Election results at Tilburg University. Great results for the Independents (tilburguniversity.edu/independents) & TiU-International. Their 4 seats send a clear signal how the #internationalization debate is experienced by our community. Looking forward to working together for the success of Tilburg University.

Preparing a lecture & wanted to show recent data on why people are unsure / do not expect to have #children. Here's a snapshot of some of the reasons (not medical or age related) based on a small data collection w/ LISS panel. Only gender diff? Career & worry about kids' future.

PSA: non-Dutch EU citizens living in NL - if you want to #vote for European Parliament, deadline to register is 23 April. Can be done via digid (search "verkiezingen" in your municipality's site). 🗳️💪

Very important! Please vote in the EU elections. Registration in the Netherlands is super easy with your DigiD!

🔔 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫'𝐬 LISS panel 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥? Join us to learn more about the LISS panel, explore the opportunities it offers, and the conditions of this year's Call. 📍Online, May 23 (13-14 hours)

📢 POSTDOC JOBS! Join me at the Political and Social Sciences at EUI European University Institute in Florence to work on my European Research Council (ERC)-funded project TARGETS. We study how discrimination is defined and experienced, and its impact on the job search of vulnerable groups, using experimental & longitudinal methods. Info below.

PhD vacancy at Tilburg University ! Together with Mine Kühn and Jeroen Vermunt, we are looking for a talented PhD candidate for the project ‘The Changing Landscape of Women’s Retirement: Physical and Mental Health Consequences of Working Longer’. Apply bf 26.06: tiu.nu/22309

Vote! #EuropeanElections 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

Heading off to #EPC2024 in Edinburgh. Taking bets on how many absent-minded EU academics will forget to bring their passports... EAPS

📜NEW ARTICLE:📜Frank van Tubergen investigtes perceived societal discrimination among immigrants across 17 European countries Now at SocArXiv, soon open access at European Societies: doi.org/10.31235/osf.i…

📢📢 TWO POSTDOC JOBS 2 full-time Research Fellowships at European University Institute (EUI) to work on my project TARGETS on ethnic discrimination in the labour market: eui.eu/Documents/Serv… eui.eu/Documents/Serv… Duration: 24 months Deadline: June 26. Starting: 09/2024

Things have not been much fun lately so I'm thrilled to get this feedback from my fam soc course: "The meetings were very interactive, fascinating and interesting!", "Katya was really great in making the topics visible in society", "It's heavy but rewarding"...🎉☺️

This is the moment to consider blocking some time to prep your submission for the Special Edition “Children with #Disability and Their #Families” (if you want to). Deadline: August 15! population-europe.eu/events/calls-p… Nicoletta Balbo Lara Bister Danilo Bolano Alice Dominici Università Bocconi

Call for Papers for our new special issue is out!

🇺🇦UKRAINE SPECIAL ISSUE OUT NOW:🇺🇦 Edited by Tamara Martsenyuk and Tymofii Brik Articles: tandfonline.com/toc/reus20/26/2, introduction on SocArXiv: doi.org/10.31235/osf.i… Articles by Maryna Shevtsova Kateryna Zarembo 🇺🇦 HjalmarCarlsen @[email protected] Jonas Toubøl @[email protected] Mattia Zulianello Plamen Akaliyski and many more!

Took a longer break & missed this blog release... A short piece on how fears for the next generation deter the transition to #parenthood, echoing findings from Pew Research Center on reasons why adults choose not to have children. #NoFutureNoKids #SocietalPessimism #DecliningBirthRates

We're hiring a permanent Lecturer in #QuantitativeSocialScience IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society Besides usual benefits, it comes with brilliant (+nice) minds as colleagues👩‍🔬👨‍🔬👨‍💻 🚀apply: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se… #Sociology #SocialScience #Academia #QuantitativeResearch #MachineLearning #BigData

Working on a "#Sociology is cool" slide & need names of famous people who studied Soc (non-academics). My list is v US-centric: Michelle Obama, Dan Aykroyd, Kal Penn, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frances Perkins, Robin Williams (no degree), Amanda Gorman, Bong Joon-ho Help?

The European Commission is calling for nominations for new members of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors. Speaking from experience, I can tell you that it is a great privilege and opportunity to bring the best of science to European policy making. Scientific Advice Mechanism

At last week's #ESA2024 conference in Porto, two articles received the ESA Award for the Best Article Published in European Societies in 2021-3! Congratulations to Jonathan Latner and Judith Rohde-Liebenau! Links: doi.org/10.1080/146166… and doi.org/10.1080/146166…