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The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'

CNRS cancels Web of Science in order to focus on qualitative evaluation and promoting the development of open databases.

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Simon Kuper on the big, beautiful flattery industry
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Therapy Culture for the Business Class: Exploring How CEO Peer Groups Make and Legitimate Elite Cohesion In the current context of extreme economic inequality and rising concentrations of income and wealth at the top, the social processes through which elites restrict the wider population's access to re...

New article out now 🚨
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@sheffielduni.bsky.social

While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵

Très heureuse d’annoncer la parution du livre, coécrit avec Sébastien Michon 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭·𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦. 𝘜𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘥’𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦, paru au Croquant.

On y parle de l’exercice du pouvoir local par une « liste citoyenne » élue à Strasbourg en 2020.

Ryan Moulton @moultano Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?

🟢Wealthy individuals fuel the climate crisis through their investments even more than through their consumption and lifestyles — This is one of the key findings presented in *Chapter 1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*.

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Walkers protest over riverbank access Campaigners take to the banks of the River Dart, calling for the right to access all English rivers.

There are around 1,500 rivers in Britain, so the government’s manifesto pledge to create a mere 9 river walks is simply pathetic.

Give the public a right of responsible access to all rivers & the wider countryside.

Our @righttoroam.bsky.social trespass on BBC news:

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Staying Apart for the Kids? Older American Daters and the Preservation of Family Wealth Romantic repartnering in later life has received substantial scholarly and public attention in light of population aging and changes in family dynamics. In the United States, the importance of househ...

Excited to finally share my new paper (w/Raphaël Charron-Chénier) out in BJS! Staying Apart for the Kids looks at how older adults consider preserving family wealth in their new relationships. Drawing on my interviews with mid/late-life daters, we show how accumulated wealth shapes dating decisions.

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.

We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!

Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷

Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social

Details here (please RT)
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Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Join us for the launch of Vjosa Musliu's new book, Girlhood at War. Join us for our book launch, 'Girlhood At War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo' | Wednesday 12 November 2025 | 5pm to 6.30pm | LSE Old Building

💭What does liberation look like through the eyes of a young girl in wartime Kosovo?
Vjosa Musliu & Piro Rexhepi will be joining us for this book launch and a compelling conversation.
📅 Nov 12 | 🕔 5pm | Find out more and register here

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Trades Union Congress LSE Collaborative Studentship with Trades Union Congress

If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Which sport is most elitist? 🔎

Our research shows that the elite level of many sports are still only reached by a select few. This includes cricket, men's rugby, and top Olympians and Paralympians.

Football and women's rugby are representative of the wider population.

🚨 New paper: Who climbs the Ivory Tower? 🏛️ Together with Nicolai Borgen and Astrid Sandsør (@astridsandsor.bsky.social), we find that the chances of becoming a professor differ enormously by family background. Here’s what we find 👇

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Application Deadline: December 15, 2025

📣 New call for postdoctoral researchers!

We are seeking candidates with a doctorate in the social sciences for our research areas Political Economy (Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro) and Economic Sociology (Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert).

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We are excited to announce the launch of #lessonplans tied to our #Uncommonsense #podcast. Each highlights relevant AQA & Cambridge OCR modules, and shares recommended reading. You can find all episodes listed in this news story, here. Engage! Enjoy! Share!
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Ben, wholly agree.

Organise with colleagues to:
- Force the government to leave X.
- Take legal action against Musk for inciting violence.
- Get the PM to actually condemn the far right
- and when he fails to do this, replace him, fast

Les discrètes À propos de : Isabelle Dasque, Le pouvoir des femmes de diplomates, XIXe-XXIe siècles, Nouveau Monde Éditions

[📑 #Socioelites ] "Les discrètes" par Carl Petersen à propos de l'ouvrage d'Isabelle Dasque, Le pouvoir des femmes de diplomates, XIXe-XXIe siècles.
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Culture & Inequality Podcast How does culture feed into inequality? And the other way around? In Culture and Inequality, cultural sociologists from universities across the world explore these topics in-depth from various perspect...

Penultimate episode of this season's Culture & Inequality Podcast, in which @bryanboyle.bsky.social (Free U Brussels) talks with Kristina Kolbe and @aaronreeves.bsky.social about the Sound of Elites: How Elites Navigate a Meritocratic and Anti-Elite World >>

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Managing Risk & Seeking Dignity: Working‐Class Perceptions of University in London, Rochdale & Morecambe This paper examines how working-class young people enroled at college in London, Rochdale and Morecambe perceive of university. It argues that university represents a great risk, associated with high...

New paper for @bjsociology.bsky.social exploring how working-class young people in London, Rochdale & Morecambe associate university with risk due to debt (deterring some), but also potential reward in terms of grad premium, and crucially, dignity

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"For large parts of the world’s population, the apocalypse does not point to a distant future but represents a (very real) lived experience in the present."
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Du Bois on what these assholes were really like

Culture & Inequality Podcast How does culture feed into inequality? And the other way around? In Culture and Inequality, cultural sociologists from universities across the world explore these topics in-depth from various perspect...

The Culture and Inequality Podcast is back!

In five new episodes, a briliant cast of sociologists discuss the newest insights about elites, climate risk, our digital economic lives, women and the far right, and the cultural politics of meat.

All found here: pod.link/1533967764

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July 4th, 2025

Jayshree Patel in conversation: Teacher and lecturer turned TV scriptwriter on the power of sociology Hollyoaks writer Jayshree Patel tells Juliette Wilson-Thomas how sociology underpins storylines on far-right extremism and violence against women.

Great interview with sociologist-cum-screenwriter in the @thesociologicalreview.org magazine 👀 👀 👀 inspiring for anyone interested in public sociology! thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun...

At no point in this study did I use AI. This includes the literature review, logical organization, writing, analysis, and proofreading. I do not cite any studies that use AI, to the extent that it is possible to know.

Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language.

Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.