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The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)
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The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University is a leading institute in research on social policy, welfare, inequality, and the labor market.

Learn more at https://sofi.su.se
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Occupational Earning Potential has landed in @europeansocreview.bsky.social

Implementable in R (digclass) and Stata (crosswalk), our linear OEP scale measures the median earnings of ISCO occupations and expresses them as percentiles of the earnings distribution academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...
Occupational earning potential: a new measure of social hierarchy in Europe and the US
Abstract. Social stratification is interested in unequal life chances and assumes the existence of a hierarchy of more or less advantageous occupations. Ye
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August 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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paulaaureo.bsky.social
This is a (very) short thread on a recent paper with the great Orazio Attanasio and Alessandro Toppeta on “Intergenerational Mobility in Socio-Emotional Skills” (forthcoming at ‪@jpube.bsky.social)! (1/7)

@ucleconomics.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social‬ @sofi.su.se ‪@clscohorts.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Read more here:
Anna Sandberg Trolle-Lindgren appointed as Associate Professor - Swedish Institute for Social Research
Anna Sandberg Trolle-Lindgren is an economist who earned her PhD from the Stockholm School of Economics in 2014. She has been a researcher at SOFI since 2017, and her work focuses on applied microecon...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Anna Sandberg Trolle-Lindgren has been appointed as Associate Professor (Docent) at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI).🎉

Congratulations!
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July 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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thaning.bsky.social
Final conference of rEUsilience and this is (parts of) the wonderful crew - here w/ miami vice flair. Thx for a great journey!
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @abrarbawati.bsky.social @amatysiak.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social and analog 📷 by great @merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Congratulations, Marie-Pascale!
eeanews.bsky.social EEA @eeanews.bsky.social · Jun 25
EEA congrats Marie-Pascale Grimon for being awarded the Outstanding Paper Award, funded by our MinE Committee, at 5th Virtual Discrimination & Diversity Workshop. More info on her paper, the other winning paper & the workshop here:
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June 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Congratulations to our doctoral student @allisongeerts.bsky.social in successfully defending her thesis! Geerts' research explores how lesbian couples in the Netherlands navigate the transition to parenthood.

Read her thesis here: su.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

#Research #Sociology #PhD
Allison holding her dissertation, smiling.
June 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Read her dissertation here: su.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
Gendered processes in education: Exploring early sources of differing educational trajectories
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June 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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🎉 Big congrats to Tünde Lénárd, who successfully defended her dissertation last Friday!

Here’s an action shot from the event.

#DissertationDefense #AcademicWin
Tünde speaking at her dissertation defense, seated behind a table, holding a microphone, with a bouquet of flowers visible in the corner.
June 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Read her dissertation ”Promising Sameness? Lesbian Couples in Sweden at the Transition to Motherhood” here.

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Promising Sameness?: Lesbian Couples in Sweden at the Transition to Motherhood
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May 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Right now, Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch is defending her dissertation in Lecture Hall 9 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social.

Wishing her all the best!

#DissertationDefense #PhD #SOFI #Sociology
Photo of Madeleine in lecture hall 9, holding her dissertation.
May 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
Fattige familjer berättar: Så lever vi

Interview in @syre-tidningen.bsky.social about the situation of low resource families in Sweden, based on @reusilience.bsky.social research with Lovisa Backman, and on research by @siddarthaaradhya.bsky.social

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Fattiga familjer berättar: Så lever vi - Syre
Att ha ett arbete hjälper inte alltid mot fattigdom. Nästan var tolfte familj med somalisk bakgrund lever i fattigdom trots att båda föräldrarna jobbar, visar ny forskning.
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May 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
sofi.su.se
So great having you here! And what fantastic photos – it takes skill to make our fluorescent lighting look this good! 😄
May 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Check out the video:
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Placing Families at the Centre of Social Policy for a Resilient Europe
YouTube video by rEUsilience
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May 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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On this International Day of Families, it’s time to rethink family policy in Europe. Read more about the @reusilience.bsky.social research project and its findings 👇

#sociology #research #FamilyPolicy
European Initiative Calls for Enhanced Family Support Systems - Swedish Institute for Social Research
Today, May 15th, marking the International Day of Families, the European research project rEUsilience presents new insights and recommendations aimed at enhancing family resilience in Europe. The proj...
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May 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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@cassandraengeman.bsky.social, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social.

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Cassandra Engeman appointed Associate Professor - Swedish Institute for Social Research
Cassandra Engeman, PhD in Sociology, has been appointed Associate Professor (docent) at Stockholm University
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May 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Alessandro Toppeta (@sofi.su.se) shows that more school isn't always better: in Sweden, teens randomly tested after holidays show stronger non-cognitive skills, especially those from wealthier families. More breaks may boost development, but they risk widening inequality.
May 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Nytt nummer av nyhetsbrevet: Läs om hållbart mode om hur vi kan klä oss snyggt utan att förstöra planeten, om maskrosen - kungen av betongdjungeln, forskning om det lönar sig att plugga, om vad som hände i Sverige när freden kom 8 maj 1945 #BertBolinLecture mm
Läs o prenumerera: www.su.se/nyhetsbrev
May 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Read Xu's dissertation here: su.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
Education, Inequality, and Labor Market Outcomes: Patterns and Trends in Educational and Socioeconomic Transformations
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May 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Xu shows, among other things, that the economic return on higher education is no longer increasing as clearly as before, and that this calls for fresh thinking around education and labor market policy.
May 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Last Friday, our PhD candidate Xiaojie Xu defended her dissertation in sociology – congratulations, Xiaojie! 🎉

Her dissertation explores how the impact of education on jobs, income, and social mobility has shifted since the late 20th century.

Great work, Xiaojie!
#PhD #education #sociology
Xu in front of a blackboard in a lecture hall, holding a printed copy of her dissertation. She wears a headset microphone and stands next to a bouquet of fresh flowers, a stack of dissertations, and some notebooks.
May 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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From voter to candidate: how a second election sparks political ambition. New research by IIES' graduate student Mattias Folkestad & IIES/ @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social alumna @chloen.bsky.social @sofi.su.se accepted for publication at European Journal of Political Economy www.su.se/institute-fo...
From voter to candidate: how a second election sparks political ambition - Institute for International Economic Studies
From voter to candidate: how a second election sparks political ambition - Institute for International Economic Studies
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April 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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pengzell.bsky.social
Terrific dissertation defense by Xiaojie Xu at @sofi.su.se today and proud supervisor moment for me.

Thanks @hermwerf.bsky.social for doing us the honors!
May 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Read more about SOFI's brand new doctor's research here:
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April 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Read the dissertation here:

su.diva-portal.org/smash/record...
Essays on the Links Between Vertical and Horizontal Social Stratification, Political Attitudes, and Radical Right Support: Evidence from Sweden and Europe
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April 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM