Weiqian Xia

Senior researcher, 4-6 positions The Faculty of Social Sciences, INVEST Flagship Research Centre at at the University of Turku invites applications for contract-based, 2-year fixed term senior researcher (4-6 positions). Employment s...

🔥 Apply for our 2-year fixed-term position as a Senior Researcher!

Open positions (4–6) at @utu.fi/INVEST in the
#STRATEQ & #USFI projects led by @janierola.net
#CoROL project led by @anttikouvo.bsky.social
#PublicPrivate project led by @mjantti.bsky.social

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There Is No Religious Revival | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera The Harvard Catholic Center wrapped up 2025 with huge news: the number of potential converts coming through its doors had doubled from the previous year. According to The Wall Street Journal “Free Exp...

There Is No Religious Revival.
Trend stories about rising religiosity are not supported by evidence

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Four Years After the Genocide Judgment: Reflections on the Uyghur Tribunal - Uyghur Human Rights Project Four years after this landmark determination, we asked seven individuals involved in the Tribunal, including four camp survivors, to reflect on its short-term legacy, its impact, and the responsibilit...

Four Years After the Genocide Judgment: Reflections on the Uyghur Tribunal

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Our new project got funding from the Swedish Research Council!

"Structural Change, Education, and the Radical Right". It will explore how gender, place, and structural change intersect to shape young rural men’s changing political behavior in Sweden.

With @zethis.bsky.social & Sirus Dehdari.

INVEST Fellowship Programme - INVEST Research Flagship Centre What is an INVEST fellowship? INVEST fellowships are 1-3 (or up to 6) months visits to the flagship to collaborate...

Join INVEST as a Visiting Fellow! Our fellowship call is open 3.11.-28.11. Fellowships are designed for postdoctoral researchers and beyond who wish to spend time at the flagship, exchange ideas, and build new research collaborations.
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When more people in Sweden can name the Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York than the Prime Minister of neighbouring Finland…maybe — just maybe — there’s a little too much coverage of US politics in Europe.

Wide Social Influence and the Emergence of the Unexpected: An Empirical Test Using Spotify Data Article: Wide Social Influence and the Emergence of the Unexpected: An Empirical Test Using Spotify Data | Sociological Science | Posted October 23, 2025

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New paper out in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social with @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social and Peter Hedström! We identify a social-influence mechanism that widens individuals' behavioral repertoires and breaks the link between individuals' initial preferences and the collective outcomes they bring about.

Senior Researcher (Postdoctoral Researcher, AI Evaluation of Committee Work Project) - National Institute for Health and Welfare Open job: Senior Researcher (Postdoctoral Researcher, AI Evaluation of Committee Work Project), National Institute for Health and Welfare - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi

🚨Postdoc! Join us to develop #AI (#LLM) tools for research, governance & lawmaking.

📅 Apply by Oct 21, 16.15 (Finnish time)
⏳ fixed-term 2026–2028

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#ResearchJob #AcademicJob #AIResearch #Postdoc #ResearchCareers

Do register-based research? 🔎 #FIRE Fellowships offer 1–2 month visits to Finland for postdocs & senior researchers.

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@utu.fi @stat.fi @aalto.fi #TampereUniversity @helsinki.fi @uniuef.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social @vatt-tutkimus.bsky.social

INVEST Visitor: Weiqian Xia - INVEST In the “INVEST visitors” series, we present visiting professors and fellows who have arrived at the flagship INVEST. This time...

👋 Research Fellow @weiqianxia.bsky.social xia.bsky.social is visiting us through the #INVESTFellowship program. Welcome!

🔹“I am deeply impressed by the high quality of research produced at INVEST and look forward to collaborations.”

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#demography #sociology

Happy to have the chance to visit @invest-flagship.bsky.social ! Look forward to fruitful collaborations!

At Deer Park, New Delhi, I saw a Mama with her little naughty monkey.
新德里鹿野苑的猴子。

Serial rapist Zhenhao Zou facing second trial as more women come forward Prosecutors weigh possibility Chinese student who treated his victims as ‘sex toys’ could face further action

has anybody seen coverage of this on Chinese social media? most of his (unidentified) victims were in China, and he's also obviously the scion of some well-off family

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The introductory chapter (Kappa in Swedish) of my doctoral dissertation, Unrealized Potential: Overqualification and its Consequences among the Children of Immigrants Born in Sweden, is available online (3/3): su.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

Exciting discussion @rrluthra.bsky.social @wooseongkim.bsky.social

PhD student in Sociology (A) The Department of Sociology , founded 1954, offers a lively and collaborative research environment with a strong international research profile. The department is especially competitive in the areas o

Open Ph.D. student position calls in Sociology and Sociological Demography at Stockholm University:

Ph.D. student position in Sociology: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Ph.D. student position in Sociological Demography: su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

The closing date is March 1.
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