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Katya Ivanova 🟥
@katyaoivanova.bsky.social
Family sociologist at Tilburg University interested in how people 'do' #family | family plurality | societal pessimism & #fertility decisions / #childlessness | #Sociology | a migrant in 🇳🇱

Website: katyaivanova.eu
#Yellowstone really didn't have consultants with any academia experience... 😬
October 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Fun times: I have seen this aesthetic before! Almost felt the urge to go look for my blue handkerchief (never made it to "pionerche")...
August 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Anybody have any idea in what building they were? Because that art on the walls... with those captions... 😳
June 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
New open-access article in @genus.bsky.social in the "Inequality of Uncertainty" issue edited by @comochia.bsky.social & @marcoalbertini.bsky.social.

The findings show that levels of societal pessimism differed only among the women's classes, w/ the highest levels observed in the 'uncertain' group.
May 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Had great fun at @tilburg-university.bsky.social's #NightUniversity. During the talk, I asked the audience what they think the main reason is people expect they won't have #children. The room was majority young #students. This is what they said (& yes, my opening slide might have primed them ;))...
May 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
My opening slide for tomorrow's talk at the #NightUniversity of @tilburg-university.bsky.social.

This is going to be ✨fun✨! ;)
May 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Happy Labour Day to those who get to celebrate.

(Found this poster in the tiny but cute "Cars of Socialism" museum in Bulgaria... kind of unnerving to see things from your childhood displayed in a history museum)
May 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🟥 Today we #strike! The Dutch govt - w/ support of #CDA & #CU - has chosen to break its promise of structural investments in universities and cut €1B+ from the budget.

Full day of activities: Check out the teach-outs & join the main protest at 12.30, Willemsplein, Tilburg!

@woinactie.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
#TilburgUniversity and #RadboudUniversiteit are taking legal action over the cuts to higher education and science. 🟥💪

Join us tomorrow in a protest against the attack on universities & science! The main program starts at 12.30 at Willemsplein, Tilburg, followed by a march through the city.
April 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
1.2 billion in cuts to higher ed & science in this year’s budget. Who knows what the next one brings? Plus: attacks on 🇳🇱 academia’s international character & suggestions that gov't should have more instruments to steer course offering in higher ed.

🟥 Protest! 10 April, 12.30, Willemsplein, Tilburg!
April 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🟥🚨 Today, the #EersteKamer will vote - & thanks to support from @henri.cda.nl & @tinekehuizinga.bsky.social will likely pass - devastating cuts to 🇳🇱 higher edu & science.

On Thursday, #TilburgUniversity will strike & protest in defense of universities & science. Join us!

@woinactie.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🟥 On April 10, members of #TilburgUniversity will strike to protest the government’s relentless disinvestment in education & science.

The main program starts at 12.30, Willemsplein but colleagues will be having teach-outs in the morning. Look at this great program thus far!

@woinactie.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Donderdag, 10 April, staking & protest bij Tilburg Universiteit.

🟥 @woinactie.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
State of Dutch policy making...
March 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Today the 🇳🇱 Senate debates a €1 billion+ budget cuts to higher edu & science. Already multiple universities are making devastating choices - including letting staff go & cutting programs - trying to prepare for what's coming.

The shortsightedness of this choice cannot be overestimated. #WOinActie
March 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Day 2 of the great #GIF2025 at @mpidr.bsky.social. Listening to @philipncohen.com pick apart the "depopulation panic" w/ figures like this: if global TFR drops to 1.66, in ~200yrs, the global population will be at the 2000 level.

Of course these panics are not about humanity as a whole, are they?
March 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Saw this in a comedy sketch about famous movie titles renamed using corporate talk/experiences.

They should see the names of some of my manuscript files!... 😬
January 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We clearly haven't met... 🤨
January 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In case anyone wonders what spending the holiday season with the parents in Eastern Europe feels like...
January 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Really enjoy the holiday shopping... Might keep this one for myself though. It's absolutely lovely!
December 16, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Nederlandse investeringen in R&D stagneren al een decennium. De huidige regering vermindert nu de financiering van de wetenschap.

Woorden zijn goedkoop!
December 16, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Today the @tweede-kamer.bsky.social debates devastating cuts to edu & science.

Gov spending per student is in steep decline (source: #UNL) & they plan further cuts. Dutch R&D spending falls short of the 3%GDP target to compete with 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇳, hasn’t risen in a decade & they plan more cuts.

#DoeHetNiet
December 11, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Rijksbijdrage per student. Het huidige voorstel is om deze investeringen nog verder te verlagen om de afschaffing van andere bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs te betalen.

"Het CDA wil goed onderwijs.": Een van jullie standpunten, @henribontenbal.bsky.social!

🟥 #DoeHetNiet
December 9, 2024 at 8:13 AM
November 25, 2024 at 1:27 PM