Carlo Knotz
@carloknotz.bsky.social
More info on what I do: https://cknotz.github.io
* New Publication*:
Across Western democracies, higher education is under pressure, from budget cuts to restrictions on immigrant students. Our new study dives into a critical but overlooked question: When do people think immigrant students deserve financial aid?
Across Western democracies, higher education is under pressure, from budget cuts to restrictions on immigrant students. Our new study dives into a critical but overlooked question: When do people think immigrant students deserve financial aid?
Who deserves student finance? Results from a survey experiment in six advanced capitalist economies
Higher-education policy is increasingly politicised across advanced western democracies, one important point of contention being the treatment of immigrant students, who are often portrayed as a ‘b...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
* New Publication*:
Across Western democracies, higher education is under pressure, from budget cuts to restrictions on immigrant students. Our new study dives into a critical but overlooked question: When do people think immigrant students deserve financial aid?
Across Western democracies, higher education is under pressure, from budget cuts to restrictions on immigrant students. Our new study dives into a critical but overlooked question: When do people think immigrant students deserve financial aid?
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Job! Two assistant/associate professors in educational sociology with a quantitative methods focus based either in Copenhagen or Aarhus
dpu.au.dk/om-dpu/ledig...
dpu.au.dk/om-dpu/ledig...
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Job! Two assistant/associate professors in educational sociology with a quantitative methods focus based either in Copenhagen or Aarhus
dpu.au.dk/om-dpu/ledig...
dpu.au.dk/om-dpu/ledig...
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oops the Anxious Gen Z Workplace Trend Tone button on my keyboard got stuck and now I need to go take a microvacation www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
A Day in the Life of the Gen Z Worker
Are you sure these are new workplace trends? Are you sure you aren’t just describing a routine phenomenon in an alarmed way?
www.theatlantic.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
oops the Anxious Gen Z Workplace Trend Tone button on my keyboard got stuck and now I need to go take a microvacation www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
**New working paper**
AI is reshaping how we work. This makes some people more productive - but exposes others to job and income loss. I explore how this affects people's political attitudes and preferences using data from the @ess-survey.bsky.social and indicators of AI exposure & complementarity.
AI is reshaping how we work. This makes some people more productive - but exposes others to job and income loss. I explore how this affects people's political attitudes and preferences using data from the @ess-survey.bsky.social and indicators of AI exposure & complementarity.
July 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
**New working paper**
AI is reshaping how we work. This makes some people more productive - but exposes others to job and income loss. I explore how this affects people's political attitudes and preferences using data from the @ess-survey.bsky.social and indicators of AI exposure & complementarity.
AI is reshaping how we work. This makes some people more productive - but exposes others to job and income loss. I explore how this affects people's political attitudes and preferences using data from the @ess-survey.bsky.social and indicators of AI exposure & complementarity.
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“In all my discussions with scientists across every sector, exactly zero think the journal system works well.”
Some will disagree with aspects of Seemay’s analysis but this point is undoubtedly true open.substack.com/pub/asterain...?
Some will disagree with aspects of Seemay’s analysis but this point is undoubtedly true open.substack.com/pub/asterain...?
Scientific Publishing: Enough is Enough
Why we're no longer funding journal publications
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“In all my discussions with scientists across every sector, exactly zero think the journal system works well.”
Some will disagree with aspects of Seemay’s analysis but this point is undoubtedly true open.substack.com/pub/asterain...?
Some will disagree with aspects of Seemay’s analysis but this point is undoubtedly true open.substack.com/pub/asterain...?
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Does the movie end when she abseils off the end of her rope and dies?
I guess no one taught her that stopper knots save lives... 😅
#abseiling #rappelling #rockclimbing #jurassicworld
I guess no one taught her that stopper knots save lives... 😅
#abseiling #rappelling #rockclimbing #jurassicworld
May 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Does the movie end when she abseils off the end of her rope and dies?
I guess no one taught her that stopper knots save lives... 😅
#abseiling #rappelling #rockclimbing #jurassicworld
I guess no one taught her that stopper knots save lives... 😅
#abseiling #rappelling #rockclimbing #jurassicworld
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165 #ClimbingMemes #RockClimbing #Bouldering #Optoutside #SportClimbing #TradClimbing #Canyoneering #dirtbaglife #TradDad #Daily
May 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Cuts to #Dutch education and research, limitation for international students, universities butchering departments but also “hey, here some money to attract top researchers from US, universities should also add some” because “we don’t care about your passport”. #FacePalm #AcademicSky
Hier wetenschappers ontslaan en dan vervangen door Amerikanen: academische omvolking (en Hollandse spruitjeskneuterigheid want dit gaat van geld voor inflatiecorrectie af)
Onderwijsminister trekt 25 miljoen euro uit om wetenschappers naar Nederland te halen www.nu.nl/algemeen/635...
Onderwijsminister trekt 25 miljoen euro uit om wetenschappers naar Nederland te halen www.nu.nl/algemeen/635...
Onderwijsminister trekt 25 miljoen euro uit om wetenschappers naar Nederland te halen
Het ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap heeft 25 miljoen euro vrijgemaakt voor een fonds voor buitenlandse topwetenschappers. Dat bedrag moet het mogelijk maken om wetenschappers uit ander...
www.nu.nl
April 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Cuts to #Dutch education and research, limitation for international students, universities butchering departments but also “hey, here some money to attract top researchers from US, universities should also add some” because “we don’t care about your passport”. #FacePalm #AcademicSky
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🚨 Call for papers! 🚨
Excited to co-chair the ESPAnet Milan 2025 stream “New Social Risks 2.0? Social vulnerability in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis” 🌍🤖📉.
📅 Deadline: April 14
@carloknotz.bsky.social
Excited to co-chair the ESPAnet Milan 2025 stream “New Social Risks 2.0? Social vulnerability in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis” 🌍🤖📉.
📅 Deadline: April 14
@carloknotz.bsky.social
ESPANET 2025
University of Milan, 27th-29th August 2025
www.espanetmilano2025.it
April 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🚨 Call for papers! 🚨
Excited to co-chair the ESPAnet Milan 2025 stream “New Social Risks 2.0? Social vulnerability in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis” 🌍🤖📉.
📅 Deadline: April 14
@carloknotz.bsky.social
Excited to co-chair the ESPAnet Milan 2025 stream “New Social Risks 2.0? Social vulnerability in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis” 🌍🤖📉.
📅 Deadline: April 14
@carloknotz.bsky.social
My department is *hiring a PhD* student (3 years, fully funded) for a research project on the social and political effects of AI-related technological change. *Deadline: May 4, '25*. See here for more information & to apply: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #PoliSky #Sociology #AcademicSky
PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956) | University of Stavanger
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
March 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My department is *hiring a PhD* student (3 years, fully funded) for a research project on the social and political effects of AI-related technological change. *Deadline: May 4, '25*. See here for more information & to apply: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #PoliSky #Sociology #AcademicSky
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IN NEW ISSUE: What drives opposition to social rights for immigrants?
@carloknotz.bsky.social, Alyssa Taylor, Mia Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/xMCkbbY
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@carloknotz.bsky.social, Alyssa Taylor, Mia Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/xMCkbbY
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
buff.ly
March 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
IN NEW ISSUE: What drives opposition to social rights for immigrants?
@carloknotz.bsky.social, Alyssa Taylor, Mia Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/xMCkbbY
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@carloknotz.bsky.social, Alyssa Taylor, Mia Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/xMCkbbY
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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IMO, #academics treat out value and role in society as self-evident.
Clearly, it ain't.
Let's get better about discussing the value of education, enlightenment, discovery, etc
#AcademicSky
Clearly, it ain't.
Let's get better about discussing the value of education, enlightenment, discovery, etc
#AcademicSky
“American universities did not cause the onslaught that the second Trump administration is unleashing upon them,” Nicholas B. Dirks writes. But they'd “be in a much stronger position today if they had made a proactive case to the public for their own importance.”
Academia Needs to Stick Up for Itself
American higher education would be in a much stronger position today if it had made a proactive case to the public for its own importance—and taken steps to address its very real shortcomings.
www.theatlantic.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
IMO, #academics treat out value and role in society as self-evident.
Clearly, it ain't.
Let's get better about discussing the value of education, enlightenment, discovery, etc
#AcademicSky
Clearly, it ain't.
Let's get better about discussing the value of education, enlightenment, discovery, etc
#AcademicSky
📢 CfA: Doing research on social vulnerability and risks? Submit to our stream on New Social Risks in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis at this year’s ESPAnet conference in Milan!
Details: www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
Details: www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
ESPANET 2025
University of Milan, 27th-29th August 2025
www.espanetmilano2025.it
March 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📢 CfA: Doing research on social vulnerability and risks? Submit to our stream on New Social Risks in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis at this year’s ESPAnet conference in Milan!
Details: www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
Details: www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
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Ukraine is not alone.
Germany together with our European allies stands united alongside #Ukraine - and against the Russian aggression. Ukraine can build on unwavering support from Germany, Europe and beyond. Their defence of democracy & their quest for peace & security is ours.
Germany together with our European allies stands united alongside #Ukraine - and against the Russian aggression. Ukraine can build on unwavering support from Germany, Europe and beyond. Their defence of democracy & their quest for peace & security is ours.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ukraine is not alone.
Germany together with our European allies stands united alongside #Ukraine - and against the Russian aggression. Ukraine can build on unwavering support from Germany, Europe and beyond. Their defence of democracy & their quest for peace & security is ours.
Germany together with our European allies stands united alongside #Ukraine - and against the Russian aggression. Ukraine can build on unwavering support from Germany, Europe and beyond. Their defence of democracy & their quest for peace & security is ours.
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IN NEW ISSUE: What drives opposition to social rights for immigrants?
@carloknotz.bsky.social, A Taylor, M Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: https://buff.ly/40QAbqv
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@carloknotz.bsky.social, A Taylor, M Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: https://buff.ly/40QAbqv
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: What drives opposition to social rights for immigrants?
@carloknotz.bsky.social, A Taylor, M Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: https://buff.ly/40QAbqv
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@carloknotz.bsky.social, A Taylor, M Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: https://buff.ly/40QAbqv
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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The falsehood came from the right.
How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online.
Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online.
Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The falsehood came from the right.
How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online.
Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online.
Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.
Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.
February 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Quite many higher-educated workers now feel at risk of losing their jobs to technology. My new article on how this affects their party preference, based on OECD Risks that Matter data, is now out in the European Political Science Review (doi.org/10.1017/S175...). @valeriefrey.bsky.social #PoliSky
Technological vulnerability among the higher-educated: implications for party preferences | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Technological vulnerability among the higher-educated: implications for party preferences
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Quite many higher-educated workers now feel at risk of losing their jobs to technology. My new article on how this affects their party preference, based on OECD Risks that Matter data, is now out in the European Political Science Review (doi.org/10.1017/S175...). @valeriefrey.bsky.social #PoliSky
#polisky Increasingly thinking that this is exactly the type of “hard financial” argument we in political science need to make more forcefully in light of all the funding cuts (real or looming): www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Impoverished authors are told they should do it for the love. Try saying that to a dentist | Gareth Rubin
The average income for a writer is now £7,000. For our sake and the country’s, we need financial assistance
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#polisky Increasingly thinking that this is exactly the type of “hard financial” argument we in political science need to make more forcefully in light of all the funding cuts (real or looming): www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Did you see this experiment my colleague Kristina conducted not just at my university but *in my department*? She and the male instructor assumed eachothers’ names for an online course: and the difference in feedback they received was horrifying.
Student Evaluations Can’t Be Used to Assess Professors. They’re Discriminatory.
And that means they’re illegal.
slate.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Did you see this experiment my colleague Kristina conducted not just at my university but *in my department*? She and the male instructor assumed eachothers’ names for an online course: and the difference in feedback they received was horrifying.
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This sums it up, yes.
December 22, 2024 at 12:40 AM
This sums it up, yes.