Jens-Peter Thomsen
@jenspeterthomsen.bsky.social
Professor MSO at the Danish Center for Social Science Research. Social stratification. Educational inequality. Educational values in families. Views are my own.
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My hot take is that in the era of easily-generated AI nonsense papers journals that want to ensure high quality will need to start hiring full-time professional editors and reviewers instead of relying on volunteer labor from overworked academics.
UPDATE: The publisher intends to retract the paper, but insists it went through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the... by @jacksonwryan.com. No word on how they will make sure this sort of thing never happens again.
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My hot take is that in the era of easily-generated AI nonsense papers journals that want to ensure high quality will need to start hiring full-time professional editors and reviewers instead of relying on volunteer labor from overworked academics.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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New evidence that twin estimates of heritability should be adjusted downward by about half
So there you have it, twin study estimates were greatly inflated, and molecular data sets the record straight. I walk through possible counter-arguments, but ultimately the uncomfortable truth is that genes contribute to traits much less than we always thought.
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
New evidence that twin estimates of heritability should be adjusted downward by about half
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High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this
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Interview: The economic style of reasoning is not value-neutral! An interview with Elizabeth Popp Berman, by Ditte Andersen
doi.org/10.1177/0001...
doi.org/10.1177/0001...
October 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Interview: The economic style of reasoning is not value-neutral! An interview with Elizabeth Popp Berman, by Ditte Andersen
doi.org/10.1177/0001...
doi.org/10.1177/0001...
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NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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FOX news hosts suggesting to kill homeless people.
September 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
FOX news hosts suggesting to kill homeless people.
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👀 Call for Papers 👀
The BJS Conference is back! 23rd and 24th of April 2026 at LSE. Please submit an abstract by October 20th and share widely. It’s going to be 💥
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The BJS Conference is back! 23rd and 24th of April 2026 at LSE. Please submit an abstract by October 20th and share widely. It’s going to be 💥
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
British Journal of Sociology Conference
Find out more about the BJS conference 2026, which will provide an in-person platform for academics across the discipline to advance their research.
www.lse.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
👀 Call for Papers 👀
The BJS Conference is back! 23rd and 24th of April 2026 at LSE. Please submit an abstract by October 20th and share widely. It’s going to be 💥
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The BJS Conference is back! 23rd and 24th of April 2026 at LSE. Please submit an abstract by October 20th and share widely. It’s going to be 💥
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
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I think these types of criticisms of quantitative models in the social sciences are largely on point.
My solution would be to rely more on simple descriptive and large high powered studies to build robust findings, before moving towards more complicated (and much more fragile) designs.
My solution would be to rely more on simple descriptive and large high powered studies to build robust findings, before moving towards more complicated (and much more fragile) designs.
I think the current state of social science research is pretty bad and I wrote something for @asteriskmag.bsky.social about it. asteriskmag.com/issues/10/ca...
May 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I think these types of criticisms of quantitative models in the social sciences are largely on point.
My solution would be to rely more on simple descriptive and large high powered studies to build robust findings, before moving towards more complicated (and much more fragile) designs.
My solution would be to rely more on simple descriptive and large high powered studies to build robust findings, before moving towards more complicated (and much more fragile) designs.
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6k euro to publish a paper in Lancet Public Health
Let’s just sit & think about that
Students & post docs need these publications for their career
Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals
We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
Let’s just sit & think about that
Students & post docs need these publications for their career
Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals
We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
May 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
6k euro to publish a paper in Lancet Public Health
Let’s just sit & think about that
Students & post docs need these publications for their career
Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals
We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
Let’s just sit & think about that
Students & post docs need these publications for their career
Our institutions, who don’t fund us properly, want us to publish in these journals
We raise the cash, do the research & reviewing for these journals
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May 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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an economist engaging in scientific fraud implies that this is the very first academic fraud ever existed in the literature (to their knowledge).
May 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
an economist engaging in scientific fraud implies that this is the very first academic fraud ever existed in the literature (to their knowledge).
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The great debate over inequality's rise continues. At the blog, I summarize a Piketty, Saez, and Zucman response to an important critique of their work. They make a convincing case that inequality after taxes has, in fact, probably risen.
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
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Inequality Readers. Piketty Strikes Back
Has inequality grown over the last half century? The great debate continues!
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May 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The great debate over inequality's rise continues. At the blog, I summarize a Piketty, Saez, and Zucman response to an important critique of their work. They make a convincing case that inequality after taxes has, in fact, probably risen.
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
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Fun read for sociologists: Apparently Granovetter's "The Strength of Weak Ties," the most cited paper in sociology, was initially rejected from the American Sociological Review. The reviews are a wild slice of disciplinary history. If you're ever dealing w nasty reviews, this could be reassuring...
May 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Fun read for sociologists: Apparently Granovetter's "The Strength of Weak Ties," the most cited paper in sociology, was initially rejected from the American Sociological Review. The reviews are a wild slice of disciplinary history. If you're ever dealing w nasty reviews, this could be reassuring...
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I’m sorry that economists don’t read or cite other disciplines & feel like they can “discover” new topics without reading the existing literature - something they would never tolerate in the other direction. But there are huge piles of books & articles about “geoeconomics” in IPE since the 1970s.
May 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I’m sorry that economists don’t read or cite other disciplines & feel like they can “discover” new topics without reading the existing literature - something they would never tolerate in the other direction. But there are huge piles of books & articles about “geoeconomics” in IPE since the 1970s.
...so true, and this goes for Sociology as well.
I’m sorry that economists don’t read or cite other disciplines & feel like they can “discover” new topics without reading the existing literature - something they would never tolerate in the other direction. But there are huge piles of books & articles about “geoeconomics” in IPE since the 1970s.
May 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
...so true, and this goes for Sociology as well.
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Sult og blokade af fødevarer er en af de mest brutale krigsvåben. Det er rettet direkte mod civilbefolkningen. Børnene dør først, fordi deres små kroppe ikke har modstandskraft mod sygdomme og underernæring.
Hvordan kan vi blive ved med bare passivt at se til?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Hvordan kan vi blive ved med bare passivt at se til?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Children so malnourished they’re losing their sight: Inside Israel’s Gaza blockade
The blockade has led to famine-like conditions for the two million people living on the Strip, and at least 9,000 children have been admitted for treatment of acute malnutrition since the start of the...
www.independent.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Sult og blokade af fødevarer er en af de mest brutale krigsvåben. Det er rettet direkte mod civilbefolkningen. Børnene dør først, fordi deres små kroppe ikke har modstandskraft mod sygdomme og underernæring.
Hvordan kan vi blive ved med bare passivt at se til?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Hvordan kan vi blive ved med bare passivt at se til?
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Politiken skriver i dag om Astas, Mikkels og min forskning i karakterer: tegn på for lave std.pkt.kar. til drenge, ikke-vestlige og kort uddannede.
Dagen har også budt på præsentation hjemme i @rockwoolfonden.dk og afrundes med en tur i News.
Læs om forskningen her: rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/n...
Dagen har også budt på præsentation hjemme i @rockwoolfonden.dk og afrundes med en tur i News.
Læs om forskningen her: rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/n...
May 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Politiken skriver i dag om Astas, Mikkels og min forskning i karakterer: tegn på for lave std.pkt.kar. til drenge, ikke-vestlige og kort uddannede.
Dagen har også budt på præsentation hjemme i @rockwoolfonden.dk og afrundes med en tur i News.
Læs om forskningen her: rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/n...
Dagen har også budt på præsentation hjemme i @rockwoolfonden.dk og afrundes med en tur i News.
Læs om forskningen her: rockwoolfonden.dk/udgivelser/n...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
Her slår det klik for Brian Mikkelsen, bekymrende at direktøren i Dansk Erhverv kan sige sådan noget.
May 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Her slår det klik for Brian Mikkelsen, bekymrende at direktøren i Dansk Erhverv kan sige sådan noget.
Huge congratulations to Stefan B. Andrade from the Danish Centre for Social Science Research for securing a major grant from the Danish independent research Council. And a super important project: Social Mobility in Denmark from 1787-2026. dff.dk/en/our-funde...
May 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Huge congratulations to Stefan B. Andrade from the Danish Centre for Social Science Research for securing a major grant from the Danish independent research Council. And a super important project: Social Mobility in Denmark from 1787-2026. dff.dk/en/our-funde...
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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Trump ends federal funding for public media. Another step creating ground for his authoritarian state, and for money (e.g. Jeff Bezos) to shape opinion versus the public www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
A moment to plug: @meidastouch.com with oa. @acyn.bsky.social @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
A moment to plug: @meidastouch.com with oa. @acyn.bsky.social @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
May 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Trump ends federal funding for public media. Another step creating ground for his authoritarian state, and for money (e.g. Jeff Bezos) to shape opinion versus the public www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
A moment to plug: @meidastouch.com with oa. @acyn.bsky.social @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
A moment to plug: @meidastouch.com with oa. @acyn.bsky.social @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
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Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li provide "a fascinating account of how sociologists [...] have succeeded in developing and testing theories about the causes, trends, and consequences of social mobility."
Read Stefan Andrade's thorough review of Social Mobility 👇
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Read Stefan Andrade's thorough review of Social Mobility 👇
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May 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li provide "a fascinating account of how sociologists [...] have succeeded in developing and testing theories about the causes, trends, and consequences of social mobility."
Read Stefan Andrade's thorough review of Social Mobility 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Read Stefan Andrade's thorough review of Social Mobility 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....