Katja Pomianowicz

⏰ Nur noch wenige Plätze frei! Kommt am 15.10. um 19 Uhr ins Bodenseeforum Konstanz zur Podiumsdiskussion „Stadt, Land, Spaltung?“ mit @oezdemir.de, @mbusemeyer.bsky.social von der @uni-konstanz.de u.v.m.
➡️ kostenloses Ticket erforderlich: t1p.de/x5akr oder per Livestram: t1p.de/k8h06 teilnehmen!

Mediennutzung und Medienwirkung als sozialer Prozeß In unserer modernen, funktional differenzierten Gesellschaft stellen die Massenmedien das Hauptkontaktmittel zur sozialen und politischen Umwelt dar. Da viele Menschen kaum direkten, unmittelbaren Kontakt zu den Parteien, Organisationen oder Politikern haben, scheint...

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🚨 New paper: Who climbs the Ivory Tower? 🏛️ Together with Nicolai Borgen and Astrid Sandsør (@astridsandsor.bsky.social), we find that the chances of becoming a professor differ enormously by family background. Here’s what we find 👇

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Jetzt auch Open Access!

Teacher bias or unobserved ability? @ssreditorial.bsky.social paper w/ @marespadafor.bsky.social Test score error & omitted behavior = 🐘 in the (class)room to identify SES discrimination. Still, beyond "true ability", well-off (low-performing) kids get higher teacher ratings: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

🙏 Thanks to all who provided input on the article, and in particular to the RSSM for the smooth publication process and constructive feedback from the reviewers and the editor!

📈 Empirically, we find that attributional factors better explain the “perception gap” than actual unfair treatment, in particular information deficits, enrolment in the lowest school tracks, and high parental aspirations.

📚 We study whether this gap results from actual unfair treatment or from attributional factors, such as information deficits, enrolment in a stigmatized track, high parental aspiration, and pronounced “aspiration squeeze”.

💡 Based on our recently collected & novel #PerFair data on inequality perceptions among 7th-graders,
@cdiehl.bsky.social, Thomas Hinz & myself study why minority vs majority students more often perceive to belong to a higher educational track than they currently attend.

✨ For those who missed it: Our Article on Perceived Track Mismatch among Minority and Majority Students in the German Education System is published in RSSM ❗️🥳❗️

Free copies until Oct 1 under this link:
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In_equality Conference 2026 The "Politics of Inequality” research center invites interdisciplinary & international researchers to Konstanz, Germany, for the In_equality Conference, 15-17 April 2026.

The first keynotes of the In_equality Conference 2026 are confirmed: @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @mschaeffer.bsky.social & @emmaspiro.bsky.social
Register now and submit your paper until October 5: inequality-conference.de @uni-konstanz.de

Not sure if I need a book, an online course, a master class or else to know how the system works.

Any resources you may know of are highly appreciated.

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📢 New in @sfjournal.bsky.social: We study how parental #education shapes children’s #cognitive development. Accounting for selective parenthood & grandparent & early parent characteristics, we find education largely reflects broader #intergenerational advantages. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

In @europeansocreview.bsky.social with S.Trittler: New migrants who are visible and highly educated report most discrimination: high discrim. coincides with high awareness of unfair treatment and high aspirations for fair treatment.

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In Research on Social Stratification and Mobility with @kpomi.bsky.social and T. Hinz based on data from the #PerFair project @excinequality.bsky.social on students' perceptions of inequality and fairness.

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New papers out on perceived unfairness! A 🧵:

In @sociusjournal.bsky.social with @brueggemann-o.bsky.social J. Lang, S. Strauss we show that women are no longer more accepting of lower wages than men by using linked employer-employee data.

🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!

The next In_equality Conference is around the corner – you know what to do! Like in previous years, the event is not only an academic (inequality research) & personal (great & nice community) highlight; the venue by the beautiful lake makes it unforgettable!

ECRs are particularly welcome to apply!

Wow, September 1st, everybody seems to be back from their holidays 😁

Universitair docent sociologie Wil jij studenten inspireren en vernieuwend onderwijs geven? Versterk ons team als universitair docent met expertise in migratie en/of sociale stratificatie.

WORK! The Sociology Department at Utrecht University is hiring a new assistant prof, with expertise on migration/integration/polarization/stratification. Come join us! www.uu.nl/organisatie/...

Preparing for the #ecsr2025 conference later this week. @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social and I present about A Sorting and Learning Model of Educational Inequality. The empirical case we study is the causal effect of the classical gymnasium on student achievement....

Thank you so much!! Happy to hear your thoughts! 😊

📄 Full thesis: doi.org/10.15488/19360
📄 Published Articles:
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Thanks for sharing!

Thank you - and good luck with you thesis, which sounds important!

🎯 Contribution:
- Bridging tracking theory with research on immigrant inequality & the life-course
- Adding the meso level to explain how & for which outcomes tracking shapes inequalities in cross-national research
- Offering explanations how tracking reinforces cumulative disadvantage
(5/5)

📈 Key findings:
1. Macro-level tracking moderates meso-level mechanisms on expectations, their realization, less so on achievement
2. Tracking affects gaps in achievement & expectations, partly explained by meso-level mechanisms
3. Gaps in realizing expectations are less shaped by tracking
(4/5)

🔑 Key arguments:
- The country-level tracking degree influences how strongly meso-level mechanisms (learning environments, signaling, structured opportunities) shape immigrant inequalities
- .. assuming more pronounced disadvantages for second-gen. immigrant students in more-tracked countries.
(3/5)

🧩 Theoretically, the thesis
- Distinguishes between measuring tracking, i.e., at the macro & meso level
- and the mechanisms operating at the meso level, i.e., in schools & classrooms.
- Addresses institutional variation in how tracking manifests, i.e., between & within schools / classes.
(2/5)

💡 The dissertation cross-nationally examines how tracking structures educational inequalities between immigrant and ethnic majority students across three outcomes in secondary education: achievement, expectations, and their realization.
(1/5)