Christian König
@ckoenig.bsky.social
Postdoc @WZB Berlin | #firstgen | Research on environmental inequalities, residential sorting/segregation, and health | spatial data and bicycle aficionado
https://wzb.eu/en/persons/christian-konig
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Christian König
@ckoenig.bsky.social
· Feb 21
Neighbourhood structure and environmental quality: A fine-grained analysis of spatial inequalities in urban Germany - Christian König, 2024
Urban environments are characterised by sparsity of space, elevated levels of air pollution and limited exposure to natural environments. Yet, residential envir...
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Happy to share that my paper on neighborhood environmental inequalities in Germany is now published in Urban Studies.
Key finding: foreign minorities are exposed to less green space 🌳 but more industrial air pollution 🏭 around their homes.
Link (#OpenAccess): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Key finding: foreign minorities are exposed to less green space 🌳 but more industrial air pollution 🏭 around their homes.
Link (#OpenAccess): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Excited and grateful to launch my ERC project #SOCIO-CLIMP 🌍🌤️
The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑🤝🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.
The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑🤝🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.
📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!
Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!
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#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!
➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh
#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope
September 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Excited and grateful to launch my ERC project #SOCIO-CLIMP 🌍🌤️
The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑🤝🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.
The project explores how #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalHazards unequally affect different socio-demographic groups 🧑🤝🧑 across Europe — combining spatial climate data with demographic detail to uncover patterns of #ClimateInjustice.
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Less than a week to apply for this POSTDOC on climate migration with network models! In the sunniest and most joyful places in Europe!
Networks, Migration, Climate, and lots of exciting Statistical Models: Come work with on a potpourri of these topics as a POSTDOC in a joint project between TOULOUSE and ZURICH: it'll be even more exciting than it sounds: tinyurl.com/climatenetmig
UZH: Postdoctoral research position - modeling migration networks and the impact of climate change
The Department of Sociology at the University of Zurich, established in 1966, is one of the leading institutes in Europe known for its excellent theory-driven empirical research with a strong focus on...
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August 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Less than a week to apply for this POSTDOC on climate migration with network models! In the sunniest and most joyful places in Europe!
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Want to work with us? stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/8...
Postdoctoral Position in Computational Social Science
Deadline: 15.03.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
March 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Want to work with us? stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/8...
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New in Social Forces: Breathing Unequal Air😷
Our study shows that immigrant minorities in England & Germany face higher air pollution exposure🏭—and moving doesn’t help🚶. In England, disparities are 3x larger than in Germany
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
#EnvironmentalJustice #Inequality #AirPollution
Our study shows that immigrant minorities in England & Germany face higher air pollution exposure🏭—and moving doesn’t help🚶. In England, disparities are 3x larger than in Germany
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
#EnvironmentalJustice #Inequality #AirPollution
March 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New in Social Forces: Breathing Unequal Air😷
Our study shows that immigrant minorities in England & Germany face higher air pollution exposure🏭—and moving doesn’t help🚶. In England, disparities are 3x larger than in Germany
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
#EnvironmentalJustice #Inequality #AirPollution
Our study shows that immigrant minorities in England & Germany face higher air pollution exposure🏭—and moving doesn’t help🚶. In England, disparities are 3x larger than in Germany
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
#EnvironmentalJustice #Inequality #AirPollution
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Zunehmend ungleiche Mietkostenbelastung
www.bib.bund.de/Publikation/...
• Mietkostenbelastung insbesondere für Personen mit Niedrigeinkommen angestiegen
• Ungleichheit der Mietkostenbelastung bei Zugewanderten stärker angestiegen
• Realeinkommensverluste bei Personen mit Niedrigeinkommen
www.bib.bund.de/Publikation/...
• Mietkostenbelastung insbesondere für Personen mit Niedrigeinkommen angestiegen
• Ungleichheit der Mietkostenbelastung bei Zugewanderten stärker angestiegen
• Realeinkommensverluste bei Personen mit Niedrigeinkommen
February 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Zunehmend ungleiche Mietkostenbelastung
www.bib.bund.de/Publikation/...
• Mietkostenbelastung insbesondere für Personen mit Niedrigeinkommen angestiegen
• Ungleichheit der Mietkostenbelastung bei Zugewanderten stärker angestiegen
• Realeinkommensverluste bei Personen mit Niedrigeinkommen
www.bib.bund.de/Publikation/...
• Mietkostenbelastung insbesondere für Personen mit Niedrigeinkommen angestiegen
• Ungleichheit der Mietkostenbelastung bei Zugewanderten stärker angestiegen
• Realeinkommensverluste bei Personen mit Niedrigeinkommen
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📣To all PhD students in environmental econ: apply to our (free!) E4C summer school on "Environmental Data Collection and Analysis for the Social Sciences" co-organized by @crestumr.bsky.social
When? 2-6 June 2025
Where? Palaiseau near Paris
Info: www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/e4c-...
Apply by 25 Apr!
When? 2-6 June 2025
Where? Palaiseau near Paris
Info: www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/e4c-...
Apply by 25 Apr!
E4C - Summer School 2025
Environmental data collection and analysis for the social sciences
www.ip-paris.fr
February 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📣To all PhD students in environmental econ: apply to our (free!) E4C summer school on "Environmental Data Collection and Analysis for the Social Sciences" co-organized by @crestumr.bsky.social
When? 2-6 June 2025
Where? Palaiseau near Paris
Info: www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/e4c-...
Apply by 25 Apr!
When? 2-6 June 2025
Where? Palaiseau near Paris
Info: www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/e4c-...
Apply by 25 Apr!
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🚨Job alert 🚨
I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸
The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Deadline is Feb 28!
I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸
The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Deadline is Feb 28!
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
January 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🚨Job alert 🚨
I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸
The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Deadline is Feb 28!
I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸
The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Deadline is Feb 28!
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🚨 Applications are still open for the rest of the week 🚨
(full review begins Monday, Jan 20)
(full review begins Monday, Jan 20)
Sociologists working on inequality:
Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)
EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)
EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...
Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
January 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨 Applications are still open for the rest of the week 🚨
(full review begins Monday, Jan 20)
(full review begins Monday, Jan 20)
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ECSR network workshop on
Geography of educational inequalities
at UNED Madrid
9/10th of April
Interested in attending the workshop?
Come along! Just send an email to Manuel Valdés (mvaldes@poli.uned.es) or Ilaria Lievore (ilievore@poli.uned.es) to register
Program and great line-up ⬇️
Geography of educational inequalities
at UNED Madrid
9/10th of April
Interested in attending the workshop?
Come along! Just send an email to Manuel Valdés (mvaldes@poli.uned.es) or Ilaria Lievore (ilievore@poli.uned.es) to register
Program and great line-up ⬇️
March 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM
ECSR network workshop on
Geography of educational inequalities
at UNED Madrid
9/10th of April
Interested in attending the workshop?
Come along! Just send an email to Manuel Valdés (mvaldes@poli.uned.es) or Ilaria Lievore (ilievore@poli.uned.es) to register
Program and great line-up ⬇️
Geography of educational inequalities
at UNED Madrid
9/10th of April
Interested in attending the workshop?
Come along! Just send an email to Manuel Valdés (mvaldes@poli.uned.es) or Ilaria Lievore (ilievore@poli.uned.es) to register
Program and great line-up ⬇️
Happy to share that my paper on neighborhood environmental inequalities in Germany is now published in Urban Studies.
Key finding: foreign minorities are exposed to less green space 🌳 but more industrial air pollution 🏭 around their homes.
Link (#OpenAccess): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Key finding: foreign minorities are exposed to less green space 🌳 but more industrial air pollution 🏭 around their homes.
Link (#OpenAccess): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Neighbourhood structure and environmental quality: A fine-grained analysis of spatial inequalities in urban Germany - Christian König, 2024
Urban environments are characterised by sparsity of space, elevated levels of air pollution and limited exposure to natural environments. Yet, residential envir...
journals.sagepub.com
February 21, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Happy to share that my paper on neighborhood environmental inequalities in Germany is now published in Urban Studies.
Key finding: foreign minorities are exposed to less green space 🌳 but more industrial air pollution 🏭 around their homes.
Link (#OpenAccess): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Key finding: foreign minorities are exposed to less green space 🌳 but more industrial air pollution 🏭 around their homes.
Link (#OpenAccess): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Christian König
Now open: Registration for the #InequalityConf 2024! Come to beautiful Lake Constance to gain insights into the latest state of #inequality research, expand your network and listen to exciting keynote speeches. Register here: inequality-conference.de #EXCInequality
In_equality Conference 2024
The "Politics of Inequality” research center invites interdisciplinary & international researchers to Konstanz, Germany, for the In_equality Conference, 10-12 April 2024.
inequality-conference.de
January 31, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Now open: Registration for the #InequalityConf 2024! Come to beautiful Lake Constance to gain insights into the latest state of #inequality research, expand your network and listen to exciting keynote speeches. Register here: inequality-conference.de #EXCInequality
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🚨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...
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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.
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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!
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New study by @conteristo.bsky.social on Italian Schools reveals improving air quality trends (35% since 2002). Middle socioeconomic status areas exhibit highest PM2.5 exposure, persisting despite overall improvement, posing #health risks to children.
Link: 👇
genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Link: 👇
genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
December 18, 2023 at 9:31 AM
New study by @conteristo.bsky.social on Italian Schools reveals improving air quality trends (35% since 2002). Middle socioeconomic status areas exhibit highest PM2.5 exposure, persisting despite overall improvement, posing #health risks to children.
Link: 👇
genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Link: 👇
genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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Welche Folgen hat das BVerfG Urteils für die deutsche Klimapolitik, und was könnten sinnvolle nächste Schritte sein?
Der Umgang der BuRe und die breiteren Folgen sind noch schwer absehbar, aber ich sehe drei (potentielle) Probleme und eine Chance:
Der Umgang der BuRe und die breiteren Folgen sind noch schwer absehbar, aber ich sehe drei (potentielle) Probleme und eine Chance:
November 24, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Welche Folgen hat das BVerfG Urteils für die deutsche Klimapolitik, und was könnten sinnvolle nächste Schritte sein?
Der Umgang der BuRe und die breiteren Folgen sind noch schwer absehbar, aber ich sehe drei (potentielle) Probleme und eine Chance:
Der Umgang der BuRe und die breiteren Folgen sind noch schwer absehbar, aber ich sehe drei (potentielle) Probleme und eine Chance:
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New paper on the Social Impact of #ExtremeWeather🌪️ in @europeansocieties.bsky.social 🙌
It unpacks the link between extreme weather events, climate beliefs, and behaviour. Spoiler alert: belief shifts happen, but actions? 🤔
Check out OA: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
It unpacks the link between extreme weather events, climate beliefs, and behaviour. Spoiler alert: belief shifts happen, but actions? 🤔
Check out OA: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
November 9, 2023 at 11:23 AM
New paper on the Social Impact of #ExtremeWeather🌪️ in @europeansocieties.bsky.social 🙌
It unpacks the link between extreme weather events, climate beliefs, and behaviour. Spoiler alert: belief shifts happen, but actions? 🤔
Check out OA: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
It unpacks the link between extreme weather events, climate beliefs, and behaviour. Spoiler alert: belief shifts happen, but actions? 🤔
Check out OA: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
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If you have always wanted to do a postdoc at a fancy university in the US with a decent-looking salary AND you want to work with one of my favorite sociologists on a super exciting topic AND you are good at quants stuff THIS might be the job for you:
careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...
careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...
October 13, 2023 at 9:03 AM
If you have always wanted to do a postdoc at a fancy university in the US with a decent-looking salary AND you want to work with one of my favorite sociologists on a super exciting topic AND you are good at quants stuff THIS might be the job for you:
careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...
careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...
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Great news from Prof Melinda Mills’ Uni Groningen/Oxford team of the MapIneq project I am running: announcing #MapineqLink Phase 2 – Environmental geospatial database module.
🔗 mapineq.eu/mapineqlink_...
#sociology #demography #economics
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🔗 mapineq.eu/mapineqlink_...
#sociology #demography #economics
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September 28, 2023 at 4:38 PM
Great news from Prof Melinda Mills’ Uni Groningen/Oxford team of the MapIneq project I am running: announcing #MapineqLink Phase 2 – Environmental geospatial database module.
🔗 mapineq.eu/mapineqlink_...
#sociology #demography #economics
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🔗 mapineq.eu/mapineqlink_...
#sociology #demography #economics
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