Roxanne Connelly
@roxanneconnelly.bsky.social
Sociologist
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
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Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
📣Do you have experience of using Generative AI in your social science research? Or critical thoughts about the use of Generative AI? Consider contributing an article to our special issue!
Special Issue: Generative AI and Social Science Research. Deadline for full papers extended to 9th of January 2026
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September 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
📣Do you have experience of using Generative AI in your social science research? Or critical thoughts about the use of Generative AI? Consider contributing an article to our special issue!
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📢 New in @sfjournal.bsky.social: We study how parental #education shapes children’s #cognitive development. Accounting for selective parenthood & grandparent & early parent characteristics, we find education largely reflects broader #intergenerational advantages. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Parental education and children’s cognitive development: a prospective approach
Abstract. This study uses nationally representative data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) to estimate the impact of parental education on childre
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September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📢 New in @sfjournal.bsky.social: We study how parental #education shapes children’s #cognitive development. Accounting for selective parenthood & grandparent & early parent characteristics, we find education largely reflects broader #intergenerational advantages. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
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I wrote about @hermwerf.bsky.social 's excellent ASR article last year on education expansion and intergenerational mobility.
Hope you find it useful!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
Hope you find it useful!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
Inequality Readers. On the merits
Education expansion merits optimism, and other puns
asocial.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I wrote about @hermwerf.bsky.social 's excellent ASR article last year on education expansion and intergenerational mobility.
Hope you find it useful!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
Hope you find it useful!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
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📣 New publication in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility!
🔎 Do mothers’ occupation-specific skills shape children’s development?
✅ Yes! When mothers move into jobs with higher skill demands, their kids show stronger skills.
Open access here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔎 Do mothers’ occupation-specific skills shape children’s development?
✅ Yes! When mothers move into jobs with higher skill demands, their kids show stronger skills.
Open access here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Do mothers’ occupation-specific skills impact children’s developmental processes?
This study examines whether mothers’ occupation-specific skills influence children’s development. I argue that while education is a valuable proxy for…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
📣 New publication in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility!
🔎 Do mothers’ occupation-specific skills shape children’s development?
✅ Yes! When mothers move into jobs with higher skill demands, their kids show stronger skills.
Open access here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔎 Do mothers’ occupation-specific skills shape children’s development?
✅ Yes! When mothers move into jobs with higher skill demands, their kids show stronger skills.
Open access here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Roxanne Connelly
📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!
Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.
📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.
📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!
Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.
📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.
📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
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Reviewing our questions on ethnicity and immigration.
Let us know your views on this important part of the @usociety.bsky.social survey.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
Let us know your views on this important part of the @usociety.bsky.social survey.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
August 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reviewing our questions on ethnicity and immigration.
Let us know your views on this important part of the @usociety.bsky.social survey.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
Let us know your views on this important part of the @usociety.bsky.social survey.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
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New paper in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility! I track long-term trends in educational assortative mating in 🇧🇷. After decades of decline, homogamy rose in the 2000s, due to a balance shift: more fluidity at lower edu levels vs. stronger homogamy at the top.
Check it out (open access):
Check it out (open access):
Trends in educational assortative mating in Brazil: 1960–2015
Using both census and survey data, this study analyzes educational assortative mating trends over half a century in Brazil. Odds of both overall and g…
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August 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New paper in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility! I track long-term trends in educational assortative mating in 🇧🇷. After decades of decline, homogamy rose in the 2000s, due to a balance shift: more fluidity at lower edu levels vs. stronger homogamy at the top.
Check it out (open access):
Check it out (open access):
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🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉
Jay Dominy, Public Affairs Manager at UCL and CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s new monthly Policy Surgeries and encourages researchers interested in informing policy to sign-up.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/closer-polic...
Jay Dominy, Public Affairs Manager at UCL and CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s new monthly Policy Surgeries and encourages researchers interested in informing policy to sign-up.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/closer-polic...
August 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉
Jay Dominy, Public Affairs Manager at UCL and CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s new monthly Policy Surgeries and encourages researchers interested in informing policy to sign-up.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/closer-polic...
Jay Dominy, Public Affairs Manager at UCL and CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s new monthly Policy Surgeries and encourages researchers interested in informing policy to sign-up.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/closer-polic...
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Professor Debora Price @gerontologyuk.bsky.social
recently reflected on recent international threats to data infrastructure, and why we must protect trusted data services as essential public institutions, on the Data Impact blog
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/why-data-pre...
recently reflected on recent international threats to data infrastructure, and why we must protect trusted data services as essential public institutions, on the Data Impact blog
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/why-data-pre...
August 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Professor Debora Price @gerontologyuk.bsky.social
recently reflected on recent international threats to data infrastructure, and why we must protect trusted data services as essential public institutions, on the Data Impact blog
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/why-data-pre...
recently reflected on recent international threats to data infrastructure, and why we must protect trusted data services as essential public institutions, on the Data Impact blog
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/why-data-pre...
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💥Today, 3 years after I graduated from my research master, my (revamped) master thesis got published at @ssreditorial.bsky.social under the name "Who do they think you are? Inconsistencies in self- and proxy-reports of education within families". Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... (OA)
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July 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
💥Today, 3 years after I graduated from my research master, my (revamped) master thesis got published at @ssreditorial.bsky.social under the name "Who do they think you are? Inconsistencies in self- and proxy-reports of education within families". Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss... (OA)
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💬 "Ultimately, lots of working-class people simply cannot afford to work for no or little pay. It’s a luxury only some can afford."
Our alum, Bethany, draws on her experience of working for free to discuss the need for change on the usage of unpaid labour ⬇️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Our alum, Bethany, draws on her experience of working for free to discuss the need for change on the usage of unpaid labour ⬇️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Unpaid work is killing class diversity in the creative industries - The Sutton Trust
Our alum, Bethany, discusses the prominence of unpaid work in the creative professions.
www.suttontrust.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
💬 "Ultimately, lots of working-class people simply cannot afford to work for no or little pay. It’s a luxury only some can afford."
Our alum, Bethany, draws on her experience of working for free to discuss the need for change on the usage of unpaid labour ⬇️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
Our alum, Bethany, draws on her experience of working for free to discuss the need for change on the usage of unpaid labour ⬇️
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
The next meeting of the Scottish UKHLS User Group will be online on Friday 15th August from 1500-1630
This time there will be talks from Laurence Rowley-Abel @uoe-sps.bsky.social and Mhairi Webster @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotttish-...
This time there will be talks from Laurence Rowley-Abel @uoe-sps.bsky.social and Mhairi Webster @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotttish-...
Scotttish UKHLS User Group Meeting August 2025
Short talks and discussions on UKHLS with other Scotland-based users.
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July 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The next meeting of the Scottish UKHLS User Group will be online on Friday 15th August from 1500-1630
This time there will be talks from Laurence Rowley-Abel @uoe-sps.bsky.social and Mhairi Webster @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotttish-...
This time there will be talks from Laurence Rowley-Abel @uoe-sps.bsky.social and Mhairi Webster @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social
Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotttish-...
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Our Annual Report reveals a troubling trend: fewer disadvantaged young people are participating post-16 than at any point since 2019.
More than 1 in 5 disadvantaged 16-year-olds are now out of education or training.
It’s time to identify — and act on — the root causes of this sharp decline.
More than 1 in 5 disadvantaged 16-year-olds are now out of education or training.
It’s time to identify — and act on — the root causes of this sharp decline.
July 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Our Annual Report reveals a troubling trend: fewer disadvantaged young people are participating post-16 than at any point since 2019.
More than 1 in 5 disadvantaged 16-year-olds are now out of education or training.
It’s time to identify — and act on — the root causes of this sharp decline.
More than 1 in 5 disadvantaged 16-year-olds are now out of education or training.
It’s time to identify — and act on — the root causes of this sharp decline.
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Registered report of 35 social class hypotheses (N = 33,536) finds around 50% are supported.
New work by @anatoliab.bsky.social, Nicolas Sommet, and @frederiqueautin.bsky.social
Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
New work by @anatoliab.bsky.social, Nicolas Sommet, and @frederiqueautin.bsky.social
Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
July 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Registered report of 35 social class hypotheses (N = 33,536) finds around 50% are supported.
New work by @anatoliab.bsky.social, Nicolas Sommet, and @frederiqueautin.bsky.social
Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
New work by @anatoliab.bsky.social, Nicolas Sommet, and @frederiqueautin.bsky.social
Open Access: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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New study finds that politically diverse social networks, even casual acquaintances, reduce partisan hostility by exposing people to others with opposing views, correcting stereotypes, and fostering understanding.
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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Partisanship Meets Social Networks: How Politically Heterogeneous Acquaintances and Close Relationships Buffer Partisan Animosity
Article: Partisanship Meets Social Networks: How Politically Heterogeneous Acquaintances and Close Relationships Buffer Partisan Animosity | Sociological Science | Posted July 7, 2025
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July 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New study finds that politically diverse social networks, even casual acquaintances, reduce partisan hostility by exposing people to others with opposing views, correcting stereotypes, and fostering understanding.
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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❗ Important work from @edupolicyinst.bsky.social highlighting the attainment gap between disadvantaged children & their peers.
Their annual report shows that the gap in attainment between 5 year olds from low income families & their peers has grown since 2019.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Their annual report shows that the gap in attainment between 5 year olds from low income families & their peers has grown since 2019.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Five-year-olds in England with special educational needs 20 months behind peers – report
Children from lower-income families also remain significantly behind their peers as impact of pandemic continues to be felt
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
❗ Important work from @edupolicyinst.bsky.social highlighting the attainment gap between disadvantaged children & their peers.
Their annual report shows that the gap in attainment between 5 year olds from low income families & their peers has grown since 2019.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Their annual report shows that the gap in attainment between 5 year olds from low income families & their peers has grown since 2019.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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🚂 | NEW REPORT: Britain’s transport system is failing people on low incomes — locking them out of work, health, and opportunity. Our new report sets out how to fix it 👇
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
July 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
🚂 | NEW REPORT: Britain’s transport system is failing people on low incomes — locking them out of work, health, and opportunity. Our new report sets out how to fix it 👇
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
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We're hiring an assistant researcher for the Retraction Watch Database.
Find out more here:
Find out more here:
Job opportunities at Retraction Watch
Assistant researcher, Retraction Watch Database The Center For Scientific Integrity, a U.S.-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is looking for a full-time Assistant Researcher to join our crew in…
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July 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We're hiring an assistant researcher for the Retraction Watch Database.
Find out more here:
Find out more here:
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Young learners in England are facing a deepening crisis. Our Annual Report shows that disadvantaged five-year-olds are falling further behind their peers — and for children with SEND, the learning gap has widened to over 20 months, the widest gap on record 🧵
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Five-year-olds in England with special educational needs 20 months behind peers – report
Children from lower-income families also remain significantly behind their peers as impact of pandemic continues to be felt
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Young learners in England are facing a deepening crisis. Our Annual Report shows that disadvantaged five-year-olds are falling further behind their peers — and for children with SEND, the learning gap has widened to over 20 months, the widest gap on record 🧵
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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🚨 New paper out in the American Educational Research Journal (w/ @markusklein.bsky.social & @esosu.bsky.social) 🚨
We analyzed whether pupil absences in different school-years are equally harmful for achievement at the end of compulsory schooling. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
We analyzed whether pupil absences in different school-years are equally harmful for achievement at the end of compulsory schooling. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
July 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🚨 New paper out in the American Educational Research Journal (w/ @markusklein.bsky.social & @esosu.bsky.social) 🚨
We analyzed whether pupil absences in different school-years are equally harmful for achievement at the end of compulsory schooling. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
We analyzed whether pupil absences in different school-years are equally harmful for achievement at the end of compulsory schooling. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
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⁉️Are you using generative AI in your social science research? We want to hear about it!
We are looking for critical accounts for a special issue on the use of #generativeai in #socialscienceresearch
More details here 👇
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
We are looking for critical accounts for a special issue on the use of #generativeai in #socialscienceresearch
More details here 👇
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
journals.sagepub.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
⁉️Are you using generative AI in your social science research? We want to hear about it!
We are looking for critical accounts for a special issue on the use of #generativeai in #socialscienceresearch
More details here 👇
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
We are looking for critical accounts for a special issue on the use of #generativeai in #socialscienceresearch
More details here 👇
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
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RC28’s first online thematic meeting🎉This online meeting will be free of charge. The meeting will take place on 20-21 January 2026 and will be hosted virtually by the Centre for Research on social InequalitieS (CRIS), a Sciences Po/CNRS unit, in Paris.
More info 👇
www.sciencespo.fr/cris/fr/actu...
More info 👇
www.sciencespo.fr/cris/fr/actu...
RC28 Online Meeting on Educational Inequalities
20th - 21st January, 2026 - Call for Papers
www.sciencespo.fr
July 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
RC28’s first online thematic meeting🎉This online meeting will be free of charge. The meeting will take place on 20-21 January 2026 and will be hosted virtually by the Centre for Research on social InequalitieS (CRIS), a Sciences Po/CNRS unit, in Paris.
More info 👇
www.sciencespo.fr/cris/fr/actu...
More info 👇
www.sciencespo.fr/cris/fr/actu...
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ChatGPT has had an “unprecedented” impact on scientific writing, leading to a marked increase in “flowery” language, a new paper has found. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
ChatGPT drives rise of ‘flowery language’ in journal abstracts
Increased use of words such as ‘delves’, ‘underscores’ and ‘showcasing’ identified since popularisation of large language models
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
ChatGPT has had an “unprecedented” impact on scientific writing, leading to a marked increase in “flowery” language, a new paper has found. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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Is there a religious revival in England?
@sriucl.bsky.social's David Voas raises questions about a recent report claiming that Gen Z is leading a rise in church attendance after decades of religious decline. It appears the devil is in the data.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/2zptnnw3
@sriucl.bsky.social's David Voas raises questions about a recent report claiming that Gen Z is leading a rise in church attendance after decades of religious decline. It appears the devil is in the data.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/2zptnnw3
Is there really a religious revival in England? Why I’m sceptical of a new report
In Anglican and Catholic churches, average weekly attendance is down about 20% from pre-pandemic levels.
theconversation.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Is there a religious revival in England?
@sriucl.bsky.social's David Voas raises questions about a recent report claiming that Gen Z is leading a rise in church attendance after decades of religious decline. It appears the devil is in the data.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/2zptnnw3
@sriucl.bsky.social's David Voas raises questions about a recent report claiming that Gen Z is leading a rise in church attendance after decades of religious decline. It appears the devil is in the data.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/2zptnnw3