Fabian Pfeffer
@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) & Founding Director of the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI)
Inequality, mobility, wealth, education.
www.fabianpfeffer.com
www.isi-munich.de
Inequality, mobility, wealth, education.
www.fabianpfeffer.com
www.isi-munich.de
I am getting some puzzled looks on the commuter train this morning: What could this guy possibly be up to?
#ISIWealthConference2025 participants will find out on Saturday (as just one of the little conference surprises).
#ISIWealthConference2025 participants will find out on Saturday (as just one of the little conference surprises).
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I am getting some puzzled looks on the commuter train this morning: What could this guy possibly be up to?
#ISIWealthConference2025 participants will find out on Saturday (as just one of the little conference surprises).
#ISIWealthConference2025 participants will find out on Saturday (as just one of the little conference surprises).
Thank you, Herman. It was fun to put it together and I find the contributions impressive. The last few will be coming online shortly and then the full special issue will be out soon. Complete line-up below, quick summaries here: doi.org/10.1177/0049...
July 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Thank you, Herman. It was fun to put it together and I find the contributions impressive. The last few will be coming online shortly and then the full special issue will be out soon. Complete line-up below, quick summaries here: doi.org/10.1177/0049...
Please nominate your favorite senior sociologist by March 31 for the
2025 ROBERT M. HAUSER DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD
(awarded to celebrate the field’s most fundamental accomplishments)
Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Anthony Jack (aajack@bu.edu).
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2025 ROBERT M. HAUSER DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD
(awarded to celebrate the field’s most fundamental accomplishments)
Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Anthony Jack (aajack@bu.edu).
/6
March 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Please nominate your favorite senior sociologist by March 31 for the
2025 ROBERT M. HAUSER DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD
(awarded to celebrate the field’s most fundamental accomplishments)
Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Anthony Jack (aajack@bu.edu).
/6
2025 ROBERT M. HAUSER DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD
(awarded to celebrate the field’s most fundamental accomplishments)
Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Anthony Jack (aajack@bu.edu).
/6
Please nominate your favorite junior sociologist by March 31 for the
2025 WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON EARLY CAREER AWARD
(to recognize a scholar who has made major contributions early in their career)
Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Deirdre Bloome (dbloome@hks.harvard.edu)
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2025 WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON EARLY CAREER AWARD
(to recognize a scholar who has made major contributions early in their career)
Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Deirdre Bloome (dbloome@hks.harvard.edu)
/5
March 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Please nominate your favorite junior sociologist by March 31 for the
2025 WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON EARLY CAREER AWARD
(to recognize a scholar who has made major contributions early in their career)
Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Deirdre Bloome (dbloome@hks.harvard.edu)
/5
2025 WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON EARLY CAREER AWARD
(to recognize a scholar who has made major contributions early in their career)
Send a brief nomination letter and their CV to Deirdre Bloome (dbloome@hks.harvard.edu)
/5
Please nominate an (or your) article by March 31 for the
2025 ROBERT D. MARE GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Matthew Clair (mclair@stanford.edu)
@mathuclair.bsky.social
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2025 ROBERT D. MARE GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Matthew Clair (mclair@stanford.edu)
@mathuclair.bsky.social
/4
March 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Please nominate an (or your) article by March 31 for the
2025 ROBERT D. MARE GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Matthew Clair (mclair@stanford.edu)
@mathuclair.bsky.social
/4
2025 ROBERT D. MARE GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Matthew Clair (mclair@stanford.edu)
@mathuclair.bsky.social
/4
Please nominate an (or your) article by March 31 for the
2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu)
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2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu)
/3
March 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Please nominate an (or your) article by March 31 for the
2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu)
/3
2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu)
/3
Please nominate an (or your) article for the
2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu)
/3
2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu)
/3
March 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Please nominate an (or your) article for the
2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu)
/3
2025 DEVAH PAGER OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD
(published in 2024)
Send a brief nomination letter and the pdf to Jayanti Owens (jayanti.owens@yale.edu)
/3
When INEQUALITY is on the list of verboten words, we need to work harder to make the value of our work known.
Please follow @asa-ipm.bsky.social, the new account of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of
@asanews.bsky.social, which will help share the latest work on social inequality
Please follow @asa-ipm.bsky.social, the new account of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of
@asanews.bsky.social, which will help share the latest work on social inequality
March 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When INEQUALITY is on the list of verboten words, we need to work harder to make the value of our work known.
Please follow @asa-ipm.bsky.social, the new account of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of
@asanews.bsky.social, which will help share the latest work on social inequality
Please follow @asa-ipm.bsky.social, the new account of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of
@asanews.bsky.social, which will help share the latest work on social inequality
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 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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
Before you start into the well-deserved holiday break, may I submit a possible entry for your New Year's resolution:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Come and work with us in Munich as a postdoctoral researcher. Applications are due January 15th.
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Come and work with us in Munich as a postdoctoral researcher. Applications are due January 15th.
December 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Before you start into the well-deserved holiday break, may I submit a possible entry for your New Year's resolution:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Come and work with us in Munich as a postdoctoral researcher. Applications are due January 15th.
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
Come and work with us in Munich as a postdoctoral researcher. Applications are due January 15th.
So happy that @tagesspiegel.de used this as a pull quote from a recent talk I gave at @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social
Here is my translation:
Poor guy and rich guy
looked each other in the eye,
the poor guy made his pitch:
If I wasn’t poor, you wouldn’t be rich.
www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
Here is my translation:
Poor guy and rich guy
looked each other in the eye,
the poor guy made his pitch:
If I wasn’t poor, you wouldn’t be rich.
www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
November 20, 2024 at 4:56 PM
So happy that @tagesspiegel.de used this as a pull quote from a recent talk I gave at @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social
Here is my translation:
Poor guy and rich guy
looked each other in the eye,
the poor guy made his pitch:
If I wasn’t poor, you wouldn’t be rich.
www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
Here is my translation:
Poor guy and rich guy
looked each other in the eye,
the poor guy made his pitch:
If I wasn’t poor, you wouldn’t be rich.
www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
It finally happened!
Who said that "invitation" emails from predatory publishers can't bring joy?
Who said that "invitation" emails from predatory publishers can't bring joy?
August 12, 2024 at 10:40 AM
It finally happened!
Who said that "invitation" emails from predatory publishers can't bring joy?
Who said that "invitation" emails from predatory publishers can't bring joy?
Luis Flores is one of the most innovative and unafraid scholars I have had the pleasure to see grow.
His work is at the intersection of stratification research and economic sociology and you should absolutely check it out: www.luisflores.online
So proud to have been along for a bit of the ride!
His work is at the intersection of stratification research and economic sociology and you should absolutely check it out: www.luisflores.online
So proud to have been along for a bit of the ride!
June 26, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Luis Flores is one of the most innovative and unafraid scholars I have had the pleasure to see grow.
His work is at the intersection of stratification research and economic sociology and you should absolutely check it out: www.luisflores.online
So proud to have been along for a bit of the ride!
His work is at the intersection of stratification research and economic sociology and you should absolutely check it out: www.luisflores.online
So proud to have been along for a bit of the ride!
And please save this date:
On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:
- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)
More soon; we can't wait to get started!
/end
On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:
- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)
More soon; we can't wait to get started!
/end
June 21, 2024 at 12:43 PM
And please save this date:
On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:
- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)
More soon; we can't wait to get started!
/end
On October 11 2024, we will inaugurate ISI with opening lectures by three great scholars:
- Charlotte Bartels (@charlottebartels.bsky.social)
- Thomas Piketty
- Ingrid Robeyns (@ingridrobeyns.bsky.social)
More soon; we can't wait to get started!
/end
Thanks! The accompanying vizualization of the of B/W gap in intergenerational wealth mobility is here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
B/W gaps in multigenerational wealth transmission are even more staggering (see below). Reminds me I should upload the SocForces Online Appendix somewhere more accessible!
B/W gaps in multigenerational wealth transmission are even more staggering (see below). Reminds me I should upload the SocForces Online Appendix somewhere more accessible!
November 22, 2023 at 4:46 PM
Thanks! The accompanying vizualization of the of B/W gap in intergenerational wealth mobility is here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
B/W gaps in multigenerational wealth transmission are even more staggering (see below). Reminds me I should upload the SocForces Online Appendix somewhere more accessible!
B/W gaps in multigenerational wealth transmission are even more staggering (see below). Reminds me I should upload the SocForces Online Appendix somewhere more accessible!
We also worked with excellent housing experts, check them out:
- Tiffany Brown (National Organization of Minority Architects, www.noma.net)
- Lutalo Sanifo (Jefferson East Inc, www.jeffersoneast.org/our-neighbor...)
- Russel Baltimore (City of Detroit)
- Margi Dewar (University of Michigan)
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- Tiffany Brown (National Organization of Minority Architects, www.noma.net)
- Lutalo Sanifo (Jefferson East Inc, www.jeffersoneast.org/our-neighbor...)
- Russel Baltimore (City of Detroit)
- Margi Dewar (University of Michigan)
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October 9, 2023 at 9:04 AM
We also worked with excellent housing experts, check them out:
- Tiffany Brown (National Organization of Minority Architects, www.noma.net)
- Lutalo Sanifo (Jefferson East Inc, www.jeffersoneast.org/our-neighbor...)
- Russel Baltimore (City of Detroit)
- Margi Dewar (University of Michigan)
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- Tiffany Brown (National Organization of Minority Architects, www.noma.net)
- Lutalo Sanifo (Jefferson East Inc, www.jeffersoneast.org/our-neighbor...)
- Russel Baltimore (City of Detroit)
- Margi Dewar (University of Michigan)
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More info: www.inequalitydynamics.umich.edu/housing-real...
The project involved talented grad students from architecture (Torri Smith, Tessa Broek, Minhui Li, Jordan Zauel) and sociology (Jasmin Simington, Asher Dvir-Djerassi, Sofia Hiltner).
E.g., Tessa "built" this real estate monstrosity:
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The project involved talented grad students from architecture (Torri Smith, Tessa Broek, Minhui Li, Jordan Zauel) and sociology (Jasmin Simington, Asher Dvir-Djerassi, Sofia Hiltner).
E.g., Tessa "built" this real estate monstrosity:
/4
October 9, 2023 at 9:02 AM
More info: www.inequalitydynamics.umich.edu/housing-real...
The project involved talented grad students from architecture (Torri Smith, Tessa Broek, Minhui Li, Jordan Zauel) and sociology (Jasmin Simington, Asher Dvir-Djerassi, Sofia Hiltner).
E.g., Tessa "built" this real estate monstrosity:
/4
The project involved talented grad students from architecture (Torri Smith, Tessa Broek, Minhui Li, Jordan Zauel) and sociology (Jasmin Simington, Asher Dvir-Djerassi, Sofia Hiltner).
E.g., Tessa "built" this real estate monstrosity:
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To enable communities to reclaim power, proposals abound:
- Restrict predatory real estate speculation
- Make property taxes progressive
- Update zoning ordinances for mixed-use dwellings
- Support community land trusts / cooperatives
- Introduce universal basic income & reparations
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- Restrict predatory real estate speculation
- Make property taxes progressive
- Update zoning ordinances for mixed-use dwellings
- Support community land trusts / cooperatives
- Introduce universal basic income & reparations
/3
October 9, 2023 at 9:00 AM
To enable communities to reclaim power, proposals abound:
- Restrict predatory real estate speculation
- Make property taxes progressive
- Update zoning ordinances for mixed-use dwellings
- Support community land trusts / cooperatives
- Introduce universal basic income & reparations
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- Restrict predatory real estate speculation
- Make property taxes progressive
- Update zoning ordinances for mixed-use dwellings
- Support community land trusts / cooperatives
- Introduce universal basic income & reparations
/3
Just one example of the vast dispossession of Black households in the US (watch the video for more!):
Since 2000 more than 1 in 3 properties in Detroit have gone into tax foreclosure, incl. because of inflated tax assessments.
(h/t to Jasmin Simington for gathering the data)!
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Since 2000 more than 1 in 3 properties in Detroit have gone into tax foreclosure, incl. because of inflated tax assessments.
(h/t to Jasmin Simington for gathering the data)!
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October 9, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Just one example of the vast dispossession of Black households in the US (watch the video for more!):
Since 2000 more than 1 in 3 properties in Detroit have gone into tax foreclosure, incl. because of inflated tax assessments.
(h/t to Jasmin Simington for gathering the data)!
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Since 2000 more than 1 in 3 properties in Detroit have gone into tax foreclosure, incl. because of inflated tax assessments.
(h/t to Jasmin Simington for gathering the data)!
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