Nora Waitkus
@norawaitkus.bsky.social
Sociologist interested in wealth inequality, housing, and class analysis. Heidelberg University & London School of Economics https://waitkus.github.io/
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Nora Waitkus
@norawaitkus.bsky.social
· Sep 4
The new ERC Starting Grant - funded projects include:
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
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Der eigentliche Skandal bei Weimer ist doch, dass alle das wussten. Es war bekannt, was von seinem ,Medienimperium‘ zu halten war, woher das Geld dafür kam und dass seine Schriften im besten Fall noch per Googlesuche zusammengesammelte Zitatlisten sind, aus denen fragwürdige Schlüsse gezogen 1/15
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Der eigentliche Skandal bei Weimer ist doch, dass alle das wussten. Es war bekannt, was von seinem ,Medienimperium‘ zu halten war, woher das Geld dafür kam und dass seine Schriften im besten Fall noch per Googlesuche zusammengesammelte Zitatlisten sind, aus denen fragwürdige Schlüsse gezogen 1/15
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Billions of regressions ≠ robustness.
My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Billions of regressions ≠ robustness.
My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
My new PNAS Letter shows how unjustified models can drown out justified ones — and why thoughtful model selection matters👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Eine gute Einordnung zu einer bestenfalls mittelmäßigen Studie zu Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und ihren psychischen Folgen, die kürzlich veröffentlicht wurde, findet sich hier: www.apotheken-umschau.de/gesund-bleib...
Psychische Folgen von Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen: Was Studien wirklich sagen
Haben Abtreibungen schwerwiegendere Folgen für die Psyche von Frauen als angenommen? Eine neue Studie soll das belegen. Warum die Schlussfolgerung nicht stimmt.
www.apotheken-umschau.de
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Eine gute Einordnung zu einer bestenfalls mittelmäßigen Studie zu Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und ihren psychischen Folgen, die kürzlich veröffentlicht wurde, findet sich hier: www.apotheken-umschau.de/gesund-bleib...
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🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
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Three future PAA presidents (Taeuber, Taeuber, Whelpton) and one ASA president (Hankins) wrote positive pieces in American Journal of Sociology in the 1930s about Hitler's pronatalist policies.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Three future PAA presidents (Taeuber, Taeuber, Whelpton) and one ASA president (Hankins) wrote positive pieces in American Journal of Sociology in the 1930s about Hitler's pronatalist policies.
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We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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Losverfahren, wer Vermögenssteuer zahlen muss
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Losverfahren, wer Vermögenssteuer zahlen muss
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Auf massive Entrechtung für Menschen in Armut hat sich der Koaltitionsausschuss in der Nacht geeinigt:
1. 100% Sanktion nach 3. verpassten Termin, einschl. Miete
2. 60% bei 2. verpassten Termin
3. 30% Sanktion bei 1. verpassten Termin
dunkler Tag heute für @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social
1. 100% Sanktion nach 3. verpassten Termin, einschl. Miete
2. 60% bei 2. verpassten Termin
3. 30% Sanktion bei 1. verpassten Termin
dunkler Tag heute für @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Auf massive Entrechtung für Menschen in Armut hat sich der Koaltitionsausschuss in der Nacht geeinigt:
1. 100% Sanktion nach 3. verpassten Termin, einschl. Miete
2. 60% bei 2. verpassten Termin
3. 30% Sanktion bei 1. verpassten Termin
dunkler Tag heute für @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social
1. 100% Sanktion nach 3. verpassten Termin, einschl. Miete
2. 60% bei 2. verpassten Termin
3. 30% Sanktion bei 1. verpassten Termin
dunkler Tag heute für @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social
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Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Vacancies
Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
www.inet.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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„Familienunternehmen“ klingt nach Bäckerei oder Mittelstand. Recherchen des ARD-Magazins Panorama & @investigativ.greenpeace.de zeigen: Dahinter stehen Milliardärsfamilien & Konzerne wie Lidl, Bertelsmann, Rossmann. Von 123 Förderern waren nur 2 echte Mittelständler
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
"Stiftung Familienunternehmen": Vertreter des Mittelstands oder Lobbyist für Superreiche?
Die "Stiftung Familienunternehmen" hat ein mittelständisches Image. Doch offenbar vertritt sie eher die Interessen superreicher Familien und Konzerne. Nach Panorama-Recherchen zählen einige der größte...
www.tagesschau.de
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
„Familienunternehmen“ klingt nach Bäckerei oder Mittelstand. Recherchen des ARD-Magazins Panorama & @investigativ.greenpeace.de zeigen: Dahinter stehen Milliardärsfamilien & Konzerne wie Lidl, Bertelsmann, Rossmann. Von 123 Förderern waren nur 2 echte Mittelständler
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
Auf dem Weg ins schöne Duisburg!
Freue mich u.a. auf die Diskussion mit @katharinahppe.bsky.social und @lwestheuser.bsky.social zur #Exponentialgesellschaft von @deutschmann.bsky.social. Morgen, 17h #DGS2025
Freue mich u.a. auf die Diskussion mit @katharinahppe.bsky.social und @lwestheuser.bsky.social zur #Exponentialgesellschaft von @deutschmann.bsky.social. Morgen, 17h #DGS2025
Mittwoch um 17 Uhr in LB 107 beim #DGS2025. Ich freue mich auf die Diskussion mit @katharinahppe.bsky.social und @lwestheuser.bsky.social zur #Exponentialgesellschaft
Danke @norawaitkus.bsky.social und Monika Eigmüller für die Organisation!
Danke @norawaitkus.bsky.social und Monika Eigmüller für die Organisation!
Bei Lektüre von #Exponentialgesellschaft by @deutschmann.bsky.social
viel gelernt über Ökologie, Wachstum, Stabilisierung. Wichtige Denkanstöße. Vor allem bleibt die Frage: Wie soll ich leben? Welche Kompromisse muss ich und muss die Gesellschaft schließen?
See you in Duisburg #DGS2025 bei AmC3
viel gelernt über Ökologie, Wachstum, Stabilisierung. Wichtige Denkanstöße. Vor allem bleibt die Frage: Wie soll ich leben? Welche Kompromisse muss ich und muss die Gesellschaft schließen?
See you in Duisburg #DGS2025 bei AmC3
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Auf dem Weg ins schöne Duisburg!
Freue mich u.a. auf die Diskussion mit @katharinahppe.bsky.social und @lwestheuser.bsky.social zur #Exponentialgesellschaft von @deutschmann.bsky.social. Morgen, 17h #DGS2025
Freue mich u.a. auf die Diskussion mit @katharinahppe.bsky.social und @lwestheuser.bsky.social zur #Exponentialgesellschaft von @deutschmann.bsky.social. Morgen, 17h #DGS2025
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at LSE to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Inequalities Institute!
Over two days, our conference featured parallel sessions on diverse themes of inequality, alongside two inspiring keynote lectures and a thought-provoking panel discussion.
Over two days, our conference featured parallel sessions on diverse themes of inequality, alongside two inspiring keynote lectures and a thought-provoking panel discussion.
September 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at LSE to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Inequalities Institute!
Over two days, our conference featured parallel sessions on diverse themes of inequality, alongside two inspiring keynote lectures and a thought-provoking panel discussion.
Over two days, our conference featured parallel sessions on diverse themes of inequality, alongside two inspiring keynote lectures and a thought-provoking panel discussion.
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Welcome to @aksoyundan.bsky.social, who has joined us as Associate Professor in Sociology! 🎉
His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝
Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...
His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝
Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...
Ozan Aksoy
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Welcome to @aksoyundan.bsky.social, who has joined us as Associate Professor in Sociology! 🎉
His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝
Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...
His research covers religious behaviour, cooperation and trust 🤝
Game theory, statistical and computational methods are amongst his research tools 💻🎲
www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/people/ozan-...
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Bei Miosga stellt Jens Spahn die republikanische Gleichschaltung der US Medien als bloße Reaktion auf eine angebliche „Cancel Culture“ der Demokraten dar. Und unterstreicht dabei sehr schön, was die Mär vom linken Meinungsdiktat bei vielen ihrer glühendsten Erzähler immer schon vorbereiten sollte.
September 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Bei Miosga stellt Jens Spahn die republikanische Gleichschaltung der US Medien als bloße Reaktion auf eine angebliche „Cancel Culture“ der Demokraten dar. Und unterstreicht dabei sehr schön, was die Mär vom linken Meinungsdiktat bei vielen ihrer glühendsten Erzähler immer schon vorbereiten sollte.
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@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
@sriucl.bsky.social is HIRING 2 permanent Lecturers 🚀 in #QuantitativeSocialScience!
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
It comes with smart and lovely colleagues🌟, a central London office, and many big ideas and questions 🧐
Apply now! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...
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📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover).
Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Sociology on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover).
Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
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This is a fantastic project. So well deserved!
🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
The new ERC Starting Grant - funded projects include:
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
September 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is a fantastic project. So well deserved!
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Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid
Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.
www.academictransfer.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3546...
@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
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💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Full-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gaps
Abstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Unionized careers boost up wealth. Very interesting article by Purdue's Alec Rhodes:
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a....
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a....
September 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Unionized careers boost up wealth. Very interesting article by Purdue's Alec Rhodes:
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a....
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a....
This article also featured prominently in one of Germany's largest newspapers @szde.bsky.social (published yesterday). Pretty irritating that they are amplifying this. Thanks @philipncohen.com for doing the work to debunk it (see here familyinequality.wordpress.com/tag/national...)
September 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This article also featured prominently in one of Germany's largest newspapers @szde.bsky.social (published yesterday). Pretty irritating that they are amplifying this. Thanks @philipncohen.com for doing the work to debunk it (see here familyinequality.wordpress.com/tag/national...)
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🎉 @norawaitkus.bsky.social has received an ERC Starting Grant!
Her project explores inequality in household debt across countries, people & time, and the moral economy of debt—how we judge debt, debtors & borrowing.
More info 👉 buff.ly/bzMPqmO
Her project explores inequality in household debt across countries, people & time, and the moral economy of debt—how we judge debt, debtors & borrowing.
More info 👉 buff.ly/bzMPqmO
ERC Awards Four Starting Grants to Universität Heidelberg
Press Release No. 97/20254 September 2025
www.uni-heidelberg.de
September 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🎉 @norawaitkus.bsky.social has received an ERC Starting Grant!
Her project explores inequality in household debt across countries, people & time, and the moral economy of debt—how we judge debt, debtors & borrowing.
More info 👉 buff.ly/bzMPqmO
Her project explores inequality in household debt across countries, people & time, and the moral economy of debt—how we judge debt, debtors & borrowing.
More info 👉 buff.ly/bzMPqmO