Sam Friedman

Not me! The much more qualified @samfr.bsky.social

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Who really rules Britain? I talked to Sam Friedman about Britain’s elite - and its political power

This looks interesting. @petergeoghegan.bsky.social talks to @samfriedman.bsky.social.

Sounds like Born to Rule is worth a read.

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-really...

Thanks. Let us know what you think if you get a chance to read

Who really rules Britain? I talked to Sam Friedman about Britain’s elite - and its political power

Matt Goodwin once wrote that Britain is ruled by a ‘woke elite’ that comprises *as much as 25 per cent of the population*

If you want to watch an expert take down of this canard, @samfriedman.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale is very good

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-really...

Yeah @polprofsteve2024.bsky.social is absolutely right. Universities remain well behind other employers in taking this issue seriously in the U.K. weird when there is (rightly) so much emphasis on widening participation among students…

Great new paper! A similar study in the U.K. is long overdue. A lot of elite employers in the U.K. have begun to take class background seriously, but universities remain woefully behind

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Who really are the élite?

Seems to matter given snake oil merchants like Farage and Trump like to cast themselves as “men of the people” when, in reality, they were brought up in conditions of priviledge…

Was a real pleasure to have @samfriedman.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale talking about who runs Britain.

Would really recommend reading this and watching the interview with him

Who really rules Britain? I talked to Sam Friedman about Britain’s elite - and its political power

I spoke to the brilliant @petergeoghegan.bsky.social about the British elite and how they profit from the symbolic market for ordinariness

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-really...

work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...

This is a great opportunity to work on cutting-edge research!

HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early-stage compani...

What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Find out in my new @ijurresearch.bsky.social article ‘Hyperscaling Housing’

It traces VC-fuelled attempts to aggressively scale real estate start-ups, and the devastating consequences for tenants.

Since the hegemon's eye is now focussing on Greenland, I recommend revisting our research note in @bjsociology.bsky.social on the Power elite in Greenland

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Beyond the ‘Scholarship Boy’ paradigm: Autosociobiography and social mobility - Sam Friedman, Mike Savage, Carlos Spoerhase, 2025 This article reflects on the potential of the rapidly emerging literary genre of autosociobiography to extend analyses of the personal experience and feelings a...

On autosociobiography and social mobility: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @mikesavagelse.bsky.social @samfriedman.bsky.social

I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here:
apply.interfolio.com/178873

Congratulations 🥳

🙏 glad you enjoyed it

Paperback publication day for Born to Rule! 🥳👀🎄🎅

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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