Edvin Syk
@edvinsyk.bsky.social
Postdoc in sociology at SOFI (@sofi.su.se, Stockholm university). Interested in jobs, quality and inequality. #rstats https://edvinsyk.github.io/
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Reminder that all three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use (and the fourth will be, too)
All three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use:
- #Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd ed (aka BDA3) at stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/book/
- #Regression and Other Stories at avehtari.github.io/ROS-Examples/
- Active Statistics at avehtari.github.io/ActiveStatis...
- #Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd ed (aka BDA3) at stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/book/
- #Regression and Other Stories at avehtari.github.io/ROS-Examples/
- Active Statistics at avehtari.github.io/ActiveStatis...
August 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Reminder that all three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use (and the fourth will be, too)
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Amanda Almstedt Valldor is right this minute defending her dissertation in Lecture Hall 3 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social.
Wishing her the best of luck!
#DissertationDefense #PhD #SOFI #Sociology
Wishing her the best of luck!
#DissertationDefense #PhD #SOFI #Sociology
April 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Amanda Almstedt Valldor is right this minute defending her dissertation in Lecture Hall 3 at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social.
Wishing her the best of luck!
#DissertationDefense #PhD #SOFI #Sociology
Wishing her the best of luck!
#DissertationDefense #PhD #SOFI #Sociology
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This spring, several PhD candidates at SOFI will defend their dissertations.
- @edvinsyk.bsky.social – April 4
- Amanda Almstedt Valldor – April 25
- Xiaojie Xu – May 2
- Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch – May 28
- Tünde Lénárd – May 30
- @allisongeerts.bsky.social – June 12
Best of luck to all candidates!
- @edvinsyk.bsky.social – April 4
- Amanda Almstedt Valldor – April 25
- Xiaojie Xu – May 2
- Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch – May 28
- Tünde Lénárd – May 30
- @allisongeerts.bsky.social – June 12
Best of luck to all candidates!
March 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This spring, several PhD candidates at SOFI will defend their dissertations.
- @edvinsyk.bsky.social – April 4
- Amanda Almstedt Valldor – April 25
- Xiaojie Xu – May 2
- Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch – May 28
- Tünde Lénárd – May 30
- @allisongeerts.bsky.social – June 12
Best of luck to all candidates!
- @edvinsyk.bsky.social – April 4
- Amanda Almstedt Valldor – April 25
- Xiaojie Xu – May 2
- Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch – May 28
- Tünde Lénárd – May 30
- @allisongeerts.bsky.social – June 12
Best of luck to all candidates!
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Congratulations @roujman.bsky.social, PhD in Sociology, who has been appointed Associate Professor at SOFI! Roujman Shahbazian began his doctoral studies here in 2013 and has been an active researcher at the institute ever since.
February 18, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Congratulations @roujman.bsky.social, PhD in Sociology, who has been appointed Associate Professor at SOFI! Roujman Shahbazian began his doctoral studies here in 2013 and has been an active researcher at the institute ever since.
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Field of study, political attitudes, and support for the radical right in Sweden and Europe
Very interesting paper by Amanda Valldor, sociologist at SOFI
at Stockholm Uni
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very interesting paper by Amanda Valldor, sociologist at SOFI
at Stockholm Uni
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Field of study, political attitudes, and support for the radical right in Sweden and Europe
This study uses three different surveys to investigate the links between various educational fields, radical right support, and political opinions. Lo…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 22, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Field of study, political attitudes, and support for the radical right in Sweden and Europe
Very interesting paper by Amanda Valldor, sociologist at SOFI
at Stockholm Uni
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very interesting paper by Amanda Valldor, sociologist at SOFI
at Stockholm Uni
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Do we understand the social processes we think we do, particularly for the vulnerable groups? Paper out now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#computationalsocialscience #machinelearning #sociology #lifecourse
#computationalsocialscience #machinelearning #sociology #lifecourse
October 17, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Do we understand the social processes we think we do, particularly for the vulnerable groups? Paper out now: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#computationalsocialscience #machinelearning #sociology #lifecourse
#computationalsocialscience #machinelearning #sociology #lifecourse
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Occupational Earning Potential: A new measure of social hierarchy applied to Europe https://share.osf.io/preprint/E024F-FE9-A87 Social stratification is interested in unequal life chances and assumes the existence of a hierarchy of more or less advantageous occupations. Yet occupations a #sociology
October 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Occupational Earning Potential: A new measure of social hierarchy applied to Europe https://share.osf.io/preprint/E024F-FE9-A87 Social stratification is interested in unequal life chances and assumes the existence of a hierarchy of more or less advantageous occupations. Yet occupations a #sociology
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If you're around Barcelona next week, come by the methods section on Saturday at the ECSR meeting and learn more about this really cool (shameless self promo) new measure of R-squared in multilevel models 👇
❗New methods paper out on OSF ❗
A new R-squared for multilevel models 👀👀
Resolves a long-standing R-squared oddity identified by Snijders/Bosker 30 years ago!
with the amazing Anders Holm
#sociology #erc
Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
A new R-squared for multilevel models 👀👀
Resolves a long-standing R-squared oddity identified by Snijders/Bosker 30 years ago!
with the amazing Anders Holm
#sociology #erc
Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
September 6, 2024 at 1:59 PM
If you're around Barcelona next week, come by the methods section on Saturday at the ECSR meeting and learn more about this really cool (shameless self promo) new measure of R-squared in multilevel models 👇
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Submitting almost two hours before grant DL… what’s wrong with me, not taking it to the max?? All the hunger, momentum & ambition gone?
August 29, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Submitting almost two hours before grant DL… what’s wrong with me, not taking it to the max?? All the hunger, momentum & ambition gone?
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🪧 social scientists!
Who would like to visit Centre LIVES @unil.bsky.social or #UNIGE in 2025? 🇨🇭📈🏔️
Travel and accommodation grants of up to CHF 3,000 are available for research stays of at least 2 months ➡️ see 🔗 for details and apply by 15th November 2024
www.centre-lives.ch/en/appel/liv...
Who would like to visit Centre LIVES @unil.bsky.social or #UNIGE in 2025? 🇨🇭📈🏔️
Travel and accommodation grants of up to CHF 3,000 are available for research stays of at least 2 months ➡️ see 🔗 for details and apply by 15th November 2024
www.centre-lives.ch/en/appel/liv...
LIVES Visitor grants 2025 | LIVES Center
www.centre-lives.ch
August 23, 2024 at 10:14 AM
🪧 social scientists!
Who would like to visit Centre LIVES @unil.bsky.social or #UNIGE in 2025? 🇨🇭📈🏔️
Travel and accommodation grants of up to CHF 3,000 are available for research stays of at least 2 months ➡️ see 🔗 for details and apply by 15th November 2024
www.centre-lives.ch/en/appel/liv...
Who would like to visit Centre LIVES @unil.bsky.social or #UNIGE in 2025? 🇨🇭📈🏔️
Travel and accommodation grants of up to CHF 3,000 are available for research stays of at least 2 months ➡️ see 🔗 for details and apply by 15th November 2024
www.centre-lives.ch/en/appel/liv...
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Here are a few lists of sociologists in no particular order. Slant towards German and quantitative sociologists. #socsky
go.bsky.app/Kr3Rj1D
go.bsky.app/EAwwzdk
go.bsky.app/EAwwzdk
go.bsky.app/Ugw67cP
go.bsky.app/9WAVGNd
go.bsky.app/4aZkRmJ
go.bsky.app/81Hby5t
go.bsky.app/Kr3Rj1D
go.bsky.app/EAwwzdk
go.bsky.app/EAwwzdk
go.bsky.app/Ugw67cP
go.bsky.app/9WAVGNd
go.bsky.app/4aZkRmJ
go.bsky.app/81Hby5t
August 25, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Here are a few lists of sociologists in no particular order. Slant towards German and quantitative sociologists. #socsky
go.bsky.app/Kr3Rj1D
go.bsky.app/EAwwzdk
go.bsky.app/EAwwzdk
go.bsky.app/Ugw67cP
go.bsky.app/9WAVGNd
go.bsky.app/4aZkRmJ
go.bsky.app/81Hby5t
go.bsky.app/Kr3Rj1D
go.bsky.app/EAwwzdk
go.bsky.app/EAwwzdk
go.bsky.app/Ugw67cP
go.bsky.app/9WAVGNd
go.bsky.app/4aZkRmJ
go.bsky.app/81Hby5t
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i'm on the lookout for ethnographies or general sociological work studying statistics as a field and how it relates to other academic disciplines. pointers appreciated! #statistics
June 9, 2024 at 7:42 PM
i'm on the lookout for ethnographies or general sociological work studying statistics as a field and how it relates to other academic disciplines. pointers appreciated! #statistics
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Has someone checked in on the "death of class" debate lately? Is the death of class dead?
April 11, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Has someone checked in on the "death of class" debate lately? Is the death of class dead?
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Social stratification:
Is the probability of intergenerational occupational inheritance - i.e., *micro-occ. to micro-occ.* - the same along parental occupational ranking/hierarchy? I assume not, or "it's complicated", but any reference in this direction would be appreciated!
Is the probability of intergenerational occupational inheritance - i.e., *micro-occ. to micro-occ.* - the same along parental occupational ranking/hierarchy? I assume not, or "it's complicated", but any reference in this direction would be appreciated!
February 1, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Social stratification:
Is the probability of intergenerational occupational inheritance - i.e., *micro-occ. to micro-occ.* - the same along parental occupational ranking/hierarchy? I assume not, or "it's complicated", but any reference in this direction would be appreciated!
Is the probability of intergenerational occupational inheritance - i.e., *micro-occ. to micro-occ.* - the same along parental occupational ranking/hierarchy? I assume not, or "it's complicated", but any reference in this direction would be appreciated!
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🤔 How should we view class/occupational maturity?
a) Does it happen after a certain age?
b) Or is it an ongoing stabilization process; not a fixed state?
These questions are explored in a new study w. Bihagen & Kjellsson. Read 🧵 or the article 👇
scholar.google.com/citations?vi...
January 17, 2024 at 10:03 AM
🤔 How should we view class/occupational maturity?
a) Does it happen after a certain age?
b) Or is it an ongoing stabilization process; not a fixed state?
These questions are explored in a new study w. Bihagen & Kjellsson. Read 🧵 or the article 👇
scholar.google.com/citations?vi...
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Yihui Xie, who authored or co-authored many widely used R packages including rmarkdown, shiny, knitr, and bookdown, has been laid off by Rstudio/Posit. (His blog post describes the separation as amicable.) He's looking for work, someone is going to be very lucky to get him yihui.org/en/2024/01/b...
Bye, RStudio/Posit! - Yihui Xie | 谢益辉
Who is down? Me. After more than 10 years at RStudio/Posit, the time has come for me to explore other opportunities. A little over two weeks ago, I was told that I was laid off and my last day would &...
yihui.org
January 5, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Yihui Xie, who authored or co-authored many widely used R packages including rmarkdown, shiny, knitr, and bookdown, has been laid off by Rstudio/Posit. (His blog post describes the separation as amicable.) He's looking for work, someone is going to be very lucky to get him yihui.org/en/2024/01/b...
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Updating my syllabus again! Please suggest some good readings on 1) value change/postmaterialism and 2) the supposed decline of social capital
December 26, 2023 at 12:47 PM
Updating my syllabus again! Please suggest some good readings on 1) value change/postmaterialism and 2) the supposed decline of social capital
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Really happy that my article with Jakob Molinder, “Incomes and income inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from micro data” has been published in Explorations in Economic History! Using a new sample of about 38,000, we provide new evidence and perspectives on the importance of jobs..
December 15, 2023 at 7:10 AM
Really happy that my article with Jakob Molinder, “Incomes and income inequality in Stockholm, 1870–1970: Evidence from micro data” has been published in Explorations in Economic History! Using a new sample of about 38,000, we provide new evidence and perspectives on the importance of jobs..
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Help needed:
Are there any studies that have examined what one unit on the ISEI scale amounts to in terms of income?
#sociology
Are there any studies that have examined what one unit on the ISEI scale amounts to in terms of income?
#sociology
October 26, 2023 at 9:23 AM
Help needed:
Are there any studies that have examined what one unit on the ISEI scale amounts to in terms of income?
#sociology
Are there any studies that have examined what one unit on the ISEI scale amounts to in terms of income?
#sociology
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“ALL THEORY WORTH READING ARISES FROM REFLECTION ABOUT DATA. Write this phrase on your computer. Paste it on the bathroom mirror. Mention it softly while making love. ‘All theory worth reading arises from reflection about data.’”
– Andy Abbott ❤️
#sociology #sts #philsci #philsky #theorizing
– Andy Abbott ❤️
#sociology #sts #philsci #philsky #theorizing
August 15, 2023 at 3:36 PM
“ALL THEORY WORTH READING ARISES FROM REFLECTION ABOUT DATA. Write this phrase on your computer. Paste it on the bathroom mirror. Mention it softly while making love. ‘All theory worth reading arises from reflection about data.’”
– Andy Abbott ❤️
#sociology #sts #philsci #philsky #theorizing
– Andy Abbott ❤️
#sociology #sts #philsci #philsky #theorizing
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There wasn't a sociology feed so I went ahead and made it 😊
Subscribe here: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jzuirp2oahpmr7keujggosnm/feed/aaamchzapws5y
To add your posts to the feed, simply tag them with #sociology
For an FAQ on feeds, see: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/7-27-2023-custom-feeds
Subscribe here: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jzuirp2oahpmr7keujggosnm/feed/aaamchzapws5y
To add your posts to the feed, simply tag them with #sociology
For an FAQ on feeds, see: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/7-27-2023-custom-feeds
August 4, 2023 at 8:00 PM
There wasn't a sociology feed so I went ahead and made it 😊
Subscribe here: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jzuirp2oahpmr7keujggosnm/feed/aaamchzapws5y
To add your posts to the feed, simply tag them with #sociology
For an FAQ on feeds, see: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/7-27-2023-custom-feeds
Subscribe here: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jzuirp2oahpmr7keujggosnm/feed/aaamchzapws5y
To add your posts to the feed, simply tag them with #sociology
For an FAQ on feeds, see: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/7-27-2023-custom-feeds
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I make books and online lectures about how to do science instead of statistics - most recent lecture series (2023): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDcUM9US4XdPz-KxHM4XHt7uUVGWWVSus - trailer: https://youtu.be/BYUykHScxj8
Statistical Rethinking 2022 - Theatrical Trailer
Montage of animations from the 2022 lectures. Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDcUM9US4XdMROZ57-OIRtIK0aOynbgZN
youtu.be
July 30, 2023 at 3:56 PM
I make books and online lectures about how to do science instead of statistics - most recent lecture series (2023): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDcUM9US4XdPz-KxHM4XHt7uUVGWWVSus - trailer: https://youtu.be/BYUykHScxj8
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Here it is! The ultimate practical guide to Bayesian & frequentist conjoint data analysis w/ #rstats and {brms} and {marginaleffects}, including how to distinguish between marginal effects & means + work with subgroups! https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2023/07/25/conjoint-bayesian-frequentist-guide/
July 25, 2023 at 11:04 PM
Here it is! The ultimate practical guide to Bayesian & frequentist conjoint data analysis w/ #rstats and {brms} and {marginaleffects}, including how to distinguish between marginal effects & means + work with subgroups! https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2023/07/25/conjoint-bayesian-frequentist-guide/
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I made a feed for statistics on BlueSky.
Just add #stats to your post for it to appear on the feed!
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4wwhwq5yy6btl4omycw66gfd/feed/aaaizix3x5clu
Just add #stats to your post for it to appear on the feed!
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4wwhwq5yy6btl4omycw66gfd/feed/aaaizix3x5clu
July 25, 2023 at 11:23 AM
I made a feed for statistics on BlueSky.
Just add #stats to your post for it to appear on the feed!
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4wwhwq5yy6btl4omycw66gfd/feed/aaaizix3x5clu
Just add #stats to your post for it to appear on the feed!
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4wwhwq5yy6btl4omycw66gfd/feed/aaaizix3x5clu