Arnout van de Rijt
@arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology. Head of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute (EUI). President of the International Network of Analytical Sociology (INAS). Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Science.
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New paper out with @kchihaya.bsky.social and @eduardotapia.bsky.social. We show how a tendency to move near kin can preserve patterns of segregation, using a combination of discrete choice models and micro-simulations applied to the case of immigrants and their descendants living in Stockholm.
“Kin Propinquity, Residential Mobility & Segregation”: @benjarvis.bsky.social, @kchihaya.bsky.social & @eduardotapia.bsky.social examine ancestry & segregation; they find ancestry sorting effects are 3X greater than kin propinquity effects. @iasliu.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New paper out with @kchihaya.bsky.social and @eduardotapia.bsky.social. We show how a tendency to move near kin can preserve patterns of segregation, using a combination of discrete choice models and micro-simulations applied to the case of immigrants and their descendants living in Stockholm.
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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Interesting and inspiring initiative:
A large campaign launched in Denmark for people to take control of their digital life - ‘change focus, habits, and platforms’
Campaign runs from January to March 20 which is “Change Day”
Details ⬇️
danmarkskifter.dk
A large campaign launched in Denmark for people to take control of their digital life - ‘change focus, habits, and platforms’
Campaign runs from January to March 20 which is “Change Day”
Details ⬇️
danmarkskifter.dk
Danmark Skifter
Vær med i kampagnen. Vind fede præmier og bliv inspireret af andre, der allerede har taget et digitalt skift.
danmarkskifter.dk
January 3, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Interesting and inspiring initiative:
A large campaign launched in Denmark for people to take control of their digital life - ‘change focus, habits, and platforms’
Campaign runs from January to March 20 which is “Change Day”
Details ⬇️
danmarkskifter.dk
A large campaign launched in Denmark for people to take control of their digital life - ‘change focus, habits, and platforms’
Campaign runs from January to March 20 which is “Change Day”
Details ⬇️
danmarkskifter.dk
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The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
Decline, what decline? The myth of dying Europe
There is a widespread view that, by comparison with the USA, Europe is in economic and social decline. But, Zucman argues, it's not true
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 AM
The story of Europe’s economic decline while US is 'soaring' is everywhere.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
But it is wrong. It is a myth.
Europe delivers more leisure, longer life expectancy, less inequality than the US.
Gabriel Zucman dismantles the myths.
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People are right to roll their eyes at this—another stupid and malicious effort to undermine universities. But don’t rest your opposition on the idea that scores “don’t predict outcomes”. Insofar as any measure is used to select a population, you have conditioned on it so it won’t predict outcomes.
January 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
People are right to roll their eyes at this—another stupid and malicious effort to undermine universities. But don’t rest your opposition on the idea that scores “don’t predict outcomes”. Insofar as any measure is used to select a population, you have conditioned on it so it won’t predict outcomes.
Scientists are significantly human.
I take no pleasure in reporting that social scientists' conclusions regarding the effect of immigration on support for the welfare state, based on the exact same data, are affected by their own political beliefs about immigration. Wild experiment by Nate Breznau et al. www.nber.org/papers/w33274
Ideological Bias in Estimates of the Impact of Immigration
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Scientists are significantly human.
Belgians make the best beer.
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Belgians make the best beer.
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U.S. CAISI hiring intern for an AI agent security standards project. Opportunity to do cutting-edge AI standards work in the federal government. Apply by Jan 15. nitter.net/i/status/200...
https://nitter.net/i/status/2004608902323995132"
December 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
U.S. CAISI hiring intern for an AI agent security standards project. Opportunity to do cutting-edge AI standards work in the federal government. Apply by Jan 15. nitter.net/i/status/200...
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We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
Research Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG
stellen.uni-hamburg.de
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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🎉 Große Anerkennung für die #HumboldtUni: Anette Eva Fasang wurde zum Mitglied der Leopoldina gewählt. Die Auszeichnung würdigt ihre exzellente Forschung zu Demografie, Sozialstruktur sowie zur Soziologie von Familien und Lebensverläufen. Mehr dazu 👉 www.hu-berlin.de/nachrichten/...
December 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🎉 Große Anerkennung für die #HumboldtUni: Anette Eva Fasang wurde zum Mitglied der Leopoldina gewählt. Die Auszeichnung würdigt ihre exzellente Forschung zu Demografie, Sozialstruktur sowie zur Soziologie von Familien und Lebensverläufen. Mehr dazu 👉 www.hu-berlin.de/nachrichten/...
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A vacancy for a professorship in economic sociology at the @eui-eu.bsky.social’s School of Transnational Governance. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
www.eui.eu
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A vacancy for a professorship in economic sociology at the @eui-eu.bsky.social’s School of Transnational Governance. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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🇪🇺🇩🇪 Published Today in @bjpols.bsky.social 🇮🇹🇫🇷
How a voting advice application affected voting behavior in three large-scale field experiments:
shorturl.at/2ekBj
TLDR of our study (with @simonhix.bsky.social & @rlachat.bsky.social) below 👇 1/14
How a voting advice application affected voting behavior in three large-scale field experiments:
shorturl.at/2ekBj
TLDR of our study (with @simonhix.bsky.social & @rlachat.bsky.social) below 👇 1/14
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🇪🇺🇩🇪 Published Today in @bjpols.bsky.social 🇮🇹🇫🇷
How a voting advice application affected voting behavior in three large-scale field experiments:
shorturl.at/2ekBj
TLDR of our study (with @simonhix.bsky.social & @rlachat.bsky.social) below 👇 1/14
How a voting advice application affected voting behavior in three large-scale field experiments:
shorturl.at/2ekBj
TLDR of our study (with @simonhix.bsky.social & @rlachat.bsky.social) below 👇 1/14
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This is a very interesting paper for me in so may ways:
1) using Dutch admin data without any Dutch affiliations on the paper is a sign of good accessibility
2) linking details in CAOs with individual level admin data is really powerful
docs.iza.org/dp17957.pdf
1) using Dutch admin data without any Dutch affiliations on the paper is a sign of good accessibility
2) linking details in CAOs with individual level admin data is really powerful
docs.iza.org/dp17957.pdf
docs.iza.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is a very interesting paper for me in so may ways:
1) using Dutch admin data without any Dutch affiliations on the paper is a sign of good accessibility
2) linking details in CAOs with individual level admin data is really powerful
docs.iza.org/dp17957.pdf
1) using Dutch admin data without any Dutch affiliations on the paper is a sign of good accessibility
2) linking details in CAOs with individual level admin data is really powerful
docs.iza.org/dp17957.pdf
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PNAS: Perception of own centrality in social networks
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2420334122?af=R
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2420334122?af=R
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
PNAS: Perception of own centrality in social networks
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2420334122?af=R
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2420334122?af=R
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📢 Analytical sociology is coming home!
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
INAS Conference 2026 - Nuffield College Oxford University
tinyurl.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
📢 Analytical sociology is coming home!
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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The core thesis of our Brextinction paper, beautifully (or morbidly?) summarized in one flowchart (also based on YouGov data).
@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The core thesis of our Brextinction paper, beautifully (or morbidly?) summarized in one flowchart (also based on YouGov data).
@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"[T]his article shows how to study segregation as a cause"
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Ian Lundberg, "The Causal Impact of Segregation on a Disparity: A Gap-Closing Approach." sociologicalscience.com/article-v12-...
sociologicalscience.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"[T]his article shows how to study segregation as a cause"
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
"[S]ome countries often characterized as low-mobility emerge as matching or surpassing the egalitarian Nordic countries, reinforcing the view that wider mobility differences cannot be attributed solely to the education system."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Ely Strömberg, Per Engzell, "How Robust Are Country Rankings in Educational Mobility?" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"[S]ome countries often characterized as low-mobility emerge as matching or surpassing the egalitarian Nordic countries, reinforcing the view that wider mobility differences cannot be attributed solely to the education system."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
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NEW: Josef Brüderl, Ansgar Hudde, Marita Jacob, "What You Need to Know When Estimating Monthly Impact Functions: Comment on Hudde and Jacob, “There’s More in the Data!” "https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12-34-862
sociologicalscience.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW: Josef Brüderl, Ansgar Hudde, Marita Jacob, "What You Need to Know When Estimating Monthly Impact Functions: Comment on Hudde and Jacob, “There’s More in the Data!” "https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12-34-862
"In this adversarial collaboration, we address two issues regarding H&J’s work. First, H&J did not provide sufficient guidance on how to estimate monthly impact functions...Second...confidence intervals (CIs) that are likely too narrow."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Josef Brüderl, Ansgar Hudde, Marita Jacob, "What You Need to Know When Estimating Monthly Impact Functions: Comment on Hudde and Jacob, “There’s More in the Data!” "https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12-34-862
sociologicalscience.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"In this adversarial collaboration, we address two issues regarding H&J’s work. First, H&J did not provide sufficient guidance on how to estimate monthly impact functions...Second...confidence intervals (CIs) that are likely too narrow."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
We hate rankings except when they are favorable...so today I am extremely happy that EUI Political Science ranks 6th in the world!
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
We hate rankings except when they are favorable...so today I am extremely happy that EUI Political Science ranks 6th in the world!
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Political Scientists: I am the chair of the committee that is picking the next editor of @polbehavior.bsky.social. If you are interested, I'd be happy to chat about it (and I know the current editors would be too).
You can find the call for proposals here:
You can find the call for proposals here:
Political Behavior
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR:
We have recently transitioned from Editorial Manager to SNAPP. The submission process for SNAPP requires ...
link.springer.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Political Scientists: I am the chair of the committee that is picking the next editor of @polbehavior.bsky.social. If you are interested, I'd be happy to chat about it (and I know the current editors would be too).
You can find the call for proposals here:
You can find the call for proposals here:
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💰 Does money change how we define "fair"?
New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution
Published on Social Science Research
🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113
New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution
Published on Social Science Research
🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113
The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income
A leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We problematize this account by claiming that, unlike the...
hdl.handle.net
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
💰 Does money change how we define "fair"?
New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution
Published on Social Science Research
🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113
New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution
Published on Social Science Research
🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113