Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea

So proud and happy of our #MESS2025 — growing in size, diversity, quality, and good vibes every year!

See you all tomorrow! 😎

#SocialScience #Conference #Madrid

@amaliaab.bsky.social @emmylindstam.bsky.social @sergio-galazgarcia.bsky.social

Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications The Art of Learning from Rejection

Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.

CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.

But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.

👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Good luck in this new chapter!!

💼 Oferta de trabajo!

Buscamos un Técnico de Investigación para el proyecto GENDERSEG:

- 20h/semana | 1.400€/mes
- Deadline: 18/09 (inclusive)

👉 Más info sobre requisitos y tareas a desarrollar: aplicaciones.uc3m.es/atenea/fiche...

¡Se agradece difusión!

Estaba 99% segura de que era ¡Enhorabuena!, pero nunca se sabe porqué puede uno preguntar esas cosas.

Yo la hice online y fui en pijama. Ya imagino con quién ha sido el café ❤️

¿enhorabuena? (a las clases da igual, pero al parto diría que deportiva mejor)

If he plots in excel he's the one whose bio says "entrepreneur mindset, gym life, blessed and grateful"

I have never felt as wanted as I did this past August, when I received 14 review requests.

Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized?

In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇

W3 Professorship in "Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability" - Universität Münster Universität Münster bietet Stelle als W3 Professorship in "Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability" in Münster - jetzt bewerben!

🎓📢 We’re hiring!

Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability)

💼 Permanent position
📍 Münster, Germany
🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025

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Thanks for sharing @valentimvicente.bsky.social 😊

I think we need a more nuanced analysis of the link between 2nd-order beliefs and climate action. It’s often assumed that underestimating support for policies leads to inaction, but our findings suggest it can also be a volunteer’s dilemma.

📢 *Call for Applications* / 📢 *Convocatoria abierta*
Join our project on Prejudice & Discrimination at the Spanish National Research Council (Madrid 🇪🇸)
Open to junior scholars at different stages (postdocs, predocs, or MSc grads considering a PhD)
🔗 ⬇️ www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zrur0...

Last day to apply to the MESS!!

MESS is an initiative that brings together empirical social scientists in Madrid. Our first event was last year and it was fantastic.

Join us!

Do you study cooperation and how it varies across societies, including those that are under-represented? Are you interested in how AI is fundamentally reshaping human cooperation?

If so, don’t miss our special issue on Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research

Me alegro muchísimo 👏👏👏

Congratulations!!

If you’re into analytical sociology, there’s no better place!

¿Quieres hacer una estancia de investigación en el
@ipp-csic.bsky.social?

Nuestro programa de visitantes te ofrece dos modalidades:

1️⃣ Estancias sin financiación, inscripción abierta todo el año.

2️⃣ Becas “Luis Moreno”, con ayudas de hasta 2.000€.

Más info en este enlace: tinyurl.com/25ex2ayf

Applications for the 2nd annual conference of the MESS are now open. Hope to see many of you there!

Hey y'all I am hiring a PhD student. Minimal teaching load and many opportunities for more ;)

uol.de/job566en

¡Felicidades!

¡¡Me alegro muchísimo!! 😍😍

Nuestra compañera del @ipp-csic.bsky.social
@martafraile.bsky.social
es demasiado modesta para contaros que (¡por fin!) el @csic.es ha reconocido su excelencia científica y ha sido promovida al puesto de Profesora de Investigación, algo que deberían haber hecho hace años.

¡Enhorabuena Marta!

Usually at the end of the summer, I offer to read someone’s job market materials if they are looking for like an R2 or teaching oriented job (I’m best at reading American pol). Maybe people are doing this work earlier though? Happy to help 2 people. PoliSky

The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social

🚨We’re hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science!
📍The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science (SweCSS)
📅 Apply by June 3
🔗 liu.se/en/work-at-l...

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢

Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!

Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!

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totalmente 🥰

Me gusta mucho un experimento sobre mecanismos causales!

That's great! In the BJPOLS, however, we did not find an effect of political ideology on perception of norms against the far-right (correct me if I'm wrong, @valentimvicente.bsky.social ). Perhaps we should have measured party affiliation instead.