@excinequality.bsky.social
Cluster of Excellence @uni-konstanz.de. We study how people perceive inequality, how this leads to collective mobilization, and how political actors respond to it.
Eine neue Studie unseres Clusters @uni-konstanz.de zeigt: Negative Medienberichte über bestimmte Migrant*innengruppen können bei der Vergabe von Bürgergeld zu Diskriminierung führen! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/lv33e
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
Join us for today’s #Inequality Colloquium at 11:45 — either on-site in Y213 at the @uni-konstanz.de or via livestream: t1p.de/z6cff
Bertil Tungodden from @nhhnor.bsky.social will speak on “The Business of Mistakes: Moral Acceptability of Consumer Exploitation.”
A study from the Cluster "The Politics of Inequality" at the #UniKonstanz and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social shows: Working from home can make the division of household and care work between men and women more balanced – but only in families with progressive gender role attitudes. t1p.de/6qh0r
12.11.2025 14:02 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Does partisanship explain policy preferences across the urban-rural divide? Kattalina Berriochoa shows rural Republicans especially are at odds with their party when it comes to #education funding. Read OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/6WSjIt0
@excinequality.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
How do the effects of climate change impact societies – especially in places where people are affected particularly strongly? And when do these impacts lead to protests? Interview with #UniKonstanz @excinequality.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher Viktoria Jansesberger: t1p.de/o1eht
07.11.2025 12:48 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📢 Only 1 week left!
We’re hiring a postdoc at KOMEX, @uni-konstanz.de & @excinequality.bsky.social.
🧠✨Great team, exciting project, and beautiful surroundings.
Apply by November 15!
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🎙️Neue #Inequality Podcastfolge: Globale Ungleichheit im #Klimawandel
Host @mbusemeyer.bsky.social spricht mit Gabriele Spilker (ausnahmsweise als Gast) & Viktoria Jansesberger von der @uni-konstanz.de über soziale & politische Dimensionen des Klimawandels ➡️ t1p.de/7let1
How does human language differ from texts generated by large language models? #UniKonstanz @excinequality.bsky.social study explored this question – and shows that while AI writes with increasing fluency, it could at the same time endanger the diversity of human expression: https://t1p.de/xo0x0
04.11.2025 14:04 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Does partisanship explain policy preferences across the urban-rural divide? Kattalina Berriochoa shows rural Republicans especially are at odds with their party when it comes to #education funding. Read OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/6WSjIt0
@excinequality.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
Thanks to the great help by @rstrauch.bsky.social, Gabriele Spilker and the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" @excinequality.bsky.social, version 5.0 of the "Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database" (coverage until 2022) is now available at mmadatabase.org!
29.10.2025 09:57 — 👍 19 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
In today’s #inequality Colloquium, Helmut Rainer, Professor of Economics at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Director at the ifo Institute, spoke about Pathways to Immigrant Integration. Don’t miss any future Colloquia – subscribe to our newsletter now: t1p.de/zibdb @uni-konstanz.de
28.10.2025 14:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Heute Abend in Ulm: @felixja.bsky.social präsentiert Ergebnisse aus unserem Forschungsprojekt „Das Ungleichheitsbarometer“ @uni-konstanz.de
22.10.2025 12:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 We’ve just kicked off the new semester with our 100th In_equality Colloquium @uni-konstanz.de — featuring Sonja Zmerli (Science Po Grenoble), Franco Bastias (University Grenoble Alpes), and some confetti!
You can find the full program for the winter semester 2025/26 here: t1p.de/1f7o5
How do you perceive inequality in Germany – and how close are your views to reality?
Test yourself at our interactive exhibit from the research project „The Inequality Barometer“ at Berlin Science Week!
📍 Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
🗓️ Nov 1–2, 2025 | 9:30–18:00
@uni-konstanz.de
Ausverkauft!!! Aber: Teilnahme per Livestream möglich: t1p.de/k8h06
15.10.2025 15:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 #PolSci #Powi #Soziologie Studierende aufgepasst!
Ich suche eine Hilfskraft!
➡️Quantitative Analyse mit Stata
➡️ab 01.12.
➡️Ungleichheit & politische Einstellungen/Verhalten
CC @excinequality.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de
www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/ungleichheit...
Wer Ungleichheit als hoch empfindet, zweifelt eher an der eigenen politischen Selbstwirksamkeit. @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & @felixja.bsky.social zeigen, inwiefern das negative Auswirkungen auf das Vertrauen in den Sozialstaat und Politik hat.
👉 Hier lesen: www.progressives-zentrum.org/publication/...
⏰ 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!
➡️ Policy Paper Alert: New findings from the Konstanz Inequality Barometer show widespread public doubts about the fairness and financial sustainability of Germany’s welfare state.
By @mbusemeyer.bsky.social and @felixja.bsky.social from the @uni-konstanz.de
I'm hiring!
Post-doctoral researcher-KOMEX director
Wanted: talent in social science research methodology/ methods-versed inequality researcher, interest in global knowledge production!
@excinequality.bsky.social @komex.bsky.social @methodsnet.bsky.social
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✨ 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:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbJn~uWr6...
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Is public administration an equalizer – or a driver of inequality? With @gabilotta.bsky.social, our hosts @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & Gabi Spilker @uni-konstanz.de discuss how street-level bureaucrats shape daily state action ➡️ t1p.de/bt6j0
01.10.2025 07:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
„Stadt, Land, Spaltung?“ Podiumsdiskussion am 15.10.25, 19 Uhr, Bodenseeforum Konstanz und Livestream. Mit @oezdemir.de, Claudia Alfons (OB Lindau), Thomas Wagner (Deutschlandfunk) & @mbusemeyer.bsky.social von der @uni-konstanz.de Eintritt frei, Ticket erforderlich! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/0i1lg
29.09.2025 12:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The updated version of our paper on the historical dynamics of the Great Gatsby Curve is now available as a @excinequality.bsky.social Working Paper:
kops.uni-konstanz.de/entities/pub...
#EconSky
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
⏰ Nicht verpassen: Unsere Co-Sprecherin Gabriele Spilker eröffnet gleich (12:30 Uhr) die #OAT25 an der @uni-konstanz.de mit ihrer Keynote zu: „Globale Ungleichheit in Forschung & Wissenschaftssystem“.
👉 Seid live dabei: t1p.de/qd1hb
Learn. Connect. Grow. 🌱
#KOMEX2026 brings world-class methods workshops to @uni-konstanz.de & online.
📅Feb, 2026
🔗Join now: afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/view/kome...
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10.1080/1369183x.2025.2550130 New article on administrative inequality in the handling of dual citizenship requests, co-authored with the incredible Christina Zuber as part of our @excinequality.bsky.social projects. We show that local preferences influence caseworkers' decisions.
06.09.2025 10:21 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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.
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
New #UniKonstanz @excinequality.bsky.social study: Analysis of political manifestos in 12 OECD democracies over 50 years shows: Parties – incl. left-wing – respond to inequality only when the current state changes, but not to long-standing inequalities: https://t1p.de/a4neo
