Leo Azzollini
leoazzollini.bsky.social
Leo Azzollini
@leoazzollini.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento - Department of Sociology and Social Research - Center for Social Inequality Studies. Focus on Social Stratification, Life Course, and Democracy.
Billions of 🇪🇺 money flow into regional development.
But do citizens trust the EU more in return?

🔬 Find out in this Electoral Studies article with Paul Maneuvrier-Hervieu and Anne-Marie Jeannet.

❗Spoiler: EU 💶 regional funds do build trust in the 🇪🇺 , especially among working-class citizens.
Cultivating trust? The role of European Union investments in bridging rural-urban divides
Over the last decades, agricultural policies and structural investment funds for regional development have been central to European integration. Howev…
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September 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Should the government 🏛️ fight economic inequality?
You probably have a strong take. But why do you believe that? 📌 Spoilers from our new Social Science Research paper with Giacomo Melli: it depends jointly on where you think you stand in society🪜 and how unequal your surroundings actually are!
What happens when we look at support for redistribution through the lens of how people feel about their place in society? 🔎 My new article in Social Science Research with Leo Azzollini (@leoazzollini.bsky.social) explores this in 25 countries, 1987-2019. 🚀
@ssreditorial.bsky.social
Where I stand and what I stand for: Subjective status, class, and redistribution
While research is increasingly focusing on the political influence of subjective social status, it is yet unclear how the latter shapes attitudes towa…
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May 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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How is political interest developing in higher education?

This afternoon our Yuxin Zhang presented new findings on 🇩🇪 (w/ @leoazzollini.bsky.social , M.Quaranta & @mtriventi.bsky.social ).
March 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Our @leoazzollini.bsky.social just presented his contribution on unemployment scars across Europe (w/ @stefanischerer.bsky.social & P.Barbieri).

A joint effect of social origin and age might be out there!
March 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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The 2025 edition of RC28 has officially started! 🎉

Keep up with us for daily updates from our delegation!

#RC28
#Milan2025
March 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Proud co-supervisor moment! If you care about how social stratification affects turnout in elections, check out this fresh solo article by the brilliant Giacomo Melli in RSSM! #SocSky
Out now in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility! Drawing on 19 waves of ISSP data (2002–2021), I explore how social class and subjective status influence electoral participation across 25 European democracies.
Class, Subjective Status, and Turnout in Europe
Inspired by Weber’s distinction between class and status, the paper explores the independent and joint role of social class and subjective social stat…
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March 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Out now in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility! Drawing on 19 waves of ISSP data (2002–2021), I explore how social class and subjective status influence electoral participation across 25 European democracies.
Class, Subjective Status, and Turnout in Europe
Inspired by Weber’s distinction between class and status, the paper explores the independent and joint role of social class and subjective social stat…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social!
📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025
📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va...
🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin
March 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Our junior members are growing! ✨

Check out @beatricecaniglia.bsky.social (w/ @zamberlanna.bsky.social & P. Barbieri) paper on the gendered role of occupational characteristics for lifelong singlehood in 🇮🇹 !
February 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Just did the proofs for this short methods paper that I really like!

Not everyday you get to 'solve' a problem identified 30 years ago in some of the most widely used statistical models in #sociology 👀 - and with two super awesome collaborators, what a blast 🥳
February 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Our article 'A Crisis of Political Trust?' led by @viktorv.bsky.social is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We use >3,000 surveys in 143 countries between 1958 and 2019, finding that trust in representative institutions has generally been declining in recent decades. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Excited to share my new paper with Leo Azzollini @leoazzollini.bsky.social (@csisunitn.bsky.social) and Franco Bonomi Bezzo on healthcare provision and attitudes toward redistribution in the Journal of European Public Policy @jeppjournal.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Great time at @sisec.bsky.social 2025 presenting new research made in @csisunitn.bsky.social on the differential effect of social origins on unemployment across the life course!
January 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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📢Calling all social science scholars from and/or researching Italy: applications for the 2025-26 Jemolo Fellowships are now open.
🗓️Deadline: 21 Feb 2025
ℹ️More info & applications: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
January 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Our School is hiring two Assistant Professors (Ad Astra Fellows): five-year tenure-track positions with an annual research budget of €5k, teaching reductions, and a fully-funded PhD researcher.

Environmental Politics: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Global Governance: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
January 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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At @politicsoxford.bsky.social we are launching the Centre for Democratic Resilience. Building on our expertise, we do not only want to produce cutting-edge research but we also want to connect research to important stakeholders. Democracy is under threat. We want to work together to protect it.
Introducing the Centre for Democratic Resilience - world-leading research and educational programmes to understand and promote the resilience of liberal democracy: ow.ly/1sKl50UL7Wn
January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
📈Poverty today in many OECD countries is higher than in the 1980s - but what would it be without demographic 🏘️changes? Find out in this paper with Richard Breen and Brian Nolan, just out in the Journal of European Social Policy. Spoiler: possibly even higher!

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January 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Changing household structures, household employment, and poverty trends in rich countries
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Paper in Journal of European Social Policy by @leoazzollini.bsky.social, @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Emeritus Fellow Richard Breen and Senior Research Fellow Brian Nolan #NuffSky
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January 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Does the neighbourbood where parents grow up matter for their children's outcomes? I find it does. Very happy that the second chapter of my PhD thesis is now officially out at @bjsociology.bsky.social, exploring and discussing the enduring legacy of neighbourhood disadvantage.
Neighbourhood Effects Across Generations and the Reproduction of Inequality - Last sociological paper by Laura Silva doi.org/10.1111/1468... Neighbourhood effects -> interplay between residential environments & youth development, with focus on cognitive skills and socio-emotional behaviour
Neighbourhood Effects Across Generations and the Reproduction of Inequality
This paper analyses the enduring impact of neighbourhood deprivation on youth development, exploring multigenerational aspects often overlooked in existing research. I investigate how neighbourhood e...
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January 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Sociologists working on inequality:

Still time to apply for this 3yr+ postdoc position in beautiful Munich (no German required)

EN: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
DE: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/f...

Applications are 01/15, but let me know if you need another 1-2 days to put in your materials
January 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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La SISEC è su Bluesky! Benvenute e benvenuti: da ora, potrete trovare tutte le notizie inerenti alle attività SISEC anche su questo canale social! E intanto, ci vediamo a Pavia per il nostro convegno annuale👇🏻
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Convegni - SISEC
Convegni SISEC organizza un convegno annuale finalizzato all’avanzamento degli studi sui processi socio-economici. Ogni anno viene proposto un tema del convegno in grado di orientare la riflessione e ...
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January 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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🚨Job Alert🚨

We are seeking to recruit not only 1, but 2⃣ tenure-track Assistant Professors in political science (Politics and policy in/of Europe and the European Union)

Description and application guidelines: sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

#AcademicJobs #PolSci
Recruitment 'Assistant Professor (tenure track)'
Recruitment 2024 /2025 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in political science / Politics and policy in/of Europe and the European Union
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December 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Reminder: From 1st Jan. 2025, the deposit of replication packages will be condition for publication in ESR!

Find out more at:

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General Instructions
Submission of Papers The European Sociological Review publishes original research articles in all fields of Sociology. Submissions should usually be around 8,0
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December 19, 2024 at 6:17 AM
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Great spring school in a great city, free of charge!
December 13, 2024 at 9:31 AM