Postdoctoral researcher @TU Dortmund | Sociology and social policy | Life course, family, work, pensions, wealth | prev. University of Bamberg, U Mannheim/MZES, U Cologne | skeets mostly English and sometimes German | #firstgen
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Andreas P. Weiland
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Bad news for capricorns: they earn less than other zodiac signs
Good news for capricorns: it's not due to their zodiac sign
For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...
Quantifying postponement in the age at first attempt to conceive: "the average age at first conception attempt, as inferred by the models, increases by two years [between 1960-80, Netherlands]. Unexpectedly, the average duration to childbirth remains stable despite later conception attempts"
📢 Job: Research Associate (75%, E13)
Join my team at @goetheuni.bsky.social! Looking for a researcher in sociology/network analysis for an @erc.europa.eu project on the interplay of children's & parents' networks. Until end of 2028.
Info & apply:
🔗 www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
Iceland’s pension system is unique in Europe.
The entire public social security pension can be phased out through means testing, leaving high-income individuals reliant only on occupational and private pensions.
It takes a village to produce research with impact. This is the idea that motivated us to write this paper, published today. Kudos to the team: @lluisdanus.bsky.social @william-dinneen.bsky.social @carotorreblanca.bsky.social @guygrossman.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
📅 𝗙𝗗𝗭-𝗥𝗩 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝗝𝗘𝗧𝗭𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡!
Wir freuen uns über die große Anzahl an spannenden Vorträgen, die wir bei der diesjährigen FDZ-RV Jahrestagung am 𝟭𝟴. 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 in Berlin präsentieren können.
Programm & Anmeldung:
👉 drvbund-fdz.yve-tool.de/public_regis...
New paper out in Annual Review of Sociology with @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social #W.Foley and @l-sage.bsky.social
"Luck and Predictability in the Life Course"
We take stock of what we know about luck and its role in shaping life-courses and inequality
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
📢 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...
Die Novelle des #WissZeitVG ist ambitionslos und - mal wieder - wissenschafts- sowie karriereschädlich.
"Zugleich entfällt allerdings die bisherige Möglichkeit, nicht ausgeschöpfte Befristungszeiten aus der Promotionsphase in die Postdoc-Phase mitzunehmen."
www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/05...
There is an emerging recognition among sociological theorists that luck may play a substantial role in life course achievement. There is also a nascent empirical literature that finds life outcomes to...
The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research is an open access journal that features contributions addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in popul...
GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
