Kristian Bernt Karlson
@kbkarlson.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology | Social Science DGS | Education and Social Mobility | ERC Grantee | The K in KHB | Winner of Boudon + Goodman Awards | I Like Quantitative Methods and Great Sociology
LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
🎓 New paper accepted today, on the intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants in Denmark!
At first glance, immigrants seem more mobile than natives – but this is largely a data illusion. Poor register data quality drives the pattern.
w/ @rlandersoe.bsky.social
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At first glance, immigrants seem more mobile than natives – but this is largely a data illusion. Poor register data quality drives the pattern.
w/ @rlandersoe.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🎓 New paper accepted today, on the intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants in Denmark!
At first glance, immigrants seem more mobile than natives – but this is largely a data illusion. Poor register data quality drives the pattern.
w/ @rlandersoe.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
At first glance, immigrants seem more mobile than natives – but this is largely a data illusion. Poor register data quality drives the pattern.
w/ @rlandersoe.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Hot take: More sociologists and economists need to work together.
October 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hot take: More sociologists and economists need to work together.
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The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST!
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The application deadline to join the Sociology journal Editorial Board is extended to 11 November 2025 17:00 BST!
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
This includes spaces for Early Career Researchers.
Find out how to submit an application or nominate a colleague below.
www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc
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Holy shit. Zero sociology slots.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Holy shit. Zero sociology slots.
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Sociologists! Consider applying for the Kohli Fellowship for Sociology, which provides financial support for a two-year postdoctoral stay at the WZB in Berlin. Deadline is Nov. 16. bit.ly/4opl1ms
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Sociologists! Consider applying for the Kohli Fellowship for Sociology, which provides financial support for a two-year postdoctoral stay at the WZB in Berlin. Deadline is Nov. 16. bit.ly/4opl1ms
Sociology professor jobs in Copenhagen 🇩🇰!
Repost: We're hiring! Open rank. At least 2 profs.
More details 👇
Repost: We're hiring! Open rank. At least 2 profs.
More details 👇
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
October 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Sociology professor jobs in Copenhagen 🇩🇰!
Repost: We're hiring! Open rank. At least 2 profs.
More details 👇
Repost: We're hiring! Open rank. At least 2 profs.
More details 👇
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The exodus has begun
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The exodus has begun
October 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Scholars of law: Come work with a smart, diverse, globally oriented faculty group on law at New York University Abu Dhabi, where I am Dean of Social Science. Faculty position is open rank. Apply here:https://apply.interfolio.com/174761
October 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Scholars of law: Come work with a smart, diverse, globally oriented faculty group on law at New York University Abu Dhabi, where I am Dean of Social Science. Faculty position is open rank. Apply here:https://apply.interfolio.com/174761
Off to awesome Aarhus 🇩🇰 tomorrow to give a keynote at the Transitions in Youth conference!
Gonna talk about how education opportunity changed over the 20th century in Denmark!
#sociology
Gonna talk about how education opportunity changed over the 20th century in Denmark!
#sociology
October 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Off to awesome Aarhus 🇩🇰 tomorrow to give a keynote at the Transitions in Youth conference!
Gonna talk about how education opportunity changed over the 20th century in Denmark!
#sociology
Gonna talk about how education opportunity changed over the 20th century in Denmark!
#sociology
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The research video for our book Born to Rule (made by the brilliant Maayan Arad) is a Finalist for a Lovie Award. It’s now down to a public vote so please have a watch and, if you like it, vote for us! vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting... @lsesociology.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social
The People's Lovie Awards needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a People's Lovie Awards. You should too.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The research video for our book Born to Rule (made by the brilliant Maayan Arad) is a Finalist for a Lovie Award. It’s now down to a public vote so please have a watch and, if you like it, vote for us! vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting... @lsesociology.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:
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September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here:
apply.interfolio.com/174709
apply.interfolio.com/174709
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Stanford Sociology is fortunate to have an open senior search this year! More info in the job announcement here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Senior appointment in the Department of Sociology at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor
facultypositions.stanford.edu
September 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Stanford Sociology is fortunate to have an open senior search this year! More info in the job announcement here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades Carina Mood
Sociological Science September 30, 2025
10.15195/v12.a27
This article documents a surprising reversal in the long-standing gender gap in academic achievement: between 2021 and 2
#sociology link
Sociological Science September 30, 2025
10.15195/v12.a27
This article documents a surprising reversal in the long-standing gender gap in academic achievement: between 2021 and 2
#sociology link
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades Carina Mood
Sociological Science September 30, 2025
10.15195/v12.a27
This article documents a surprising reversal in the long-standing gender gap in academic achievement: between 2021 and 2
#sociology link
Sociological Science September 30, 2025
10.15195/v12.a27
This article documents a surprising reversal in the long-standing gender gap in academic achievement: between 2021 and 2
#sociology link
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✨New (open access) article in ESR with Gerbert Kraaykamp!
We demonstrate that cultural capital is positively associated with a higher occupational position due to access to more resourceful networks.
Read here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
We demonstrate that cultural capital is positively associated with a higher occupational position due to access to more resourceful networks.
Read here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
November 19, 2024 at 2:51 PM
✨New (open access) article in ESR with Gerbert Kraaykamp!
We demonstrate that cultural capital is positively associated with a higher occupational position due to access to more resourceful networks.
Read here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
We demonstrate that cultural capital is positively associated with a higher occupational position due to access to more resourceful networks.
Read here: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
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Pew Research Center has done many surveys about libraries. A consistent surprise to me is about 1 in 5 US adults have NEVER visited a public library.
Here's a 2016 look at the never library crowd https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2016/09/09/a-portrait-of-those-who-have-never-been-to-libraries/
Here's a 2016 look at the never library crowd https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2016/09/09/a-portrait-of-those-who-have-never-been-to-libraries/
A portrait of those who have never been to libraries
Nearly half (48%) of Americans visited libraries in the past year. Roughly a third (32%) say they have used libraries at one time or another, though not
www.pewresearch.org
September 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Pew Research Center has done many surveys about libraries. A consistent surprise to me is about 1 in 5 US adults have NEVER visited a public library.
Here's a 2016 look at the never library crowd https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2016/09/09/a-portrait-of-those-who-have-never-been-to-libraries/
Here's a 2016 look at the never library crowd https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2016/09/09/a-portrait-of-those-who-have-never-been-to-libraries/
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The nordic paradox has puzzled sociologists when looking at gender equality. Well, it was a methodological artefact due to low data quality and bad modelling. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
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September 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The nordic paradox has puzzled sociologists when looking at gender equality. Well, it was a methodological artefact due to low data quality and bad modelling. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Looks like this #sociology journal is my top scorer when it comes to submitted reviews – 32 and counting 🤯
September 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Looks like this #sociology journal is my top scorer when it comes to submitted reviews – 32 and counting 🤯
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ASA is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Annual Awards. Find out about all the award categories, including our new recognition for early career sociologists, the “Early Career Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship Award.” Deadline 1/1/26. https://asanet.org/awards
September 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ASA is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Annual Awards. Find out about all the award categories, including our new recognition for early career sociologists, the “Early Career Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship Award.” Deadline 1/1/26. https://asanet.org/awards
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to sociologist @christinajcross.bsky.social about how the two-parent paradigm became the standard and when that premise becomes harmful.
❓Did you grow up with one or two parents, or with another family structure? How do you think family structure influenced you?
📻Listen:
We're talking to sociologist @christinajcross.bsky.social about how the two-parent paradigm became the standard and when that premise becomes harmful.
❓Did you grow up with one or two parents, or with another family structure? How do you think family structure influenced you?
📻Listen:
‘Inherited Inequality’ Challenges the Idea That Two-Parent Homes Are Key to Kids’ Success | KQED
We talk about how the two-parent paradigm became the standard and when that premise becomes harmful.
buff.ly
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to sociologist @christinajcross.bsky.social about how the two-parent paradigm became the standard and when that premise becomes harmful.
❓Did you grow up with one or two parents, or with another family structure? How do you think family structure influenced you?
📻Listen:
We're talking to sociologist @christinajcross.bsky.social about how the two-parent paradigm became the standard and when that premise becomes harmful.
❓Did you grow up with one or two parents, or with another family structure? How do you think family structure influenced you?
📻Listen:
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Exciting Opportunity!
There is a new position at our University: lnkd.in/e9eBJx4X.
Join a dynamic team as a Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Methods! If you’re passionate about teaching and research, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact in your field.
There is a new position at our University: lnkd.in/e9eBJx4X.
Join a dynamic team as a Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Methods! If you’re passionate about teaching and research, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact in your field.
September 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Exciting Opportunity!
There is a new position at our University: lnkd.in/e9eBJx4X.
Join a dynamic team as a Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Methods! If you’re passionate about teaching and research, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact in your field.
There is a new position at our University: lnkd.in/e9eBJx4X.
Join a dynamic team as a Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Methods! If you’re passionate about teaching and research, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact in your field.