Jonas Wiedner
@jwied.bsky.social
Sociologist of social stratification and immigrant Integration @ WZB Berlin
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Can culture help to explain prejudice? We (@maxschaub.bsky.social) explore this question by examining the rise of antisemitism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
@wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
@wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
Cultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Cultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany
doi.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Can culture help to explain prejudice? We (@maxschaub.bsky.social) explore this question by examining the rise of antisemitism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
@wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
@wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
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It's cold here. Time for gulasch I think.
January 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
It's cold here. Time for gulasch I think.
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Bleiben oder gehen ❓ Das fragen sich auch in Deutschland lebende Migrantinnen und Migranten. Ergebnisse der IAB-Online-Befragung „International Mobility Panel of Migrants in Germany“ zeigen, dass Auswanderungsüberlegungen und -pläne regional sehr unterschiedlich ausgeprägt sind. (1/2)
January 23, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Bleiben oder gehen ❓ Das fragen sich auch in Deutschland lebende Migrantinnen und Migranten. Ergebnisse der IAB-Online-Befragung „International Mobility Panel of Migrants in Germany“ zeigen, dass Auswanderungsüberlegungen und -pläne regional sehr unterschiedlich ausgeprägt sind. (1/2)
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We are organizing a conference to discuss spatial dynamics in refugee integration
🎤 Keynotes: Jenny Phillimore, Wolfgang Dauth
📆 November 9th/10th @lifbi.bsky.social in Bamberg.
🏁 Application deadline: April 30th 2026.
Consider applying!
More info and CfP: www.lifbi.de/UneTra-Confe...
We are organizing a conference to discuss spatial dynamics in refugee integration
🎤 Keynotes: Jenny Phillimore, Wolfgang Dauth
📆 November 9th/10th @lifbi.bsky.social in Bamberg.
🏁 Application deadline: April 30th 2026.
Consider applying!
More info and CfP: www.lifbi.de/UneTra-Confe...
Multidisciplinary Conference “Spatial dynamics in refugees‘ multidimensional integration”LIfBi > Start > Aktuelles & Medien > Veranstaltungen > _info_
Diese Webseite ist die Online-Präsentation des – Leibniz Institut für Bildungsverläufe
www.lifbi.de
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 AM
🚨🚨🚨
We are organizing a conference to discuss spatial dynamics in refugee integration
🎤 Keynotes: Jenny Phillimore, Wolfgang Dauth
📆 November 9th/10th @lifbi.bsky.social in Bamberg.
🏁 Application deadline: April 30th 2026.
Consider applying!
More info and CfP: www.lifbi.de/UneTra-Confe...
We are organizing a conference to discuss spatial dynamics in refugee integration
🎤 Keynotes: Jenny Phillimore, Wolfgang Dauth
📆 November 9th/10th @lifbi.bsky.social in Bamberg.
🏁 Application deadline: April 30th 2026.
Consider applying!
More info and CfP: www.lifbi.de/UneTra-Confe...
Growth is up 0.2% percentage points, but the snow is all gone now.
January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Growth is up 0.2% percentage points, but the snow is all gone now.
Periodic reminder that this is happening. We particularly invite proposals by social scientists (broadly conceived) and migration experts!
Call for Papers:
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Periodic reminder that this is happening. We particularly invite proposals by social scientists (broadly conceived) and migration experts!
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A study on publication time focussing on differences between the gender-composition of authors.
"Sample averages show that all female-authored articles take about 9 % longer to accept [...] while female solo-authored articles take about 20 % longer to accept"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Sample averages show that all female-authored articles take about 9 % longer to accept [...] while female solo-authored articles take about 20 % longer to accept"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 21, 2026 at 10:13 PM
A study on publication time focussing on differences between the gender-composition of authors.
"Sample averages show that all female-authored articles take about 9 % longer to accept [...] while female solo-authored articles take about 20 % longer to accept"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Sample averages show that all female-authored articles take about 9 % longer to accept [...] while female solo-authored articles take about 20 % longer to accept"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Whoever runs the ESR account surely loves exclamation marks!!
January 20, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Whoever runs the ESR account surely loves exclamation marks!!
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Cologne sociologist Clemens Kroneberg invites to the Sociological Ash Wednesday on 18 February at the University of Cologne.
This year’s high-calibre panel discussion focuses on how to deal with academic freedom and diversity of perspectives in universities and academic world.
bit.ly/soziologisch...
This year’s high-calibre panel discussion focuses on how to deal with academic freedom and diversity of perspectives in universities and academic world.
bit.ly/soziologisch...
January 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Cologne sociologist Clemens Kroneberg invites to the Sociological Ash Wednesday on 18 February at the University of Cologne.
This year’s high-calibre panel discussion focuses on how to deal with academic freedom and diversity of perspectives in universities and academic world.
bit.ly/soziologisch...
This year’s high-calibre panel discussion focuses on how to deal with academic freedom and diversity of perspectives in universities and academic world.
bit.ly/soziologisch...
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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.
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Thrilled to see this article in print by my former colleagues at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
The Social Origins of Effort: How Incentives Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities among Children - Jonas Radl, William Foley, Lea Katharina Kröger, Patricia Lorente, Alberto Palacios-Abad, Heike Solga, Ja...
Cognitive effort (i.e., the mobilization of mental resources for task performance) is essential to equality of opportunity and meritocracy because it epitomizes...
journals.sagepub.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Thrilled to see this article in print by my former colleagues at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
Brilliant article just out in PLOSOne: The overlap of gender and ethnicity/SES in school classes has large effects on friendship segregation.
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
January 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Brilliant article just out in PLOSOne: The overlap of gender and ethnicity/SES in school classes has large effects on friendship segregation.
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Call for Papers:
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
January 15, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Call for Papers:
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
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Philosophers of migration: What in your opinion is the best single article/book that defends the right to exclude? Curious what the general opinion is here: Miller, Wellman, Walzer, Song, Blake, Pevnick, something else?
Note: I am not assuming that you agree with said article. #philsky #pol theory
Note: I am not assuming that you agree with said article. #philsky #pol theory
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
I get the feeling the concept of Advent calendar translates poorly to US English
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I get the feeling the concept of Advent calendar translates poorly to US English
Here is one for the mathematicians (I think): If you receive 4 referee reports with a total length of 2800 words, how can you produce a "concise" revision memo that "specifically addresses" every rev point and is "no longer than 2500 words"?
December 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Here is one for the mathematicians (I think): If you receive 4 referee reports with a total length of 2800 words, how can you produce a "concise" revision memo that "specifically addresses" every rev point and is "no longer than 2500 words"?
Ah, I missed this! Come, read our paper! Now or in three months when its out in print (with a pretty PDF).
We crunched lots of data to find that minorities' position in local social structure does not matter much for their tendency to found organizations. What does matter—boringly—is culture.
We crunched lots of data to find that minorities' position in local social structure does not matter much for their tendency to found organizations. What does matter—boringly—is culture.
Businesses, associations, and places of worship are key aspects of immigrant community life. Why do some groups build dense organizational ecologies but others don’t? A new analysis of 25,117 ethnoreligious organizations in 4900 communities suggests that culture—not social structure—drives density
Local Communities, Distant Origins: How Cultural Distance and Local Context Shape Immigrant Ethnoreligious Infrastructures | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ah, I missed this! Come, read our paper! Now or in three months when its out in print (with a pretty PDF).
We crunched lots of data to find that minorities' position in local social structure does not matter much for their tendency to found organizations. What does matter—boringly—is culture.
We crunched lots of data to find that minorities' position in local social structure does not matter much for their tendency to found organizations. What does matter—boringly—is culture.
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner
We ask the students to submit a digital appendix with the papers they cite as a PDF, highlighting the parts they cite. So we see they read the sources (at least in parts)
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 AM
We ask the students to submit a digital appendix with the papers they cite as a PDF, highlighting the parts they cite. So we see they read the sources (at least in parts)
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📢 Publication Alert!
Wir analysieren für alle Berliner Grundschulen von 2010 bis 2020, wie sich Wohn- und Schulsegregation entwickeln – und warum sich beide Systeme immer stärker entkoppeln, obwohl die Stadt durchmischter wird. 1/
(mit @taljab.bsky.social)
Open Access:
doi.org/10.36900/sub...
Wir analysieren für alle Berliner Grundschulen von 2010 bis 2020, wie sich Wohn- und Schulsegregation entwickeln – und warum sich beide Systeme immer stärker entkoppeln, obwohl die Stadt durchmischter wird. 1/
(mit @taljab.bsky.social)
Open Access:
doi.org/10.36900/sub...
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📢 Publication Alert!
Wir analysieren für alle Berliner Grundschulen von 2010 bis 2020, wie sich Wohn- und Schulsegregation entwickeln – und warum sich beide Systeme immer stärker entkoppeln, obwohl die Stadt durchmischter wird. 1/
(mit @taljab.bsky.social)
Open Access:
doi.org/10.36900/sub...
Wir analysieren für alle Berliner Grundschulen von 2010 bis 2020, wie sich Wohn- und Schulsegregation entwickeln – und warum sich beide Systeme immer stärker entkoppeln, obwohl die Stadt durchmischter wird. 1/
(mit @taljab.bsky.social)
Open Access:
doi.org/10.36900/sub...
Try explaining to a sane person that research has found that endogenous kink is preferable to fat pet peese
December 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Try explaining to a sane person that research has found that endogenous kink is preferable to fat pet peese
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An English translation of our book "Trigger Points. Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society" will come out @brisunipress.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/triggerpoints
It studies the social bases of political divides over migration, climate, diversity & redistribution
It studies the social bases of political divides over migration, climate, diversity & redistribution
Trigger Points
Trigger Points - Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Is society really polarized? This book explores key conflicts...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
An English translation of our book "Trigger Points. Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society" will come out @brisunipress.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/triggerpoints
It studies the social bases of political divides over migration, climate, diversity & redistribution
It studies the social bases of political divides over migration, climate, diversity & redistribution
Reposted by Jonas Wiedner
A key theme from the talk:
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A key theme from the talk:
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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!😊👇
my country has 0 percent growth, but hey at least the landing page of the statistical office has animated snowflakes
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
my country has 0 percent growth, but hey at least the landing page of the statistical office has animated snowflakes