Sam Friedman

Thanks for the review, so glad you enjoyed it

A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs

1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Benefit changes and larger families We are a group of university-based researchers investigating how families with more than two children are coping with the benefit cap or the two-child limit.

Over the last five years @nuffieldfoundation.org funded @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social @katejandersen.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social @katejandersen.bsky.social and I to research the impact of the two-child limit & the benefit cap largerfamilies.study

The fight to end child poverty goes on. But today we must celebrate. It will make a real, lasting difference to families the breadth of the UK and I’m so grateful to everyone in @changingrealities.bsky.social & @cpaguk.bsky.social who have advocated tirelessly for its full abolition

Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Read the latest State of the Nations research report from University of Sheffield on mapping arts, culture and heritage careers.

New @creativepec.bsky.social report! “Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers” pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...

Hope you liked it!

YouTube video by Ninja Tune Marie Davidson - 'Work It (Soulwax Remix)'

When I’m trying to wake my students up for 9am lectures on class and work I use this one…does the trick normally 😂

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ik...

Book review: Born to Rule We're always hearing about the "elite", but what does the data tell us about who runs Britain?

We're always hearing about the "elite", but what does the data tell us about who really runs Britain?

@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com reviews "Born To Rule" by @aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social

Smart glasses and the slow death of seeing Mark Zuckerberg wants us to “tune in” with smart glasses. But tune in to what, exactly?

Mark Zuckerberg wants us to “tune in” with smart glasses. But tune in to what, exactly? My latest piece for The Perpetual Beginner is on smart glasses and the lost art of seeing open.substack.com/pub/theperpe...

Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

Deadline approaching - November 3! Two postdoc positions at the GC-CUNY @stone-lis.bsky.social center in New York City. One position is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth #inequality. Info and link below. #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky 👇👇👇

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🚨New Issue Out Now!! Open Access!!

Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!

Our former @ccmpswarwick.bsky.social and @sociowarwick.bsky.social graduate Dr. Sun Park is now doing great things at @ucdischool.bsky.social - including leading this amazing PhD project on AI & Heritage 👇

www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancie...

Deadline today!!

British Journal of Sociology Conference Find out more about the BJS conference 2026, which will provide an in-person platform for academics across the discipline to advance their research.

Submit an abstract for the BJS Conference - April 23 and 24 2026 at LSE. Deadline this Monday!

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

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...

📢𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!📢
We’re now accepting applications for the 𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗹𝗶 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social

Apply via our online portal:
kohlifoundation.eu/programs-koh...

📆 Deadline 16 November 2025

Deadline on Monday!

Sociology professor jobs in Copenhagen 🇩🇰!

Repost: We're hiring! Open rank. At least 2 profs.

More details 👇

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Back to the Future (Part I) (Audio)

💔 m.youtube.com/watch?v=ISCF...

📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!

The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.

Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.

www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

Interesting but not me, the superior @samfr.bsky.social

The unfulfilled promises of upward mobility and support for radical left parties in Western Europe In recent decades, educational expansion has produced a large swathe of university graduates which labour markets are increasingly less able to absorb…

An important new paper from my talented, but BlueSky-less PHD Jose Lopes

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The People's Lovie Awards needs YOU I just voted for this finalist to win a People's Lovie Awards. You should too.

The research video for our book Born to Rule (made by the brilliant Maayan Arad) is a Finalist for a Lovie Award. It’s now down to a public vote so please have a watch and, if you like it, vote for us! vote.lovieawards.com/PublicVoting... @lsesociology.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

How are cultural tastes stratified? Evidence from library borrowing for the entire population of Denmark Abstract. Research shows that cultural tastes are socially stratified. Yet, most of this research relies on small-sample surveys and includes only a few di

Even in Denmark, cultural tastes are socially stratified. With some quite cool library data we find strong gradients by education and wealth - important as wealth is rarely studied in cultural stratification research

doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
OA: osf.io/ar2xc_v2/dow...
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

New paper! Led by the brilliant @blaabaek.bsky.social and based on library borrowing data for the entire 🇩🇰 population. Thread below

We were delighted to welcome Prof @aaronreeves.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
to deliver our ARK at 25 lecture yesterday.

Prof Reeves discussed findings from his book (co-authored with Prof @samfriedman.bsky.social) Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite.

🚨 NEW: Britain’s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population.

Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵

Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).

You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!

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📣 The Call for Papers for the British Journal of Sociology 2026 Conference is open!

The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology, bringing together over 200 academics to advance their research.

Submit your paper by 20 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/TdmBcur