Gina-Julia Westenberger
@gjwestenberger.bsky.social
Research on spatial inequality, social cleavages & political behavior I
Phd Candidate @University of Lausanne and @Centre_LIVES
Phd Candidate @University of Lausanne and @Centre_LIVES
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Beyond Thriving Cities and Declining Rural Areas: Mapping Geographic Divides in Germany’s Employment Structure, 1993–2019 - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
This article assesses the popular thesis of growing regional inequality and urban–rural divides for Germany, focusing on the quality of employment opportunities. Drawing on a 2% sample of individuals ...
doi.org
How does employment change differ across German regions & is it all about the urban-rural divide? 🏙️ 🏡
Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie!
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:
Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie!
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:
Very happy to spend this term at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! Thanks to UK weather, cosy library vibes are already 10/10 📚🍂. If you're around Oxford and would like to chat about labour markets, regional divides, or voting, let me know ☕!
October 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Very happy to spend this term at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social! Thanks to UK weather, cosy library vibes are already 10/10 📚🍂. If you're around Oxford and would like to chat about labour markets, regional divides, or voting, let me know ☕!
So grateful for meeting all these great women in political economy! Also big shout-out to the organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social & @dustinvoss.bsky.social and everyone who made this inspiring week happen 🫶
Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!
September 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
So grateful for meeting all these great women in political economy! Also big shout-out to the organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social & @dustinvoss.bsky.social and everyone who made this inspiring week happen 🫶
Happy to be in lovely Madrid for #EPSA2025 🇪🇸 If you‘re interested in how long-term occupational upgrading maps onto voting across German districts, grab a sandwich & come to our panel on the „Geographies of discontent“, tomorrow 13:10-14:50!
June 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy to be in lovely Madrid for #EPSA2025 🇪🇸 If you‘re interested in how long-term occupational upgrading maps onto voting across German districts, grab a sandwich & come to our panel on the „Geographies of discontent“, tomorrow 13:10-14:50!
Reposted by Gina-Julia Westenberger
Joint work with Daniel Oesch @unil.bsky.social now beautifully formatted in first open access issue of @europeansocieties.bsky.social
We ask: have European regions followed similar or divergent trajectories in terms of occupational change over time?
We ask: have European regions followed similar or divergent trajectories in terms of occupational change over time?
Uneven shifts: the geography of occupational change in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, 1992–2018
ABSTRACT. Amid renewed interest in geographical inequalities in life chances and an ongoing debate about occupational upgrading versus polarisation, we investigate how the occupational structure chang...
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May 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Joint work with Daniel Oesch @unil.bsky.social now beautifully formatted in first open access issue of @europeansocieties.bsky.social
We ask: have European regions followed similar or divergent trajectories in terms of occupational change over time?
We ask: have European regions followed similar or divergent trajectories in terms of occupational change over time?
How does employment change differ across German regions & is it all about the urban-rural divide? 🏙️ 🏡
Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie!
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:
Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie!
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:
Beyond Thriving Cities and Declining Rural Areas: Mapping Geographic Divides in Germany’s Employment Structure, 1993–2019 - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
This article assesses the popular thesis of growing regional inequality and urban–rural divides for Germany, focusing on the quality of employment opportunities. Drawing on a 2% sample of individuals ...
doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How does employment change differ across German regions & is it all about the urban-rural divide? 🏙️ 🏡
Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie!
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:
Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie!
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:
Reposted by Gina-Julia Westenberger
Für Zeit Online analysieren @juliustroeger.bsky.social, @benjazehr.ch, Michael Schlieben und ich die Wahlkreisergebnisse aller Bundestagswahlen seit 1949. Besonders spannend finde ich insbesondere das interaktive Tool & Karte zu den historischen Hochburgen der Parteien.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Historische Bundestagswahlergebnisse: So hat Ihr Wahlkreis seit 1949 gewählt
Wo hat die CDU noch nie verloren? Welche Region wählt immer wie Deutschland? Unsere interaktiven Karten zeigen erstmals alle Ergebnisse seit 1949 in heutigen Wahlkreisen.
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February 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Für Zeit Online analysieren @juliustroeger.bsky.social, @benjazehr.ch, Michael Schlieben und ich die Wahlkreisergebnisse aller Bundestagswahlen seit 1949. Besonders spannend finde ich insbesondere das interaktive Tool & Karte zu den historischen Hochburgen der Parteien.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...