Martin Schröder
@martinschroeder.bsky.social
Sociology professor interested in quality of life and how to increase it. Believes in data. Goes running when confused.
https://www.martin-schroeder.de/
https://www.martin-schroeder.de/
Science as social engineering:
@natrevpsychol.nature.com now encourages "citation diversity statements"
How about Merton's idea of universalism, that particularistic criteria such as race, nationality, religion should be irrelevant in the pursuit of knowledge?
nature.com/articles/s44...
@natrevpsychol.nature.com now encourages "citation diversity statements"
How about Merton's idea of universalism, that particularistic criteria such as race, nationality, religion should be irrelevant in the pursuit of knowledge?
nature.com/articles/s44...
nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Science as social engineering:
@natrevpsychol.nature.com now encourages "citation diversity statements"
How about Merton's idea of universalism, that particularistic criteria such as race, nationality, religion should be irrelevant in the pursuit of knowledge?
nature.com/articles/s44...
@natrevpsychol.nature.com now encourages "citation diversity statements"
How about Merton's idea of universalism, that particularistic criteria such as race, nationality, religion should be irrelevant in the pursuit of knowledge?
nature.com/articles/s44...
Contentious and interesting: is wokeness due to
The Great Feminization?
compactmag.com/article/the-...
by Helen Andrews
The Great Feminization?
compactmag.com/article/the-...
by Helen Andrews
The Great Feminization
In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world.
compactmag.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Contentious and interesting: is wokeness due to
The Great Feminization?
compactmag.com/article/the-...
by Helen Andrews
The Great Feminization?
compactmag.com/article/the-...
by Helen Andrews
Ever wondered how to get a professorship in economics? The answer is here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What leads to a professorship in German economics? A longitudinal analysis of tenure determinants (1984–2021)
This study uses event history analysis to show what promotes tenure in German economics, utilizing a unique and virtually complete national dataset that includes 70,657 publications from 3955 econo...
www.tandfonline.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Ever wondered how to get a professorship in economics? The answer is here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Angestellte können oft nicht fassen, wie hoch die Pensionen von Beamten sind. Ihre Empörung ist nachvollziehbar.
www.zeit.de/2025/30/pens...
www.zeit.de/2025/30/pens...
July 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Angestellte können oft nicht fassen, wie hoch die Pensionen von Beamten sind. Ihre Empörung ist nachvollziehbar.
www.zeit.de/2025/30/pens...
www.zeit.de/2025/30/pens...
Ever more Europeans feel emotionally attached to the EU, consider it as democratically legitimate as well as producing positive outcomes.
doi.org/10.1093/ijpo...
doi.org/10.1093/ijpo...
Rising Attachment to the European Union (2006–2023). The Impact of Input and Output Legitimacy
Abstract. It is commonly assumed—and feared—that European institution building proceeds faster than European identity development can follow. This would le
doi.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ever more Europeans feel emotionally attached to the EU, consider it as democratically legitimate as well as producing positive outcomes.
doi.org/10.1093/ijpo...
doi.org/10.1093/ijpo...
Bluesky bubble: Ich schreibe gerade einen Artikel, weswegen es sinnvoll wäre, dass Beamte bis 70 arbeiten, um die volle Pension von 71,75 % des letzten Bruttolohnes zu beziehen. Welche Gründe dafür oder dagegen fallen euch ein?
July 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Bluesky bubble: Ich schreibe gerade einen Artikel, weswegen es sinnvoll wäre, dass Beamte bis 70 arbeiten, um die volle Pension von 71,75 % des letzten Bruttolohnes zu beziehen. Welche Gründe dafür oder dagegen fallen euch ein?
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People tell me nobody wants to look at climate curves anymore, yet here we are!!! Please enjoy our interactive journey through 485 million years of climate history and dive into the fascinating and important work of paleoclimate scientists.
🎁 www.zeit.de/wissen/umwel...
🎁 www.zeit.de/wissen/umwel...
June 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
People tell me nobody wants to look at climate curves anymore, yet here we are!!! Please enjoy our interactive journey through 485 million years of climate history and dive into the fascinating and important work of paleoclimate scientists.
🎁 www.zeit.de/wissen/umwel...
🎁 www.zeit.de/wissen/umwel...
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Wir sind in Deutschland sehr geübt darin, jede Beschäftigung mit einem internationalen Problem schnell in eine Beschäftigung mit uns selbst zu verwandeln.
June 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Wir sind in Deutschland sehr geübt darin, jede Beschäftigung mit einem internationalen Problem schnell in eine Beschäftigung mit uns selbst zu verwandeln.
Reposted by Martin Schröder
@martinschroeder.bsky.social, Daniela Braun, Katrin Luisa Grimm, Martin Ulrich & Georg Wenzelburger find that attachment to the EU is a matter of time, not generations.
A matter of time, not generations: rising emotional attachment to the European Union 1991–2023. An age period cohort analysis
The literature argues that successive generations have become progressively more attached to the EU, due to having experienced increasing levels of integration during their impressionable adolescen...
www.tandfonline.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
@martinschroeder.bsky.social, Daniela Braun, Katrin Luisa Grimm, Martin Ulrich & Georg Wenzelburger find that attachment to the EU is a matter of time, not generations.
Reposted by Martin Schröder
I recently presented at INAS2025 in NYC:
“Why women leave academia? A longitudinal study of the leaky pipeline in German sociology”
Thanks to @womensforuminas.bsky.social and the INAS attendees for the inspiring exchange, and @europeatharvard.bsky.social for their support!
📝 Preprint👇
“Why women leave academia? A longitudinal study of the leaky pipeline in German sociology”
Thanks to @womensforuminas.bsky.social and the INAS attendees for the inspiring exchange, and @europeatharvard.bsky.social for their support!
📝 Preprint👇
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I recently presented at INAS2025 in NYC:
“Why women leave academia? A longitudinal study of the leaky pipeline in German sociology”
Thanks to @womensforuminas.bsky.social and the INAS attendees for the inspiring exchange, and @europeatharvard.bsky.social for their support!
📝 Preprint👇
“Why women leave academia? A longitudinal study of the leaky pipeline in German sociology”
Thanks to @womensforuminas.bsky.social and the INAS attendees for the inspiring exchange, and @europeatharvard.bsky.social for their support!
📝 Preprint👇
Wenn Moralspektakel Kompetenz angreift:
@dpz.bsky.social bezeichnet @ruudkoopmans.bsky.social Forschung als "problematisch"
Ruud Koopmans = 30216-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?hl...
Daniel-Pascal Zorn = 374-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?us...
🤔
@dpz.bsky.social bezeichnet @ruudkoopmans.bsky.social Forschung als "problematisch"
Ruud Koopmans = 30216-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?hl...
Daniel-Pascal Zorn = 374-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?us...
🤔
April 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Wenn Moralspektakel Kompetenz angreift:
@dpz.bsky.social bezeichnet @ruudkoopmans.bsky.social Forschung als "problematisch"
Ruud Koopmans = 30216-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?hl...
Daniel-Pascal Zorn = 374-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?us...
🤔
@dpz.bsky.social bezeichnet @ruudkoopmans.bsky.social Forschung als "problematisch"
Ruud Koopmans = 30216-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?hl...
Daniel-Pascal Zorn = 374-mal zitiert scholar.google.de/citations?us...
🤔
150 Mrd für Infrastruktur, Steuersenkungen für mittlere/niedrige Einkommen, strengere Regeln Bürgergeld, 2000 Euro steuerfrei für arbeitende Rentner, Wechsel Migrationspolitik, nudging zu attraktiverem Wehrdienst...
Ist doch gar nicht mal so schlecht.
shorturl.at/k56Rk
Ist doch gar nicht mal so schlecht.
shorturl.at/k56Rk
Merz über Koalition: Wir wollen ein Land sein, das es einfach wieder besser macht
In Berlin haben CDU, CSU und SPD ihren Koalitionsvertrag vorgestellt. Friedrich Merz kündigt „mutige und bisweilen auch unbequeme“ Entscheidungen an. Die neue Regierung will eine Wende in der Migratio...
shorturl.at
April 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
150 Mrd für Infrastruktur, Steuersenkungen für mittlere/niedrige Einkommen, strengere Regeln Bürgergeld, 2000 Euro steuerfrei für arbeitende Rentner, Wechsel Migrationspolitik, nudging zu attraktiverem Wehrdienst...
Ist doch gar nicht mal so schlecht.
shorturl.at/k56Rk
Ist doch gar nicht mal so schlecht.
shorturl.at/k56Rk
Sad, but I will not to visit @ces-europe.bsky.social Conference of Europeanists in Philadelphia in 2025. I just don't want to wonder if I will be detained for no reason when I arrive in the US. Hope the US becomes a place again that one can visit without fear.
April 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sad, but I will not to visit @ces-europe.bsky.social Conference of Europeanists in Philadelphia in 2025. I just don't want to wonder if I will be detained for no reason when I arrive in the US. Hope the US becomes a place again that one can visit without fear.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social finally speaking up: "Imagine if had done any of this."
youtu.be/xvriwMCa7rE?...
youtu.be/xvriwMCa7rE?...
Obama: Imagine if I had done *ANY* of this
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social finally speaking up: "Imagine if had done any of this."
youtu.be/xvriwMCa7rE?...
youtu.be/xvriwMCa7rE?...
Grüne übernehmen gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit der AfD: Zuerst Menschengruppe pauschal abwerten, daraufhin müssen sich deren einzelne Mitglieder durch ihren "Mehrwert für die Gesellschaft" individuell rehabilitieren. Man ersetze "Männer" durch "Flüchtlinge", schon hat man AfD-Diktion.
March 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Grüne übernehmen gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit der AfD: Zuerst Menschengruppe pauschal abwerten, daraufhin müssen sich deren einzelne Mitglieder durch ihren "Mehrwert für die Gesellschaft" individuell rehabilitieren. Man ersetze "Männer" durch "Flüchtlinge", schon hat man AfD-Diktion.
Why are some academics so much more productive than others? Main determinant of later productivity: early publications. Also: women publish less mainly due to getting less practice early on. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... in #PLOSONE with @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social and @marklutter345.bsky.social
Human capital, gender, institutional environment and research funding: Determinants of research productivity in German psychology
Which academics are more productive? The “sacred spark” theory predicts that some researchers are innately more productive than others, while the theory of cumulative advantage argues that small initi...
dx.plos.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Why are some academics so much more productive than others? Main determinant of later productivity: early publications. Also: women publish less mainly due to getting less practice early on. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... in #PLOSONE with @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social and @marklutter345.bsky.social
Why do people fear crime? Because politicians stoke this fear, independently of actual crime rates.
New research article that uses cross-country ESS data and German SOEP data, with Georg Wenzelburger in West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social
New research article that uses cross-country ESS data and German SOEP data, with Georg Wenzelburger in West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social
Online first: "Frightening politics: citizens’ reactions to party statements about law and order" by Georg Wenzelburger & @martinschroeder.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Polisky Academicsky
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Polisky Academicsky
January 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Why do people fear crime? Because politicians stoke this fear, independently of actual crime rates.
New research article that uses cross-country ESS data and German SOEP data, with Georg Wenzelburger in West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social
New research article that uses cross-country ESS data and German SOEP data, with Georg Wenzelburger in West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social
Es täte allen gut, wenn die Wissenschaft aufhört, sich derart aktivistisch zu betätigen. Wissenschaftler können zeigen, wie die Welt ist. Sie sollten Menschen aber nicht einreden, was moralisch falsch und moralisch richtig ist.
www.zeit.de/2024/13/akti...
www.zeit.de/2024/13/akti...
March 22, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Es täte allen gut, wenn die Wissenschaft aufhört, sich derart aktivistisch zu betätigen. Wissenschaftler können zeigen, wie die Welt ist. Sie sollten Menschen aber nicht einreden, was moralisch falsch und moralisch richtig ist.
www.zeit.de/2024/13/akti...
www.zeit.de/2024/13/akti...
While many in the news lament the terrible state of the world, most of what really counts has secretly continued to improve massively. "66 Good News Stories You Didn't Hear About in 2023": futurecrunch.com/goodnews2023/ And also see:
December 26, 2023 at 10:04 PM
While many in the news lament the terrible state of the world, most of what really counts has secretly continued to improve massively. "66 Good News Stories You Didn't Hear About in 2023": futurecrunch.com/goodnews2023/ And also see:
100+ years of historical research on WW I have found their greatest expression so far in this amazing video ;-)
youtu.be/f4WwNcqrUNI?...
youtu.be/f4WwNcqrUNI?...
December 5, 2023 at 2:14 PM
100+ years of historical research on WW I have found their greatest expression so far in this amazing video ;-)
youtu.be/f4WwNcqrUNI?...
youtu.be/f4WwNcqrUNI?...
November 22, 2023 at 7:36 AM
Are some generations less motivated to work? I fail to find this effect amont 584,217 individuals in 34 countries over 30 years.
Instead, everyone gets less motivated to work over time, rather than some generations being less motivated to work.
Now available open acccess: doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Instead, everyone gets less motivated to work over time, rather than some generations being less motivated to work.
Now available open acccess: doi.org/10.1007/s108...
November 7, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Are some generations less motivated to work? I fail to find this effect amont 584,217 individuals in 34 countries over 30 years.
Instead, everyone gets less motivated to work over time, rather than some generations being less motivated to work.
Now available open acccess: doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Instead, everyone gets less motivated to work over time, rather than some generations being less motivated to work.
Now available open acccess: doi.org/10.1007/s108...