Sociologist interested in wealth inequality, housing, and class analysis. Heidelberg University & London School of Economics https://waitkus.github.io/
Nora Waitkus
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📢 Call: Tenure Track Position
The MPIfG Political Economy Research Area led by Lucio Baccaro is seeking a Senior Researcher. Open to candidates with at least two years’ postdoc experience.
Please share widely!
🗓️ Apply by April 20, 2026
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🚨👩🎓 We're hiring a Full Professor in Macrosociology! 👩🏫🚨
Join us in beautiful Heidelberg 🏰 starting April 1, 2027.
Please spread the word, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions regarding the position
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Join us in Vienna to discuss inequality, economic mobility & labor markets!
With @franziskadbacher.bsky.social and @izmartinez86.bsky.social I'm stoked to announce this workshop, keynotes by @emilynix100.bsky.social and @natewilmers.bsky.social.
Nov 19-20, submit by June 30: www.wu.ac.at/ineq/ws26
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG)
Nora Waitkus
Per Engzell
I’m hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University 🌍
📊 Survey Research & Political Participation
🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation
Part of “The New Climate Divide”
Deadline: 21 June 2026
Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/...
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The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford).
▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, Janet Gornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor.
🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May.
Join us in Oxford! Details here: atkinsonconference.github.io
📢 Open positions!
I’m recruiting 2 postdocs + 3 PhD positions at C³S, @goetheuni.bsky.social in #ClimateJustice, environmental inequality, #Demography & #ComputationalSocialScience 🌍📊💻
3–4 years + strong support for training🎒
Deadline: 23 June 2026
More: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen...
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Melinda Cooper – Anachronism in Our Times
Adorno-Vorlesungen 2026
18–20 November 2026, 6.30–8 pm
Nov. 18: Patrimonial Capitalism
Nov. 19: Fascism as Revolutionary Conservatism
Nov. 20: Patriarchy Resurgent
@goetheuni.bsky.social
@suhrkamp.de @melindacooper.bsky.social
A two-day interdisciplinary conference on economic and social inequality at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 10–11 September 2026.
atkinsonconference.github.io
The first paper of my dissertation is published now in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social!
Press coverage of the richest Germans is rare but focused on a minority of highly visible individuals and varies along the historical origins of fortunes.
doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292
Endre Borbáth
After nearly four great years at UCL‘s Social Research Institute, I’m excited to be moving on to C³S at Goethe University Frankfurt: www.c3s-frankfurt.de 🎓🧮🤖
I’m incredibly grateful for all the support and kindness over the years 🤗 and very excited about what’s ahead 🤓🧑🏫
Zach Parolin
Tobias Rüttenauer
IfS Frankfurt
If you have Hungarian friends, please check in on them. Netflix has nothing on this election campaign: a twisting spy scandal, Russian meddling, Orbán off the rails. And we still have four days left.
I wrote a (still slightly incredulous) rundown 👇
brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/inside-hun...
