Stephan Köppe
@drkoeppe.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Social Policy @ucddublin.bsky.social
https://people.ucd.ie/stephan.koeppe
comparative social policy | housing inequality | large families | family leave | living in Dublin | alter ego @welfaremarkets.bsky.social
https://people.ucd.ie/stephan.koeppe
comparative social policy | housing inequality | large families | family leave | living in Dublin | alter ego @welfaremarkets.bsky.social
Great panel of our students reflecting on how we as an academic community have build and contributed to careers in social policy, public policy, social work & social justice. Celebrating 10 years as a school feels humbled by the achievements of our graduates
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great panel of our students reflecting on how we as an academic community have build and contributed to careers in social policy, public policy, social work & social justice. Celebrating 10 years as a school feels humbled by the achievements of our graduates
Very pleased to see UCD Master of Public Policy ranked within the top10 in Western Europe and no. 1 in Ireland. Thanks to co-director @drdonoghue.bsky.social faculty @ucdspswsj.bsky.social & @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social
You can apply for 2026 here: www.ucd.ie/publicpolicy
You can apply for 2026 here: www.ucd.ie/publicpolicy
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Very pleased to see UCD Master of Public Policy ranked within the top10 in Western Europe and no. 1 in Ireland. Thanks to co-director @drdonoghue.bsky.social faculty @ucdspswsj.bsky.social & @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social
You can apply for 2026 here: www.ucd.ie/publicpolicy
You can apply for 2026 here: www.ucd.ie/publicpolicy
Pleased to see our paper on fertility responses to benefit generosity and universalism published in Population and Development Review doi.org/10.1111/padr...
Led by A. Barigazzi, supervised by G. Gallo & me with a research visit @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
Led by A. Barigazzi, supervised by G. Gallo & me with a research visit @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library
This study examines the relationship between fertility and social policies across countries within the European Union. Using European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data f...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Pleased to see our paper on fertility responses to benefit generosity and universalism published in Population and Development Review doi.org/10.1111/padr...
Led by A. Barigazzi, supervised by G. Gallo & me with a research visit @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
Led by A. Barigazzi, supervised by G. Gallo & me with a research visit @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
Werder ist auch in Kerry. Selbst auf dem entlegensten Wanderpfad am Gap of Dunloe war ein Stück Heimat. Wann spielt Werder Conference League, dass es hier auch mal ein Spiel gibt? @werder.de
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Werder ist auch in Kerry. Selbst auf dem entlegensten Wanderpfad am Gap of Dunloe war ein Stück Heimat. Wann spielt Werder Conference League, dass es hier auch mal ein Spiel gibt? @werder.de
On the way to the FIS Forum @difis.bsky.social. Chairing a panel on housing /w @jtweis.bsky.social & looking forward to the discussions.
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
On the way to the FIS Forum @difis.bsky.social. Chairing a panel on housing /w @jtweis.bsky.social & looking forward to the discussions.
Ich habe es schon auf dem ISA Forum gesagt, dass Geoffrey nicht mehr tragbar ist und zurücktreten sollte. Da wurde ich auf Nov vertröstet und bin gespannt was aus den Gremienmühlen wird...
"Dafür machte sich die ISA für weitere Druckversuche erpressbar. Als sie auf dem Weltforum die Gründung eines „Queer ISA Network“ (QISA) bekanntgab, wurde ihr sogleich wieder die Verletzung „marokkanischer Werte“ vorgehalten – worauf sie ihre Mitteilung samt Regenbogenfahne umgehend löschte."
Internationale Soziologen laufen Antiakademikern ins Messer
Die Rechtfertigung des Präsidenten des Internationalen Soziologenverbands für die Suspendierung der israelischen Fachgesellschaft überzeugt nicht. Die ISA galoppiert vielmehr den Antiakademikern ins o...
www.faz.net
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ich habe es schon auf dem ISA Forum gesagt, dass Geoffrey nicht mehr tragbar ist und zurücktreten sollte. Da wurde ich auf Nov vertröstet und bin gespannt was aus den Gremienmühlen wird...
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Ever wondered who property listings on daft.ie are really written for?
Join the Data Stories team on Thurs 23 Oct, 1–2pm in the MUSSI Seminar Room for Commodity Narratives — a spoof property site exploring housing, data and design bit.ly/3J58Hsu @robkitchin.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie
Join the Data Stories team on Thurs 23 Oct, 1–2pm in the MUSSI Seminar Room for Commodity Narratives — a spoof property site exploring housing, data and design bit.ly/3J58Hsu @robkitchin.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie
October 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ever wondered who property listings on daft.ie are really written for?
Join the Data Stories team on Thurs 23 Oct, 1–2pm in the MUSSI Seminar Room for Commodity Narratives — a spoof property site exploring housing, data and design bit.ly/3J58Hsu @robkitchin.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie
Join the Data Stories team on Thurs 23 Oct, 1–2pm in the MUSSI Seminar Room for Commodity Narratives — a spoof property site exploring housing, data and design bit.ly/3J58Hsu @robkitchin.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie
When I worked @dundee.ac.uk in 2013 they already had a super simple system. I don't understand how @ucddublin.bsky.social could screw it up so much. The irony would be the person(s) responsible for the mess get promoted.
A system whose unintelligibility is only matched by its failure to perform the most basic functions in a reliable way. #workdayfinancial
Imagine the least user-friendly financial software you can. Then make it more complicated. Then add a bunch of mistakes. Then make it so you have to swim through a lake full of hungry piranhas to do a simple task like figure out how much budget you have in a project. The result: Workday Financial.
October 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
When I worked @dundee.ac.uk in 2013 they already had a super simple system. I don't understand how @ucddublin.bsky.social could screw it up so much. The irony would be the person(s) responsible for the mess get promoted.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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▶️ Public Policy & Administration
👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgilardi.bsky.social & @asmusletholsen.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes research that addresses today’s most pressing issues in public policy and public administration. >>>
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👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgilardi.bsky.social & @asmusletholsen.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes research that addresses today’s most pressing issues in public policy and public administration. >>>
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October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
▶️ Public Policy & Administration
👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgilardi.bsky.social & @asmusletholsen.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes research that addresses today’s most pressing issues in public policy and public administration. >>>
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👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgilardi.bsky.social & @asmusletholsen.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes research that addresses today’s most pressing issues in public policy and public administration. >>>
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Sorry to hear. While reading Klaus Offe has an undergraduate, it was such an honor to hear his keynote at one of the first academic workshops that I attended and supported as a student assistant.
October 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Sorry to hear. While reading Klaus Offe has an undergraduate, it was such an honor to hear his keynote at one of the first academic workshops that I attended and supported as a student assistant.
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Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social
a man with glasses says look can 't you see it 's obvious netflix
ALT: a man with glasses says look can 't you see it 's obvious netflix
media.tenor.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social
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The call for @wfrn.bsky.social papers is open! Join us in lovely Montreal June 17-20. The 2026 theme is Centering Care across the Life Course. Preconferences for Early Career Fellows and Predocs, plus plenty of social activities.
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network
ABOUT THE EVENT
Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. The WFRN will host preconference events on June 17, including ...
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June 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The call for @wfrn.bsky.social papers is open! Join us in lovely Montreal June 17-20. The 2026 theme is Centering Care across the Life Course. Preconferences for Early Career Fellows and Predocs, plus plenty of social activities.
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
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From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
October 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.
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“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
www.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
This also applies largely to Irish universities in the social sciences. Especially, the essential and desirable criteria have to be domstrated in the cover letter! CV still counts to cross-verify what was said in the cover letter.
1/ So you’re thinking about applying for an academic job in the UK but don’t know how? This thread will walk you through the essentials.
September 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This also applies largely to Irish universities in the social sciences. Especially, the essential and desirable criteria have to be domstrated in the cover letter! CV still counts to cross-verify what was said in the cover letter.
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🚨NEW: Stephen Colbert's opening tonight will forever be remembered as one of the most powerful moments of late-night comedy in modern history.
This is a must-watch. Damn. 🔥
This is a must-watch. Damn. 🔥
September 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
🚨NEW: Stephen Colbert's opening tonight will forever be remembered as one of the most powerful moments of late-night comedy in modern history.
This is a must-watch. Damn. 🔥
This is a must-watch. Damn. 🔥
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David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.
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Extremely disturbing new case from Texas, which shows (as I have long argued) that tenure won't protect you from being fired for unwelcome speech.
Extra dubious is that, even in the doctored clip, there is no explicit reference to violence ("overthrow" does not necessitate violence).
Extra dubious is that, even in the doctored clip, there is no explicit reference to violence ("overthrow" does not necessitate violence).
Texas State fires professor accused of trying to incite political violence in video
Thomas Alter is the second professor in the state to be terminated for allegedly violating university policy after a video was posted on social media.
www.texastribune.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Extremely disturbing new case from Texas, which shows (as I have long argued) that tenure won't protect you from being fired for unwelcome speech.
Extra dubious is that, even in the doctored clip, there is no explicit reference to violence ("overthrow" does not necessitate violence).
Extra dubious is that, even in the doctored clip, there is no explicit reference to violence ("overthrow" does not necessitate violence).
Written by one our graduates 🙄. Indeed it looks like asking the addicts to reflect on their drug usage. At the same time smart phones are multifunctional tools & their appropriate usage must be learned not banned. Still, thinking about a full ban in my own seminars, in lectures it is harder to spot.
OK, but based on consultations with just over two dozen highly engaged young people.
School phone bans ‘not in best interests of children’, says Ombudsman
Policy needs to ‘move beyond an over-simplistic focus on bans’, says report
www.irishtimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Written by one our graduates 🙄. Indeed it looks like asking the addicts to reflect on their drug usage. At the same time smart phones are multifunctional tools & their appropriate usage must be learned not banned. Still, thinking about a full ban in my own seminars, in lectures it is harder to spot.
Depressing how the job market works now. My lecture slides on the labour market seem awfully dated.
September 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Depressing how the job market works now. My lecture slides on the labour market seem awfully dated.
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Wider C2CC, anyone…?
The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
September 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Wider C2CC, anyone…?
Something positive from CHI Crumlin. Maybe 4 years ago I had suggested to erect bike racks at the outpatient entrance. So pleased to see these today, as active travel is possible for routine hospital checks @dublincycling.bsky.social @dublincommuters.bsky.social @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Something positive from CHI Crumlin. Maybe 4 years ago I had suggested to erect bike racks at the outpatient entrance. So pleased to see these today, as active travel is possible for routine hospital checks @dublincycling.bsky.social @dublincommuters.bsky.social @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social
We are working hard and campaign for that cycle busses are not needed. Protected lanes, lower speeds, better prosecution of parking violations would make our cycling safer. Tx @pidgeon.ie @carolynmoore-ie.bsky.social I hope to see improved infrastructure along Sundrive / Herberton Rd
Thanks to everyone at the cycle bus for the invite to join them today!
If interested, they meet every Friday at DID Electrical in Crumlin to go to the schools on Basin Lane.
Drop me a message if you want contact details or to join!
If interested, they meet every Friday at DID Electrical in Crumlin to go to the schools on Basin Lane.
Drop me a message if you want contact details or to join!
September 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We are working hard and campaign for that cycle busses are not needed. Protected lanes, lower speeds, better prosecution of parking violations would make our cycling safer. Tx @pidgeon.ie @carolynmoore-ie.bsky.social I hope to see improved infrastructure along Sundrive / Herberton Rd
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Thanks to everyone at the cycle bus for the invite to join them today!
If interested, they meet every Friday at DID Electrical in Crumlin to go to the schools on Basin Lane.
Drop me a message if you want contact details or to join!
If interested, they meet every Friday at DID Electrical in Crumlin to go to the schools on Basin Lane.
Drop me a message if you want contact details or to join!
September 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Thanks to everyone at the cycle bus for the invite to join them today!
If interested, they meet every Friday at DID Electrical in Crumlin to go to the schools on Basin Lane.
Drop me a message if you want contact details or to join!
If interested, they meet every Friday at DID Electrical in Crumlin to go to the schools on Basin Lane.
Drop me a message if you want contact details or to join!