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Klara Raiber
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Sociologist and demographer | Assistant professor at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Gender | work-family | caregiving | life course

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marlouramaekers.bsky.social
@klararaiber.bsky.social and I wrote a paper and it is published now! In this study in @actasociologica.bsky.social, we investigate willingness to perform small caregiving tasks for neighbors. We show that anticipated reciprocity increases willingness but previous caregiving experience does not(1/2)
actasociologica.bsky.social Acta Sociologica @actasociologica.bsky.social · Sep 17
In a new article, Ramaekers and Raiber advances our knowledge of neighbour caregivers by examining the impact of anticipated reciprocity and previous (negative) caregiving experience. They indicate that neighbours can form a safety net for those who cannot rely on family.

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October 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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hermwerf.bsky.social
COVID has reduced the number of papers published by NL-based scholars, but it has not increased the gender gap. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Knowledge lost, parity gained? COVID-19 and gender gaps in Dutch academia - Scientometrics
We investigated the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacted long-standing gender inequalities in Dutch academia. Dutch academia is an ideal case to gain insight on exacerbated gender differentials due to COVID-19 on employees, because men and women face comparable institutional contexts and any COVID-19 impact becomes visible and measurable fast through potentially decreased yearly publications. We reconstructed the complete publishing careers up till 2022 of more than 8000 Dutch scientists who received a PhD from 1990 onwards and still had an active publication career before the pandemic started. We compared the publication dip between men and women during COVID-19. Our data allowed us to investigate whether the gendered impact of COVID-19 varied across research domains, different PhD cohorts and type of research output. We consistently find that COVID-19 did not have more severe consequences on research output for women than for men.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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eaps.bsky.social
📢 Call for submissions for European Population Conference 2026 (3–6 June, Bologna) is open! Organized by EAPS & University of Bologna.

💡 More information: www.eaps.nl/epc/european...
EAPS.nl | European Population Conference 2026
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September 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Students, there's no need to use ChatGPT to draft emails to your professors.

Just be polite and direct. No need to stress over the style.
September 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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cschbrt.bsky.social
W3 Professur für Allgemeine Soziologie an der @tu-dortmund.bsky.social. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 01.10.2025.

#Stellenausschreibung
#Professur

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Universitätsprofessur (W3) Allgemeine Soziologie
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September 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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New publication with @katjamoe.bsky.social, M. Visser, and E. Verbakel in @wesjnl.bsky.social

Using a combination of survey and register data in NL, we see that men cargiver were able to improve their wages over time, while wages for women caregivers decreased.
So very similar to the dady bonus...
Screenshot of abstract found under https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09500170251348856
August 31, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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katjamoe.bsky.social
4️🫂📈 @klararaiber.bsky.social, M.Visser, E.Verbakel & I examine caregiving & wages with 🇳🇱 longitudinal register data: caregiving yields improved wage growth for men, but not for women—highlighting persistent gender inequality. @wesjnl.bsky.social‬
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August 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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katjamoe.bsky.social
Very proud that 5 of my papers have recently been published 🤩! 🫶 to my co-authors!!!
1️Employment trajectories during Corona😷🔀
2️Motherhood penalty in wealth👩‍👧‍👦💰
3️Support for a right to work from home🏠✅
4️Wage development of family caregivers🫂📈
5️Handbook article on longitudinal analyses🧮👩‍🏫
Time to read📚🤓⬇️
Overview of new publications by Katja Möhring and others from https://www.uni-bamberg.de/sfa/
August 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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ssreditorial.bsky.social
Ariane Bertogg, @ppraeg.bsky.social, and @klararaiber.bsky.social show that caregiving improves cognitive functioning for both men and women in later life. Read this open access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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anacweeks.bsky.social
🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load

📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵
The political consequences of the mental load
Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic
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August 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Sad but true #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter #ErrantScience
A Venn diagram shows overlapping circles labeled: "Your Paper", "The Part You're Excited About", "The Part People Actually Read", and "The Part One Reviewer Insisted Your Paper Must Have." The last circle is completely outside the two middle ones.
August 7, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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New paper out in @ssreditorial.bsky.social!

A. Bertogg, @ppraeg.bsky.social and I find that cargiving is associated with better cognitive health - so some positive effect for a change
crestsociology.bsky.social CREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · Jun 24
NEW ARTICLE by CREST's @ppraeg.bsky.social in @ssreditorial.bsky.social: Dynamics of Later-Life Caregiving and Health. Insights From Biomarker Data and Cognitive Tests using @elsa-study.bsky.social

Co-authored with Ariane Bertogg and @klararaiber.bsky.social

OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Abstract As populations age and informal caregiving becomes more widespread, the health consequences of providing care are becoming a key concern for societies. Sociological theories of stress appraisal and role strain posit detrimental consequences to the health and wellbeing of caregivers. Conversely, role enhancement theory holds that caregiving can have positive health consequences. Using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA) collected among adults aged 50 years or older with a follow-up period of up to 20 years (2002–23, 88,225 observations of 20,217 respondents), we examine associations between transitions into and out of caregiving, and two key health outcomes which have been understudied as consequences of caregiving, namely: allostatic load and cognitive functioning. We estimate asymmetric fixed-effects models which model changes in health outcomes as a function of transitions into and out of caregiving while accounting for unobserved between-person heterogeneity. Our results show that caregiving is associated with better cognitive health for both men and women, but not with improved biomarker-based allostatic load. Results do not differ by caregiving intensity. Our findings provide support for role enhancement theory, suggesting that caregivers benefit in terms of cognitive functioning, even if a biomarker-based approach to measuring stress-related health outcome does not corroborate an overall health benefit. We formulate implications for policy-making and directions for future research. Panel A: Transitioning into caregiving is associated with lower allostatic load for men. Transitioning into caregiving is associated with better memory, and this association is stronger for women than for men. Panel B: Women’s memory functioning improves when they intensify their caregiving engagement. Coefficients from asymmetric fixed effects models controlling for age, marital status, children, grandchildren, siblings, parents, income, and wealth. Spikes denote 95% confidence intervals. Full models reported in the Appendix, Table A.3, Table A.4.
June 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Come work with us!
radboudgender.bsky.social Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies @radboudgender.bsky.social · May 7
Interested in how how migration reshapes fatherhood, emotional life, and gender performances?
@klararaiber.bsky.social and Francesco Cerchiaro are hiring a PhD candidate for an exiting project at Radboud University.

Find all information here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Deadline: June 1st
PhD Position: Fatherhood, Emotions and Masculinity in Migration | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD Position: Fatherhood, Emotions and Masculinity in Migration at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!
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May 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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This is the literal destruction of knowledge.

Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
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Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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gesistraining.bsky.social
Geography shapes social processes – voting, migration & protests are often spatially dependent in ways standard regression models can’t capture. Learn with @ruettenauer.bsky.social to detect, visualize & model spatial ties via advanced spatial regression techniques!

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GESIS Workshop Geodata and Spatial Regression Analysis 09 to 11 July 2025 Tobias Rüttenauer University College London
April 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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leszczensky.bsky.social
📢 Call for Abstracts for the Annual Meeting of the Network for Empirical-Analytical Social Research on Muslims (NAFS) on September 15 & 16 @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt, Germany.

Call is here: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170436331/Cf...?

Thanks for sharing! 👍
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April 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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annakurella.bsky.social
Exciting news: as I’ve started a new chapter as an assistant professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover, my postdoc position at MZES is now open!

It’s a fantastic opportunity for recent PhDs: wonderful colleagues, excellent research infrastructure, and plenty of time to develop your own ideas.
Fellowship for a Social Scientist at the MZES | Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung
The Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) of the University of Mannheim offers
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
April 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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vegardskirbekk.bsky.social
Open Postdoctoral position! - ERC Advanced Grant project HOMME

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/276000/postdoctoral-fellow

About the HOMME project www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/research/projects/homme
Postdoctoral Fellow (276000) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow (276000), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2025
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March 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
klararaiber.bsky.social
We are looking for a PhD candidate!

💡 Create and evaluate interventions designed to lower work-care conflict for family caregivers
📍Sociology department at Radboud University in Nijmegen but part of a bigger project
✅️ Dutch language skills required
💰 Four year fulltime

www.ru.nl/werken-bij/v...
Promovendus: Meer uren werkt! | Radboud Universiteit
Als Promovendus: Meer uren werkt! werken bij Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen? Bekijk hier de vacature!
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March 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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sarageven.bsky.social
Today we are striking against the planned budget cuts in higher education at the University of Amsterdam! This is part of a larger relay strike. 🟥

For more info see: www.uva.nl/en/current/b...

And

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#doehetniet @woinactie.bsky.social
Budget cuts in higher education. Now what?
The coalition agreement includes the largest budget cuts in higher education since the 1980s. What does this mean for the University of Amsterdam (UvA)? What is the process? What actions are being tak...
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March 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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oxforddemsci.bsky.social
🤔 How accurate can predictive machines be and is there a limit to their accuracy? buff.ly/O9DpCWu @crahal.com and Jiani Yan's recent @natcomputsci.bsky.social correspondence outlines a framework for understanding the limits of predictive accuracy @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social
New framework highlights limits of prediction in computational science
Researchers from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science have outlined a framework for understanding the limits of predictive accuracy in a correspondence article published today in Nature…
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March 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I'm hiring! I'm looking for 1️⃣ pre-doc and 2️⃣ post-docs.

If you're fascinated by media effects, quantitative methods, and open science, please consider applying 🙂

International applications welcome!

Application Pre-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

Application Post-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
About the position • 3-year Ph.D. position (60%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme) • Can be extended by another 17 months • Workplace is Zurich What will be your main tasks? • Conduct a Ph.D. thesis in the field of communication, media psychology, and media effects • Publish in leading academic journals; present at conferences; engage in outreach • Teach courses on media effects, methods, and statistics at BA and MA levels • Take part in doctoral training programmes offered by UZH and IKMZ • Participate in organisational or administrative tasks as required What should you bring to the team? • Master’s degree in communication science, psychology, or a related discipline • Strong interest in research on media effects, including topics such as social media, well-being, privacy, AI, or media effects theory • Expertise in quantitative research methods • Proficiency in (or openness to learn) R, open science practices, and advanced statistics • Proficiency in English; knowledge of German is desirable but not mandatory What do we offer you? • Great background and support for high quality research • Much freedom to develop your own research interest within the topics of the division • Dynamic and supportive team with a collegial and inspiring working atmosphere • Excellent track record of the department in academic career development How to apply Please send the following documents as a single PDF file using UZH’s job portal (see link in post): • Letter of motivation (including ideas for your Ph.D. project; max. 2 pages) • Your CV (including a list of scientific publications and presentations, if applicable) • MA thesis or equivalent, research publications if already applicable • Copies of degrees and relevant transcripts Deadline for applications is March 16, 2025 Applications arriving later will also be considered if no candidate has been selected until then The position starts in April or by agreement About the position • 3-year postdoctoral position (80%, paid according to cantonal salary scheme) • One position can be extended up to 3 years, the other up to 6 years • Workplace is Zurich What will be your main tasks? • Conduct research in the field of communication, media psychology, and media effects • Lead your own projects and collaborate in team projects • Publish in leading academic journals; present at conferences; engage in outreach • Teach courses on media effects, methods, and statistics at BA, MA, and Ph.D. levels • Take part in supporting and training predocs at the division • Engage in third party funding activities • Participate in organisational or administrative tasks as required What should you bring to the team? • Doctoral degree in communication science, psychology, or a related discipline • Strong interest in research on media effects, including topics such as social media, well-being, privacy, AI, or media effects theory • Expertise in quantitative research methods • Proficiency in (or openness to learn) R, open science practices, and advanced statistics • Proficiency in English; knowledge of German is desirable but not mandatory What do we offer you? • Great background and support for high quality research • Much freedom to develop your own research interest within the topics of the division • Dynamic and supportive team with a collegial and inspiring working atmosphere Please send the following documents as a single PDF file using UZH’s job portal (see link in post): • Letter of motivation (including ideas for future research projects; max. 2 pages) • Your CV (including a list of scientific publications and conference presentations) • Full-texts of up to three sample publications & PhD dissertation • Copies of degrees and relevant transcripts Deadline for applications is March 16, 2025 Applications arriving later will also be considered if no candidate has been selected until then The position starts in April or by agreement
March 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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demresjournal.bsky.social
Even in one-person households, gender disparities in housework remain — gendered behaviors exist beyond traditional family dynamics in all countries. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
March 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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lizamugge.bsky.social
📢 Postdoc job alert 'Politcal Masculinities and Young Voters.

The position is part of my NWO-VICI-project Political Masculinities in Europe . Please, share with potentially interested candidates with survey skills and expertise in quantitative methods.

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoc Political Masculinities and Young Voters
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join the Dutch Research Council (NWO-VICI) project ‘Political Masculinities in Euro...
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March 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Radboud celebrating women's day together with @halkesnetwork.bsky.social who made it to this side (see this also as recommendation to follow Radboud University's women+ network) 🥳
radboudgender.bsky.social Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies @radboudgender.bsky.social · Feb 11
Monday March 10th, we celebrate International Women's Day. In the morning we discuss the relevance of Gender Studies: Playing our Part - Feminist thinking, social impact.
In the afternoon, the spotlight is on the work of woman researchers.
Register here: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
Celebration International Women’s Day 2025 | Radboud University
Every year, the interfaculty network Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies and the Radboud Network Female Professors/Halkes Women+ Faculty Network organise International Women’s Day. This year we celebra...
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February 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM