Jukka Savolainen

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Not yet. But, drum roll, Im a big fan of AI Green

It's ok to like it.

Many thanks to Tyler Cowen for posting about my new book!

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Stew was a mensch 💔
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Tight and Loose Cultures: A Conversation with Michele Gelfand - Behavioral Scientist Life can look quite different when a culture’s enforcement of norms is tight or loose.

Tight culture for the win! 🇩🇪
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This is what it looks like to advance viewpoint diversity and open inquiry in American criminology #ASC2025 photo credit: @jerryratcliffe.net

Yup. The only time I received a perfect score from NIH was when co-PI was a grant panel insider. Not sure if just "shady." Seems writing grants is its own genre of literature. You gotta learn to tick all the boxes and pull the levers. Journal reviewers thought our project was pretty worthless.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Moves to Vote as Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown

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Government is open for business 🙏👍 ✈️

Come to our panel on Wednesday. Sponsored by @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social , featuring John McDonald.

You should contact Janne Kivivuori to find out more about the teaching program.

Good luck. I hope you'll be seated as far away as possible from that monster 🤭

They have a robust undergrad program of teaching. Intro classes, textbooks created by the faculty, etc. What's translated in English as MA is historically the proper "BA." I graduated from U of H with a "Master's" Degree (VTK), no other undergrad degree. Systems vary, translations difficult.

KRIMO at U of Helsinki is very good. In USA: Cincinnati, ASU, U Pennsylvania. In Canada, Simon Fraser used to be good but hear it's gone downhill. Same with Rutgers. U Nebraska, Omaha?

Marmalade Pudding Cake Now, this is a beauty. I don't mean flash or fancy — rather the opposite; there is something austerely handsome about its appearance, and yet gorgeously warming about its taste. But then, this laid-ba...

I feel happy just thinking of #RecipeOfTheDay. I feel even happier eating it: it’s Marmalade Pudding Cake! www.nigella.com/recipes/marm...

Those are some choice blurbs! I couldn't think of a better trio, seeing as Dostoevsky is unavailable. Congrats!

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Lot to love about this @nytimes.com editorial arguing for moderate politics as the way for Dems to win. I was struck by this passage on measurement validity. Potential reading for those teaching undergrad methods.

Just came across this. Neither Freakonomics nor Sean Carroll has called yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Let me guess: We are?

Roast Duck Legs with Potatoes This is one of those leave 'em and love 'em meals. For all the ease of express-style food, there is a lot to be said for simply stashing something in the oven for an hour or two when stuck in too-tire...

#RecipeOfTheDay is Roast Duck Legs with Potatoes, and it could scarcely be any easier to cook or feel more of a treat to eat! www.nigella.com/recipes/roas...

Sociology in 🇺🇸
"For nearly 100-years, the conference has traveled across beautiful Indigenous homelands throughout the ... Turtle Island. In this historic moment, we are proud to name the PSA’s conference theme in Indigenous language: Shúkwaatnim na iwáyumixa"
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It is. But it has nothing to do with spelling 🇫🇮 😟

YouTube video by Heterodox Academy Is Sociology Broken? Jukka Savolainen on Ideology and Reform | Ep 35

Agreed, on record:
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Peach Melba Pavlova My Peach Melba Pavlova is a dream of a dessert: crisp-edged meringue with a marshmallow centre, spread with softly whipped cream, covered with golden peach wedges and drizzled with a sauce of pureed r...

#RecipeOfTheDay is the flamboyantly delectable Peach Melba Pavlova! I prefer to make most elements a day in advance (as explained in the recipe intro) but that’s for ease, not an essential step. www.nigella.com/recipes/peac...

"Genetic variants associated with personality have widespread associations with other attributes, including social, economic, and medical outcomes."

Important knowledge for social scientists:

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Give Criminology a Chance Notes from a discipline on the brink

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Example where a public statement by an academic association is appropriate/necessary. "Can't be neutral in a moving train."

Except for the price tag.

New Vindication for the Regnerus Same-Sex Parenting Study Suppressing disfavored ideas from consideration has serious consequences for the possibility of scientifically informed public discourse in our day.

Sociological research
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As noted, this is a CFP, not an article. The intro to the special issue will substantiate all those claims with evidence. "Bad ideas" refers to the quality of those ideas with respect to empirical evidence; their poor fit with reality.

Again, it doesn't "elevate a conclusion." You keep misrepresenting the language. Definitely not a "productive take" 😏