Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at Norwegian Institute of Public Health 🤷🏻♂️
Working on (in)equality, mental health, genetics, public opinion and everything in between 🙇🏻♂️
Loves sourdough, yoga and other millennial coping strategies 🙆🏻♂️
He/him 👨🏻
Working on (in)equality, mental health, genetics, public opinion and everything in between 🙇🏻♂️
Loves sourdough, yoga and other millennial coping strategies 🙆🏻♂️
He/him 👨🏻
There’s a new kid in town!
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...
www.fertstert.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There’s a new kid in town!
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
How much of the intergenerational transmission of SES is due to social factors?
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
Social origins and socioeconomic outcomes: a combined twin and adoption study
Abstract. Parents and children tend to have similar socioeconomic status (SES). Sociological theory has often emphasized the role of social mechanisms in i
academic.oup.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
How much of the intergenerational transmission of SES is due to social factors?
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
Proud of @annanhelgoy.bsky.social, who just won the King's Gold Medal at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social.
I highly recommend reading her wonderful research on the gendered division of (un)paid labor and its political consequences.
I highly recommend reading her wonderful research on the gendered division of (un)paid labor and its political consequences.
Anna Nordnes Helgøy awarded the King's Gold Medal for dissertation on gender division in private and public spheres
- Department of Political Science
– It is a great honour to receive recognition for a doctoral dissertation on gender equality at a time when the American president is actively working against research in this field, says Anna Nordnes...
www.sv.uio.no
June 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Proud of @annanhelgoy.bsky.social, who just won the King's Gold Medal at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social.
I highly recommend reading her wonderful research on the gendered division of (un)paid labor and its political consequences.
I highly recommend reading her wonderful research on the gendered division of (un)paid labor and its political consequences.
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
In Oslo? We still have some seats left for our conference on Social Science and Genetics on the 12-13th June!
More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...
@uio.no
More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...
@uio.no
Genetics and Social Sciences Conference 2025
- Department of Psychology
Genetics and Social Sciences Conference
12–13th June 2025
www.sv.uio.no
May 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In Oslo? We still have some seats left for our conference on Social Science and Genetics on the 12-13th June!
More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...
@uio.no
More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...
@uio.no
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
New preprint out on the link between gratitude and wellbeing: who benefits most and under what circumstances?
Across four studies with 220,314 individuals from 67 countries, we investigated whether individual, contextual, or cultural differences moderated this relationship.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Across four studies with 220,314 individuals from 67 countries, we investigated whether individual, contextual, or cultural differences moderated this relationship.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
April 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
New preprint out on the link between gratitude and wellbeing: who benefits most and under what circumstances?
Across four studies with 220,314 individuals from 67 countries, we investigated whether individual, contextual, or cultural differences moderated this relationship.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Across four studies with 220,314 individuals from 67 countries, we investigated whether individual, contextual, or cultural differences moderated this relationship.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
New pub (w/ @fabriberna.bsky.social) highlighting how family socioeconomic background plays a key role in shaping genetic associations: advantaged families both compensate for and amplify their children’s genetic propensities for education
doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
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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...
April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New pub (w/ @fabriberna.bsky.social) highlighting how family socioeconomic background plays a key role in shaping genetic associations: advantaged families both compensate for and amplify their children’s genetic propensities for education
doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103174
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The times they are A-changin’!
Today marks the end of my time as a postdoc at @uio.no! Enjoyed working on social science genetics with @torkildl.bsky.social!
On to a postdoc at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health to work on inequalities in mental health with @jowoern.bsky.social!
Today marks the end of my time as a postdoc at @uio.no! Enjoyed working on social science genetics with @torkildl.bsky.social!
On to a postdoc at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health to work on inequalities in mental health with @jowoern.bsky.social!
February 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The times they are A-changin’!
Today marks the end of my time as a postdoc at @uio.no! Enjoyed working on social science genetics with @torkildl.bsky.social!
On to a postdoc at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health to work on inequalities in mental health with @jowoern.bsky.social!
Today marks the end of my time as a postdoc at @uio.no! Enjoyed working on social science genetics with @torkildl.bsky.social!
On to a postdoc at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health to work on inequalities in mental health with @jowoern.bsky.social!
New article out by these two fantastic scholars! 👏
They find that the mental load is highly gendered and erodes labour market and political participation.
Give it a read! 🙌
They find that the mental load is highly gendered and erodes labour market and political participation.
Give it a read! 🙌
New article w brilliant @anacweeks.bsky.social on the mental load and effects on public participation out in @bjpols.bsky.social!
Ana summarizes the article nicely in the thread below 👇
Ana summarizes the article nicely in the thread below 👇
How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life?
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
February 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New article out by these two fantastic scholars! 👏
They find that the mental load is highly gendered and erodes labour market and political participation.
Give it a read! 🙌
They find that the mental load is highly gendered and erodes labour market and political participation.
Give it a read! 🙌
Happy to see my new paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social!
Does politicizing redistribution increase support for equality? 🤔
@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social investigates—and finds no direct link. But greater party polarization? That deepens ideological divides over equality.
Food for thought to start the new week 👇
@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social investigates—and finds no direct link. But greater party polarization? That deepens ideological divides over equality.
Food for thought to start the new week 👇
The impact of issue politicization around redistribution on support for equality and its ideological divides
This paper investigates whether there is a link between issue politicization around redistribution and public support for equality. Specifically, the study uses three dimensions of politicization (...
www.tandfonline.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Happy to see my new paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social!
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
If you are in Norway: Hosting a seminar on changing cognition - over time and over the lifespan. Feb 13th at 17.00 downtown Oslo. @olerogeberg.bsky.social @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @PabloFGarrido @UiO_Lifesci www.uio.no/om/aktuelt/u...
Kognisjon i endring: Kognitive evner over tid og gjennom livet
- Universitetet i Oslo
Mens unge skåret høyere og høyere på kognitive tester i årene etter andre verdenskrig, har dette nå snudd. Hvilke konsekvenser vil dette kunne ha?
www.uio.no
January 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you are in Norway: Hosting a seminar on changing cognition - over time and over the lifespan. Feb 13th at 17.00 downtown Oslo. @olerogeberg.bsky.social @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @PabloFGarrido @UiO_Lifesci www.uio.no/om/aktuelt/u...
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
My firstborn PhD paper is out 🎉 with @rosacheesman.bsky.social @torkildl.bsky.social and Ole Andreassen.
Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔
Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔
January 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My firstborn PhD paper is out 🎉 with @rosacheesman.bsky.social @torkildl.bsky.social and Ole Andreassen.
Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔
Higher genetic dispositions for EA and sociodemographic factors decrease the risk of partnership dissolution, while dispositions for internalizing symptoms and risk behavior increase the risk 💔
Wrote a poem for my favorite train company, @deutsche-bahn.bsky.social ❤️
December 8, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Wrote a poem for my favorite train company, @deutsche-bahn.bsky.social ❤️
New article in Journal of Social Policy with the amazing @annanhelgoy.bsky.social.
We ask: What explains preferences for different types of family policy?
We find: Justice perceptions on the division of physical, but not mental, household labour do!
We ask: What explains preferences for different types of family policy?
We find: Justice perceptions on the division of physical, but not mental, household labour do!
The formation of family policy attitudes: the role of justice perceptions in the division of household labour | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core
The formation of family policy attitudes: the role of justice perceptions in the division of household labour
www.cambridge.org
November 29, 2024 at 9:57 AM
New article in Journal of Social Policy with the amazing @annanhelgoy.bsky.social.
We ask: What explains preferences for different types of family policy?
We find: Justice perceptions on the division of physical, but not mental, household labour do!
We ask: What explains preferences for different types of family policy?
We find: Justice perceptions on the division of physical, but not mental, household labour do!
There is a new study showing that women are substantially underrepresented in tenured positions (with country and field variation).
At the same time we know that women do more academic service work and take up a disproportional amount of household labour.
So higher burdens, less reward
👎👎👎👎
At the same time we know that women do more academic service work and take up a disproportional amount of household labour.
So higher burdens, less reward
👎👎👎👎
NEW: Mana Nakagawa, Christine Min Wotipka, Elizabeth Buckner, "Opportunities for Faculty Tenure at Globally Ranked Universities: Cross-National Differences by Gender, Fields, and Tenure Status"
sociologicalscience.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:48 PM
There is a new study showing that women are substantially underrepresented in tenured positions (with country and field variation).
At the same time we know that women do more academic service work and take up a disproportional amount of household labour.
So higher burdens, less reward
👎👎👎👎
At the same time we know that women do more academic service work and take up a disproportional amount of household labour.
So higher burdens, less reward
👎👎👎👎
An acceptance feels extra nice when co-authored with your partner and best friend!
Stay tuned for our paper on formative experiences and perceptions of system abuse, soon in EJPR!
This is a new level of assortative mating/friendship. @annanhelgoy.bsky.social @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social
Stay tuned for our paper on formative experiences and perceptions of system abuse, soon in EJPR!
This is a new level of assortative mating/friendship. @annanhelgoy.bsky.social @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social
February 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
An acceptance feels extra nice when co-authored with your partner and best friend!
Stay tuned for our paper on formative experiences and perceptions of system abuse, soon in EJPR!
This is a new level of assortative mating/friendship. @annanhelgoy.bsky.social @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social
Stay tuned for our paper on formative experiences and perceptions of system abuse, soon in EJPR!
This is a new level of assortative mating/friendship. @annanhelgoy.bsky.social @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
Super excited to see my first PhD paper published! It looks into the welfare attitudes of part-time workers, and finds that through their experience of financial partner dependency, they prefer optional familialism in family policy. It’s open access! Here:
academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...
academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...
February 7, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Super excited to see my first PhD paper published! It looks into the welfare attitudes of part-time workers, and finds that through their experience of financial partner dependency, they prefer optional familialism in family policy. It’s open access! Here:
academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...
academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
1/ Curious about the influence of public services on political distrust and populist support? Check out our latest article in Public Management Review featuring @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social and @staffankumlin.bsky.social , all from UiOslo
doi.org/10.1080/1471...
plsky polisky policysky
doi.org/10.1080/1471...
plsky polisky policysky
January 24, 2024 at 8:19 PM
1/ Curious about the influence of public services on political distrust and populist support? Check out our latest article in Public Management Review featuring @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social and @staffankumlin.bsky.social , all from UiOslo
doi.org/10.1080/1471...
plsky polisky policysky
doi.org/10.1080/1471...
plsky polisky policysky
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
🚨JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (f/m/x) / ID 242
The research units Skill Formation and Labor Markets (Director: Professor Heike Solga) and Health and Inequality (Head: Professor Jan Paul Heisig) at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) are...
bit.ly
January 11, 2024 at 10:16 AM
🚨JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
Two weeks left to apply! Organized with @rutheva.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social, Torkild Lyngstad and Karri Silventoinen. We will have presentations by Gregory Clark, Evelina Akimova and @fctropf.bsky.social! So apply to join this exciting group in Oslo. Accommodation and food are covered!
We are hosting a workshop on how genetics can help to understand social structures, especially in interaction with environments! Apply before the end of the year if you want to join us in beautiful Oslo!
Call for Papers: Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures" | Reimagining Norden in a...
Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures: Genetic influences across time, groups, and societies", University of Oslo, 29 February-1 March 2024.
www.helsinki.fi
December 18, 2023 at 6:50 AM
Two weeks left to apply! Organized with @rutheva.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social, Torkild Lyngstad and Karri Silventoinen. We will have presentations by Gregory Clark, Evelina Akimova and @fctropf.bsky.social! So apply to join this exciting group in Oslo. Accommodation and food are covered!
We are hosting a workshop on how genetics can help to understand social structures, especially in interaction with environments! Apply before the end of the year if you want to join us in beautiful Oslo!
Call for Papers: Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures" | Reimagining Norden in a...
Workshop "Using genetics to understand social structures: Genetic influences across time, groups, and societies", University of Oslo, 29 February-1 March 2024.
www.helsinki.fi
November 28, 2023 at 10:37 AM
We are hosting a workshop on how genetics can help to understand social structures, especially in interaction with environments! Apply before the end of the year if you want to join us in beautiful Oslo!
I am visiting in spring and I am very excited about it! It’s is a great opportunity, so apply for next autumn!
Come to visit us and let us pay the bill!
💎 Would you like to visit our flagship to collaborate with our researchers? 💎
INVEST Fellowship Programme Autumn Call is open! Read more and apply by 7 December 👇
#AcademicSky #Sociology #Demography #Psychology
invest.utu.fi/fellowships/
INVEST Fellowship Programme Autumn Call is open! Read more and apply by 7 December 👇
#AcademicSky #Sociology #Demography #Psychology
invest.utu.fi/fellowships/
November 17, 2023 at 5:59 AM
I am visiting in spring and I am very excited about it! It’s is a great opportunity, so apply for next autumn!
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
Our working paper ”Genes and Equality of Opportunity: Lessons from a highly egalitarian country” now available in SocArXiv. Joint work with @tibaier.bsky.social and Hannu Lehti that has been cooking for a very long time… #sociology #demography @invest-flagship.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io
October 27, 2023 at 2:26 PM
Our working paper ”Genes and Equality of Opportunity: Lessons from a highly egalitarian country” now available in SocArXiv. Joint work with @tibaier.bsky.social and Hannu Lehti that has been cooking for a very long time… #sociology #demography @invest-flagship.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so...
Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so.
Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts!
Out now in Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts!
Out now in Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 18, 2023 at 11:54 AM
Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so.
Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts!
Out now in Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts!
Out now in Scientific Reports!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Arno Van Hootegem 🌱
Are you an early career researcher working on social policy and/or social work related issues within #sociology? Apply for the Jos Berghman welfare studies stipend and come join our team at KU Leuven in Belgium for a three month research stay. All details here 👉 www.spsw.be
October 11, 2023 at 3:26 PM
Are you an early career researcher working on social policy and/or social work related issues within #sociology? Apply for the Jos Berghman welfare studies stipend and come join our team at KU Leuven in Belgium for a three month research stay. All details here 👉 www.spsw.be