Kim Stienstra
kimstienstra.bsky.social
Kim Stienstra
@kimstienstra.bsky.social
NWO Rubicon Postdoctoral Researcher @oxforddemsci.bsky.social || Previously Max Weber Fellow @eui-eu.bsky.social, Sociology PhD @ UtrechtUni/ICS || Social stratification, educational inequality, gene-environment interplay

🌐 www.kstienstra.com
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Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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🎉 The last chapter of my dissertation is out in @ssreditorial.bsky.social!

Many schools distinguish themselves with alternative pedagogical concepts or specialty themes. I study how these "profiles" contribute to school sorting by socio-economic status in NL. 🧵1/4

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
Redirecting
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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New paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen 📝
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
cesifo.org CESifo @cesifo.org · May 26
New Working Paper! 😀📢
"The Genetic Lottery Goes to School: Better Schools Compensate for the Effects of Students’ Genetic Differences" 🧬 🎓

by @rosacheesman.bsky.social‬ Nicolai T. Borgen, Astrid M. J. Sandsør @paulhufe.net

Read the full paper here:
📝 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
May 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🔔New paper (early OA) in @europeansocieties.bsky.social!

Net of performance, socio-economically advantaged students often choose more demanding educational pathways. I study such secondary effects in school choice and the role of social capital in shaping them. 1/5 🧵

🔗 doi.org/10.1162/euso...
One track mind: Secondary effects in school choice and social capital in a stratified system
Abstract. At similar performance levels, socio-economically advantaged students typically choose more demanding and prestigious educational paths than their less advantaged peers. Such secondary effec...
doi.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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A perfectly organized RC28, brilliant presentations, and sunny Milan vibes ☀️

As always, truly stimulating and fun to be with the CLIC crew (and several CLICers are missing from the pic!)

#RC28 @isa-rc28.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Our paper with @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social is now out at SSR!

Have a look if you are interested in social stratification and/or sociogenomics

Below are the main findings and contributions 1/6
doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
March 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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@clic.bsky.social proudly congratulates the winner of the @isa-rc28.bsky.social conference bingo of this year's meeting in Milan 🥳

Congratulations @ivancanzio.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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☀️ RC28 starting in Milan tomorrow and we are very happy to see many CLICers & friends on the program 🔥

Join us in these great sessions👇
March 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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🚨 New paper out with @sarageven.bsky.social (lead author) in @bjsociology.bsky.social! Read Sara's 🧵 or the Dutch summary by @fmg-uva.bsky.social linked below to learn more about the findings.

🔗 www.uva.nl/content/nieu...
March 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Can mothers leverage the structural resources of their occupation like autonomy to balance motherhood and work, especially in the absence paid leave?

My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.
March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Looking forward to the next Max Weber Lecture @eui-eu.bsky.social

@aaronreeves.bsky.social will present "Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite", co-authored w/ Sam Friedman.

We will discuss how (British) elites are made, how they think, and whether they’re the elites we want.
January 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Morgen (!) is het dan echt zo ver: de verdediging van mijn proefschrift. Lees meer over mijn onderzoek in dit artikel.
🧒Welke factoren spelen een rol bij de middelbare-schoolkeuze van een kind?

@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social toont aan dat leeftijdsgenoten een belangrijke rol spelen bij deze keuze, en legt uit wat het belang is van diversiteit binnen een school voor hun sociale ontwikkeling.🏫

www.uva.nl/shared-conte...
Vriendjes, ouders en vooroordelen: wat je moet weten over de middelbare-schoolkeuze van jouw kind
Ontdek hoe vriendjes, ouders en diversiteit de middelbare-schoolkeuze van je kind beïnvloeden. Inclusief tips voor sociale groei en het verkleinen van verschillen tussen leerlingen!
www.uva.nl
January 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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📢 Children's word #reading skills are linked to the number of books at home and mother-child reading activities—even after accounting for parental reading skills as a proxy for genetic influences. 🧬📚
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
🧵👇1/6
January 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Over 2 weken verdedig ik mijn proefschrift 'Rhythms of Class: Socio-economic Disparities and Peer Dynamics in Secondary School Choice' aan de UvA @fmg-uva.bsky.social. Deze infographic geeft een overzicht van de bevindingen.

🔗 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻? Download mijn proefschrift: hdl.handle.net/11245.1/800a...
January 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🚨 New paper out on (inequality in) covid-19 effects on tracking outcomes and the role of students' academic and social embeddedness using linked register-survey-network

🧵 by @hermwerf.bsky.social (lead author) for a summary of the findings 🔽

🔗 paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper out in Nature npj Science of Learning, with @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social, @sarageven.bsky.social, @thijsbol.bsky.social and Carla Haelermans. About COVID19 effects on track enrolment in NL, and relations of the pandemic effects with student motivation, 1/n
November 27, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Exploring society through 🔬science and💃 dance

My cousin & I discovered a shared passion for addressing societal issues through dance, now featured in The Teachers' Society! Is our shared interest 'nature' or 'nurture'? 🤔
November 20, 2024 at 11:58 AM