@dynamics.bsky.social
DYNAMICS is a joint PhD Program of Humboldt-University Berlin and the Hertie School studying the relationship between demographic change, democracy and public policy
🔍 Der wiss. Stab von #SVRMigration sucht eine/n Mitarbeiter/in für die sozialwissenschaftliche Erhebung zu integrationsbezogenen Fragen im kommunalen Kontext in Form einer wiederholten #Panelbefragung.
📆 Bewerbungsfrist: 8. Dezember 2025
Alle Infos 👉 www.svr-migration.de/oeffentlichk...
Thrilled to celebrate our doctoral resesearcher @jeinhoff.bsky.social ´s successful PhD defense! 🎉
His dissertation on the social stratification of extending working lives is officially wrapped — and now he’s kicking off his postdoc journey at the @mpidr.bsky.social . Congrats!
The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) will take place on 11-15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden, hosted by @iasliu.bsky.social
⌛ Deadline for workshop and session proposals: 1 December 2025
More information: liu.se/en/event/eus...
📢 Call for Abstracts
Join us at the Family Diversity & Health Workshop June 29-30 2026 in Berlin!
We welcome submissions on intersections of health & family research, especially using register data. 🌏
🫶 No participation fees & hotel costs are covered.
📨 Send us your abstracts by Jan 31 2026
Last week we ran the first “Career Planning Workshop for Within and Outside Academia” for female and non-binary doctoral researchers — a space to openly discuss career goals and skills.
Thanks to everyone who took part and contributed. More to come.
📢 Call for Papers 📢
Excited to co-edit a Special Issue on “Time Use and Family Dynamics in Contemporary Europe” in Comparative Population Studies (CPoS)!
We invite submissions using time-use data to advance research on family life across Europe.
🔗 www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...
Three @dynamics.bsky.social alums in one paper 🤩
Congrats to @antvalentim.bsky.social , Tom Arend and @fabioellger.bsky.social on the new @bjpols.bsky.social publication exploring how voters react to new, disruptive political actors!
This week, we hosted “A PhD 101” with alumni @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social, @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social who shared insights from their own journey, and a workshop on how to kick off a successful PhD.
Our new cohort is ready to dive into their PhDs! 🚀
📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference.
🔝 This Tuesday: Party Politics & Historical Political Economy
New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social
1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training
2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👇 Great opportunity for post-docs! Come to the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social for 2-4 weeks as visiting fellow! Application deadline 28 Nov 2025.
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We are incredibly proud of our newest PhD @stefaniamolina.bsky.social who successfully defended her dissertation today on “The influence of family dynamics on the well-being of adults and children.” Congratulations on this outstanding achievement, Stefania! 🎓👏
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It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
In terms of city or department, doesn't get much better than this
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This week we welcomed our 6th (and final) cohort of doctoral researchers 🎉 @dynamics.bsky.social
We kicked off with an inspiring keynote by Ursula Daxecker and can’t wait to support these talented researchers on their PhD journey.
Excited to see all the amazing research projects ahead! 🚀
✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Summer party vibes at DYNAMICS this week – with amazing pizza! 🍕☀️
Huge thanks to our alumnus @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social , who served up one delicious pie after another. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun evening 💛
@dynamics.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social
📢Come and join the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Berlin next week:
Kris-Stella Trump, JHU (@kstrump.bsky.social)
"Perceptions of Income vs Wealth Inequality: A distinction without a difference?"
When? Tuesday, June 17, 12pm
Where? ISW #002
All welcome!
Congrats, Anna! 🥳
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Personal news: I am happy to share that I will be starting a PhD in the joint @dynamics.bsky.social doctoral program of the @humboldtuni.bsky.social and the @hertieschool.bsky.social this autumn in Berlin. I will now briefly thank some people who have supported me over the past few years 🧵.
12.06.2025 05:40 — 👍 198 🔁 5 💬 14 📌 1We look forward to working you @dynamics.bsky.social ☺️
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Great to have DYNAMICS alumnus Tom Arend with us this week as part of our "Life After PhD" series!
Tom offered our PhD researchers valuable behind-the-scenes insights into his work as a researcher at the OECD —and what a career in international organizations can look like with a PhD
At yesterday’s DYNAMICS Lecture, @demography.bsky.social shared new evidence on how armed groups in Colombia weaponised kinship to maximise suffering. A powerful talk on the social demography of war-related bereavement in Colombia @hertieschool.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social
08.04.2025 07:27 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How do parties tailor their campaign ads to women? 🗳️👩
Excited to share that my paper on how parties adapt their ads is out now at @thejop.bsky.social!
📖 Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
A quick breakdown of the findings ⬇️🧵
Does Mainstream Populism Work❓
I answer this question in a new paper officially out at @psrm.bsky.social❗
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Key take-aways in the thread below 🧵⬇️:
🚨 New paper out at @jeppjournal.bsky.social. We show a growing youth gender gap in far-right support, driven by young men.
3 key findings in 🧵⬇️
w/ @zachdickson.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social @tonirodon.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Less than a week to go to apply to the Paris Summer Institute in CSS.
This year we will focus on LLMs and gen AI.
It's entirely free, open to all disciplines across the social sciences, and our speaker's list is already wonderful and getting better. More info here: sicss.io/2025/paris/
The TADA Speaker Series is thrilled to welcome @prashantgarg.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk to present his research on causal claims in economics!
🎙 Prashant Garg: Causal Claims in Economics
📅 March 19, 2025 | 🕔 17:00 Berlin Time
🔗 Subscribe for details: tada.cool
See you next week!
EuroWEPS 11 is here! We'll meet in Bergen on May 16 to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is March 30.
13.03.2025 15:38 — 👍 10 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 3👩🔬 #Women in #Science? Und noch nicht für den #ZiaKongress beworben? 👉 Dann jetzt für die Teilnahme beim Kongress am 06. Mai in Berlin bewerben!
Die @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social, @holtzbrinckberlin.bsky.social und die @zeit.de Verlagsgruppe freuen sich auf Euch!
Alle Infos hier: zia-kongress.de
