passed my viva with distinction yesterday 💖

Today is Poland’s Independence Day 🇵🇱 I’m incredibly proud of Poles for persisting despite centuries of imperial oppression. Thinking of Ukrainians and Palestinians whose struggles for self-determination continue.

I visited the Aussie parliament over the weekend and learned that voting is mandatory in Australia. I’d be keen on reading a systematic comparison of mandatory and non-mandatory voting in democratic systems. Does anyone have a reading to recommend?

My partner Radost has created fantastic visualizations of yesterday's Polish presidential election results — mapped by both population (~half of Poles live in cities) and territory.
Explore all the maps here: radostw.github.io/election_202...

In a new paper with experimental methods on Poland @magdalenagrabowska.bsky.social shows that young women (both childless & mothers) would be more likely to have another child if abortion access was liberalised. Partnered men are similar to women in that regard. #PAA2025

I presented two papers at #PAA2025 🌸

🔹 deroutinization of labor and second birth in West Germany (with @amatysiak.bsky.social & Michaela Kreyenfeld)

🔹 robots and workers’ well-being in Europe (with Daniela Bellani)

@labfam.bsky.social at #PAA2025

+ we celebrated my thesis submission over tacos ☺️ 🌮