Irene Pañeda Fernández
@irenepaneda.bsky.social
Social scientist studying inequality and migration. | Postdoc @wzb.bsky.social, TRANSMIT project | PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social |
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📍 Berlin/Asturias
🌐 sites.google.com/view/irenepaneda
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📢New publication:
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income
A leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We prob…
www.sciencedirect.com
Is meritocratic ideology an "opium of the masses" of sorts that tames redistributive demands? Not for lower income strata. The myriad mechanisms through which the rich exert disproportionate influence are probably better explanations of why we do not observe higher redistribution.
Check it out!😊👇
Check it out!😊👇
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Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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“If you are reading this, is because I am dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live
My last message is simple: don’t give up on truth”
Carlos Hernández de Miguel was a Spanish journalist and writer. He died on 3 February 2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My last message is simple: don’t give up on truth”
Carlos Hernández de Miguel was a Spanish journalist and writer. He died on 3 February 2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:11 AM
“If you are reading this, is because I am dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live
My last message is simple: don’t give up on truth”
Carlos Hernández de Miguel was a Spanish journalist and writer. He died on 3 February 2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My last message is simple: don’t give up on truth”
Carlos Hernández de Miguel was a Spanish journalist and writer. He died on 3 February 2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"From the obliteration of every university in Gaza to the daily strangulation of academic life in the West Bank, this is an assault on a people’s past, present, and future"
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Israel’s continuous assaults on Birzeit University are an attack on education itself: UN experts
GENEVA – Israel’s military assault on Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank is not episodic violence but a systematic policy, UN experts* said today.“Raids, arrests, intimidation, and the crimi...
www.ohchr.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"From the obliteration of every university in Gaza to the daily strangulation of academic life in the West Bank, this is an assault on a people’s past, present, and future"
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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This thread is sickening. But it's so important not to look away.
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
This thread is sickening. But it's so important not to look away.
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Title and abstract (300-500 words) can be sent until 15 March 2026 to mad-office@wzb.eu. WZB will cover travel and accommodation costs for invited participants. See wzb.eu/de/veranstal... for more details.
The Cultural Evolution of Migration and Diversity
12th Annual WZB Conference on Migration and Diversity
wzb.eu
January 16, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Title and abstract (300-500 words) can be sent until 15 March 2026 to mad-office@wzb.eu. WZB will cover travel and accommodation costs for invited participants. See wzb.eu/de/veranstal... for more details.
📢CfP: The Cultural Evolution of Migration and Diversity conference @wzb.bsky.social
We want to bring together cultural evolution scholars & social
scientists to explore how evolutionary perspectives can contribute to empirical research on migration & diversity.
Keynote by @michael.muthukrishna.com
We want to bring together cultural evolution scholars & social
scientists to explore how evolutionary perspectives can contribute to empirical research on migration & diversity.
Keynote by @michael.muthukrishna.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
📢CfP: The Cultural Evolution of Migration and Diversity conference @wzb.bsky.social
We want to bring together cultural evolution scholars & social
scientists to explore how evolutionary perspectives can contribute to empirical research on migration & diversity.
Keynote by @michael.muthukrishna.com
We want to bring together cultural evolution scholars & social
scientists to explore how evolutionary perspectives can contribute to empirical research on migration & diversity.
Keynote by @michael.muthukrishna.com
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"The Lemkin Institute of Genocide Prevention calls on public authorities in Germany to immediately halt all active financing, dissemination, and legitimation of genocide denialist propaganda masked as critical expertise." – Deutschland ... ist da wer?
www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...
www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...
Statement on the Role of Civil Society Organizations in Sustaining German Genocide Denial
January 13, 2026
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention condemns the persistent efforts by several high-profile German civil society organizations to deny the ongoing genocide in Gaza and to di...
www.lemkininstitute.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"The Lemkin Institute of Genocide Prevention calls on public authorities in Germany to immediately halt all active financing, dissemination, and legitimation of genocide denialist propaganda masked as critical expertise." – Deutschland ... ist da wer?
www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...
www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...
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"Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide" – my latest, for @972mag.com
www.972mag.com/germany-isra...
www.972mag.com/germany-isra...
Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide
A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.
www.972mag.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide" – my latest, for @972mag.com
www.972mag.com/germany-isra...
www.972mag.com/germany-isra...
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The international rule of law stands on the precipice of collapse. Only if the international community reacts with clarity, courage and consistency does it stand a chance.
This statement could use more of all of the above....
This statement could use more of all of the above....
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The international rule of law stands on the precipice of collapse. Only if the international community reacts with clarity, courage and consistency does it stand a chance.
This statement could use more of all of the above....
This statement could use more of all of the above....
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The 🇺🇸 started an int armed conflict with Venezuela, without plausible legal justification. “Leaders lacking legitimacy” or failing to “fight organized crime” are not apt justifications that could turn bombing a country into anything but an aggression violating Art2(4) of the UN Charter.
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The 🇺🇸 started an int armed conflict with Venezuela, without plausible legal justification. “Leaders lacking legitimacy” or failing to “fight organized crime” are not apt justifications that could turn bombing a country into anything but an aggression violating Art2(4) of the UN Charter.
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“the principles of international law” rather prohibit bombing countries because their leaders “lack legitimacy”.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
“the principles of international law” rather prohibit bombing countries because their leaders “lack legitimacy”.
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No se puede ser demócrata y apoyar saltarse el derecho internacional, por muy en situación de crisis que este esté.
Hoy es Venezuela, pero mañana puede ser Taiwan, Groenlandia, Cuba o incluso Colombia.
Sin multilateralismo y derecho internacional estamos en a merced de la ley del más fuerte.
Hoy es Venezuela, pero mañana puede ser Taiwan, Groenlandia, Cuba o incluso Colombia.
Sin multilateralismo y derecho internacional estamos en a merced de la ley del más fuerte.
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
No se puede ser demócrata y apoyar saltarse el derecho internacional, por muy en situación de crisis que este esté.
Hoy es Venezuela, pero mañana puede ser Taiwan, Groenlandia, Cuba o incluso Colombia.
Sin multilateralismo y derecho internacional estamos en a merced de la ley del más fuerte.
Hoy es Venezuela, pero mañana puede ser Taiwan, Groenlandia, Cuba o incluso Colombia.
Sin multilateralismo y derecho internacional estamos en a merced de la ley del más fuerte.
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Venezuela hoy da la imagen del mundo que traen las fuerzas reaccionarias: agresiones militares ilegales, la razón de la fuerza bruta, el capricho imperial como norma.
Un mundo de siervos en el que nadie esté a salvo.
Un mundo de siervos en el que nadie esté a salvo.
January 3, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Venezuela hoy da la imagen del mundo que traen las fuerzas reaccionarias: agresiones militares ilegales, la razón de la fuerza bruta, el capricho imperial como norma.
Un mundo de siervos en el que nadie esté a salvo.
Un mundo de siervos en el que nadie esté a salvo.
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Un ataque militar unilateral para vulnerar la soberanía de un país es injustificable, sea en Palestina, Ucrania o Venezuela. Hay que volver urgentemente al derecho internacional y a un mundo basado en reglas, diálogo y cooperación.
January 3, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Un ataque militar unilateral para vulnerar la soberanía de un país es injustificable, sea en Palestina, Ucrania o Venezuela. Hay que volver urgentemente al derecho internacional y a un mundo basado en reglas, diálogo y cooperación.
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the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
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The Gaza genocide has almost disappeared from the news, even though it's still ongoing. If you live in Europe or the US (and many other places), your govt is complicit.
Write about it, post about it, speak about it. Demonstrate, donate, organise.
Doing something is better than doing nothing
Write about it, post about it, speak about it. Demonstrate, donate, organise.
Doing something is better than doing nothing
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Gaza genocide has almost disappeared from the news, even though it's still ongoing. If you live in Europe or the US (and many other places), your govt is complicit.
Write about it, post about it, speak about it. Demonstrate, donate, organise.
Doing something is better than doing nothing
Write about it, post about it, speak about it. Demonstrate, donate, organise.
Doing something is better than doing nothing
Reposted by Irene Pañeda Fernández
Here is the joint statement by @krisolwissenschaft.bsky.social, the German Middle Eastern Associations (DAVO) Committee on Academic Freedom and the Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics on the cancellation of the event: "The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia" @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here is the joint statement by @krisolwissenschaft.bsky.social, the German Middle Eastern Associations (DAVO) Committee on Academic Freedom and the Association of Palestinian and Jewish Academics on the cancellation of the event: "The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia" @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
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He asked why the world wasn't listening. More than 2 years later, the German government and most of the German media still aren't listening.
They continue to deny the genocide and disregard the legal obligations that follow from the UN genocide convention.
They continue to deny the genocide and disregard the legal obligations that follow from the UN genocide convention.
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
He asked why the world wasn't listening. More than 2 years later, the German government and most of the German media still aren't listening.
They continue to deny the genocide and disregard the legal obligations that follow from the UN genocide convention.
They continue to deny the genocide and disregard the legal obligations that follow from the UN genocide convention.
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Prof. Raz Segal was among the first to warn of and conclude that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. He was right.
Now he says the genocide in Gaza is far from over 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Now he says the genocide in Gaza is far from over 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The genocide in Gaza is far from over | Raz Segal
We live not in a post-Holocaust world of ‘Never Again’ but in the same world that led to the Holocaust, a world of ‘Again and Again’
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Prof. Raz Segal was among the first to warn of and conclude that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. He was right.
Now he says the genocide in Gaza is far from over 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Now he says the genocide in Gaza is far from over 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Beyond #Staatsraison"
Experts calling for a new German policy in the Middle East that complies with Int Law
I am glad to have signed this paper
👇The paper in German and English is here
staatsraison.net/en/coming-so...
Experts calling for a new German policy in the Middle East that complies with Int Law
I am glad to have signed this paper
👇The paper in German and English is here
staatsraison.net/en/coming-so...
October 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"Beyond #Staatsraison"
Experts calling for a new German policy in the Middle East that complies with Int Law
I am glad to have signed this paper
👇The paper in German and English is here
staatsraison.net/en/coming-so...
Experts calling for a new German policy in the Middle East that complies with Int Law
I am glad to have signed this paper
👇The paper in German and English is here
staatsraison.net/en/coming-so...
Reposted by Irene Pañeda Fernández
This in depth @cnn.com investigation is not an easy read, but the bottom line is clear: bulldozing dead bodies into unmarked mass-graves is irreconcilable with #IHL demands to respect the dignity of the dead and prevent them from becoming the missing.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This in depth @cnn.com investigation is not an easy read, but the bottom line is clear: bulldozing dead bodies into unmarked mass-graves is irreconcilable with #IHL demands to respect the dignity of the dead and prevent them from becoming the missing.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
Reposted by Irene Pañeda Fernández
The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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💰 Does money change how we define "fair"?
New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution
Published on Social Science Research
🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113
New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution
Published on Social Science Research
🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113
The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income
A leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We problematize this account by claiming that, unlike the...
hdl.handle.net
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
💰 Does money change how we define "fair"?
New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution
Published on Social Science Research
🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113
New research by @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, @irenepaneda.bsky.social , J. Kamphorst & B. Battu, shows that as income rises, people rely more on meritocratic beliefs to oppose redistribution
Published on Social Science Research
🔓: hdl.handle.net/1814/94113
Is meritocratic ideology an "opium of the masses" of sorts that tames redistributive demands? Not for lower income strata. The myriad mechanisms through which the rich exert disproportionate influence are probably better explanations of why we do not observe higher redistribution.
Check it out!😊👇
Check it out!😊👇
📢New publication:
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income
A leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We prob…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Is meritocratic ideology an "opium of the masses" of sorts that tames redistributive demands? Not for lower income strata. The myriad mechanisms through which the rich exert disproportionate influence are probably better explanations of why we do not observe higher redistribution.
Check it out!😊👇
Check it out!😊👇
Reposted by Irene Pañeda Fernández
This asshole is out here saying, as president of the most prestigious university in the world, that women don’t advance in academia because they’re not intelligent enough while he’s telling a pedophile he won’t mentor this woman unless she sleeps with him.
My rage is without end.
My rage is without end.
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This asshole is out here saying, as president of the most prestigious university in the world, that women don’t advance in academia because they’re not intelligent enough while he’s telling a pedophile he won’t mentor this woman unless she sleeps with him.
My rage is without end.
My rage is without end.