Selçuk Bedük
@sbeduk.bsky.social
Academic studying poverty, inequality and social policy at DSPI, University of Oxford https://sites.google.com/view/beduk
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NEW: A study led by @dspi-oxford.bsky.social finds that UK households see their income fall by 17% in the first year after job loss – a much sharper hit than in Nordic or continental countries.
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UK families lose nearly a fifth of income after job loss, Oxford
A new study led by the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI) at the University of Oxford has found that UK households see their income slashed by 17% in the first year after job loss -
www.ox.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NEW: A study led by @dspi-oxford.bsky.social finds that UK households see their income fall by 17% in the first year after job loss – a much sharper hit than in Nordic or continental countries.
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Join our team at DSPI Oxford!
What you’ll find here:
- Fair workload with substantial time for research
- Supportive colleagues
- Motivated students
- A vibrant research environment
- Support for worker visa application
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
What you’ll find here:
- Fair workload with substantial time for research
- Supportive colleagues
- Motivated students
- A vibrant research environment
- Support for worker visa application
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Job alert!
We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy to deliver teaching, supervision and service on MSc and MPhil courses in Comparative Social Policy.
Apply by 14 Nov
More info: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy to deliver teaching, supervision and service on MSc and MPhil courses in Comparative Social Policy.
Apply by 14 Nov
More info: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Join our team at DSPI Oxford!
What you’ll find here:
- Fair workload with substantial time for research
- Supportive colleagues
- Motivated students
- A vibrant research environment
- Support for worker visa application
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
What you’ll find here:
- Fair workload with substantial time for research
- Supportive colleagues
- Motivated students
- A vibrant research environment
- Support for worker visa application
Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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NEW research from @sbeduk.bsky.social finds that UK families lose nearly a fifth of income after job loss - far more than in other EU countries ⬇️
The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.
The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
NEW research from @sbeduk.bsky.social finds that UK families lose nearly a fifth of income after job loss - far more than in other EU countries ⬇️
The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.
The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.
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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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🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social
We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social
We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Kicking off our (15th) annual Low Pay Britain report, @nyecominetti.bsky.social starts with the really good news - (hourly) low pay has been virtually eliminated.
It's fallen from a fifth of the workforce 15 years ago, to just 3.4% today (and 1% for workers aged 25 and over).
It's fallen from a fifth of the workforce 15 years ago, to just 3.4% today (and 1% for workers aged 25 and over).
July 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Kicking off our (15th) annual Low Pay Britain report, @nyecominetti.bsky.social starts with the really good news - (hourly) low pay has been virtually eliminated.
It's fallen from a fifth of the workforce 15 years ago, to just 3.4% today (and 1% for workers aged 25 and over).
It's fallen from a fifth of the workforce 15 years ago, to just 3.4% today (and 1% for workers aged 25 and over).
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Next Wednesday 18 June at 5 pm I will be presenting Zero Poverty Society at the @dspi-oxford.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3e3...
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3e3...
Zero Poverty Society
During this seminar, Professor Marx will present some new findings from his book on the Zero Poverty Society, published by Oxford University Press (co-authored with Sarah Marchal), https://academic.ou...
talks.ox.ac.uk
June 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Next Wednesday 18 June at 5 pm I will be presenting Zero Poverty Society at the @dspi-oxford.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3e3...
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3e3...
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We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
DIW Berlin: Researcher (f/m/x)
www.diw.de
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
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Hurrah: write-up of my Ruggles Lecture (with @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social and @nyecominetti.bsky.social) now out in Review of Income and Wealth, Open Access at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....
ICYMI: our companion report at www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
ICYMI: our companion report at www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
April 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Hurrah: write-up of my Ruggles Lecture (with @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social and @nyecominetti.bsky.social) now out in Review of Income and Wealth, Open Access at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....
ICYMI: our companion report at www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
ICYMI: our companion report at www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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Public services are highly re-distributive to lower-income households.
Households in the lowest income quintile receive an average of £15,900 per year in in-kind benefits.
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/58qMKUI
Households in the lowest income quintile receive an average of £15,900 per year in in-kind benefits.
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/58qMKUI
April 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Public services are highly re-distributive to lower-income households.
Households in the lowest income quintile receive an average of £15,900 per year in in-kind benefits.
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/58qMKUI
Households in the lowest income quintile receive an average of £15,900 per year in in-kind benefits.
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/58qMKUI
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Call for papers for ESPAnet #socialpolicy conference in Milan open until 24/4. We are chairing again a stream on #poverty and #inequality together with @zparolin.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social and @sbeduk.bsky.social.
✉️🖨️ www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
✉️🖨️ www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
ESPANET 2025
University of Milan, 27th-29th August 2025
www.espanetmilano2025.it
April 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Call for papers for ESPAnet #socialpolicy conference in Milan open until 24/4. We are chairing again a stream on #poverty and #inequality together with @zparolin.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social and @sbeduk.bsky.social.
✉️🖨️ www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
✉️🖨️ www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...
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The latest data suggests child poverty and food insecurity have been rising for three consecutive years.
While there are some questions about the reliability of the data, the big picture trend and forecast also remain bad.
While there are some questions about the reliability of the data, the big picture trend and forecast also remain bad.
April 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The latest data suggests child poverty and food insecurity have been rising for three consecutive years.
While there are some questions about the reliability of the data, the big picture trend and forecast also remain bad.
While there are some questions about the reliability of the data, the big picture trend and forecast also remain bad.
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Re-upping this for we know so much about the harms of benefits cuts. Yet onto Labour-led ones..
The focus should be on abolishing the two-child limit and the benefit cap *for a start*, not on slashing PIP and Universal Credit.
Hardship has social, economic and health costs. So much for "savings".
The focus should be on abolishing the two-child limit and the benefit cap *for a start*, not on slashing PIP and Universal Credit.
Hardship has social, economic and health costs. So much for "savings".
New blog post - "Adolescents struggle with their mental health: blame austerity, not parents" - @gmari.bsky.social argues that the blame for adolescents struggling with mental health should be on Tory-led slashing of benefit programs, not on parents #austerity www.cost-ofliving.net/adolescents-...
Adolescents' mental health: blame austerity, not parents
Adolescents mental health: blame austerity, not parents. To help understand adolescents' mental health, look (also) at the benefit system
www.cost-ofliving.net
March 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Re-upping this for we know so much about the harms of benefits cuts. Yet onto Labour-led ones..
The focus should be on abolishing the two-child limit and the benefit cap *for a start*, not on slashing PIP and Universal Credit.
Hardship has social, economic and health costs. So much for "savings".
The focus should be on abolishing the two-child limit and the benefit cap *for a start*, not on slashing PIP and Universal Credit.
Hardship has social, economic and health costs. So much for "savings".
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This morning the justice secretary pointed to a “huge rise in the welfare budget” as justification for targeting benefit spending to make fiscal savings. So how big has the rise in welfare spending been?
March 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This morning the justice secretary pointed to a “huge rise in the welfare budget” as justification for targeting benefit spending to make fiscal savings. So how big has the rise in welfare spending been?
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#SNAP is already globally unusual as an antipoverty program. Cash-like, just for non-prepared foods, at approved retailers.
Evidence from cash transfer programs suggests there are easier ways to protect #foodsecurity.
🛟 🩺📊 🩺 #econsky #academicsky
Evidence from cash transfer programs suggests there are easier ways to protect #foodsecurity.
🛟 🩺📊 🩺 #econsky #academicsky
Keeping SNAP in Line with Global Evidence on Food Security | NEJM
Proposals to introduce nutrition-based restrictions in SNAP ignore a global movement
away from this kind of welfare program administration and toward systems that can
more effectively improve health.
www.nejm.org
September 10, 2024 at 4:08 PM
#SNAP is already globally unusual as an antipoverty program. Cash-like, just for non-prepared foods, at approved retailers.
Evidence from cash transfer programs suggests there are easier ways to protect #foodsecurity.
🛟 🩺📊 🩺 #econsky #academicsky
Evidence from cash transfer programs suggests there are easier ways to protect #foodsecurity.
🛟 🩺📊 🩺 #econsky #academicsky
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Come do a fully-funded PhD with me in Denmark at Roskilde University! You’ll be part of a new exciting project looking at social care privatisation in Denmark with a larger team of researchers at both Roskilde and Oxford University.
Deadline April 27: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Deadline April 27: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
PhD Fellowship – Mapping the role of civil society and non-profit organisations in delivering social services in Denmark
The Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as PhD of Social Science from September 1st, 2025, or a
candidate.hr-manager.net
February 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Come do a fully-funded PhD with me in Denmark at Roskilde University! You’ll be part of a new exciting project looking at social care privatisation in Denmark with a larger team of researchers at both Roskilde and Oxford University.
Deadline April 27: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Deadline April 27: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Graduate salaries have stagnated while the minimum wage has risen, leading to convergence between the two.
Two decades ago, the median graduate in a ‘graduate job’ had a salary 2.5 times that of a minimum wage worker, by 2023, the typical graduate earned 1.6 times a minimum wage worker.
Two decades ago, the median graduate in a ‘graduate job’ had a salary 2.5 times that of a minimum wage worker, by 2023, the typical graduate earned 1.6 times a minimum wage worker.
February 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Graduate salaries have stagnated while the minimum wage has risen, leading to convergence between the two.
Two decades ago, the median graduate in a ‘graduate job’ had a salary 2.5 times that of a minimum wage worker, by 2023, the typical graduate earned 1.6 times a minimum wage worker.
Two decades ago, the median graduate in a ‘graduate job’ had a salary 2.5 times that of a minimum wage worker, by 2023, the typical graduate earned 1.6 times a minimum wage worker.
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Hello BlueSky world!
I want to share with you a new work published on ITEJ with S. Boscolo and S. Tedeschi.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We study the looking forward trends in wealth inequality in Italy with a dynamic micro-simulation model.
Please see below for more details!
👇👇👇
I want to share with you a new work published on ITEJ with S. Boscolo and S. Tedeschi.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We study the looking forward trends in wealth inequality in Italy with a dynamic micro-simulation model.
Please see below for more details!
👇👇👇
February 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Hello BlueSky world!
I want to share with you a new work published on ITEJ with S. Boscolo and S. Tedeschi.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We study the looking forward trends in wealth inequality in Italy with a dynamic micro-simulation model.
Please see below for more details!
👇👇👇
I want to share with you a new work published on ITEJ with S. Boscolo and S. Tedeschi.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We study the looking forward trends in wealth inequality in Italy with a dynamic micro-simulation model.
Please see below for more details!
👇👇👇
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Sociologists working on inequality:
Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)
EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)
EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
January 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Sociologists working on inequality:
Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)
EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)
EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
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New working paper with P Achard, C Frodermann, D Müller &
@sanderwagner.bsky.social:using harmonized admin data for
#France & #Germany, we study the stratification of maternal employment in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 based on higher pre-birth income, education, and firm-level median earnings. #sociology
#demography
@sanderwagner.bsky.social:using harmonized admin data for
#France & #Germany, we study the stratification of maternal employment in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 based on higher pre-birth income, education, and firm-level median earnings. #sociology
#demography
December 19, 2024 at 3:25 PM
New working paper with P Achard, C Frodermann, D Müller &
@sanderwagner.bsky.social:using harmonized admin data for
#France & #Germany, we study the stratification of maternal employment in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 based on higher pre-birth income, education, and firm-level median earnings. #sociology
#demography
@sanderwagner.bsky.social:using harmonized admin data for
#France & #Germany, we study the stratification of maternal employment in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪 based on higher pre-birth income, education, and firm-level median earnings. #sociology
#demography
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How important are inheritances in terms of total income into a household? Perhaps surprisingly, gifts and inheritances are only a small proportion. Thus, inheritance taxes may have little effect on inequality.
December 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM
How important are inheritances in terms of total income into a household? Perhaps surprisingly, gifts and inheritances are only a small proportion. Thus, inheritance taxes may have little effect on inequality.
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Hi new Blusky community👋
I am a final year PhD student in Social Policy & Public Health, and I research social inequalities in mental health.
For example, what are the social determinants of mental healthcare use and helfpulness accross 111 countries?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I am a final year PhD student in Social Policy & Public Health, and I research social inequalities in mental health.
For example, what are the social determinants of mental healthcare use and helfpulness accross 111 countries?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Global inequalities in mental health problems: understanding the predictors of lifetime prevalence, treatment utilisation and perceived helpfulness across 111 countries
Socio-economic inequalities in mental health problems are found in measures covering prevalence, treatment utilisation, and treatment helpfulness. How…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Hi new Blusky community👋
I am a final year PhD student in Social Policy & Public Health, and I research social inequalities in mental health.
For example, what are the social determinants of mental healthcare use and helfpulness accross 111 countries?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I am a final year PhD student in Social Policy & Public Health, and I research social inequalities in mental health.
For example, what are the social determinants of mental healthcare use and helfpulness accross 111 countries?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Now by sector, elite colleges are more concentrated for corporate and NGO positions than for billionaires and international orgs.
But for country leadership (central bankers and heads of state), the distribution is much more mixed, and Oxford edges out Harvard. (Yale still DNF)
But for country leadership (central bankers and heads of state), the distribution is much more mixed, and Oxford edges out Harvard. (Yale still DNF)
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Now by sector, elite colleges are more concentrated for corporate and NGO positions than for billionaires and international orgs.
But for country leadership (central bankers and heads of state), the distribution is much more mixed, and Oxford edges out Harvard. (Yale still DNF)
But for country leadership (central bankers and heads of state), the distribution is much more mixed, and Oxford edges out Harvard. (Yale still DNF)
3-year Postdoc Opportunity in the DECIPHE project at DIW Berlin.
You'll work closely with P. Lersch and collaborate with the team to study intergenerational persistence of homeownership in Europe.
Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
For job details: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
For DECIPHE: www.deciphe.eu
You'll work closely with P. Lersch and collaborate with the team to study intergenerational persistence of homeownership in Europe.
Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
For job details: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
For DECIPHE: www.deciphe.eu
November 29, 2024 at 12:25 PM
3-year Postdoc Opportunity in the DECIPHE project at DIW Berlin.
You'll work closely with P. Lersch and collaborate with the team to study intergenerational persistence of homeownership in Europe.
Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
For job details: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
For DECIPHE: www.deciphe.eu
You'll work closely with P. Lersch and collaborate with the team to study intergenerational persistence of homeownership in Europe.
Deadline: 15 Jan 2024
For job details: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
For DECIPHE: www.deciphe.eu
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Our new AJS article shows that high earning family and work life courses are remarkably similar in different countries, but differ much for low earners. This is related to country specific policies structuring especially the low-earning life courses.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Lives in Welfare States: Life Courses, Earnings Accumulation, and Relative Living Standards in Five European Countries1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 2
How do work and family life courses differ in welfare states with varying emphasis on the state, market, and family for welfare provision? The authors compare life courses until midlife in Denmark, Fi...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Our new AJS article shows that high earning family and work life courses are remarkably similar in different countries, but differ much for low earners. This is related to country specific policies structuring especially the low-earning life courses.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...