Felix C Tropf

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WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

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Another job alert! Join us @sociologyoxford.bsky.social as a postdoc on @ewabatyra.bsky.social's ERC project. A great three-year position to work in the area of fertility and reproductive behaviour. www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...

Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues.

We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below #genetics #socialscience #economics #cohort

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🚨NEW PAPER! Together with Wuno Akingbuwa (@wonuola.bsky.social) we developed a way to estimate non-linear genetic correlations. It didnt sit well with us that known non-linear relations (e.g. BMI and MDD with a famous U shaped ) are poorly captured in statistical genetics. 🧵

Mind the gap: the interplay between genes and neighbourhood context on educational achievement Abstract. This article expands on previous research on gene-environment (GxE) effects on socio-economic status, by stepping beyond the family dimension and

Thrilled to see our study on GxE, neighborhood and education published in @europeansocreview.bsky.social academic.oup.com/esr/advance-... incredible work by @lauisilva.bsky.social and Tobias Wolfram!

Another incredible opportunity for a faculty position in (socio)genomics @lifeatpurdue.bsky.social: careers.purdue.edu/job/Assistan...

I am a huge Sam Trejo fan, if you are in London, or able to join remote, and you have the time you should go!

🚨JOB ALERT 🚨

We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ

Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.

3 vacancies in the Health & Longevity research group Join us - We offer one postdoc and two PhD positions in the Research Group on Health and Longevity.

The Research Group on Health and Longevity led by Marc Luy at the Vienna Institute of Demography is hiring!!! This is the coolest group and institute you will have the opportunity to work at! Plus, it's on beautiful Vienna. Apply!!! www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/about/ne...

Challenges of increasing prevalence of disability in China. Very insightful talk by prof Gong Chen from Peking uniceristy. @ioe.bsky.social

Two weeks left to apply! Organized with @rutheva.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social, Torkild Lyngstad and Karri Silventoinen. We will have presentations by Gregory Clark, Evelina Akimova and @fctropf.bsky.social! So apply to join this exciting group in Oslo. Accommodation and food are covered!

Questions can be directed to me, to @robbeewedow.bsky.social, or to the search committee co-chairs Peristera Paschou (ppaschou@purdue.edu) or Sorin Matei (smatei@purdue.edu)

Please note that this is a rolling application. We will begin looking at applications on December 8th, but we plan for this application to remain open for some time, and we will be reviewing applications as they are submitted.

This initiative is again joint between the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science, with many Assistant Professor positions available.

We are excited to continue our mission to build a world-leading cohort of scholars in Social Science Genetics, Behavioral Genetics, Psychiatric Genetics, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistical Genetics, Translational Biology, or any other related discipline.

After a successful first round or hiring last year, Purdue University is continuing its cluster hiring initiative in the broad area of Social Genomics, Behavioral Genomics, and Related Fields: careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...

Baker on Barker: @pietrobiroli.bsky.social presenting excellent work on PGI, infant mortality and heart disease. #igss2023

Great job opportunity: 3-year postdoc position with Ridhi Kashyap on computational methods to understand demographic change & implications for kinship & intergenerational overlap. Apply by 17/11.
Details and apply: tinyurl.com/2skdt98w
#demography #sociology

As part of NCRM, I am running a 3-day intensive course on Structural Equation Modelling and Causal Inference which takes place online on 8-10 Nov 2023.

Bursaries are available for fees.

Details: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...

May be relevant for those in sociology, psychology, social sciences

Another opportunity to work on the FINDME project. An excellent applied statistician/ data scientist will use social and genetic data to explain inequalities in our wealth health and family planning. This one is in London! @CLScohorts shorturl.at/jJLT5 pls re-bluesky!

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Sociology with Focus on Applied Statistics Job Summary Postdoctoral Research Associate in Sociology with Focus on Applied Statistics Start Date: January 2024 The Department of Sociology at Purdue University (https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/sociology/) invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship. We provide a unique opportunity for an outstanding applied Statistician or Data Scientist, ideally with familiarity in Spatial Econometrics to join a highly interdisciplinary and international team developing new methods to study Social Stratification and Health Disparities. This position is an opportunity to work on the intersection of statistics, complex trait genetics, and sociology. The applicant will learn and develop advanced methods in spatial econometrics and statistical genetics and apply these methods to large-scale sociogenomic data to study the biological and environmental contributions to complex social, behavior

If you have always wanted to do a postdoc at a fancy university in the US with a decent-looking salary AND you want to work with one of my favorite sociologists on a super exciting topic AND you are good at quants stuff THIS might be the job for you:

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