end/ ... not on here Ville Anapaz, Ralph Porneso, Joakim Ebeltoft, Espen Eilertsen, Alexandra Havdahl, Qi Qin

& participants of MoBa, FinnGen and LifeLines!

6/ Thanks to fantastic coauthors @sjoerdalten.bsky.social @dr-appie.bsky.social @ziadaayorech.bsky.social @perlinedemange.bsky.social @agnesfauske.bsky.social
@hlaht.bsky.social @torkildl.bsky.social @andganna.bsky.social @eivindy.bsky.social
...

5/ This work opens the door to understanding how personal traits like interests and social environments interact to shape major life decisions like what people study and build careers in — without implying genetic destiny.

4/ ⚠️ What this study does not say
• There are “genes for engineering” or “genes for art”
• DNA determines your degree or career
• Genetics should guide educational choices
• People fit into fixed “types”

3/ These genetically-correlated dimensions also relate to personality, mental health, behaviour, socioeconomic status.

This suggests that interests, dispositions, and opportunity structures relate to educational pathways in interconnected ways.

2/ 🧬 We analysed genetic data from >460,000 people in Norway & Finland, looking across 10 educational fields.

Two major dimensions emerged in how people sort into fields:
• Technical ↔ Social
• Practical ↔ Abstract