The Politics of Inequality

✨ 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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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

„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

The updated version of our paper on the historical dynamics of the Great Gatsby Curve is now available as a @excinequality.bsky.social Working Paper:

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#EconSky

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

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Open-Access-Tage 2025 | Keynote: Globale Ungleichheit in der Forschung und im Wissenschaftssystem. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ... Vortragende: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Spilker Ungleichheiten bestehen nicht nur zwischen und innerhalb von Gesellschaften, sie prägen auch die Wissensproduktion über sie. Der Zugang zu wissenschaftlicher L...

⏰ 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...

@methodsnet.bsky.social @excinequality.bsky.social

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.

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 #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

3 Doctoral Positions in LiVV – Project Cluster “The Politics of Inequality” Deadline: September 24, 2025

Anke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at ‪the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social‬ at @uni-konstanz.de‬.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

Wahlprogramme ignorieren Ungleichheit

Beim Deutschlandfunk durfte ich 10 Minuten über unsere neue Studie zur oft ausbleibenden Reaktion von Parteien auf hohe ökonomische Ungleichheit sprechen. Und darüber, warum das ein Problem für Demokratie ist. Die (APSR) Studie deckt 12 Länder 1970-2020 ab

www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/stud...

🎙Neue Folge des @excinequality.bsky.social Podcasts: „Wie gerecht ist unser Bildungs-system?“ mit @woessmann.bsky.social. Die #UniKonstanz Hosts @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & Gabriele Spilker sprechen über Chancengleichheit, Reformen und Bildungserfolg.
🎧 ungleichheit.uni.kn/podcast

To all Postdocs around the globe with a great research idea and an interest in joining a diverse interdisciplinary group: Call for Constructive Advanced Thinking (CAT) Programme 2026 - 2028 open now!
Deadline for applications: 14 October 2025, 15:00 CET
Find more information here: t1p.de/mz4ph

We invite submissions from scholars in political science, sociology, economics, linguistics, computational science, educational research, and social psychology.

Topics include education, labor markets, health care, minority and language rights, and climate change.

📣 Call for Papers is open!
In_equality Conference 2026 | 15–17 April | Konstanz
We invite papers on the political causes & consequences of #inequality

Submit Aug 8–Oct 5 ➡️ inequality-conference.de
@uni-konstanz.de

Staffelfinale des #Inequality Podcasts: in unserer letzten Episode der 1. Staffel sprechen @mbusemeyer.bsky.social und Gabriele Spilker von der @uni-konstanz.de mit @profkunze.bsky.social über KI am Arbeitsplatz – ist sie eine Bedrohung oder Chance? Jetzt reinhören: t1p.de/7let1

In Germany, the semester holidays have begun and many are on a well-deserved summer break!
Make the most of this time with the recordings of our #Inequality Colloquium by @isabelamares.bsky.social (Yale University) & Gabriela Lotta (our External Senior Fellow @uni-konstanz.de): t1p.de/7vpoc

@valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social, @briittavs.bsky.social,
@alexanderhorn.bsky.social,
@geraldschneider.bsky.social, C. Zuber,
@sebastianfindeisen.bsky.social, @dauthecon.bsky.social, @schlenkeroli.bsky.social,
@breunig.bsky.social, F. Breyer, W. Gaissmaier, G. Schwerdt, M.-B. Sterba

Authors in this issue:
@mbusemeyer.bsky.social, @cdiehl.bsky.social, G. Spilker, R. Ulloa, C. Kacperski, @pselb.bsky.social, F. Wolter
@leuffen.bsky.social, S. Baute, @maxheermann.bsky.social, @giadapasquettaz.bsky.social,
S. Isaacson, V. Jansesberger, S. Koos, @rstrauch.bsky.social,

🎉 New Issue Alert! The eighth issue of In_equality magazine is here: 7 Years of Research. Looking Back and Ahead. This edition dives into our research over the past seven years and takes a look at what’s next. Read it here (also available in German): t1p.de/hfl2c @Uni Konstanz

Don't miss the last colloquium talk of the summer semester! @woessmann.bsky.social from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social will speak about “Multidimensional Skills on LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap.” Tuesday, 15 July | 11:45 | Y213 @uni-konstanz.de or online: t1p.de/z6cff

Neue #UniKonstanz @excinequality.bsky.social Studie: KI am Arbeitsplatz verbreitet sich ungleich. Während Beschäftigte in wissensintensiven Berufen KI stärker nutzen, bleibt der Zugang in anderen Bereichen eingeschränkt. Ohne Förderung droht eine digitale Spaltung des Arbeitsmarkts: t1p.de/l0te5

Goodbye Diego Aycinena, Associate Professor of Practice in Behavioral and Decision Sciences @upenn.edu It was great having you with us as Senior Fellow! Would you also like to spend time researching and working at beautiful Lake Constance? Learn more about our fellowships here: t1p.de/9ppk9

1/3) 📣Out in Party Politics:
We trace the equal rights and economic equality positions of 69 center-right and far-right parties since 1970 in 12 countries. We find that center right parties did not react to/address equal rights concerns and economic inequality

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Big thank you to Laura Jakli for co-organizing and the @excinequality.bsky.social, @dfg.de & @onlinehbs.bsky.social for supporting our Inequality and Democracy in CEE conference.

Grateful to Jason Wittenberg, @isabelamares.bsky.social & all participants for thoughtful feedback on my book project.

🎉 Glückwunsch an unseren PI @profkunze.bsky.social zur erneuten Auszeichnung als einer der "40 führenden HR-Köpfe 2025" in Deutschland! Das #Personalmagazin ehrt damit Führungspersönlichkeiten, die wegweisende Impulse zur Gestaltung einer modernen Arbeitswelt geben! @uni-konstanz.de

🎙️ New In_equality Podcast episode! Conflict researcher Halvard Buhaug joins @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & Gabi Spilker @uni-konstanz.de to explore how inequality, conflict, and climate change are linked – and what can be done to prevent violence. Tune in: inequality.uni.kn/podcast

Goodbye to our External Senior Fellow @jlynch13.bsky.social It was great to have you with us and thank you for your inspiring talk at our #Inequality Colloquium ➡️ t1p.de/tl3gz @uni-konstanz.de

Muss die Demokratie "einfach mal liefern wie bestellt"? Zur Beziehung von Demokratie, Wohlstand und Ungleichheit diskutieren @mbusemeyer.bsky.social, @naikaforoutan.bsky.social, Philip Manow & Alexander Petring. Moderation @schieritz.bsky.social Sessionpartner @excinequality.bsky.social #Innocracy25