If you're interested in inequality topics in Science, do not hesitate to submit an abstract to us for the Swiss Sociological Association conference in Fribourg next September
If you work on elites, inequality and power structures, do consider submitting an abstract to our mini-conference at SASE (July 1-3 2026 in Bordeaux).
Hard submission deadline is *Tuesday December 16*
NEW: Lasse Folke Henriksen, Jacob Aagard Lunding, Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Anton Grau Larsen, "The Hardcore Brokers: Core-Periphery Structure and Political Representation in Denmark’s Corporate Elite Network" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Check that out! Amazing research debunking meritocracy in science!!!
My first preprint is up!
Qualitative Methods in the Digital Era: How computation entangles fieldwork?
Drawing on 8 years collecting multiple types of data on Brazil’s environmental state, I reflect on how abductive fieldwork is changing.
Comments welcomed
osf.io/preprints/so...
New from me:
An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals.
Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5
New publication by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social) in (@socquarterly.bsky.social). “The Sociology of Queer Nightlife.” The Sociological Quarterly 66(4): 661-674. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6....
The article provides a sociological perspective on queer nightlife.
Proud to share the publication of my first paper, co-authored with Silvio Candido, in @actasociologica.bsky.social!
“Entrenched and unequal at the top: Brazilian capitalism and the social space of its corporate elite” is now out — hope you enjoy the read!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Thierry Rossier
Thierry Rossier
Sociological Science
Thierry Rossier
The 2026 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) Conference will be held in Bordeaux July 1-3, 2026
Submissions by Dec 16: sase.org/events/2026-...
🔥🔥 New article in PlosOne 🔥🔥
Citation behaviour isn’t a meritocracy.
It’s shaped by social ties and topic overlap.
Let’s rethink how we evaluate research impact.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Wesley Stubenbord
ASA Theory Section
Per Engzell
journals.plos.org
Despite being considered as key indicators of research impact, citations are shaped by factors beyond intrinsic research quality—such as including prestige, social networks, and research topics. While...
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🚨 New paper out in PLOS ONE! w/ @caropradier.bsky.social @benzpierre.bsky.social @natsush.bsky.social @ipoga.bsky.social @lariviev.bsky.social
We studied 43k authors and 264k citation links in U.S. economics to ask:
👉 Why do some papers cite others?
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
