David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology of Education at University of Iceland (& part-time at Aarhus University). Research Focus on Inequality in Education. Experiments & International Comparisons.
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David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies
A new study in the medical journal Pediatrics found that peanut allergies in children ages 0 to 3 declined by more than 27% after guidance was first issued, and by more than 40% after it was expanded ...
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Science (still) works! Amazing results. Now I need a fix for my peanut butter addiction... www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
Reposted by David Reimer
Professor Elina Kilpi-Jakonen Receives NordForsk Funding for New Nordic Research on Youth Well-Being and Education - INVEST Research Flagship Centre
Professor Elina Kilpi-Jakonen has received additional funding from NordForsk for the project Young First: Nordic Evidence on the Well-Being–Education Nexus and...
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🎓 Our Prof. @elinakilpi.bsky.social receives #NordForsk funding for #YouthFirst, a Nordic project studying how #youth #well-being and #education interact across countries and time. Using #RegisterData on 1M+ #adolescents.
Congratulations Elina!
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Congratulations Elina!
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David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Oct 5
Home
We welcome you to the 5th biannual gathering of international researchers, practitioners and experts in career guidance and transitions.
nornet2025.is
While it's still uncertain whether our study will yield generalizable effects, receiving this positive feedback meant a lot! Huge thanks to Sif Einarsdóttir for the kind invitation, and to Rie Thomsen for originally introducing me to the field of career guidance (Rie also took the picture). 3/3
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Oct 5
One of the absolute highlights was meeting two guidance counsellors from two upper secondary schools in Iceland who implemented our role-model & career guidance intervention as part of my ERC project. Their enthusiasm and interest in the results were very encouraging. 2/3
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Oct 5
Had a great time at the NorNet, Transitions and Career Guidance Nordic Research Conference (NoRnet 2025) in Hveragerði this week. It was a real honour to deliver a keynote on how career guidance can help reduce inequalities in education. (1/3) see nornet2025.is
Reposted by Mel Bartley, David Reimer, Catherine J. Frieman
John Warner
@biblioracle.bsky.social
· Aug 12
This from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social hit me over the head like a mallet of truth. This is the thing. This is what I’ve been trying to warn people about perfectly crystallized. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Jul 16
Baden-Württemberg: Schwere IT-Panne – 1440 unbesetzte Lehrerstellen entdeckt
In Baden-Württemberg sind über Jahre hinweg Hunderte Stellen für Lehrkräfte als belegt verbucht worden, die gar nicht besetzt waren. Schuld daran: ein lange zurückliegender Softwarewechsel.
www.spiegel.de
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How Does Culture Matter for Attainment, and How Would We Know If It Did? - David Brady, Aliza Luft, Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan, 2025
In their 2022 ASR article, Horwitz, Matheny, Laryea, and Schnabel (HMLS 2022) argue that religious subculture significantly shapes educational stratification, e...
journals.sagepub.com
this article is a very good corrective to cultural sociology:
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Jun 10
Great day at Copenhagen University. Rasmus Klokker (in the middle)successfully defended his PhD thesis on teacher sorting. Congrats!
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· May 20
Congrats. I need to do some serious googling in order to understand what this means though :-)
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· May 20
David and Thomas discuss Thomas’ recent work that examines occupational aspiration of adolescents based on PISA data. Then they talk about the topic of immigrant disadvantages in the education system – and how these disadvantages can be explained. A very informative episode 😀!
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· May 20
Ójöfnuður í menntun: Framtíðarsýn og áskoranir innflytjenda í atvinnumálum
Í þessum nýja þætti af hlaðvarpinu tekur David Reimer viðtal við Thomas Zimmermann sem er nýdoktor við félagsfræðideild háskólans í Frankfurt.
heimildin.is
We did another episode for the Icelandic Sociology podcast! "Inequality in education: Occupational aspirations and immigrant disadvantages" heimildin.is/spila/1072/
In this new episode of the podcast David Reimer interviews Thomas Zimmermann from Goethe University in Frankfurt.
In this new episode of the podcast David Reimer interviews Thomas Zimmermann from Goethe University in Frankfurt.
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Jan 23
www.elgaronline.com
The chapter appeared in the Handbook of Education and Work (Elgar Handbooks in Education
Edited by Maarten H.J. Wolbers and Dieter Verhaest). See: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
PS: We have not uploaded a pre-print yet - but just email me/us if you need one.
Edited by Maarten H.J. Wolbers and Dieter Verhaest). See: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
PS: We have not uploaded a pre-print yet - but just email me/us if you need one.
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Jan 23
New Handbook chapter out on Field of Study choices together with Nicolaj Borgen. We discuss some recent findings and methodological developments. Main message: Field of study choice matters for labor market outcomes! Surprise surprise :-).
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Dec 17
Menntun og ójöfnuður
Samtal við samfélagið, hlaðvarp félagsfræðinnar, snýr aftur eftir langt hlé. Við kynnum David Reimer, prófessor í félagsfræði og menntavísindum, en hann er gengin til liðs við hlaðvarpið. Í þessum þæt...
heimildin.is
I did my first episode for the Icelandic sociology podcast. My guest was no other than the insightful Michelle Jackson from Stanford (@mivich.bsky.social). We talk about many things including Michelle's new book about developments in the division of labor. heimildin.is/spila/991/?f...
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Can you spot the red cloud? Yes, another volcanic eruption. View from my office window!
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Sep 17
It was a pleasure having you here!! Hope to have you back here soon!
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· May 15
Congrats to Astrid Olsen. On Monday she successfully defended her PhD thesis "The Role of Career Guidance in Reducing Access to Higher Education". It was a privilege to advise her. Thankfully we will have the opportunity to continue working together in the EDUCHANGE (www.educhange.hi.is) project.
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Apr 15
My workday took an unexpected turn today when I came across this great report from 1977. Now I am trying to find the data. They have grand-parents, IQ-Tests. Mental Health questions...
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Mar 5
I like this title much better. Scooter has also given us another great paper title btw: "It is nice to be important but it more important to be nice" Fill in subtitle on cooperation or whatever here!
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Feb 28
You are thinking about a catchy title for your next paper that involves some kind of choice. Try to avoid The Clash this time...
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Sometimes when I am sad, I read this review 🥲 journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Jan 5
Just found those 2 gems in the free giveaway bookshelf in the Social Science Building (Oddi)
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Sounds good. Linked google sheets?
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Dec 5
The postdocs will be at the University of Iceland. Throughout the project period there will be plenty of opportunity to work with and visit our partners in Denmark, Germany and Hungary. Please do not hesitate to contact me (David Reimer) if you have any more questions.
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Link to postdoc 1 (focus on coordination of the intervention at the transition to tertiary education) euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/173495
Link to postdoc 2 (focus on the development and evaluation of multimedia tools and content for the interventions): euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/173494
Link to postdoc 2 (focus on the development and evaluation of multimedia tools and content for the interventions): euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/173494
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Dec 5
The comparative study will be simultaneously implemented in four strategically selected countries (Denmark, Germany, Hungary, and Iceland). See www.educhange.hi.is
David Reimer
@davidreimer.bsky.social
· Dec 5
We are hiring two postdoctoral scholars in the ERC project EDUCHANGE in Iceland. The project is a large-scale cross-country experimental study which aims to analyze if social inequality in educational attainment can be reduced by providing students with targeted information and guidance.