Ruth Eva Jørgensen
@rutheva.bsky.social
PhD student in sociology at University of Oslo. Social science genetics and partnership dynamics.
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New paper with @fabriberna.bsky.social - part of my PhD thesis!
Why are the negative educational consequences of parental separation stronger among high-SES children?
→ When high-SES parents separate, they lose their ability to compensate for their child’s low genetic propensity for education 🧬👪
Why are the negative educational consequences of parental separation stronger among high-SES children?
→ When high-SES parents separate, they lose their ability to compensate for their child’s low genetic propensity for education 🧬👪
“SES, Genes & Differential Effects of Parental Separation on Educational Attainment”: @fabriberna.bsky.social & @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social find the largest penalty for “high-SES students whose parents separate is…among those w/ a low PGI EA.” @eui-eu.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
June 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New paper with @fabriberna.bsky.social - part of my PhD thesis!
Why are the negative educational consequences of parental separation stronger among high-SES children?
→ When high-SES parents separate, they lose their ability to compensate for their child’s low genetic propensity for education 🧬👪
Why are the negative educational consequences of parental separation stronger among high-SES children?
→ When high-SES parents separate, they lose their ability to compensate for their child’s low genetic propensity for education 🧬👪
Marte has some fresh-from-the-box research in Social Forces! Behind-the-scenes political power, mapped and measured. She explains: “While wealthy owners are invisible in institutionalized policymaking, the inner circle and wealthy owners converge in support towards rightwing political parties.”
My article about the political activity of the inner circle and wealthy owners is out in @sfjournal.bsky.social! You can read it here: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Some highlights in the thread.
Some highlights in the thread.
The politics of the Norwegian capitalist class: the inner circle and wealthy owners
Abstract. This paper investigates the political activities of different segments within the capitalist class, comparing an inner circle of interlocked dire
academic.oup.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Marte has some fresh-from-the-box research in Social Forces! Behind-the-scenes political power, mapped and measured. She explains: “While wealthy owners are invisible in institutionalized policymaking, the inner circle and wealthy owners converge in support towards rightwing political parties.”
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So happy to be a part of the World Elite Database project. We now have our first preliminary results from 16 countries published in @bjsociology.bsky.social! As it turns out, economic elites differ across countries on a wide range of factors.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results From the World Elite Database (WED)
The strategies, decisions and beliefs of those who occupy prominent positions of economic power have influence on very large corporations and the markets they dominate, on vast amounts of economic re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
So happy to be a part of the World Elite Database project. We now have our first preliminary results from 16 countries published in @bjsociology.bsky.social! As it turns out, economic elites differ across countries on a wide range of factors.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨 Excited to share our latest work with @perlinedemange.bsky.social, Felix Elwert, Nicolai Borgen, @eivindy.bsky.social, and Henrik Zachrisson.
Does more schooling increase earnings? We revisit this classic question using multiple genetically informed designs 📚🎓🧬 💰
osf.io/preprints/so...
Does more schooling increase earnings? We revisit this classic question using multiple genetically informed designs 📚🎓🧬 💰
osf.io/preprints/so...
February 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨 Excited to share our latest work with @perlinedemange.bsky.social, Felix Elwert, Nicolai Borgen, @eivindy.bsky.social, and Henrik Zachrisson.
Does more schooling increase earnings? We revisit this classic question using multiple genetically informed designs 📚🎓🧬 💰
osf.io/preprints/so...
Does more schooling increase earnings? We revisit this classic question using multiple genetically informed designs 📚🎓🧬 💰
osf.io/preprints/so...
My firstborn PhD paper is out 🎉 with @rosacheesman.bsky.social @torkildl.bsky.social and Ole Andreassen.
Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔
Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔
January 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My firstborn PhD paper is out 🎉 with @rosacheesman.bsky.social @torkildl.bsky.social and Ole Andreassen.
Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔
Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔
Reposted by Ruth Eva Jørgensen
MORE THAN NATURE AND NURTURE? In a new Nature Human Behavior paper, we probe the origins of indirect genetic effects on educational achievement in Norway. We found they are more due to dynastic processes than to nurture processes. Here's a thread, with slight emphasis on the sociology of it. [1/9]
January 15, 2024 at 10:54 PM
MORE THAN NATURE AND NURTURE? In a new Nature Human Behavior paper, we probe the origins of indirect genetic effects on educational achievement in Norway. We found they are more due to dynastic processes than to nurture processes. Here's a thread, with slight emphasis on the sociology of it. [1/9]
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Two weeks left to apply! Organized with @rutheva.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social, Torkild Lyngstad and Karri Silventoinen. We will have presentations by Gregory Clark, Evelina Akimova and @fctropf.bsky.social! So apply to join this exciting group in Oslo. Accommodation and food are covered!
We are hosting a workshop on how genetics can help to understand social structures, especially in interaction with environments! Apply before the end of the year if you want to join us in beautiful Oslo!
Call for Papers: Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures" | Reimagining Norden in a...
Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures: Genetic influences across time, groups, and societies", University of Oslo, 29 February-1 March 2024.
www.helsinki.fi
December 18, 2023 at 6:50 AM
Two weeks left to apply! Organized with @rutheva.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social, Torkild Lyngstad and Karri Silventoinen. We will have presentations by Gregory Clark, Evelina Akimova and @fctropf.bsky.social! So apply to join this exciting group in Oslo. Accommodation and food are covered!
Reposted by Ruth Eva Jørgensen
New sociogenomics WP!
Does family SES moderate the impact of children’s genetic predisposition for (non)cognitive skills on educational outcomes?
2nd WP of my thesis by a strong interdisciplinary team: Gil-Hernández, @fabriberna.bsky.social, van Bergen @perlinedemange.bsky.social! ✨
Does family SES moderate the impact of children’s genetic predisposition for (non)cognitive skills on educational outcomes?
2nd WP of my thesis by a strong interdisciplinary team: Gil-Hernández, @fabriberna.bsky.social, van Bergen @perlinedemange.bsky.social! ✨
Interaction of family SES with children’s genetic propensity for cognitive and noncognitive skills...
This study examines the role of genes and environments in predicting educational outcomes. We test the Scarr-Rowe hypothesis, suggesting that enriched environments enable genetic potential to unfold, ...
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu
November 30, 2023 at 11:50 AM
New sociogenomics WP!
Does family SES moderate the impact of children’s genetic predisposition for (non)cognitive skills on educational outcomes?
2nd WP of my thesis by a strong interdisciplinary team: Gil-Hernández, @fabriberna.bsky.social, van Bergen @perlinedemange.bsky.social! ✨
Does family SES moderate the impact of children’s genetic predisposition for (non)cognitive skills on educational outcomes?
2nd WP of my thesis by a strong interdisciplinary team: Gil-Hernández, @fabriberna.bsky.social, van Bergen @perlinedemange.bsky.social! ✨
Reposted by Ruth Eva Jørgensen
We are hosting a workshop on how genetics can help to understand social structures, especially in interaction with environments! Apply before the end of the year if you want to join us in beautiful Oslo!
Call for Papers: Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures" | Reimagining Norden in a...
Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures: Genetic influences across time, groups, and societies", University of Oslo, 29 February-1 March 2024.
www.helsinki.fi
November 28, 2023 at 10:37 AM
We are hosting a workshop on how genetics can help to understand social structures, especially in interaction with environments! Apply before the end of the year if you want to join us in beautiful Oslo!
Reposted by Ruth Eva Jørgensen
Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so.
Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts!
Out now in Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts!
Out now in Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 18, 2023 at 11:54 AM
Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so.
Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts!
Out now in Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts!
Out now in Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Six graphs showing how extreme 2023 has been. This is disturbing news for the future of our planet. doi.org/10.1093/bios...
October 27, 2023 at 12:49 PM
Six graphs showing how extreme 2023 has been. This is disturbing news for the future of our planet. doi.org/10.1093/bios...