Line Rennwald

Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology The Swedish Institute for Social research (SOFI) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The institute is an internationally leading research institute in the field of socia

Great 2-3 year postdoc opportunity in the Social Policy unit here at @sofi.su.se, Stockholm University

SOFI is an incredible research and work environment, could not recommend it more

Deadline for applications (including your own research plan): 13th April 2026

We are looking forward to meeting you next week!

GREC lecture series Spring 2026

📢 GREC lecture series in spring semester 2026 🗓️

5th March: @selmasarenkapa.bsky.social
16th April: Natasha Wunsch
21th May: @giorgiomalet.bsky.social

@sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social

Spannend, wie in Österreich Sympathie für bestimmte soziale Gruppen mit Wahlverhalten korreliert:

- Reiche: V/N⬆️, S/G⬇️
- Niedrigverdiener: V/F⬇️, S/G⬆️
- Selbständige: V⬆️, S/G⬇️
- Arbeitslose: V/F⬇️, S/G⬆️
- Frauen: F⬇️, G⬆️
- Pensionisten: G/N⬇️
- LGBTQ: kein sign. Zushang
- Zugewanderte: S/G/N⬆️, V/F⬇️

This is really fascinating data:

"To summarize the key results, Switzerland’s private wealth is growing faster than incomes, and it is highly concentrated among the very wealthy and the elderly. Wealth is transferred across generations increasingly late in heirs’ lives."

New data release. Selects 2023 Panel Survey (Waves 1–5)
The panel follows the same respondents from the 2023 election campaign to 2027, offering unique longitudinal insights into Swiss political attitudes & behaviour.
👉 Dataset: doi.org/10.48573/4h6...
👉 Selects: forscenter.ch/projects/sel...

On Feb 24, I give a talk at the University of Lausanne's Lives center. The title of my talk:

Politics and Intergenerational Mobility

api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...

Un ouvrage passionnant sur l'histoire de la gauche dans les villes, du socialisme municipal aux nouvelles coalitions rouge-verte. Avec une fine analyse de l'évolution du profil socio-professionnel des élus #class #representation

Very happy to see this article published in @cogitatiopag.bsky.social 🥳! Using data from Selects (@forsresearch.bsky.social) and @smartvote.bsky.social, we compare political elites and voters on the question of closer (or looser) relations between CH and the EU

Love Data Week Switzerland (9–11 Feb)
We offer 3 short online sessions:
Generate file lists in minutes www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/genera...
Find & download data on SWISSUbase www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/search...
Use AI to draft a README (11 Feb) www.researchdatasupport.ch/index.php/ev...

Die antifaschistischen Wurzeln der schwedischen Wirtschaftspolitik Der Meidner-Plan ist bekannt als das schwedische Konzept für den Übergang zum Sozialismus. Weniger bekannt ist: Rudolf Meidner kam aus Deutschland, hatte den Aufstieg der Nazis miterlebt und wollte mit seiner Arbeit auch dem Faschismus den Boden entziehen.

Der Meidner-Plan ist bekannt als das schwedische Konzept für den Übergang zum Sozialismus. Weniger bekannt ist: Rudolf Meidner kam aus Deutschland, hatte den Aufstieg der Nazis miterlebt und wollte mit seiner Arbeit auch dem Faschismus den Boden entziehen.

⚠️Deadline approaching soon to submit your paper to our Section on economic inequality perceptions and preferences @ecpr.bsky.social's General Conference!

📆Deadline 9 January

Polarised upgrading: the changing occupational structure of large cities in Germany and the UK, 1991–2021 - Journal for Labour Market Research An influential thesis predicted in the 1990s that large cities would become polarised as both high-wage professional and low-wage service jobs expanded at the expense of middle-wage workers. We revisi...

How polarized was occupational change in Germany's and UK's largest cities?

Happy to share a new paper with Daniel Oesch and @katymorris.bsky.social out in Journal for Labour Market Research.

Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1186/s126... and 🧵👇:

The MOSAiCH Call 2027 is open!
Propose questions for the MOSAiCH Survey 2027 & collect survey data in Switzerland. The module complements ISSP 2027: Social Networks & Social Resources II.
Deadline: 20 April 2026
Fieldwork: Spring 2027 | Data: Early 2028
👉 Info: forscenter.ch/wp-content/u...

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names

By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Giorgia Meloni a-t-elle changé ? La question qui divise les politistes italiens Au pouvoir depuis trois ans, la présidente du conseil italien suscite le débat chez les chercheurs en sciences politiques. La normalisation de cette dirigeante issue de la matrice néofasciste s’accomp...

Giorgia Meloni a-t-elle changé ? La question qui divise les politistes italiens
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

My book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” has recently come out in the US.

If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).

First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946

Centre LIVES @unil.bsky.social is running the Good Life Data Challenge:

Using existing Swiss Household Panel data, can you predict the feeling of having lived a happy, meaningful, and interesting (psychologically rich) life in 🇨🇭?

These new items will be included in the next wave of SHP

Did you miss the last #CNES Seminar on #migrant #electionstudies? 😧 don't panic: you can now (re-)watch the recordings on our website: www.cnes.community/index.php/ev... 😌 💡

Pourquoi il faut arrêter de parler de la classe moyenne - Le Temps ÉDITORIAL. Parler de la classe moyenne, c’est s’assurer d'inclure une majorité de personnes. Mais quelle majorité? Considérer cette partie de la population comme une sorte de tout homogène ne permet n...

Et cet éditorial fort intéressant @letemps.ch www.letemps.ch/opinions/edi...

De 4126 à 8842 francs, la classe moyenne, une définition large pour des réalités très différentes - Le Temps Selon l’OFS, la part de la classe moyenne reste relativement stable depuis 2000, mais la peur d’un déclassement est bien présente, montre un sondage réalisé pour «Le Temps». Un paradoxe qui s’explique...

Retrouvez d'autres articles de cette série sur la #classe moyenne www.letemps.ch/economie/de-...

A Berne, les partis politiques s’arrachent la défense du pouvoir d’achat pour séduire «une classe moyenne» romancée - Le Temps Le pouvoir d’achat, les loyers, les primes maladie: à deux ans des élections fédérales, les partis mobilisent leurs forces et varient les propositions pour séduire les électeurs envahis par un sentime...

J'ai parlé avec @letemps.ch sur la #classe moyenne et les réponses des partis à la problématique du pouvoir d'achat @forsresearch.bsky.social
www.letemps.ch/suisse/a-ber...

Interested in data from the Selects Panel Survey? 7 waves follow the same respondents between the 2019 election campaign & the 2023 federal elections. Download the data www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue... and the overview of the concepts & questions www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue...

Great work and nice use of #Selects data from 1995 to 2023 @forsresearch.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social

There is still time to register! newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/i... 💡Don't miss the #CNES online seminar tomorrow 25 November on #migrant #electionstudies ⬇️

Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?

My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.

Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10

Left parties’ strategies and working-class vote in contemporary Western Europe (2002–2020) What should the left do strategically to retain workers' vote? This paper provides extensive empirical evidence on the relationship between left parti…

🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to have this paper on social networks as a mechanism for cleavage stabilization with @dpzollinger.bsky.social out!

If we have you intrigued, also pairs with (and empirically engages) our theoretical piece on puzzles of contemporary cleavage research:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET

@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.

👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...