Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥
@hermwerf.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at the #EUI, Florence. Works on education & social stratification. Posts r personal.
@eui-sps.bsky.social
Substack/blogs: https://hermwerf.substack.com/
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=amYIKXQAAAAJ&hl=nl
@eui-sps.bsky.social
Substack/blogs: https://hermwerf.substack.com/
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=amYIKXQAAAAJ&hl=nl
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Very happy informing y'all that I won the 2025 Distinguished Publication Prize of the European Academy of Sociology, for my ASR paper of last year. #EAS. My paper is here, open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... . The link to EAS: www.european-academy-sociology.eu/publication-...
Hé, de Wit kan wel kritisch interviewen
January 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Hé, de Wit kan wel kritisch interviewen
If people throw a lot of troubles on the plate of the Enlightenment, which counterfactual do they have in mind?
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
If people throw a lot of troubles on the plate of the Enlightenment, which counterfactual do they have in mind?
interessant voor de gratis kinderopvangdiscussie in NL @marjoleinmoorman.bsky.social
WE DID IT! Today NY Gov. Hochul committed to fully funding universal child care for all 2 year olds in NYC! Proud to be a volunteer UWS parent leader with @ny4childcare.bsky.social -they organized parents across the city to fight for this policy change! www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...
Hochul to unveil plan for universal child care
The governor's path to universal child care starts with statewide pre-K and funding for 2Care in New York City.
www.cityandstateny.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
interessant voor de gratis kinderopvangdiscussie in NL @marjoleinmoorman.bsky.social
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“No more than a liter of wine a day.” In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption exceeded 150 liters per capita, France launched the Santé Sobriété campaign to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became its chief designer.
#winehistory
#winehistory
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
“No more than a liter of wine a day.” In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption exceeded 150 liters per capita, France launched the Santé Sobriété campaign to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became its chief designer.
#winehistory
#winehistory
submitted our proposal to the ECSR conference, Dublin, June, with @kimstienstra.bsky.social and @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social. A novel way to assess school quality of Dutch primary schools... Stay tuned!
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
submitted our proposal to the ECSR conference, Dublin, June, with @kimstienstra.bsky.social and @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social. A novel way to assess school quality of Dutch primary schools... Stay tuned!
No three-generation effects on cognitive skills www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mind the gap: Multigenerational family effects on cognitive abilities
Parental socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful predictor of children's cognitive development, but little is known about whether its influence exten…
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January 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
No three-generation effects on cognitive skills www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In contrast to Europe, general education in Latin America provides stronger school-to-work linkage than vocational programs.
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School-to-work transition in Chile and Uruguay from the education-occupation linkage perspective
This study examines school-to-work transitions (STWTs) in Chile and Uruguay, focusing on education-occupation linkages. For the first time, we apply t…
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January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
In contrast to Europe, general education in Latin America provides stronger school-to-work linkage than vocational programs.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The poster of our school band, I played the drums. We’re talking 1985…
January 3, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The poster of our school band, I played the drums. We’re talking 1985…
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Mocht iemand denken dat de opleidingskloof imaginair is, hier de Pisa scores voor vmbo’ers en havo/vwo’ers.
December 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Mocht iemand denken dat de opleidingskloof imaginair is, hier de Pisa scores voor vmbo’ers en havo/vwo’ers.
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Siegfried Woldhek is spot on as always.
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Siegfried Woldhek is spot on as always.
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Since the first International Workshop on Analytical Sociology in 2008, INAS is returning to Oxford.
The 18th Annual INAS Conference will take place from 1 to 3 July 2026 at the University of Oxford, hosted by Nuffield College and the Department of Sociology.
Submission deadline: 1 Feb 2026
The 18th Annual INAS Conference will take place from 1 to 3 July 2026 at the University of Oxford, hosted by Nuffield College and the Department of Sociology.
Submission deadline: 1 Feb 2026
INAS Conference 2026 - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Since the first International Workshop on Analytical Sociology in 2008, INAS is returning to Oxford.
The 18th Annual INAS Conference will take place from 1 to 3 July 2026 at the University of Oxford, hosted by Nuffield College and the Department of Sociology.
Submission deadline: 1 Feb 2026
The 18th Annual INAS Conference will take place from 1 to 3 July 2026 at the University of Oxford, hosted by Nuffield College and the Department of Sociology.
Submission deadline: 1 Feb 2026
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"the best practices of the future might involve publishing experimental or quasi-experimental results in tandem with qualitative or survey-based studies on the same intervention."
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
A more expansive approach to studying what works in education | Brookings
James Soland urges a broader approach to education research, combining causal and qualitative studies to show what works.
www.brookings.edu
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"the best practices of the future might involve publishing experimental or quasi-experimental results in tandem with qualitative or survey-based studies on the same intervention."
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
Help Oekraïne de winter door. whydonate.com/nl/fundraisi...
December 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Help Oekraïne de winter door. whydonate.com/nl/fundraisi...
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Heeft u het ook zo lekker warm? In Ukraine niet! Zelfs de ziekenhuizen en militaire veldhospitalen zitten nu soms zonder stroom. Doneer hier en Vrienden van Ukraine rijden er generatoren naar toe. Juist nu, belastingaftrekbaar nog ook (ANBI). vvodiel.nl/winteractie-...
December 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Heeft u het ook zo lekker warm? In Ukraine niet! Zelfs de ziekenhuizen en militaire veldhospitalen zitten nu soms zonder stroom. Doneer hier en Vrienden van Ukraine rijden er generatoren naar toe. Juist nu, belastingaftrekbaar nog ook (ANBI). vvodiel.nl/winteractie-...
New paper by John Goldthorpe, in the Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, restating and developing his position on causality. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Description, Causal Explanation, and Policy Intervention in Sociology - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
I seek to restate and to develop a position I have previously taken up on the relation between description and causal explanation in sociology, in part by reference to an ongoing controversy on this m...
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December 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New paper by John Goldthorpe, in the Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, restating and developing his position on causality. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Oh all that food we’re making for tomorrow’s ’second Christmas day’ with my family, in NL.
December 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oh all that food we’re making for tomorrow’s ’second Christmas day’ with my family, in NL.
Ik dacht ik schrijf maar even een blog over dit collider probleem. open.substack.com/pub/hermwerf...
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ik dacht ik schrijf maar even een blog over dit collider probleem. open.substack.com/pub/hermwerf...
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My new post: class bias in professors' aspirations? Or conditioning on colliders...? About Nobel Prize winning physics professors around 1900. hermwerf.substack.com/p/social-cla...
Social class background and aspirations of professors
Or: Is there a class bias in empiricism? Or: What motivated old Nobel prize winners in physics? Or: conditioning on a collider once again...
hermwerf.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My new post: class bias in professors' aspirations? Or conditioning on colliders...? About Nobel Prize winning physics professors around 1900. hermwerf.substack.com/p/social-cla...
Reading a biography of a physics professor who worked around 1900, I see a lot of reference to parties celebrating 25 years of doctorates. This makes me think if I need to take action in March 2026…
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reading a biography of a physics professor who worked around 1900, I see a lot of reference to parties celebrating 25 years of doctorates. This makes me think if I need to take action in March 2026…
My new post: class bias in professors' aspirations? Or conditioning on colliders...? About Nobel Prize winning physics professors around 1900. hermwerf.substack.com/p/social-cla...
Social class background and aspirations of professors
Or: Is there a class bias in empiricism? Or: What motivated old Nobel prize winners in physics? Or: conditioning on a collider once again...
hermwerf.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My new post: class bias in professors' aspirations? Or conditioning on colliders...? About Nobel Prize winning physics professors around 1900. hermwerf.substack.com/p/social-cla...
De biografie lezend van Pieter Zeeman, is het opvallend dat veel grote natuurkundigen de HBS hebben gedaan, niet het gymnasium. K. Onnes, Zeeman, Lorentz, Van der Waals. Maar om te concluderen dat de HBS een waardevolle opleiding was, moeten we eerst realiseren dat we conditioneren op een collider
December 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
De biografie lezend van Pieter Zeeman, is het opvallend dat veel grote natuurkundigen de HBS hebben gedaan, niet het gymnasium. K. Onnes, Zeeman, Lorentz, Van der Waals. Maar om te concluderen dat de HBS een waardevolle opleiding was, moeten we eerst realiseren dat we conditioneren op een collider