Katya Ivanova 🟥
@katyaoivanova.bsky.social
Family sociologist at Tilburg University interested in how people 'do' #family | family plurality | societal pessimism & #fertility decisions / #childlessness | #Sociology | a migrant in 🇳🇱
Website: katyaivanova.eu
Website: katyaivanova.eu
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Impressive. US Embassy Copenhagen.
One Danish flag per Danish soldier that died in Afghanistan, fighting alongside US soldiers.
📸 h/t @onkelmikkel.bsky.social
One Danish flag per Danish soldier that died in Afghanistan, fighting alongside US soldiers.
📸 h/t @onkelmikkel.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Impressive. US Embassy Copenhagen.
One Danish flag per Danish soldier that died in Afghanistan, fighting alongside US soldiers.
📸 h/t @onkelmikkel.bsky.social
One Danish flag per Danish soldier that died in Afghanistan, fighting alongside US soldiers.
📸 h/t @onkelmikkel.bsky.social
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Join us in Turku, Finland for the 3rd @invest-flagship.bsky.social conference; May 6-8, 2026. This year's topic is "Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation" with excizing and timely keynotes by Prof. Harden @kph3k.bsky.social and Prof. Cohen @philipncohen.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Join us in Turku, Finland for the 3rd @invest-flagship.bsky.social conference; May 6-8, 2026. This year's topic is "Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation" with excizing and timely keynotes by Prof. Harden @kph3k.bsky.social and Prof. Cohen @philipncohen.com
Reading for an R&R. From an article on changes in climate change worry during COVID:
"The results of the multilevel models showed that COVID-19 fear reinforces climate change concerns which contradicts the finite pool of worry theory.”
Who worries about a finite number of issues?! Especially now!
"The results of the multilevel models showed that COVID-19 fear reinforces climate change concerns which contradicts the finite pool of worry theory.”
Who worries about a finite number of issues?! Especially now!
January 20, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Reading for an R&R. From an article on changes in climate change worry during COVID:
"The results of the multilevel models showed that COVID-19 fear reinforces climate change concerns which contradicts the finite pool of worry theory.”
Who worries about a finite number of issues?! Especially now!
"The results of the multilevel models showed that COVID-19 fear reinforces climate change concerns which contradicts the finite pool of worry theory.”
Who worries about a finite number of issues?! Especially now!
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Interesting court decision: marriage annulled because the officiant used ChatGPT for the vows
Dutch law (1:67(1) BW) requires fiancées recognize one another as spouse and accept the duties of marriage
The ChatGPT vows, that they 'stand beside' and 'choose' one another were considered insufficient
Dutch law (1:67(1) BW) requires fiancées recognize one another as spouse and accept the duties of marriage
The ChatGPT vows, that they 'stand beside' and 'choose' one another were considered insufficient
Opmerkelijke uitspraak: huwelijk ongeldig omdat de speech is geschreven door ChatGPT, waardoor niet de verplichte wettelijke verklaring is afgelegd.
uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=E...
uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=E...
Rechtspraak.nl - Zoeken in uitspraken
Zoeken in uitspraken
uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Interesting court decision: marriage annulled because the officiant used ChatGPT for the vows
Dutch law (1:67(1) BW) requires fiancées recognize one another as spouse and accept the duties of marriage
The ChatGPT vows, that they 'stand beside' and 'choose' one another were considered insufficient
Dutch law (1:67(1) BW) requires fiancées recognize one another as spouse and accept the duties of marriage
The ChatGPT vows, that they 'stand beside' and 'choose' one another were considered insufficient
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Utrecht University abolishes its English language bachelor's program in economics and replaces it with a Dutch one.
They told staff (~30% international) the week before Christmas. Layoffs seem likely now. Unwarranted lobotomy is the only word I can find for it...
dub.uu.nl/en/news/econ...
They told staff (~30% international) the week before Christmas. Layoffs seem likely now. Unwarranted lobotomy is the only word I can find for it...
dub.uu.nl/en/news/econ...
Economics programme in shock after sudden cancellation of English-taught track
The Bachelor's programme in Economics & Business Economics will only be offered in Dutch from 2029 onwards, the Executive Board announced on Tuesday. The news came as a complete surprise to the econom...
dub.uu.nl
December 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Utrecht University abolishes its English language bachelor's program in economics and replaces it with a Dutch one.
They told staff (~30% international) the week before Christmas. Layoffs seem likely now. Unwarranted lobotomy is the only word I can find for it...
dub.uu.nl/en/news/econ...
They told staff (~30% international) the week before Christmas. Layoffs seem likely now. Unwarranted lobotomy is the only word I can find for it...
dub.uu.nl/en/news/econ...
Where does one even begin to comment?!? 🤯
China to hike tax on condoms in attempt to boost falling birth rate
China to hike tax on condoms in attempt to boost falling birth rate
From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the government to increase births
China is set to impose a value-added tax (VAT) on condoms and other contraceptives for the first time in three decades, as the country tries to boost its birthrate and modernise its tax laws.
From 1 January, condoms and contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – a tax from which the goods have been exempt since China introduced nationwide VAT in 1993. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Where does one even begin to comment?!? 🤯
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8000 mensen protesteerden vandaag tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs en de verdere afbraak van de publieke sector. Nederland wordt echt een land van private rijkdom en publieke armoede.
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
8000 mensen protesteerden vandaag tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs en de verdere afbraak van de publieke sector. Nederland wordt echt een land van private rijkdom en publieke armoede.
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While coalition talks are in full swing, higher education is already putting pressure on the government to be. During a strike, lecturers and students are demanding that parties involved in forming the coalition – with D66 leading – scrap the budget cuts. www.folia.nl/en/actueel/1...
Strikers on Dam Square call on Rob Jetten to save higher education
www.folia.nl
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
While coalition talks are in full swing, higher education is already putting pressure on the government to be. During a strike, lecturers and students are demanding that parties involved in forming the coalition – with D66 leading – scrap the budget cuts. www.folia.nl/en/actueel/1...
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Stop de sloop! Vanmiddag stond ik met duizenden op de Dam om te protesteren tegen de desastreuze onderwijsbezuinigingen, nota bene doorgezet door een demissionair, ultraminoritair rompkabinet.
Lees hierover ook dit opinieartikel in NRC van afgelopen donderdag 4 december: lnkd.in/ety2QdZe
Lees hierover ook dit opinieartikel in NRC van afgelopen donderdag 4 december: lnkd.in/ety2QdZe
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Stop de sloop! Vanmiddag stond ik met duizenden op de Dam om te protesteren tegen de desastreuze onderwijsbezuinigingen, nota bene doorgezet door een demissionair, ultraminoritair rompkabinet.
Lees hierover ook dit opinieartikel in NRC van afgelopen donderdag 4 december: lnkd.in/ety2QdZe
Lees hierover ook dit opinieartikel in NRC van afgelopen donderdag 4 december: lnkd.in/ety2QdZe
#Vacancy for an Assistant Professor position at the #Sociology department of @tilburg-university.bsky.social:
tiu.nu/23054
(Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociaal Beleid)
Deadline: 14 December
Questions? Contact the HoD, Tim Reeskens
(and yes, C1 level in Dutch is a prerequisite...)
tiu.nu/23054
(Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociaal Beleid)
Deadline: 14 December
Questions? Contact the HoD, Tim Reeskens
(and yes, C1 level in Dutch is a prerequisite...)
Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociaal Beleid (23054)
tiu.nu
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#Vacancy for an Assistant Professor position at the #Sociology department of @tilburg-university.bsky.social:
tiu.nu/23054
(Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociaal Beleid)
Deadline: 14 December
Questions? Contact the HoD, Tim Reeskens
(and yes, C1 level in Dutch is a prerequisite...)
tiu.nu/23054
(Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociaal Beleid)
Deadline: 14 December
Questions? Contact the HoD, Tim Reeskens
(and yes, C1 level in Dutch is a prerequisite...)
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🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open!
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open!
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
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I have donated to Wikipedia occasionally, and will do it again in the future. Support free and factual information on the internet!
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I have donated to Wikipedia occasionally, and will do it again in the future. Support free and factual information on the internet!
#Yellowstone really didn't have consultants with any academia experience... 😬
October 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#Yellowstone really didn't have consultants with any academia experience... 😬
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The increase in science funding applications from 2023 to 2025 across programs is huge.
And most likely the competition will increase unless investments are made in science and research (which have repeatedly shown to pay off later for society at large).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
And most likely the competition will increase unless investments are made in science and research (which have repeatedly shown to pay off later for society at large).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The increase in science funding applications from 2023 to 2025 across programs is huge.
And most likely the competition will increase unless investments are made in science and research (which have repeatedly shown to pay off later for society at large).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
And most likely the competition will increase unless investments are made in science and research (which have repeatedly shown to pay off later for society at large).
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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What happens when abortion access becomes restricted even without a law officially passing?
With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.
With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
What happens when abortion access becomes restricted even without a law officially passing?
With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.
With Francesco Billari and @aksoyundan.bsky.social, we investigated how incidence of abortion, miscarriage and stillbirth changed under the anti-abortion campaign in Turkey.
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Als een imam zoiets zegt, is hij een haatbaard.
Als Henri uit Rotterdam het zegt, is het fatsoen.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/co...
Als Henri uit Rotterdam het zegt, is het fatsoen.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/co...
CDA-leider Bontenbal: religieus onderwijs mag botsen met grondrecht van gelijkheid
Dat religieuze scholen homoseksuele relaties afwijzen, is volgens CDA-leider Henri Bontenbal nu eenmaal een gevolg van de vrijheid van onderwijs. Daar wil hij niet aan tornen. "Een andere mening doet ...
nos.nl
October 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Als een imam zoiets zegt, is hij een haatbaard.
Als Henri uit Rotterdam het zegt, is het fatsoen.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/co...
Als Henri uit Rotterdam het zegt, is het fatsoen.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/co...
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Alarmerend: Fvd (33), PVV (30), JA21 (14), SGP (13) en BBB (13) hebben de meeste plannen die in strijd zijn met de beginselen van rechtsstatelijkheid. 3 partijen doen geen enkel voorstel dat strijdig is met de rechtsstaat GroenLinks/PvdA, Volt en PartijvdDieren www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/par...
Partijen zoeken in hun programma’s ‘steeds vaker de grenzen van de rechtsstaat op’, ziet de Orde van Advocaten
Twaalf van de vijftien politieke partijen doen voorstellen in hun verkiezingsprogramma’s die tegen de rechtsstaat in gaan. Forum voor Democratie (33), PVV (30), JA21 (14), SGP (13) en BBB (13) hebben ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Alarmerend: Fvd (33), PVV (30), JA21 (14), SGP (13) en BBB (13) hebben de meeste plannen die in strijd zijn met de beginselen van rechtsstatelijkheid. 3 partijen doen geen enkel voorstel dat strijdig is met de rechtsstaat GroenLinks/PvdA, Volt en PartijvdDieren www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/par...
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Research using Administrative Data is rarely replicated. So we are going to do it at scale and increase the rigour and transparency.
Want to learn more about the data and the research it supports whilst also advancing Open Science? Why not sign up?
Want to learn more about the data and the research it supports whilst also advancing Open Science? Why not sign up?
🔬 Join the CBS Replication Games!
ODISSEI & @i4replication.bsky.social are bringing researchers together to reproduce findings from 6 economics papers published in top journals since 2020 using @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social microdata.
Apply by Nov 30: edu.nl/yhk7q
ODISSEI & @i4replication.bsky.social are bringing researchers together to reproduce findings from 6 economics papers published in top journals since 2020 using @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social microdata.
Apply by Nov 30: edu.nl/yhk7q
CBS Replication games - call for participants - ODISSEI – Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations
During the CBS replication Games, teams of researchers will attempt to reproduce and test the robustness of findings from six economics papers published since 2020 in top economic journals
edu.nl
October 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Research using Administrative Data is rarely replicated. So we are going to do it at scale and increase the rigour and transparency.
Want to learn more about the data and the research it supports whilst also advancing Open Science? Why not sign up?
Want to learn more about the data and the research it supports whilst also advancing Open Science? Why not sign up?
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Before Dutch elections, most parties let the financial and economic consequences of their plans by @cpbnl.bsky.social. Here the spending on education, relative to the basic trajectory (which, I assume, already includes last year’s budget cuts). There is only one party that wants to cut even more.
October 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Before Dutch elections, most parties let the financial and economic consequences of their plans by @cpbnl.bsky.social. Here the spending on education, relative to the basic trajectory (which, I assume, already includes last year’s budget cuts). There is only one party that wants to cut even more.
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On 'The Politicization’ of Fertility to Achieve Non-Demographic Objectives', written in 1997: "The use of fertility (& population growth) related arguments to justify policies on matters which cannot be proved to be related to fertility without intervening assumptions is at least as old as Malthus"
The ‘Politicization’ of Fertility to Achieve Non-Demographic Objectives
Published in Population Studies: A Journal of Demography (Vol. 51, No. 1, 1997)
www.tandfonline.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
On 'The Politicization’ of Fertility to Achieve Non-Demographic Objectives', written in 1997: "The use of fertility (& population growth) related arguments to justify policies on matters which cannot be proved to be related to fertility without intervening assumptions is at least as old as Malthus"
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👉Systematic review finds same-sex & different-sex parents show similar mental health, parenting stress & relationship quality. Same-sex parents face more stress related to discrimination and less family help.
@yuxuanjin.bsky.social @denimazrekaj.bsky.social
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
@yuxuanjin.bsky.social @denimazrekaj.bsky.social
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
October 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
👉Systematic review finds same-sex & different-sex parents show similar mental health, parenting stress & relationship quality. Same-sex parents face more stress related to discrimination and less family help.
@yuxuanjin.bsky.social @denimazrekaj.bsky.social
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
@yuxuanjin.bsky.social @denimazrekaj.bsky.social
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...
werkenbij.uva.nl
September 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....
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Laten we het extreem-rechtse geweld van gisteren niet politiseren.
September 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Laten we het extreem-rechtse geweld van gisteren niet politiseren.
Not fluent in Dutch but I think they spelled "fascists" wrong...
Hooligans zaten achter rellen in Den Haag, politiek keurt geweld massaal af
Hooligans zaten achter rellen in Den Haag, politiek keurt geweld massaal af
Er werden vernielingen aangericht bij het partijkantoor van D66. Partijleider Jetten is woedend en strijdbaar.
nos.nl
September 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Not fluent in Dutch but I think they spelled "fascists" wrong...