Gijs Westra
@gijsw4.bsky.social
Forever explaining how to pronounce my name - PhD in Human Geography - Talk to me about neighbourhoods, mobility, and well-being
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Gijs Westra
@gijsw4.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Last Wednesday, I successfully defended my dissertation, "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden", and have therefore completed my PhD in Human Geography!
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November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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‼️New publication out!
Together with @karenhaandrikman.bsky.social in @tesg-journal.bsky.social ! We use the Swedish neighbourhood study to explore how well-being is spatially sorted, finding heterogeneous spatial sorting of well-being, showing the importance of the neighbourhood for well-being
Together with @karenhaandrikman.bsky.social in @tesg-journal.bsky.social ! We use the Swedish neighbourhood study to explore how well-being is spatially sorted, finding heterogeneous spatial sorting of well-being, showing the importance of the neighbourhood for well-being
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
‼️New publication out!
Together with @karenhaandrikman.bsky.social in @tesg-journal.bsky.social ! We use the Swedish neighbourhood study to explore how well-being is spatially sorted, finding heterogeneous spatial sorting of well-being, showing the importance of the neighbourhood for well-being
Together with @karenhaandrikman.bsky.social in @tesg-journal.bsky.social ! We use the Swedish neighbourhood study to explore how well-being is spatially sorted, finding heterogeneous spatial sorting of well-being, showing the importance of the neighbourhood for well-being
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Visited Gimo Herrgård to discuss Segregation research, beyond academia. Amazing talks and discussions. Happy to have met Maria Krysan and Kyle Crowder.
September 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Visited Gimo Herrgård to discuss Segregation research, beyond academia. Amazing talks and discussions. Happy to have met Maria Krysan and Kyle Crowder.
Had a nice time presenting some preliminary work on residential mobility reproducing patterns of ethnic segregation at @rgsibg.bsky.social and BSPS. Thanks everybody for their questions and feedback!
September 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Had a nice time presenting some preliminary work on residential mobility reproducing patterns of ethnic segregation at @rgsibg.bsky.social and BSPS. Thanks everybody for their questions and feedback!
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At #RGSIBG25 today? Make sure to check out the fantastic set of presentations lined up at @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social's early career session I'm co-hosting with @fangyuanli.bsky.social
Teaching and Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 2 @ 14:40
#quantitative #geography @rgsibg.bsky.social #ECR #PhD
Teaching and Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 2 @ 14:40
#quantitative #geography @rgsibg.bsky.social #ECR #PhD
August 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
At #RGSIBG25 today? Make sure to check out the fantastic set of presentations lined up at @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social's early career session I'm co-hosting with @fangyuanli.bsky.social
Teaching and Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 2 @ 14:40
#quantitative #geography @rgsibg.bsky.social #ECR #PhD
Teaching and Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 2 @ 14:40
#quantitative #geography @rgsibg.bsky.social #ECR #PhD
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Thrilled to share my first publication! 🎉
Together with Maria Brandén and Erik Rosenqvist, we show that distance to higher education shapes academic aspirations in Sweden—well before their university education begins. (1/4)
Together with Maria Brandén and Erik Rosenqvist, we show that distance to higher education shapes academic aspirations in Sweden—well before their university education begins. (1/4)
The Spatial Determinants of Academic Aspirations: Evidence From Sweden
Differences in access to higher education are a well-known contributor to socioeconomic inequalities. Yet, despite considerable interest from policymakers, we know little about the processes linking ...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Thrilled to share my first publication! 🎉
Together with Maria Brandén and Erik Rosenqvist, we show that distance to higher education shapes academic aspirations in Sweden—well before their university education begins. (1/4)
Together with Maria Brandén and Erik Rosenqvist, we show that distance to higher education shapes academic aspirations in Sweden—well before their university education begins. (1/4)
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Doktorander som varit fyra år i Sverige kan söka om permanent uppehållstillstånd. Men de får ofta avslag, för efter fyra år som doktorand har man inte så lång anställningstid kvar, och då anses man inte ha varaktig försörjning.
July 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Doktorander som varit fyra år i Sverige kan söka om permanent uppehållstillstånd. Men de får ofta avslag, för efter fyra år som doktorand har man inte så lång anställningstid kvar, och då anses man inte ha varaktig försörjning.
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Quite a strong final statement: "Descriptive research is important and it is a pity that the general obsession with causal estimates disincentivizes researchers from attempting to publish careful and detailed description."
Local reactions to wolf attacks in Germany are not powerful enough to influence the election decisions of many voters www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The East in wolf’s clothing. Wolf attacks correlate with but do not cause far-right voting
The resurgence of wolves in Germany has sparked intense debate, particularly in rural areas where wolf attacks on livestock are frequent. Prior resear…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Quite a strong final statement: "Descriptive research is important and it is a pity that the general obsession with causal estimates disincentivizes researchers from attempting to publish careful and detailed description."
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This is 10-12 tenure-track assistant professors’ salaries at many places. A whole academic program’s worth of money, pissed away, In Times of Austerity, on rent-a-cops going after students who dared speak. Nobody behind this should have a career.
The University of Michigan spent $800,000 hiring private investigators--one of whom FAKED A DISABILITY--to surveil anti-genocide protesting students. I'm speechless.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
June 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is 10-12 tenure-track assistant professors’ salaries at many places. A whole academic program’s worth of money, pissed away, In Times of Austerity, on rent-a-cops going after students who dared speak. Nobody behind this should have a career.
Last Wednesday, I successfully defended my dissertation, "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden", and have therefore completed my PhD in Human Geography!
June 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Last Wednesday, I successfully defended my dissertation, "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden", and have therefore completed my PhD in Human Geography!
Reposted by Gijs Westra
Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation.
May 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation.
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AI is going to revolutionize the way in which things suck
September 24, 2024 at 8:04 PM
AI is going to revolutionize the way in which things suck
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We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
May 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We are hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
📍SweCSS, Norrköping, Sweden
⏰Deadline June 3
🔗https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/26854
Please apply // help us spread the word
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apologies to american pope i was not familiar with your game
May 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
apologies to american pope i was not familiar with your game
Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation.
May 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Last Tuesday, I posted (eller spikade) my dissertation "Neighbourhoods, Ethnicity, and Moves: The Spatial Sorting of Well-Being in Sweden" on the walls of the university, meaning that it is publicly available for you to read in preparation for my disputation.
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⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social!
We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⏰ Submit your abstract for @bspsuk.bsky.social 2025! I am co-organising a session on 'Innovative Data and Methods for Population Science' with @fcorowe.bsky.social and @carmen-cabrera.bsky.social!
We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts by this Friday (9th May)! ➡️ tinyurl.com/mzrsmpxz
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I wrote a short and simple thing. Lots of graphs and cartoons:
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/below-repl...
I address the "how do we fund the welfare state?" question.
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/below-repl...
I address the "how do we fund the welfare state?" question.
Below replacement fertility is fine
Fewer people is a good thing
profmarkfabian.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I wrote a short and simple thing. Lots of graphs and cartoons:
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/below-repl...
I address the "how do we fund the welfare state?" question.
profmarkfabian.substack.com/p/below-repl...
I address the "how do we fund the welfare state?" question.
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Vi var många som undrade var regeringens plötsliga intresse för "existentiell hälsa" kom ifrån häromsistens. Nu minns jag plötsligt att statsministerns hustru driver verksamhet inom just "existentiell hälsa" på den herrgård hon fått av en friskolelobbyist 🤷 www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/4o...
Ulf Kristersson säljer sitt sommarhus – frun köper herrgård för ”existentiell hälsa”
Ulf Kristersson ska sälja sitt sommarhus vid Mälaren. Statsministern kommer istället äga ett hus på hustrun Birgitta Eds nya herrgård – som hon köper med konsu
www.aftonbladet.se
April 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Vi var många som undrade var regeringens plötsliga intresse för "existentiell hälsa" kom ifrån häromsistens. Nu minns jag plötsligt att statsministerns hustru driver verksamhet inom just "existentiell hälsa" på den herrgård hon fått av en friskolelobbyist 🤷 www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/4o...
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far-right politicians HATE this one weird trick (simply prosecuting them for the serious crimes they are all constantly committing)
March 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
far-right politicians HATE this one weird trick (simply prosecuting them for the serious crimes they are all constantly committing)
Reviewer 1... my beloved... my guardian angel
Reviewer 2... my mortal enemy... my nemesis
Reviewer 2... my mortal enemy... my nemesis
March 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Reviewer 1... my beloved... my guardian angel
Reviewer 2... my mortal enemy... my nemesis
Reviewer 2... my mortal enemy... my nemesis
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it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
March 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
it's been years upon years of labored "campus culture" op-eds from salaried writers hectoring students about free speech, and now the state is kidnapping students for their speech in broad daylight
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i’ll do it for $10,000 a month
March 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
i’ll do it for $10,000 a month
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Couple days left to get your submissions in! 🔥
👋 @gijsw4.bsky.social and I are pleased to be welcoming submissions to our proposed @rgsibg.bsky.social session sponsored by @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social in collab w/ PopGeogRG! 🌏💫 We are excited to receive your work utilising innovative spatial methods or spatial data!
Check out the details below 👇
Check out the details below 👇
‼️Do you work with spatial population data🌍📈 and /or spatial methods🌍🧮 ?
‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference!
@rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social
‼️Consider submitting your abstract to my & @ruthneville20.bsky.social 's QMRG-sponsored session in collaboration with PopGeoRG at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference!
@rgsibg.bsky.social @qmrg-rgs-ibg.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Couple days left to get your submissions in! 🔥