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Arvid Lindh
@arvidlindh.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Sociology and Researcher at SOFI, Stockholm University. Social class, social policy, inequality, politics, climate change, networks, work
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In this new study, Kenneth Nelson and I find that higher social assistance - which raises the income floor for the most disadvantaged - can strengthen public support for ambitious but regressive climate measures like fossil fuel taxes.
Open access @reggovjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
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How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?

In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.

tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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First instalment of my substack primer on right-wing populism in Europe is out.
jacobedenhofer.substack.com/p/explaining...
Explaining the emergence and consolidation of right-wing populism: Part I
Stylised facts, or what has actually happened?
jacobedenhofer.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....
Doktorand i sociologi
Sociologiska institutionen är en av Stockholms universitets största samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och rankas kontinuerligt bland de 50 bästa sociologiska institutionerna i världen. Mer info
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September 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
In this new study, Kenneth Nelson and I find that higher social assistance - which raises the income floor for the most disadvantaged - can strengthen public support for ambitious but regressive climate measures like fossil fuel taxes.
Open access @reggovjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
September 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Institutionalised power or crisis corporatism? Comparing Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic

New paper by @jstrigen.bsky.social, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi and Aino Salmi.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Proper thread after the summer break– but if you were looking for a beach read about political reasoning in today's working class, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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The GC-CUNY Stone Center invites applications for two postdocs, to join us in NYC Aug 2026-Aug 2028. One focused on wealth, one on intergenerational mobility/poverty. Deadline Nov 3!
@stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/applications...
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
August 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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"We argue that symbolic class signalling has gained in importance due to the political realignment along the cultural dimension, and we expect radical right parties to benefit most from it" - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social

Read #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
July 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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This September, I’m launching a new series as part of my Respect the Marble Substack called:

Etched in Marble: Conversations with writers about how & why they write

I wrote about in my latest post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin...

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Introducing "Etched in Marble": Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
Catherine Talks to Writers About Why and How They Write
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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One or two lectureships in the sociology department at Uppsala.
Excellent applicants wanted!
July 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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📢 We’re Hiring! Data Manager for the DEMSCORE Research Infrastructure and the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg.

Apply by August 10 @ web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

More below👇

#SocialScience #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky
July 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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📣We have exciting news!📣 that the first partial release of the international ISSP 2022 Family and Changing Gender Roles V data file (ZA10000_v1.0.0), which includes data from 22 ISSP member countries is now available for download online via GESIS Search at:
search.gesis.org/research_dat...
GESIS-Suche
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May 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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My new paper doi.org/10.1093/esr/... explains that personal networks expose us to different degrees to economic distress, which shapes public opinion (here, institutional trust). Yet institutional trust research has largely overlooked networks. #sociology #netsky
The role of social networks in institutional trust during economic downturns
Abstract. Citizens’ trust in institutions is crucial for the proper functioning of societies. While national economic performance is a key predictor of ins
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May 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!

German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf

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April 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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New PhD thesis from SOFI's @edvinsyk.bsky.social:
Jobs in Sweden have improved since the 1960s, especially for women, but stress levels are on the rise.
#sociology #worklife #research #PhD #Sweden #SOFI
Jobs Have Gotten Better – But Stress Is on the Rise - Swedish Institute for Social Research
Job quality in Sweden has improved significantly over the past 50 years, but at the same time, workplace stress has sharply increased. This is shown in the doctoral thesis by sociologist Edvin Syk, pr...
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April 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Thrilled to see this finally published! An amazing project developed with @clarafontdevila.bsky.social, Huriya Jabbar and @averger.bsky.social and Huriya Jabbar. It brings together 30 contributions from 50+ amazing authors.
e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

A brief summary of the 4 parts 👇
March 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Job alert!
Six days left to apply: 2 years, 100% FTE, fantastic team, great opportunities, huge EU-wide project on welfare states' responses to social risks in times of climate change - more info here:
www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
Ausschreibung
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January 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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‼️ 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
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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New SPIN update with ANNUAL data 🔥

I’m very proud to announce a new update for the Social Insurance Entitlements dataset (SIED) that includes annual data on replacement rates for unemployment, sickness, accident, and old-age benefits for 37 countries from 2000 to 2023.

www.su.se/social-polic...
December 5, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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Class consciousness still shapes voting, but in a different way than in the past. That's the key finding of a study with @thomaslux.bsky.social now out in English.

We chart how class identity, interests and status link with voting for the left and right in Germany. A🧵
library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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Today the website of the Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Network was launched: ecowelfarenetwork.org You can join the already over 700 researchers on the mailing list to receive valuable information and share own news
Eco-Welfare Network
ecowelfarenetwork.org
November 27, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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It's Monday, so I wrote about four interesting new sociology papers.

- Firms and the motherhood penalty
- FMLA and women's managerial representation
- Fertility decline and gender pay gap
- Class network and attitudes

asocial.substack.com/p/four-good-...
Four Good Reads - Monday - November 25
Firm sorting, parental leave, fertility decline and pay gaps, social network class composition
asocial.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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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 the age of 90.
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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November 26, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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It is finally alive!

The almighty database of our mapineq.eu -Horizon Europe project. Design and implementation by @melindacmills.bsky.social and Doug Leisure, hosted at University of Groningen.
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November 22, 2024 at 8:49 AM