Lucas Sage
@l-sage.bsky.social
Sociologist interested in economic inequality, social networks, analytical sociology. Research fellow @iast.fr.
Checkout my website: https://lsage.github.io
Checkout my website: https://lsage.github.io
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The UNED inequality and social demography seminar is back, with @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social @l-sage.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @nicolettabalbo and @danieloesch
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
October 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The UNED inequality and social demography seminar is back, with @ramina-sotoudeh.bsky.social @l-sage.bsky.social @melindacmills.bsky.social @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @nicolettabalbo and @danieloesch
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
If you are Madrid, come along!
👇the program for this academic year
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The academic community has looked at how artificial-intelligence tools help researchers to write papers, but not how they distort the literature scientists choose to cite, says Zhicheng Lin
go.nature.com/45X3Imr
go.nature.com/45X3Imr
AI chatbots are already biasing research — we must establish guidelines for their use now
The academic community has looked at how artificial-intelligence tools help researchers to write papers, but not how they distort the literature scientists choose to cite.
go.nature.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The academic community has looked at how artificial-intelligence tools help researchers to write papers, but not how they distort the literature scientists choose to cite, says Zhicheng Lin
go.nature.com/45X3Imr
go.nature.com/45X3Imr
Would it be that bad after all if universities stopped using citation metrics to evaluate candidates?
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Would it be that bad after all if universities stopped using citation metrics to evaluate candidates?
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Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
D’utilité publique : youtu.be/e5kDHL-nnh4?...
Toujours fascinant de voir la qualité de certaines chaînes YouTube alors que certains grands médias ne font pas du tout le boulot. Merci @monsieurphi.bsky.social
Toujours fascinant de voir la qualité de certaines chaînes YouTube alors que certains grands médias ne font pas du tout le boulot. Merci @monsieurphi.bsky.social
Luc Julia au Sénat : autopsie d'un grand N'IMPORTE QUOI
YouTube video by Monsieur Phi
youtu.be
August 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
D’utilité publique : youtu.be/e5kDHL-nnh4?...
Toujours fascinant de voir la qualité de certaines chaînes YouTube alors que certains grands médias ne font pas du tout le boulot. Merci @monsieurphi.bsky.social
Toujours fascinant de voir la qualité de certaines chaînes YouTube alors que certains grands médias ne font pas du tout le boulot. Merci @monsieurphi.bsky.social
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This is a fabulous response by my colleague Kevin Munger to "that" Economist piece about the EUI.
Perhaps @spignal.bsky.social and @jhooper.bsky.social might be interested!
kevinmunger.substack.com/p/i-guess-th...
Perhaps @spignal.bsky.social and @jhooper.bsky.social might be interested!
kevinmunger.substack.com/p/i-guess-th...
I guess that makes me...Horace Slughorn?
or maybe the centaur named "Firenze"
kevinmunger.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is a fabulous response by my colleague Kevin Munger to "that" Economist piece about the EUI.
Perhaps @spignal.bsky.social and @jhooper.bsky.social might be interested!
kevinmunger.substack.com/p/i-guess-th...
Perhaps @spignal.bsky.social and @jhooper.bsky.social might be interested!
kevinmunger.substack.com/p/i-guess-th...
Terrible.
@cnrsecologie.bsky.social regrette profondément l'adoption de cette loi à la vision court-termiste & ses conséquences graves sur l’environnement, qui méprise santé & bien-être de la population & le rôle des espèces sauvages dans la prod. agricole. La communauté scientifique n'a pas été entendue.
Le Parlement a définitivement adopté mardi la proposition de loi agricole Duplomb-Menonville, comprenant entre autres une mesure décriée de réintroduction sous conditions d'un pesticide néonicotinoïde, et présentée comme une réponse à la colère agricole de 2024.
July 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Terrible.
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As some of you guessed, the two models are statistically indistinguishable. The answer is Model 1, but there was no way to tell from the data. I was very surprised when I first saw this. Here we show that this confounding of heterogeneity and reinforcement is general: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
June 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
As some of you guessed, the two models are statistically indistinguishable. The answer is Model 1, but there was no way to tell from the data. I was very surprised when I first saw this. Here we show that this confounding of heterogeneity and reinforcement is general: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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By opposing the 2% minimum wealth tax on billionaires, the French Senate has revealed just how out of touch it is with the issues of our time.
www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...
www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...
Ultra-wealthy, the Senate beside the story
By opposing the 2% minimum wealth tax on the 1,800 French people whose net worth exceeds €100 million, after the measure was adopted by France's Assemblée nationale (lower house of Parliament), the up...
www.lemonde.fr
June 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
By opposing the 2% minimum wealth tax on billionaires, the French Senate has revealed just how out of touch it is with the issues of our time.
www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...
www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...
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Did Model 1 or Model 2 generate these sequences? Why?
Model 1: Pólya urn, starting with one black and one red ball. 1 (0) stands for black (red).
Model 2: Empty probit model, random intercepts with mean 0, ICC = 1/2.
All 100,000 sequences here: tinyurl.com/35pkyfxa
Model 1: Pólya urn, starting with one black and one red ball. 1 (0) stands for black (red).
Model 2: Empty probit model, random intercepts with mean 0, ICC = 1/2.
All 100,000 sequences here: tinyurl.com/35pkyfxa
June 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Did Model 1 or Model 2 generate these sequences? Why?
Model 1: Pólya urn, starting with one black and one red ball. 1 (0) stands for black (red).
Model 2: Empty probit model, random intercepts with mean 0, ICC = 1/2.
All 100,000 sequences here: tinyurl.com/35pkyfxa
Model 1: Pólya urn, starting with one black and one red ball. 1 (0) stands for black (red).
Model 2: Empty probit model, random intercepts with mean 0, ICC = 1/2.
All 100,000 sequences here: tinyurl.com/35pkyfxa
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⛪️ What can 16th century religious refugees teach us about how we welcome others?
📺 Watch the #MyPhDPitch by our researcher @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social 👇
#skystorians #historysky
📺 Watch the #MyPhDPitch by our researcher @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social 👇
#skystorians #historysky
⛪️ What can 16th century religious refugees teach us about how we welcome others?
At the @eui-history.bsky.social Department, @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social explores how emotions shaped refugee experiences — and the politics of compassion — in the Reformation era.
#MyPhDPitch 📱 Stay tuned for more!
At the @eui-history.bsky.social Department, @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social explores how emotions shaped refugee experiences — and the politics of compassion — in the Reformation era.
#MyPhDPitch 📱 Stay tuned for more!
April 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
⛪️ What can 16th century religious refugees teach us about how we welcome others?
📺 Watch the #MyPhDPitch by our researcher @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social 👇
#skystorians #historysky
📺 Watch the #MyPhDPitch by our researcher @natalia-woszczyk.bsky.social 👇
#skystorians #historysky
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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
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
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
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
I was happy to present my work at @isa-rc28.bsky.social meeting in Milan
On wage growth trajectories @l-sage.bsky.social has shown us new work 📈📉📈
March 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I was happy to present my work at @isa-rc28.bsky.social meeting in Milan
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« La liberté académique américaine en danger : un enjeu mondial », merci à @sorbonne-universite.fr pour cet entretien qui revient sur l'offensive de l'administration Trump contre la communauté scientifique www.sorbonne-universite.fr/actualites/l...
La liberté académique américaine en danger : un enjeu mondial
Entretien avec le sociologue Michel Dubois
www.sorbonne-universite.fr
March 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
« La liberté académique américaine en danger : un enjeu mondial », merci à @sorbonne-universite.fr pour cet entretien qui revient sur l'offensive de l'administration Trump contre la communauté scientifique www.sorbonne-universite.fr/actualites/l...
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On March 9th, a French researcher was denied entry in the US because of messages found his phone that were critical of the Trump administration
(automatic translation)
@standupforscience.bsky.social @standupforscifr.bsky.social
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@standupforscience.bsky.social @standupforscifr.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On March 9th, a French researcher was denied entry in the US because of messages found his phone that were critical of the Trump administration
(automatic translation)
@standupforscience.bsky.social @standupforscifr.bsky.social
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@standupforscience.bsky.social @standupforscifr.bsky.social
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There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
March 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
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"But these are pretexts. Universities are independent centers of ideas and often prominent centers of dissent. Autocrats are allergic to sources of dissent, so they almost invariably seek to silence, weaken, or control them."
www.thecrimson.com/a...
www.thecrimson.com/a...
First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
www.thecrimson.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"But these are pretexts. Universities are independent centers of ideas and often prominent centers of dissent. Autocrats are allergic to sources of dissent, so they almost invariably seek to silence, weaken, or control them."
www.thecrimson.com/a...
www.thecrimson.com/a...
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"Yesterday I wrote a piece for the Guardian about my decision to step down as an Associate Editor at the Royal Society’s journal Open Science. The response has been overwhelming."
My latest substack.
open.substack.com/pu...
My latest substack.
open.substack.com/pu...
March 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Yesterday I wrote a piece for the Guardian about my decision to step down as an Associate Editor at the Royal Society’s journal Open Science. The response has been overwhelming."
My latest substack.
open.substack.com/pu...
My latest substack.
open.substack.com/pu...
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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.
My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.
March 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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.
My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.
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"The universities control the knowledge in our society (...) We have to agressivly attack the universities (...). Fundamental lies that feminism is liberating (...) There is wisdom in what Nixon said, the professors are the enemy "
bryanalexander.org/politics/the...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...
bryanalexander.org/politics/the...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...
J.D. Vance | The Universities are the Enemy | National Conservatism Conference II
YouTube video by National Conservatism
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"The universities control the knowledge in our society (...) We have to agressivly attack the universities (...). Fundamental lies that feminism is liberating (...) There is wisdom in what Nixon said, the professors are the enemy "
bryanalexander.org/politics/the...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...
bryanalexander.org/politics/the...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FR6...
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"These scientists are especially vulnerable: graduate students, postdocs and scientists who are just starting their own laboratories (...) Some are considering changing jobs, leaving the country, or abandoning research altogether." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"These scientists are especially vulnerable: graduate students, postdocs and scientists who are just starting their own laboratories (...) Some are considering changing jobs, leaving the country, or abandoning research altogether." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🚨 Serious question: Why do postdocs pay 80% more than PhD students for a conference? 🤔 @isa-rc28.bsky.social
Are we really assuming their budget is 80% higher? (If so, please tell me where—I’ll apply immediately! 😅)
Are we really assuming their budget is 80% higher? (If so, please tell me where—I’ll apply immediately! 😅)
February 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨 Serious question: Why do postdocs pay 80% more than PhD students for a conference? 🤔 @isa-rc28.bsky.social
Are we really assuming their budget is 80% higher? (If so, please tell me where—I’ll apply immediately! 😅)
Are we really assuming their budget is 80% higher? (If so, please tell me where—I’ll apply immediately! 😅)
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Jeudi, l’Assemblée nationale examine la proposition de loi, déjà votée en commission, créant un impôt minimum égal à 2 % du patrimoine pour les foyers fiscaux possédant plus de 100 millions d’€
L’adoption est à portée de main, mais il reste un dernier chausse-trape à éviter 🧵
L’adoption est à portée de main, mais il reste un dernier chausse-trape à éviter 🧵
February 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jeudi, l’Assemblée nationale examine la proposition de loi, déjà votée en commission, créant un impôt minimum égal à 2 % du patrimoine pour les foyers fiscaux possédant plus de 100 millions d’€
L’adoption est à portée de main, mais il reste un dernier chausse-trape à éviter 🧵
L’adoption est à portée de main, mais il reste un dernier chausse-trape à éviter 🧵