > 50%
Simplifying assumption: All 23% voters for small parties vote randomly for one of the 6 big parties
GL / PvdA: 15 + 23/6 = 19%
D66: 13.5 + 23/6 = 17%
CDA: 13 + 23/6 = 17%
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Coalition size = 53% > 50%
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When there is a random way to do something, there is a less random way that is better but requires more thought. In this case, regression models that make no sense don't belong in a multiverse analysis. An inferential regression without a causal justification is like an opinion without reasons.
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When there is a random way to do something, there is a less random way that is better but requires more thought. In this case, regression models that make no sense don't belong in a multiverse analysis. An inferential regression without a causal justification is like an opinion without reasons.
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Vrijheid van onderwijs legitimeert discriminatie niet.
Mijn nieuwe post over #artikel23. hermwerf.substack.com/p/vrijheid-v...
Mijn nieuwe post over #artikel23. hermwerf.substack.com/p/vrijheid-v...
Vrijheid van onderwijs legitimeert discriminatie niet
Scholen moeten zich committeren aan de democratische rechtsstaat
hermwerf.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Vrijheid van onderwijs legitimeert discriminatie niet.
Mijn nieuwe post over #artikel23. hermwerf.substack.com/p/vrijheid-v...
Mijn nieuwe post over #artikel23. hermwerf.substack.com/p/vrijheid-v...
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The ENSAE-CREST is hiring a computational sociologist -- Assistant or Associate Professor.
Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
www.css.cnrs.fr
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The ENSAE-CREST is hiring a computational sociologist -- Assistant or Associate Professor.
Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
"We identify a social-influence mechanism that widens individuals’ behavioral repertoires and breaks the link between individuals’ initial preferences and the collective outcomes they jointly bring about."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Martin Arvidsson, Peter Hedström, Marc Keuschnigg, "Wide Social Influence and the Emergence of the Unexpected: An Empirical Test Using Spotify Data" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"We identify a social-influence mechanism that widens individuals’ behavioral repertoires and breaks the link between individuals’ initial preferences and the collective outcomes they jointly bring about."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
You know that you live in Italy when you read this:
"Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you about the Canteen Committee's organization for the current school year. A weekly tasting rotation has been established, with one parent tasting each lunch shift, on a weekly basis."
"Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you about the Canteen Committee's organization for the current school year. A weekly tasting rotation has been established, with one parent tasting each lunch shift, on a weekly basis."
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You know that you live in Italy when you read this:
"Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you about the Canteen Committee's organization for the current school year. A weekly tasting rotation has been established, with one parent tasting each lunch shift, on a weekly basis."
"Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you about the Canteen Committee's organization for the current school year. A weekly tasting rotation has been established, with one parent tasting each lunch shift, on a weekly basis."
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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
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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
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Of course, I've made this case before... doi.org/10.1177/0003...
As well as pointing out the pitfalls
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
As well as pointing out the pitfalls
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
October 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Of course, I've made this case before... doi.org/10.1177/0003...
As well as pointing out the pitfalls
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
As well as pointing out the pitfalls
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Multiverse studies seem doomed to perpetuate a cycle of "look it varies!" "but not that much" "does too!".
Here's another exchange that I had missed.
"Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions"
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Here's another exchange that I had missed.
"Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions"
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Multiverse studies seem doomed to perpetuate a cycle of "look it varies!" "but not that much" "does too!".
Here's another exchange that I had missed.
"Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions"
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Here's another exchange that I had missed.
"Robustness is better assessed with a few thoughtful models than with billions of regressions"
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
"We develop a test for complex contagion...and then use it to examine whether empirical data from a country-scale randomized controlled viral marketing field experiment show evidence of complex contagion."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Jaemin Lee, David Lazer, Christoph Riedl, "Complex Contagion in Social Networks: Causal Evidence from a Country-Scale Field Experiment" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
October 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"We develop a test for complex contagion...and then use it to examine whether empirical data from a country-scale randomized controlled viral marketing field experiment show evidence of complex contagion."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
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The UNED inequality and social demography seminar is back, with @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social @l-sage.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @nicolettabalbo and @danieloesch
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
October 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The UNED inequality and social demography seminar is back, with @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social @l-sage.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @nicolettabalbo and @danieloesch
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
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Full citation with link to the open access paper:
Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, Arnout van de Rijt, The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication, PNAS Nexus, 2023, doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, Arnout van de Rijt, The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication, PNAS Nexus, 2023, doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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October 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Full citation with link to the open access paper:
Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, Arnout van de Rijt, The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication, PNAS Nexus, 2023, doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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Sergio Lo Iacono, Wojtek Przepiorka, Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten, Marcel van Assen, Arnout van de Rijt, The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication, PNAS Nexus, 2023, doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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The @europarl.europa.eu just made a fool of itself with this ban. Is there evidence that consumers think a "veggie burger" contains meat? Utterly ridiculous, and just (further) undermines the credibility of the institution (at the behest of the EPP).
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods
Pressure to ban meat labels for plant-based products comes from Europe's livestock farmers.
www.bbc.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The @europarl.europa.eu just made a fool of itself with this ban. Is there evidence that consumers think a "veggie burger" contains meat? Utterly ridiculous, and just (further) undermines the credibility of the institution (at the behest of the EPP).
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A true honor. Thanks Wojtek Przepiorka for leading this and @sergioloiacono.bsky.social for traveling to all these replication sites!
October 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A true honor. Thanks Wojtek Przepiorka for leading this and @sergioloiacono.bsky.social for traveling to all these replication sites!