If, like me and many democratic theorists, you believe social status is what we ought to equalize to fight contemporary inequality, this is an article (and interview) for you:
www.rsfjournal.org/content/rsfj...
Thanks for featuring it alongside so much great research.
faculti.net/the-architec...
How do the structural properties of status hierarchies, separate from individuals’ positions within them, influence inequality in material rewards?
Léonie Hénaut was interviewed by Accounts, the ASA Economic Sociology section newsletter, for her work on occupational identities in the contemporary workforce.
Do Americans accept higher rates of inequality because of our belief in the American Dream?
Leslie McCall (@stone-lis.bsky.social) wasn’t convinced, so she went looking for the data.
Listen to @durlauf.bsky.social & McCall discuss her pioneering research on The Inequality Podcast: bit.ly/4ndv9z2
www.asanet.org
Video
New article out: On status disparities as a fundamental but under-theorized dimension of social stratification.
Open access here: tinyurl.com/jh2t2zym
How cool is it when a piece you really care about is published in a journal founded by... Emile Durkheim?
Thanks to "L'Année sociologique" for making this happen!
Link to the article here: tinyurl.com/jh2t2zym
"Elites don't exist without a concurrent supply of participating non-elites"
Still my favorite take on this old article! Thanks @mrafalow.bsky.social
The ASA section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society is a vibrant community of computational and network scholars, interested in how larger social patterns emerge from local social dynamics. Sounds exciting? You can learn more – and join us! – at the link below:
tinyurl.com/2e7exdfw
UW-Madison Sociology is hiring! We're inviting applications for an assistant professor position in the fields of demography, soc of population, and health, to begin August 2027.
Come join @uwsoc.bsky.social and the great @cdeuw.bsky.social!
Apply here:
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
We're hiring at the associate level in the field of population research at UW-Madison. The call takes a broad view of what constitutes population research, and is agnostic as to research methods.
Apply here!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/associate-professor-of-sociology-madison-wisconsin-united-states
The purpose of the Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society Section is to encourage and enhance research, teaching and other professional concerns relating to the scope and limits of explaining m...
tinyurl.com
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
Job Summary:
The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for an Associate Professor (with tenure) position in the field of population research beginning i...
Fabien Accominotti (@faccominotti.bsky.social) was interviewed by @faculti.bsky.social about his work on the architecture of status hierarchies. A full written transcription is available along with the video.
faculti.net/the-architec...
#Sociology
UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility
How do the structural properties of status hierarchies, separate from individuals’ positions within them, influence inequality in material rewards?
