Jannik Track
@trackjannik.bsky.social
Sociology PhD Student EUI
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🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
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The Paradox of Inequality that isn't: Rising Economic Inequality Depresses and Polarises Citizens' Belief in Meritocracy: https://osf.io/zh72m
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Paradox of Inequality that isn't: Rising Economic Inequality Depresses and Polarises Citizens' Belief in Meritocracy: https://osf.io/zh72m
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⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.
Balloonomania! Disruptive Technologies, War, and the Amnesia of the Moment - Frederik Carl Windfeld, 2025
Contemporary discussions over emergent and disruptive technologies in military affairs are often framed in futurist and existential terms. The article theorises...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.
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Work from Diana Roxana Galos and @fresejoris.bsky.social examines online social class cues and employability. This article is open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Work from Diana Roxana Galos and @fresejoris.bsky.social examines online social class cues and employability. This article is open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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So happy to finally see my Job Market Paper published at the @j-humanresources.bsky.social ! 🙌
Culture shapes #FamilyInvestment choices.
@collinsmatthew.bsky.social found that having a brother reduces #Education for first-born boys by 0.05 SD in cultures where sons don’t inherit from their fathers. When sons can’t inherit, parents compensate with more education.
doi.org/10.3368/jhr....
@collinsmatthew.bsky.social found that having a brother reduces #Education for first-born boys by 0.05 SD in cultures where sons don’t inherit from their fathers. When sons can’t inherit, parents compensate with more education.
doi.org/10.3368/jhr....
September 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
So happy to finally see my Job Market Paper published at the @j-humanresources.bsky.social ! 🙌
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First single-author pub out in SSM!
It shows a mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of health inequality: high-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity & overweight, while low-SES environments trigger it 🌍🧬⚖️
OA:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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It shows a mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of health inequality: high-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity & overweight, while low-SES environments trigger it 🌍🧬⚖️
OA:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The development of body mass index from adolescence to adulthood: A genotype-family socioeconomic status interaction study
Body weight in adolescence and adulthood may result from the interplay between individuals’ genetic characteristics and the social context in which th…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
First single-author pub out in SSM!
It shows a mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of health inequality: high-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity & overweight, while low-SES environments trigger it 🌍🧬⚖️
OA:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/5
It shows a mechanism underlying the intergenerational transmission of health inequality: high-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity & overweight, while low-SES environments trigger it 🌍🧬⚖️
OA:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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…
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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...
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💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Full-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gaps
Abstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Did military service in Europe affect men's occupational choices? @mhamjediers.bsky.social presenting at #ECSR2025, very focused and passionate about research, as usual.
We investigate selection into armed forces, licensed and male-dominated occupations across multiple countries.
We investigate selection into armed forces, licensed and male-dominated occupations across multiple countries.
September 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Did military service in Europe affect men's occupational choices? @mhamjediers.bsky.social presenting at #ECSR2025, very focused and passionate about research, as usual.
We investigate selection into armed forces, licensed and male-dominated occupations across multiple countries.
We investigate selection into armed forces, licensed and male-dominated occupations across multiple countries.
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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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I am soo excited to share my newest article, “Unnatural Wills.” It’s about inheritance disputes!!! Murder, gold diggers, sex work, racial passing, secret lesbian lovers…WOW this was fun to write, and I hope it’s fun to read, too.
Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality
Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am soo excited to share my newest article, “Unnatural Wills.” It’s about inheritance disputes!!! Murder, gold diggers, sex work, racial passing, secret lesbian lovers…WOW this was fun to write, and I hope it’s fun to read, too.
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New preprint 💥
In 2020, @ianlundberg.bsky.social wrote a fabulous paper showing that cousin correlations don’t have to imply extended family effects.
I put that idea to the test using NLSY data—and he’s right! The patterns fit a dynamic first-order Markov model.
#sociology
osf.io/preprints/so...
In 2020, @ianlundberg.bsky.social wrote a fabulous paper showing that cousin correlations don’t have to imply extended family effects.
I put that idea to the test using NLSY data—and he’s right! The patterns fit a dynamic first-order Markov model.
#sociology
osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
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July 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New preprint 💥
In 2020, @ianlundberg.bsky.social wrote a fabulous paper showing that cousin correlations don’t have to imply extended family effects.
I put that idea to the test using NLSY data—and he’s right! The patterns fit a dynamic first-order Markov model.
#sociology
osf.io/preprints/so...
In 2020, @ianlundberg.bsky.social wrote a fabulous paper showing that cousin correlations don’t have to imply extended family effects.
I put that idea to the test using NLSY data—and he’s right! The patterns fit a dynamic first-order Markov model.
#sociology
osf.io/preprints/so...
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New WP w/ @riazsascha.bsky.social: via >42 million placebo tests, we show type I error inflation in Unexpected Event during Survey Designs (UESD), propose an adjustment, implement via new R package uesdRobust, and demonstrate utility by replicating two top UESD studies.
osf.io/preprints/os...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New WP w/ @riazsascha.bsky.social: via >42 million placebo tests, we show type I error inflation in Unexpected Event during Survey Designs (UESD), propose an adjustment, implement via new R package uesdRobust, and demonstrate utility by replicating two top UESD studies.
osf.io/preprints/os...
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🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025
👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025
👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
June 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025
👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025
👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
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🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨
What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?
We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.
Two main contributions...
🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc
What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?
We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.
Two main contributions...
🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc
good_description/good_description_ddk_agb.pdf at main · ddekadt/good_description
Homepage of "Good Description" by Daniel de Kadt & Anna Grzymala-Busse - ddekadt/good_description
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May 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨
What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?
We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.
Two main contributions...
🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc
What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?
We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.
Two main contributions...
🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc
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Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
May 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
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It's been a while, but a new blog: 'inside the Conclave: who will the next pope be? open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
Inside the Conclave: who will the next pope be?
As speculation of what will happen inside the Sistine Chapel increases, I present data from betting markets, google trends, age and geography. Here is what the numbers say who might be the next pope!
open.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It's been a while, but a new blog: 'inside the Conclave: who will the next pope be? open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “‘Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists:’ How Family History Shapes Immigration Policymaking,” by Feigenbaum (@jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social), Palmer (@maxwellpalmer.com), and Schneer: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
“Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists:” How Family History Shapes Immigration Policymaking*
Abstract. Does family history matter for policymaking in democracies? Linking members of Congress to the census, we observe countries of birth for members,
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April 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “‘Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists:’ How Family History Shapes Immigration Policymaking,” by Feigenbaum (@jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social), Palmer (@maxwellpalmer.com), and Schneer: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Our paper with @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social is now out at SSR!
Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics
Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics
Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
March 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Our paper with @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social is now out at SSR!
Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics
Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics
Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
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Published Today in PSRM:
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Published Today in PSRM:
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
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🆕 New Paper with Ilaria Pietropoli (lead) in "Research in Social Stratification and Mobility"!
🎯 We show how Home Learning Environment (HLE) & Early Childhood Education (ECE) interact in shaping and equalising Child Development across SES groups.
Paper Link! 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎯 We show how Home Learning Environment (HLE) & Early Childhood Education (ECE) interact in shaping and equalising Child Development across SES groups.
Paper Link! 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🆕 New Paper with Ilaria Pietropoli (lead) in "Research in Social Stratification and Mobility"!
🎯 We show how Home Learning Environment (HLE) & Early Childhood Education (ECE) interact in shaping and equalising Child Development across SES groups.
Paper Link! 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎯 We show how Home Learning Environment (HLE) & Early Childhood Education (ECE) interact in shaping and equalising Child Development across SES groups.
Paper Link! 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨 Thrilled that our 🆕 paper
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org
💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
🧵A thread
1/7
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org
💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
🧵A thread
1/7
March 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🚨 Thrilled that our 🆕 paper
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org
💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
🧵A thread
1/7
“Age and Cognitive Skills: Use It or Lose It”
just came out in #ScienceAdvances @science.org
💡 Longitudinal evidence: age pattern of literacy+numeracy not as bleak as cross-section suggests + strongly differs by skill usage
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
🧵A thread
1/7