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Silvia Behrens
@silviab.bsky.social
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Researcher @uofglasgow.bsky.social & @scadrdata.bsky.social - studies youth activism, education & inequality. PhD in Social Policy.
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Silvia Behrens @silviab.bsky.social · Jul 17
Delighted to see this published - this article is based on my PhD @unistrathclyde.bsky.social and started as a humble draft in the @psayoungpol.bsky.social "Paper to Publication" workshop. Maybe also interesting to researchers in @rc34youth.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social & @johnsmithcentre.com.
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andrewjdbell.bsky.social
Pleased to see this out in print - detailing MAIHDA's desirable statistical properties.

"MAIHDA is especially valuable when inequalities are subtle or data for marginalised intersections are sparse - conditions common in practice"

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@clarerevans.bsky.social
The Statistical Advantages of Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy for Estimating Intersectional Inequalities - George Leckie, Andrew Bell, Juan Merlo, SV Subram...
Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) is a multilevel regression approach grounded in intersectionality theory. I...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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uofgussp.bsky.social
Big shoutout to our own Emma Russel & @silviab.bsky.social who recently presented their analysis of linked administrative data & the 'Growing Up in Scotland' cohort study at conferences in Fribourg 🇨🇭 & Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This work is led by @moragtreanor.bsky.social & is part of @scadrdata.bsky.social 💪
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
silviab.bsky.social
What an honour to see Diane Elson launch her book at the WiSE Centre for Economic Justice @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social tonight. Her seminal work highlights the need to recognise unpaid work as part of the economy, including care, household labour and volunteering.
agendapub.bsky.social Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · Sep 9
We are proud to publish THE DIANE ELSON READER this month

“One of the most important voices in demonstrating male bias in economic thinking and policy making.” - @ahakram-lodhi.bsky.social

More info & #OpenAccess ebook here👇
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

@iaffe.bsky.social #FeministEconomics
Book cover image for 'The Diane Elson Reader: Gender, Development and Macroeconomic Policy'
October 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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enquirereachasl.bsky.social
NEW BLOG: Navigating care experience and education

We share more about our new hub of practical tools, rights guidance and real stories – and how we built it.

Read here: enquire.org.uk/the-promise/...

#KeepThePromise #CareExperience #AdditionalSupportForLearning
Graphic highlighting a new blog on the Enquire pages. The image is split into white for the bottom half and a rosy pink for the top half. On top sits an image. The image features colooured geometric shapes creating a rectangle. A dotted line winds it's way from a house shape in the bottom right of the rectangular shape up to a pale pink shape in the top right hand corner, indicative of a school. The image includes the Navigate logo - a heart shape made from a map pin and its shadow. Writing reads New blog care experience + education. A quote from the Navigating care experience and education blog reads "Removing barriers to learning takes more than one service or one organisation's efforts. Navigate is rooted in a whole-community approach, highlighting existing resources and working alongside partner organisation." A photo accompanies the quote featuring a young man with dark hair wearing a navy blue top, smiling at the camera. He is identified as Robert Doyle, Digital Content Officer with Enquire who is author of the blog.
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Living in an unequal society, regardless of individual wealth, can lead to structural changes in the brains of children.

#ScienceatKings #PopulationHealth
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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katieschmuecker.bsky.social
Without action families with children will see their disposable income fall over this parliament. Couples with children £750 worse off, lone parents £780.That’s electorally perilous.

Scrapping the 2 child limit and creating a minimum floor in universal credit would offset the fall.
September 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
*PSA OPPORTUNITY* 🚨 Final Reminder 🚨 House of Commons internship opportunity. For PSA #EarlyCareer Network members who are currently studying towards their #PhD.
📆 Apply by 28 September 2025
➡️ Full details buff.ly/VsvdQQD
#Politics #Opportunity #PoliticalStudies
2025 House of Commons Internship | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Become a member Log in
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September 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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johnsmithcentre.com
🎙️Event announcement!

Join us for Joe Greenwood-Hau's book launch: Captial, Privilege and Political Participation.

📅8 Oct 2025
📍UofG campus

Register for free: www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/capital...

@niceonecombo.bsky.social @stefaniereher.bsky.social @tjscotto.bsky.social @cjcarman.bsky.social
CAPITAL, PRIVILEGE AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION - John Smith Centre
The John Smith Centre invites you to join us for the launch of Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau’s new book, Capital, Privilege and Political Participation. The British Academy Monograph investigates how people’s…
www.johnsmithcentre.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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popdatascisu.bsky.social
Education, Attendance & Exclusion explored in this afternoon’s sessions in Dora Stoutzker Hall at #ADRUKConf25. Presenters included Neil Rowland @adrcni.bsky.social, Silvia Behrens @scadrdata.bsky.social, & Foteini Tseliou
@adrwales.bsky.social @wiserd-research.bsky.social. #Admindata
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
silviab.bsky.social
On my way back to Glasgow after attending the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies conference in Fribourg. I had a great time connecting with researchers on issues of (educational) inequalities and longitudinal data analysis. Looking forward to the next one in Brussels! #SLLS2025
The old city of Fribourg in Switzerland photographed from the river Sarine.
September 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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cycjscotland.bsky.social
We're hiring!

We're looking for a Research Associate to join our team. You will work within our Research Workstream to contribute to CYCJ’s broad research programme.
September 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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helenbarnard.bsky.social
Out tomorrow: our expert, cross-party Poverty Strategy Commission report. We propose a new social contract & plan to lift 4.2 million people out of poverty, incl 2.2 million stranded in deep poverty. Thanks @patrickjbutler.bsky.social for the insightful write up www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scrap two-child benefit cap to help lift 4m people out of poverty, government urged
Exclusive: Cross-party Poverty Strategy Commission says abolishing limit would be part of its ‘once in a generation’ plan
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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johnsmithcentre.com
🚨 New research blog alert 🚨

UofG's @silviab.bsky.social shares her research on the differences in how young women and men enagage in politics via both electoral and non-electoral activities - read her fascinating insights now! 👇

www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/researc...

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
A designed graphic with text reading: "Research, September 2025. Social issues or institutional policies: Gender differences in young people's political interest expressions. Dr Silvia Behrens." The graphic also shows a headshot-style photo of Dr Silvia Behrens and the John Smith Centre logo. The background is a photo of two young men and two young women walking together on a pavement and smiling.
September 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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childreninscotland.bsky.social
✨ Participation opportunity: Young people, data and research project

In partnership ‪@scadrdata.bsky.social‬ we are now inviting young people aged 14–21 to join an impactful new project all about shaping the future of data and research.

Find out more: bit.ly/4fSVAq8
Teal graphic promoting a youth research project. White text reads: 'Young people, data and research project. If you are aged 14–21, keen to share your views on issues that affect young people, excited to work as part of a team, and ready to make a positive difference and learn new skills — then we would love to hear from you! Apply by 24 September!' Logos for Children in Scotland and Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research appear at the bottom
August 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
silviab.bsky.social
Delighted to see this published - this article is based on my PhD @unistrathclyde.bsky.social and started as a humble draft in the @psayoungpol.bsky.social "Paper to Publication" workshop. Maybe also interesting to researchers in @rc34youth.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social & @johnsmithcentre.com.
July 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
silviab.bsky.social
New #openaccess publication: I’m very excited to share that my article on “Gender differences in political interest and participation among politically active youth” has been published by @youthstudies.bsky.social.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#youthstudies #youthparticipation #gender
Gender differences in political interest and participation among politically active youth
This article examines how gendered perceptions of interest affect young people's engagement in political participation, including ‘Do-It-Ourselves Politics’. Interest in politics has long been esta...
www.tandfonline.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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ruthpatrick0.bsky.social
🔥Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR job vacancies now live working at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on @safety-nets.bsky.social @changingrealities.bsky.social with some amazing colleagues

first: a research assistant post on Changing Realities

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNQ284/r...

🧵for links to vacancies
Research Assistant at University of Glasgow
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Assistant opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
June 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
silviab.bsky.social
Interessante ARD Doku über Bildungsungleichheit in der Grundschule und Versäumnisse in der frühkindlichen Bildung.

Es wäre außerdem sehr interessant, die gesamten Ergebnisse der Befragung von Lehrkräften zu lesen.

www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
Warum immer mehr Erstklässler Defizite haben
Immer mehr Kinder müssen die erste Klasse wiederholen. Eine ARD-Umfrage unter 7.000 Grundschullehrkräften zeigt: Erstklässler haben heute mehr Defizite als vor zehn Jahren. Von Maryam Bonakdar und Ann...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
What are the barriers to children’s early learning?

Over the last 18 months, @laouthwaite.bsky.social has worked with Ofsted, as part of the URKI Policy Fellowship scheme, to explore this question. Here’s what she found, why it matters, and what we can do about it

www.linkedin.com/company/ofst...
June 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
silviab.bsky.social
New #openaccess publication in Youth & Society: Based on focus group research, this paper explores how young people politically active for #ClimateChange, the #BlackLivesMatter movement and #queerfeminism think about personal, collective and institutional agency.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“It’s Like Getting Someone Who’s Been Hit by a Car to Run a Speed Awareness Course”: How Young Activists in the UK Make Sense of Personal, Collective and Institutional Agency - Silvia Behrens, 2025
Current research into youth activism places emphasis on agency, but few empirical studies have looked into how the perception of agency impacts young people’s e...
journals.sagepub.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
Starmer calls immigration policy over the past years a 'squalid' period. What a choice of language.
May 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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tanjabueltmann.net
You are a "citizen of nowhere", they said.

A "queue-jumper", they said.

Now I am a "squalid chapter", they say.

A risk as I might make this an "island of strangers", they say.

I am "pulling the country apart", they say.
May 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
silviab.bsky.social
Armut ist und bleibt Faktor Nr. 1 für Bildungsungerechtigkeit in Deutschland.

Schade, dass die neue ARD Doku #Versetzungsgefährdet relativ wenig differenziert zwischen Bildung, Wissen und Intelligenz.

www.ardmediathek.de/video/story/...
Story: Versetzungsgefährdet: Deutschland in der Bildungskrise - hier anschauen
Deutschland hat kaum Bodenschätze, kaum natürliche Ressourcen. Unser Kapital heißt Bildung. Damit hat es unser kleines Land zu einer der größten und wichtigsten Volkswirtschaften der Welt gebracht. Dr...
www.ardmediathek.de
May 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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civicimaginaries.bsky.social
Hello world! Excited to share our new project's website. Funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, the 4-year Civic Imaginary Partnerships Project brings together communities, policymakers, researchers and artists to ask what being civic means in the UK right now civicimaginaries.gla.ac.uk
Civic Imaginary Partnerships
this four-year project brings together communities, policy makers, researchers and artists to ask what being civic means in the United Kingdom right now
civicimaginaries.gla.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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childreninscotland.bsky.social
📣 Want to better support children's rights? Join our upcoming training to explore engagement, participation & the UNCRC.

An informative session for anyone working with or for young people. Learn practical ways to embed their voices in decision-making: childreninscotland.org.uk/learning/tra...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM