Arnout van de Rijt
@arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute, Editor-in-Chief of Sociological Science. Embracing freedom, openmindedness, compassion, forgiveness, fairness, justice, and humanity, as fascism is knocking on the door.
"We find a highly connected network core of ∼275 directors...We find a large political premium for directors in very large companies."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Lasse Folke Henriksen, Jacob Aagard Lunding, Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Anton Grau Larsen, "The Hardcore Brokers: Core-Periphery Structure and Political Representation in Denmark’s Corporate Elite Network" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
sociologicalscience.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"We find a highly connected network core of ∼275 directors...We find a large political premium for directors in very large companies."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
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New article in @sfjournal.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and I. Lievore on the effect of edu expansion among parents on children's achievement
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
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Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
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Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands? The withering performance and advantage of their children
Abstract. Extensive research has examined the effect of educational expansion in one cohort on educational inequality and occupational returns in that same
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November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
New article in @sfjournal.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and I. Lievore on the effect of edu expansion among parents on children's achievement
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
1/2
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
1/2
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
"Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences are associated with the emotional support and cognitive stimulation of children."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Stacey and Williams, "The Intergenerational Reach of Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences: Associations with Children’s Emotional Support and Cognitive Stimulation" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences are associated with the emotional support and cognitive stimulation of children."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
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Many thanks to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for her excellent review of our short book
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November 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Many thanks to @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social for her excellent review of our short book
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
Read Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/4hD90rh
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Today, we took part in a symposium at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence on the challenges & opportunities experienced by descendants of immigrants in Italy. We presented recent and ongoing PhD projects from SPS researchers @eui-sps.bsky.social of the EUI @eui-eu.bsky.social, and my work on discrimination.
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Today, we took part in a symposium at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence on the challenges & opportunities experienced by descendants of immigrants in Italy. We presented recent and ongoing PhD projects from SPS researchers @eui-sps.bsky.social of the EUI @eui-eu.bsky.social, and my work on discrimination.
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Reading this article on specializion in scientific fields across countries, in input (left, personnel) and output (right, citation impact). This is NL: highest spec. fields are almost all in the social sciences. Scores are relative to the international distribution. direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Reading this article on specializion in scientific fields across countries, in input (left, personnel) and output (right, citation impact). This is NL: highest spec. fields are almost all in the social sciences. Scores are relative to the international distribution. direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
"Across 110th street" -- Bobby Womack
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Across 110th street" -- Bobby Womack
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
(First line "I was the third brother of five. Doing whatever I had to do to survive." is Marco Santacroce's recent EUI thesis title: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...)
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Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
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I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Associate Professorship in Sociology - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm biased, but this looks like a brilliant job opportunity to me. Join us at the Department of Sociology & Nuffield College. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
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Very good piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on what the Dutch election might mean for Europe www.politico.eu/article/neth...
As the Netherlands moves to the center, Brussels is watching
It seems the Euroskepticism that once dominated the political mood has given way to a quiet mandate for cooperation and reform.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Very good piece by @catherinedevries.bsky.social on what the Dutch election might mean for Europe www.politico.eu/article/neth...
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Are you at the @odissei.bsky.social Conference today? The Portal team released an update, improving centralized search for social science datasets available in various repositories in the Netherlands. The Portal will be showcased at conference, by Ricarda Braukmann of DANS a.o.
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Are you at the @odissei.bsky.social Conference today? The Portal team released an update, improving centralized search for social science datasets available in various repositories in the Netherlands. The Portal will be showcased at conference, by Ricarda Braukmann of DANS a.o.
Come say hi!
Come say hi!
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Met @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social in het @fd.nl over het plan van @simonhix.bsky.social en @catherinedevries.bsky.social over een kiesdrempel fd.nl/opinie/15758...
🎁 Hogere kiesdrempel bemoeilijkt politieke bestuurbaarheid
Een hogere kiesdrempel lijkt een logische reactie op de politieke versnippering, maar zou Nederland juist minder bestuurbaar maken. Kleine partijen fungeren vaak als smeerolie in het systeem, schrijve...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Met @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social in het @fd.nl over het plan van @simonhix.bsky.social en @catherinedevries.bsky.social over een kiesdrempel fd.nl/opinie/15758...
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
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✨ Celebrating excellence in sociology at the Kohli Prize Awards
📍 4 Nov: Kohli award lecture by Prof. Cohen
👉 https://loom.ly/ZO3ovsE
📍 5 Nov: Kohli award ceremony and MWP lecture by Prof. Bearman
👉 https://loom.ly/jf65j-A
📍 6 Nov: MWP masterclass
👉 https://www.eui.eu/events?id=580761
📍 4 Nov: Kohli award lecture by Prof. Cohen
👉 https://loom.ly/ZO3ovsE
📍 5 Nov: Kohli award ceremony and MWP lecture by Prof. Bearman
👉 https://loom.ly/jf65j-A
📍 6 Nov: MWP masterclass
👉 https://www.eui.eu/events?id=580761
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
✨ Celebrating excellence in sociology at the Kohli Prize Awards
📍 4 Nov: Kohli award lecture by Prof. Cohen
👉 https://loom.ly/ZO3ovsE
📍 5 Nov: Kohli award ceremony and MWP lecture by Prof. Bearman
👉 https://loom.ly/jf65j-A
📍 6 Nov: MWP masterclass
👉 https://www.eui.eu/events?id=580761
📍 4 Nov: Kohli award lecture by Prof. Cohen
👉 https://loom.ly/ZO3ovsE
📍 5 Nov: Kohli award ceremony and MWP lecture by Prof. Bearman
👉 https://loom.ly/jf65j-A
📍 6 Nov: MWP masterclass
👉 https://www.eui.eu/events?id=580761
A 3-party coalition would become a possibility.
Simplifying assumption: All 23% voters for small parties vote randomly for one of the 6 big parties
GL / PvdA: 15 + 23/6 = 19%
D66: 13.5 + 23/6 = 17%
CDA: 13 + 23/6 = 17%
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Coalition size = 53% > 50%
Simplifying assumption: All 23% voters for small parties vote randomly for one of the 6 big parties
GL / PvdA: 15 + 23/6 = 19%
D66: 13.5 + 23/6 = 17%
CDA: 13 + 23/6 = 17%
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Coalition size = 53% > 50%
October 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A 3-party coalition would become a possibility.
Simplifying assumption: All 23% voters for small parties vote randomly for one of the 6 big parties
GL / PvdA: 15 + 23/6 = 19%
D66: 13.5 + 23/6 = 17%
CDA: 13 + 23/6 = 17%
---------------------
Coalition size = 53% > 50%
Simplifying assumption: All 23% voters for small parties vote randomly for one of the 6 big parties
GL / PvdA: 15 + 23/6 = 19%
D66: 13.5 + 23/6 = 17%
CDA: 13 + 23/6 = 17%
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Coalition size = 53% > 50%
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When there is a random way to do something, there is a less random way that is better but requires more thought. In this case, regression models that make no sense don't belong in a multiverse analysis. An inferential regression without a causal justification is like an opinion without reasons.
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When there is a random way to do something, there is a less random way that is better but requires more thought. In this case, regression models that make no sense don't belong in a multiverse analysis. An inferential regression without a causal justification is like an opinion without reasons.
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Vrijheid van onderwijs legitimeert discriminatie niet.
Mijn nieuwe post over #artikel23. hermwerf.substack.com/p/vrijheid-v...
Mijn nieuwe post over #artikel23. hermwerf.substack.com/p/vrijheid-v...
Vrijheid van onderwijs legitimeert discriminatie niet
Scholen moeten zich committeren aan de democratische rechtsstaat
hermwerf.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Vrijheid van onderwijs legitimeert discriminatie niet.
Mijn nieuwe post over #artikel23. hermwerf.substack.com/p/vrijheid-v...
Mijn nieuwe post over #artikel23. hermwerf.substack.com/p/vrijheid-v...
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The ENSAE-CREST is hiring a computational sociologist -- Assistant or Associate Professor.
Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
www.css.cnrs.fr
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The ENSAE-CREST is hiring a computational sociologist -- Assistant or Associate Professor.
Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
Date of appointment: September 2026.
Details here : www.css.cnrs.fr/assistant-or...
"We identify a social-influence mechanism that widens individuals’ behavioral repertoires and breaks the link between individuals’ initial preferences and the collective outcomes they jointly bring about."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
NEW: Martin Arvidsson, Peter Hedström, Marc Keuschnigg, "Wide Social Influence and the Emergence of the Unexpected: An Empirical Test Using Spotify Data" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"We identify a social-influence mechanism that widens individuals’ behavioral repertoires and breaks the link between individuals’ initial preferences and the collective outcomes they jointly bring about."
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
This month in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social
You know that you live in Italy when you read this:
"Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you about the Canteen Committee's organization for the current school year. A weekly tasting rotation has been established, with one parent tasting each lunch shift, on a weekly basis."
"Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you about the Canteen Committee's organization for the current school year. A weekly tasting rotation has been established, with one parent tasting each lunch shift, on a weekly basis."
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You know that you live in Italy when you read this:
"Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you about the Canteen Committee's organization for the current school year. A weekly tasting rotation has been established, with one parent tasting each lunch shift, on a weekly basis."
"Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you about the Canteen Committee's organization for the current school year. A weekly tasting rotation has been established, with one parent tasting each lunch shift, on a weekly basis."
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Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Is childhood exposure to local wealth inequality associated with upward income mobility achieved in adulthood? Yes! Check out my new paper, just published in @natureportfolio.nature.com here: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #EconSky #Sociology #Demography