Aga Kasperska
@akasperska.bsky.social
Postdoc at King's College London @kingsbschool.bsky.social @giwlkings.bsky.social || PhD @labfam.bsky.social
Exploring: remote work, gender inequalities, ideal worker norms, parental leave, career penalties • Various methods 👩🏻🏫📈
Exploring: remote work, gender inequalities, ideal worker norms, parental leave, career penalties • Various methods 👩🏻🏫📈
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How are young men and women’s attitudes toward gender, equality and identity evolving?
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 18:30 – 19:45
Register to attend in person: lnkd.in/etT2J62P
Register for the livestream: lnkd.in/eTs_pW85
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 18:30 – 19:45
Register to attend in person: lnkd.in/etT2J62P
Register for the livestream: lnkd.in/eTs_pW85
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How are young men and women’s attitudes toward gender, equality and identity evolving?
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 18:30 – 19:45
Register to attend in person: lnkd.in/etT2J62P
Register for the livestream: lnkd.in/eTs_pW85
🗓️ 19 November
⏰ 18:30 – 19:45
Register to attend in person: lnkd.in/etT2J62P
Register for the livestream: lnkd.in/eTs_pW85
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
Today is Poland’s Independence Day 🇵🇱 I’m incredibly proud of Poles for persisting despite centuries of imperial oppression. Thinking of Ukrainians and Palestinians whose struggles for self-determination continue.
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Today is Poland’s Independence Day 🇵🇱 I’m incredibly proud of Poles for persisting despite centuries of imperial oppression. Thinking of Ukrainians and Palestinians whose struggles for self-determination continue.
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!
Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.
📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.
📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!
Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.
📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
Following the success of our inaugural conference in 2024, we are delighted to announce its return on 23 and 24 April 2026 at LSE.
📆 Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur
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I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇
🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨
Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!
Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨👩👦👦
Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!
Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨👩👦👦
Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
August 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇
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Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake.
#research #hiring
#research #hiring
We’re hiring!
Join @utu.fi & INVEST Research Flagship Centre as a #SeniorResearcher ( #postdoc ) or #DoctoralResearcher in the #SHARELEAVE project on parental leave and social inequality. 🌍👶
🗓 Apply by Sept 22 at 4 pm (Finnish time) 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...
#hiring #openvacancies
Join @utu.fi & INVEST Research Flagship Centre as a #SeniorResearcher ( #postdoc ) or #DoctoralResearcher in the #SHARELEAVE project on parental leave and social inequality. 🌍👶
🗓 Apply by Sept 22 at 4 pm (Finnish time) 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...
#hiring #openvacancies
Senior researcher or doctoral researcher
The Faculty of Social Sciences, INVEST Flagship Research Centre at the University of Turku invites applications for contract-based, fixed term senior researcher or doctoral researcher position from 1....
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August 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake.
#research #hiring
#research #hiring
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
If you use Stata and you want to make nice coefficient plots, this article by @uptonorwell.bsky.social is really fantastic!
medium.com/the-stata-ga...
medium.com/the-stata-ga...
Making Regression Coefficient Plots in Stata
Traditionally, researchers reported results of regression analyses using tables. A more visually appealing way of presenting these results is by using a coefficient plot. Unlike a typical scatterplot…
medium.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you use Stata and you want to make nice coefficient plots, this article by @uptonorwell.bsky.social is really fantastic!
medium.com/the-stata-ga...
medium.com/the-stata-ga...
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
Look at how having a child affects male and female happiness differently.
What do you notice?
What do you notice?
August 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Look at how having a child affects male and female happiness differently.
What do you notice?
What do you notice?
📚 Our paper on employer’s perceptions of workers taking parental leaves: we find hiring & pay penalties for fathers taking (longer) leave and rewards for mothers taking shorter leave. #IPC2025
@amatysiak.bsky.social
@ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
@labfam.bsky.social
@amatysiak.bsky.social
@ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
@labfam.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
📚 Our paper on employer’s perceptions of workers taking parental leaves: we find hiring & pay penalties for fathers taking (longer) leave and rewards for mothers taking shorter leave. #IPC2025
@amatysiak.bsky.social
@ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
@labfam.bsky.social
@amatysiak.bsky.social
@ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
@labfam.bsky.social
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Millions of Poles tuned in to watch their country's first-ever appearance at the Women's Euro this month.
The tournament "has changed the perception of women’s football in the country forever", writes Joanna Wiśniowska for @theguardian.com.
The tournament "has changed the perception of women’s football in the country forever", writes Joanna Wiśniowska for @theguardian.com.
How Poland’s Euro 2025 showing transformed a nation’s view of women’s football
Despite their group-stage exit, Nina Patalon’s side have made history and changed perceptions back home
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Millions of Poles tuned in to watch their country's first-ever appearance at the Women's Euro this month.
The tournament "has changed the perception of women’s football in the country forever", writes Joanna Wiśniowska for @theguardian.com.
The tournament "has changed the perception of women’s football in the country forever", writes Joanna Wiśniowska for @theguardian.com.
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
🚨 Are young women becoming more left-wing & young men more right-wing?
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
June 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨 Are young women becoming more left-wing & young men more right-wing?
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊 Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
📊 Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @hudde.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.
June 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
What happens to women when they are denied an abortion?
Short run: their risk of death rises.
A full 15 years later, they experience:
more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
Short run: their risk of death rises.
A full 15 years later, they experience:
more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
June 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What happens to women when they are denied an abortion?
Short run: their risk of death rises.
A full 15 years later, they experience:
more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
Short run: their risk of death rises.
A full 15 years later, they experience:
more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
🌍 Join Us at @UniWarszawski for a landmark event on Europe’s future!
We are thrilled to welcome you to "Europe and Mobilities: Challenges and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Transformations" conference — a flagship event of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. 1/2
We are thrilled to welcome you to "Europe and Mobilities: Challenges and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Transformations" conference — a flagship event of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. 1/2
June 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🌍 Join Us at @UniWarszawski for a landmark event on Europe’s future!
We are thrilled to welcome you to "Europe and Mobilities: Challenges and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Transformations" conference — a flagship event of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. 1/2
We are thrilled to welcome you to "Europe and Mobilities: Challenges and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Transformations" conference — a flagship event of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. 1/2
📢 New publication!
With @amatysiak.bsky.social & @ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social we provide evidence of #FlexibilityStigma: employers see remote workers as less productive and committed which explains their career penalties. Plus gender differences.
📄 Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
With @amatysiak.bsky.social & @ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social we provide evidence of #FlexibilityStigma: employers see remote workers as less productive and committed which explains their career penalties. Plus gender differences.
📄 Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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June 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📢 New publication!
With @amatysiak.bsky.social & @ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social we provide evidence of #FlexibilityStigma: employers see remote workers as less productive and committed which explains their career penalties. Plus gender differences.
📄 Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
With @amatysiak.bsky.social & @ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social we provide evidence of #FlexibilityStigma: employers see remote workers as less productive and committed which explains their career penalties. Plus gender differences.
📄 Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
📢 Can’t join us in Warsaw for #EUROMOBI2025? No problem!
We’re streaming the entire conference live on YouTube 🎥
🗓️ June 4–6
📍 Univ. of Warsaw
💬 Europe, mobilities & socio-economic change
Join us online (coffee not included 😉)
#EuropeAndMobilities
We’re streaming the entire conference live on YouTube 🎥
🗓️ June 4–6
📍 Univ. of Warsaw
💬 Europe, mobilities & socio-economic change
Join us online (coffee not included 😉)
#EuropeAndMobilities
May 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
📢 Can’t join us in Warsaw for #EUROMOBI2025? No problem!
We’re streaming the entire conference live on YouTube 🎥
🗓️ June 4–6
📍 Univ. of Warsaw
💬 Europe, mobilities & socio-economic change
Join us online (coffee not included 😉)
#EuropeAndMobilities
We’re streaming the entire conference live on YouTube 🎥
🗓️ June 4–6
📍 Univ. of Warsaw
💬 Europe, mobilities & socio-economic change
Join us online (coffee not included 😉)
#EuropeAndMobilities
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Male college students are 18.6% more likely than female students to receive favorable grade changes made by instructors.
May 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Male college students are 18.6% more likely than female students to receive favorable grade changes made by instructors.
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
The latest agenda for the Europe and Mobilities conference is now available!
Explore the sessions, keynotes, and side events shaping the conversation around Europe's future.
See what’s coming soon at @UniWarszawski.
Registration and full details > bit.ly/4ijTmzG
Explore the sessions, keynotes, and side events shaping the conversation around Europe's future.
See what’s coming soon at @UniWarszawski.
Registration and full details > bit.ly/4ijTmzG
May 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The latest agenda for the Europe and Mobilities conference is now available!
Explore the sessions, keynotes, and side events shaping the conversation around Europe's future.
See what’s coming soon at @UniWarszawski.
Registration and full details > bit.ly/4ijTmzG
Explore the sessions, keynotes, and side events shaping the conversation around Europe's future.
See what’s coming soon at @UniWarszawski.
Registration and full details > bit.ly/4ijTmzG
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
My partner Radost has created fantastic visualizations of yesterday's Polish presidential election results — mapped by both population (~half of Poles live in cities) and territory.
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...
May 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My partner Radost has created fantastic visualizations of yesterday's Polish presidential election results — mapped by both population (~half of Poles live in cities) and territory.
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...
The conference addresses key socio-economic issues in Europe: migration, demography, democracy, and tech change. @labfam.bsky.social & @amatysiak.bsky.social lead the session on Demographic Change & Resilience (Thu 4th of June, 14:45-16:15).
It’s held in 🇵🇱 with online access - link coming soon.
It’s held in 🇵🇱 with online access - link coming soon.
The registration for "Europe and Mobilities", organised as part of @poland25eu.bsky.social is open. Join academics, policymakers, international orgs and NGOs to discuss demography, migration, digital and energy transformation, and the future of democracy in Europe
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Europe and Mobilities. PL Presidency Conference.
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May 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The conference addresses key socio-economic issues in Europe: migration, demography, democracy, and tech change. @labfam.bsky.social & @amatysiak.bsky.social lead the session on Demographic Change & Resilience (Thu 4th of June, 14:45-16:15).
It’s held in 🇵🇱 with online access - link coming soon.
It’s held in 🇵🇱 with online access - link coming soon.
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🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
If you run conjoint experiments, you need to read this.
Most conjoints estimate average effects for each attribute.
But what if the effect of one attribute depends on the others?
This paper has got you covered!
Most conjoints estimate average effects for each attribute.
But what if the effect of one attribute depends on the others?
This paper has got you covered!
May 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you run conjoint experiments, you need to read this.
Most conjoints estimate average effects for each attribute.
But what if the effect of one attribute depends on the others?
This paper has got you covered!
Most conjoints estimate average effects for each attribute.
But what if the effect of one attribute depends on the others?
This paper has got you covered!
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
less than 4 weeks to get your abstract in for the #BSPS2025 call for papers... strands from climate change to gender to conflict to formal demography to public views on low fertility ...and much more
take a look at the full range & submit your work by 9 May:
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
take a look at the full range & submit your work by 9 May:
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
April 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
less than 4 weeks to get your abstract in for the #BSPS2025 call for papers... strands from climate change to gender to conflict to formal demography to public views on low fertility ...and much more
take a look at the full range & submit your work by 9 May:
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
take a look at the full range & submit your work by 9 May:
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
📊 Our #PAA2025 poster on employer’s perceptions on workers taking parental leaves with @amatysiak.bsky.social, @ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social & @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
We find hiring and pay penalties for fathers taking (longer) leave and rewards for mothers taking shorter leave. @labfam.bsky.social
We find hiring and pay penalties for fathers taking (longer) leave and rewards for mothers taking shorter leave. @labfam.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
📊 Our #PAA2025 poster on employer’s perceptions on workers taking parental leaves with @amatysiak.bsky.social, @ewa-cukrowska.bsky.social & @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
We find hiring and pay penalties for fathers taking (longer) leave and rewards for mothers taking shorter leave. @labfam.bsky.social
We find hiring and pay penalties for fathers taking (longer) leave and rewards for mothers taking shorter leave. @labfam.bsky.social
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
"Sir Gareth Southgate has expressed his concern that 'callous, manipulative and toxic influencers' are taking the place of traditional father figures in society and contributing to mental health issues among young men."
Gareth Southgate rails against ‘callous toxic influencers’ in Dimbleby Lecture
Sir Gareth Southgate has expressed concern that ‘callous, manipulative and toxic influencers’ are taking the place of traditional father figures and contributing to mental health issues among young me...
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"Sir Gareth Southgate has expressed his concern that 'callous, manipulative and toxic influencers' are taking the place of traditional father figures in society and contributing to mental health issues among young men."
Reposted by Aga Kasperska
🚨🔍 New research on Russian public opinion! Despite sanctions, political turmoil & economic strain, many Russians remain surprisingly optimistic about the war. Why? My latest study unpacks this paradox & what it reveals about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇 (1/4)
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1478...
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1478...
Russian public perceptions of the war in Ukraine: a paradox of optimism amid crisis
This study examines public perceptions of the Ukraine war, with a particular focus on Russian attitudes toward its economic and political impacts in comparison to other countries. Drawing on theore...
doi.org
March 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨🔍 New research on Russian public opinion! Despite sanctions, political turmoil & economic strain, many Russians remain surprisingly optimistic about the war. Why? My latest study unpacks this paradox & what it reveals about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇 (1/4)
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1478...
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1478...