Fabian Pfeffer

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Screencapture of the position announcement of "Office Manager / Office Managerin / Assistenz Lehrstuhl" at LMU Munich, Department of Sociology. Direct link in the post.

We are looking for a new office manager! Come and work with a fun and dynamic team in beautiful Munich.

Applications due by March 1, 2026

job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...

The ASA IPM section is excited to launch our new participatory budgeting initiative where section members can propose new initiatives or projects that the full membership will then vote on. The IPM Section has dedicated $1,500 to be allocated across the proposed projects that receive the most votes by section members. You can read through the IPM Participatory Budgeting Rulebook linked here for more information about what kinds of projects qualify for funding, how the voting process will work, and the overall timeline for this funding cycle. To submit a proposal, please use the following link: IPM PB: Proposal Submission Site. The last day to submit a proposal is January 30, 2026. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Fabian Pfeffer at fabian.pfeffer@Imu.de.

Do you have a good idea of how to spend up to $1,500 to help the community of inequality researchers?

Then submit it by Jan 31 (here: forms.gle/2j6GaCwvS77B...) to be included in the new participatory budgeting process of the ASA Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section.

@asa-ipm.bsky.social

Also, feel free to ask questions or brainstorm with me or any of the participatory budgeting committee members:
@cadigonia.bsky.social, @marissathompson.bsky.social,
@boweihu.bsky.social, Angelina Grigoryeva and Kathryn O'Neill!

The ASA IPM section is excited to launch our new participatory budgeting initiative where section members can propose new initiatives or projects that the full membership will then vote on. The IPM Section has dedicated $1,500 to be allocated across the proposed projects that receive the most votes by section members. You can read through the IPM Participatory Budgeting Rulebook linked here for more information about what kinds of projects qualify for funding, how the voting process will work, and the overall timeline for this funding cycle. To submit a proposal, please use the following link: IPM PB: Proposal Submission Site. The last day to submit a proposal is January 30, 2026. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to Fabian Pfeffer at fabian.pfeffer@Imu.de.

Do you have a good idea of how to spend up to $1,500 to help the community of inequality researchers?

Then submit it by Jan 31 (here: forms.gle/2j6GaCwvS77B...) to be included in the new participatory budgeting process of the ASA Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section.

@asa-ipm.bsky.social

I hope you can make it to @christinajcross.bsky.social's talk and our discussion in Munich on Jan 23.

To get excited about it, check out the video we produced with her when she was still working on the book: youtu.be/KrYcxuqALW0?...

Get your ticket through this link: doo.net/veranstaltun...

Reale Utopien: Vom Wunschdenken zur Wirklichkeit Wohnen neu gedacht: Lena Radau erforscht in ihrer Doktorarbeit alternative Formen des Zusammenlebens – und will eine Brücke schlagen zwischen Utopie und Realität.

Real utopias? Yes, please! Our colleague @lenaradau.bsky.social talks about her important research: www.lmu.de/de/die-lmu/s...

Front cover of The Division of Rationalized Labor. The cover includes four pictures: pen and paper, microscope, factory tower, police badge. Modern-looking yellow lines and graphs are superimposed.

My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…

🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky

First ISI Wealth Conference ✅

Lots of exciting wealth research, new international connections, and a constant flow of novel ideas.

My personal highlight, of course, was this successful and all-important Bavarian rite-de-passage. Two taps! 💪💪

Thanks to everyone for making it a success!

Day 3 #isimunich #ISIWealthConference

Much work got done yesterday in 12 sessions and many discussions.

Today will be our experimental day, featuring a panel discussion, interactive exercise, and excursion. That is, assuming that people found their way back from the Hofbräuhaus yesterday evening! 👀

#ISIWealthConference2025 #isimunich

What a treat, in every sense of the word, to be in Munich for the #isiwealthconference2025 @isi-munich.bsky.social

I know I am in the right place when it is annoyingly hard to decide which parallel session to attend. Looking forward to another day of that type of anguish.

So much excellent work in the pipeline! #isiwealthconference2025

🎤Morgen ist unsere Kollegin Marliese Weißmann mit einem Vortrag über Vermögenstransfer & #Ungleichheit bei der ISI Wealth Conference 2025 @isi-munich.bsky.social dabei: t1p.de/9dud2

Wir wünschen spannende Diskussionen und gute Vernetzung!

#isimunich #ISIWealthConference2025

Our associate professor Lina Aldén presenting a project on "Prenuptial Agreements and Economic Gender Equality" at @isi-munich.bsky.social! 🤩 #ISIWealthConference2025

Awesome conference @isi-munich.bsky.social! 🤩 I had a great time presenting in the wealth measurement session this morning! #ISIWealthConference2025

A nondescript piece of wood slab with bars laying on the floor, an equally nondescript bag containing a box next to it.

I am getting some puzzled looks on the commuter train this morning: What could this guy possibly be up to?

#ISIWealthConference2025 participants will find out on Saturday (as just one of the little conference surprises).

We are gearing up for the #ISIWealthConference2025.

It starts tomorrow and you can find the full program here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thanks to this marvelous team 👇, we are ready to host a wonderful set of wealth inequality scholars from across the globe.

Watch the hashtag for updates!

Soziale Ungleichheit - Soziologe Pfeffer: Vermögenssteuer ist "keineswegs radikal" Der Soziologe Fabian Pfeffer hat sich für die Wiedereinführung einer Vermögenssteuer in Deutschland ausgesprochen.

@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social on @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy

www.deutschlandfunk.de/soziologe-pf...

📆 Save the date: the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 at Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social

The call for papers is open until December 1.

🔗 More details & submission: inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!

Very interesting mentorship program for early career folks working on wealth inequality and related topics, run out of the Munich Stone Center for Inequality Research
www.isi-munich.de/en/programs/...

At National Academies Webinar on September 22: Research Agenda for Improving Economic and Social Mobility in the United States featuring L. Shaefer, F. Torche, L. M. Berger, S. A. DeLuca, D. Grusky, F. Pfeffer, P. Sharkey, and K. R. Troske.
Register here: www.nationalacademies.org/event/45575_...

ISSUE #1 ISI has a newsletter now, isn't it exciting?

🚀 The first ISI Newsletter just launched!
Inside: center insights, job opportunities… and a few surprises we promise are way better than finding an extra fry at the bottom of the bag. 🍟✨

Check your inbox — you don’t want to miss this.
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#isimunich

ISI has a new website.
Yes, one that works.
Yes, also on your phone.
No, we didn’t do it ourselves. We called Max from Goodaim (en.goodaim.de). He speaks both design and durkheim.

Visit www.isi-munich.de/en
Come for the inequality, stay because you accidentally closed all your other tabs.

⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky
@stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Congratulations, Zach. That's fantastic!

Our article (with @madselk.bsky.social, @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @benansell.bsky.social, @aslicansunar.bsky.social, and Laure Bokobza) on why it is so hard to counteract wealth inequality through inheritance taxation is out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social!

Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...

An international call for action just got louder:

Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde

Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally

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www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...