Sebastian Kohl

Lost votes, divided cities: The unequal electoral geography of invalid voting in Germany’s urban neighbourhoods (2002–2025) Invalid votes are increasingly salient and politicised given close election outcomes and increasingly fractured party landscapes, yet relatively under…

🚨Out now in Political Geography (w/ @sebastiankohl.bsky.social): Lost Votes, Divided Cities: The unequal electoral geography of invalid voting in Germany's urban neighbourhoods (2002-2025)

Full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy that our research is covered in the @theguardian.com . Hopefully next time our names make it in too 😉.

Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling the rise of the far right. Our research shows how to address it | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer

Our latest research on inequality in housing space highlighting the role of overcrowding and under-occupation by @steinhardt.bsky.social @simonvoss.bsky.social & @sebastiankohl.bsky.social has been featured in @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In a new policy with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social, we spotlight an overlooked side of housing inequality: how living space is distributed. Both overcrowded and under-occupied homes have been rising in Germany in recent years.
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...

(4) Sebastian Kohl, Max Steinhardt, and Simon Voss shift attention to an often-overlooked dimension of housing inequality: the distribution of living space. Overcrowding and under-occupation in the existing housing stock are rising. Policymakers should incentivize redistribution.

Happy to share that our research brief on housing space inequality in Germany will soon be published by the Progressive Politics Research Network!
This work, a collaboration with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social and @simonvoss.bsky.social , digs into who has access to space and how policy can address it.

🏘️ Bezahlbarer #Wohnraum wird zur sozialen & politischen Schlüsselfrage. Klimaschutz, Baukosten und soziale Gerechtigkeit müssen zusammen gedacht werden.

Worauf es ankommt, beschreiben Lisa Pfann (@fesonline.bsky.social) & Eike Windscheid-Profeta in unserem Interview: www.boeckler.de/de/interview...

Deadline 21 July.
Kohl and team are doing some of the most interesting research on housing and finance these days. And an excellent mentor and all around good guy.
Bonus: berlin

Deadline July 21st! www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). | Sebastian Kohl I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). Any research projects in political econom...

I am starting to look for a PhD student in (comparative) political economy, historical or computational sociology starting in October (4 years, 65%) at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Check out the announcement here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). | Sebastian Kohl I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). Any research projects in political econom...

I am starting to look for a PhD student in (comparative) political economy, historical or computational sociology starting in October (4 years, 65%) at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Check out the announcement here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Happy to see our joint work on immigrant housing now published in the Journal of Housing Economics!
With @simonvoss.bsky.social (@fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social) and Marc-André Luik, we show how language skills shape homeownership outcomes—offering new causal evidence on immigrant integration. #EconSky

A big thanks to all reviewers! @mpifg.bsky.social, @princetonupress.bsky.social, @cambridgeup.bsky.social, @routledgebuseco.bsky.social, @agendapub.bsky.social

With exciting book reviews of Zacarés' "Residential Capitalism" reviewed by Alejandro F. Pérez, @aspaglayan.bsky.social's "Raised to Obey" by @mcortinaescudero.bsky.social, Bryant/Webber's "Climate Finance" by Giorgio Cuconato and @ccavaille.bsky.social's "Fair Enough" by @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social

We are very happy to welcome everybody at the "Workshop on Immigration & Refugee Inflows: The Impact on Host Country Economies" at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.
Looking forward to two days full of interesting presentations!

@jfki-econ.bsky.social @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social #EconSky

Thank you to all the participants of our workshop „The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding“ for these two very interesting days! We look forward to welcoming you soon again at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social!

#EconSky #EconConf

Insightful key-note lecture by Alexander von Hoffman (@harvard.edu) on "Overcrowding: Concepts, Contexts, and Contingencies" for our workshop on The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding.

#EconSky #EconConf

Phil Hubbard right now at our overcrowding workshop (w/ @steinhardt.bsky.social) with a talk on the spread of tiny houses in London!
#EconSky #EconConf

New insights about socio-ecological inequality in housing consumption in the Netherlands by Mira Kopp and @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social presented at the workshop on overcrowding at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Attention spoiler-cars matter!

#EconSky #EconConf

Welcoming remarks from @steinhardt.bsky.social and @sebastiankohl.bsky.social at the workshop on "The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding" at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. We look forward to the interesting presentations ahead!

#EconSky #EconConf

🗓️ Next Monday and Tuesday:
We are very happy to host a workshop on "The Socio-Economics of Overcrowding" at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

See all information about the workshop and program below
and feel free to join!

@steinhardt.bsky.social @sebastiankohl.bsky.social @lucastella.bsky.social

Join my new Public Economics team at @unileipzig.bsky.social! A 100% PhD/Postdoc position with teaching and a 75% PhD position in a DFG research project on the triangle of growth, housing and voting in Germany with @sebastiankohl.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Apply until Feb 28

You are welcome to join the guest lecture by Katharina Sass (University of Bergen) on admission choices in secondary-school systems in Norway and Germany next Tuesday (Jan 21st) at the JFK Institute @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social , 16:15-17:45 👇

Postdoctoral position at LMU Munich with Fabian Pfeffer, focusing on social inequality, wealth, mobility, and quantitative methods. No German required; apply by January 15, 2025, for a preferred start in April. More details: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...

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Join us next Tuesday at 16:15 for @timwhite100.bsky.social's talk on Venture Capital Experiments with Housing in Berlin, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @jfki-econ.bsky.social 👇

Berlin friends: next Tuesday at 4pm I am presenting findings from my new book project at the Freie Universität.

Join us!

Eine weitere Stelle, allerdings in Economics, ist in Leipzig geplant im nächsten Jahr

Welcome to next Tuesday's lecture at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social' JFK Institute, with Alex Kentikelenis presenting his forthcoming book (w/Sarah Babb) on "The Making of the Washington Consensus". Join us at 16:15! @socfub.bsky.social @jfki-econ.bsky.social 👇