Eivind Ystrom
@eivindy.bsky.social
Professor of psychology, University of Oslo. Associate Editor for JCPP Advances. PI GeoGen research group, PROMENTA research center. ERC CoG project GeoGen. Parter in ESSGN.
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On 27 January, MIT's new Stone Center will host a symposium (hybrid) on Why Wealth Inequality Matters. See the agenda and register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/why-w...
Why Wealth Inequality Matters: A Symposium - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Join us for a series of interdisciplinary discussions on wealth inequality – its origins and political philosophy, its national and global contexts, and its connections…
shapingwork.mit.edu
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
On 27 January, MIT's new Stone Center will host a symposium (hybrid) on Why Wealth Inequality Matters. See the agenda and register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/why-w...
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Longitudinal modelling reveals widespread non-additive genetic effects underlying developmental plasticity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.19.695443v1
December 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Longitudinal modelling reveals widespread non-additive genetic effects underlying developmental plasticity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.19.695443v1
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1/ In a recent @britishacademy.bsky.social video @rebeccasear.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social takes a clear-eyed look at the 21st‑century rise of eugenics - an ideology that should have been left behind, yet is now re‑emerging in a number of troubling ways ⚠️🧬 🧪
Watch the full talk here 🎥👇
Watch the full talk here 🎥👇
The 21st Century Resurgence of Eugenics
YouTube video by The British Academy
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December 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/ In a recent @britishacademy.bsky.social video @rebeccasear.bsky.social from @brunelpsy.bsky.social takes a clear-eyed look at the 21st‑century rise of eugenics - an ideology that should have been left behind, yet is now re‑emerging in a number of troubling ways ⚠️🧬 🧪
Watch the full talk here 🎥👇
Watch the full talk here 🎥👇
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I wrote about the bizarre case of Herasight, the embryo selection company going all in on eugenics.
Embryo selection company Herasight goes all in on eugenics
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open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I wrote about the bizarre case of Herasight, the embryo selection company going all in on eugenics.
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In the summer of 2024, we arrived in Oslo as a family for a sabbatical year.
This summer, we returned to Amsterdam.
I’m only reflecting now, because reflection takes time, and last week working in Oslo brought everything back.
If you live somewhere for exactly 1 year, every season counts. (1/5)
This summer, we returned to Amsterdam.
I’m only reflecting now, because reflection takes time, and last week working in Oslo brought everything back.
If you live somewhere for exactly 1 year, every season counts. (1/5)
December 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In the summer of 2024, we arrived in Oslo as a family for a sabbatical year.
This summer, we returned to Amsterdam.
I’m only reflecting now, because reflection takes time, and last week working in Oslo brought everything back.
If you live somewhere for exactly 1 year, every season counts. (1/5)
This summer, we returned to Amsterdam.
I’m only reflecting now, because reflection takes time, and last week working in Oslo brought everything back.
If you live somewhere for exactly 1 year, every season counts. (1/5)
1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...
Parental Influence on Children’s Educational Achievements: Analysing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA
Educational achievement is a key predictor of later-life outcomes, including financial security, social mobility, health, and mortality. Knowing its familial determinants, such as genetic predispositi...
doi.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...
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I'm hiring a researcher to work on several ongoing funded projects at the University of Oslo! Details below:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Researcher in PharmacoEpidemiology and Biostatistics (289818) | University of Oslo
Job title: Researcher in PharmacoEpidemiology and Biostatistics (289818), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I'm hiring a researcher to work on several ongoing funded projects at the University of Oslo! Details below:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
Eight new convergence environments will address major societal challenges in life sciences
- UiO:Life Science
The application process initiated a year ago has concluded, eight interdisciplinary research projects have been selected to address major societal challenges in the life sciences at the University of ...
www.uio.no
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
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1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic associations with educational fields - Nature Genetics
Genome-wide analyses of 10 educational fields identify 17 associated loci. Analysis of genetic clustering across specializations identifies two key dimensions that show genetic overlap with personalit...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Macs have a GPU to do fast matrix operations.
Statistics involves lots of matrix operations.
R is a language for statistics...
hughjonesd.github.io/Rmlx
#Rstats #mlx @rstats.bsky.social
Statistics involves lots of matrix operations.
R is a language for statistics...
hughjonesd.github.io/Rmlx
#Rstats #mlx @rstats.bsky.social
R Interface to Apple's MLX library for GPU-accelerated arrays
An R interface to Apple's MLX library, allowing array operations on Apple Silicon GPUs and CPUs. Features include shared memory between the chips, CUDA support, lazy evaluation and automatic different...
hughjonesd.github.io
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Macs have a GPU to do fast matrix operations.
Statistics involves lots of matrix operations.
R is a language for statistics...
hughjonesd.github.io/Rmlx
#Rstats #mlx @rstats.bsky.social
Statistics involves lots of matrix operations.
R is a language for statistics...
hughjonesd.github.io/Rmlx
#Rstats #mlx @rstats.bsky.social
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Looking to recruit a postdoctoral researcher in human population genetics nature.com/naturecareer... - come and discover Brest, France!
Postdoctoral researcher in human population genetics - Brest (Arrondissement), Finistère (FR) job with French National Institute for Health Research (INSERM) | 12846824
A post-doctoral position in human population genetics is opening in Brest, France to work on the Genome of Europe (GoE Project).
nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Looking to recruit a postdoctoral researcher in human population genetics nature.com/naturecareer... - come and discover Brest, France!
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uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains. n.pr/3L5exuu
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
n.pr
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
uh, that’s not “reimagining” the novel. that’s…the novel.
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how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
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🐥 Early-bird announcement
The abstract deadline for BGA 2026 will be February 15, 2026. BGA will take place June 23-26, in beautiful Amsterdam. Time to start thinking about the cool findings you want to share with your international colleagues at our annual meeting!
The abstract deadline for BGA 2026 will be February 15, 2026. BGA will take place June 23-26, in beautiful Amsterdam. Time to start thinking about the cool findings you want to share with your international colleagues at our annual meeting!
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🐥 Early-bird announcement
The abstract deadline for BGA 2026 will be February 15, 2026. BGA will take place June 23-26, in beautiful Amsterdam. Time to start thinking about the cool findings you want to share with your international colleagues at our annual meeting!
The abstract deadline for BGA 2026 will be February 15, 2026. BGA will take place June 23-26, in beautiful Amsterdam. Time to start thinking about the cool findings you want to share with your international colleagues at our annual meeting!
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Ordinal semiparametric cumulative probability models have an amazing variety of statistical methods as special cases, including proportional odds and proportional hazards models - hbiostat.org/rmsc/ordsurv... #Statistics #StatsSky
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ordinal semiparametric cumulative probability models have an amazing variety of statistical methods as special cases, including proportional odds and proportional hazards models - hbiostat.org/rmsc/ordsurv... #Statistics #StatsSky
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Want tools to help children talk about & manage emotions in daily life?
Join Alessio Bellato for a research-informed webinar on supporting #EmotionRegulation through simple, everyday strategies.
📅 21 October 2025 1pm UK. Book now! https://bit.ly/433e6HK
Join Alessio Bellato for a research-informed webinar on supporting #EmotionRegulation through simple, everyday strategies.
📅 21 October 2025 1pm UK. Book now! https://bit.ly/433e6HK
October 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Want tools to help children talk about & manage emotions in daily life?
Join Alessio Bellato for a research-informed webinar on supporting #EmotionRegulation through simple, everyday strategies.
📅 21 October 2025 1pm UK. Book now! https://bit.ly/433e6HK
Join Alessio Bellato for a research-informed webinar on supporting #EmotionRegulation through simple, everyday strategies.
📅 21 October 2025 1pm UK. Book now! https://bit.ly/433e6HK
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Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
October 6, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...
Two birds of a gene - catch Matt Keller's webinar at @uio.no on October 15th. Please share
www.sv.uio.no/promenta/eng...
@ispg.bsky.social @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @essgn.bsky.social @ibg.colorado.edu
www.sv.uio.no/promenta/eng...
@ispg.bsky.social @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @essgn.bsky.social @ibg.colorado.edu
Using structural equation models to estimate direct and indirect genetic effects and assortative mating in trio data
- PROMENTA
Guest lecture by Matt Keller
www.sv.uio.no
October 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Two birds of a gene - catch Matt Keller's webinar at @uio.no on October 15th. Please share
www.sv.uio.no/promenta/eng...
@ispg.bsky.social @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @essgn.bsky.social @ibg.colorado.edu
www.sv.uio.no/promenta/eng...
@ispg.bsky.social @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @essgn.bsky.social @ibg.colorado.edu
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So many policies meant to improve conditions for ECRs end up with a penalty for the ECR. My university makes us do this too, issue open calls for projects designed by a PhD or postdoc candidate even when named in grant 🤦♀️
Best case scenario is wasted time for candidate & other ECRs who apply 🤬
Best case scenario is wasted time for candidate & other ECRs who apply 🤬
it has happened to me twice today at 2 different universities that I (senior postdoc) wrote a grant together with a PI, and the department tries to kick me off the grant. One was awarded (and my name is listed on the grant), and now the department says the team will have to advertise my position.
September 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
So many policies meant to improve conditions for ECRs end up with a penalty for the ECR. My university makes us do this too, issue open calls for projects designed by a PhD or postdoc candidate even when named in grant 🤦♀️
Best case scenario is wasted time for candidate & other ECRs who apply 🤬
Best case scenario is wasted time for candidate & other ECRs who apply 🤬
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Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Look forward to US zoom meetings until January 2029
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Look forward to US zoom meetings until January 2029
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Massive sibling regression study finds that human traits are largely environmentally driven (average heritability = 0.3)
Within-family heritability estimates for behavioural and disease phenotypes from 500,000 sibling pairs of diverse ancestries
Quantification of the direct effect of genetic variation on human behavioural traits is important for understanding between-individual variation in socio-economic and health outcomes but estimates of ...
www.medrxiv.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Massive sibling regression study finds that human traits are largely environmentally driven (average heritability = 0.3)
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See you Edinburgh next summer!
Submissions are now open for 22nd European Conference on Personality (Edinburgh, 2026); deadline 7/12/25.
Keynote speakers and pre-conference workshops have also been confirmed.
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/submission
Keynote speakers and pre-conference workshops have also been confirmed.
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/submission
September 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
See you Edinburgh next summer!
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I tried making a figure explaining how the sum of variances law can be understood as the diagonal of a bivariate normal, and how a correlation between the two antecedent variables — such as under assortative mating — will result in greater variance and more cases above a threshold.
September 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I tried making a figure explaining how the sum of variances law can be understood as the diagonal of a bivariate normal, and how a correlation between the two antecedent variables — such as under assortative mating — will result in greater variance and more cases above a threshold.