2018

Announcements distributed through RC28 Listserv:

[RC28 message 2018_017]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have two announcements from the organizers of the RC28 meeting in Frankfurt. This will be the last newsletter of the year 2018. Best wishes for Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all RC28 members!

From the organizers of the RC28 meeting in Frankfurt

1. To register for the meeting, please visit the conference website (rc28-frankfurt.org) and follow the links, or jump to the conftool page directly (https://www.conftool.org/rc28-frankfurt/).

2. The deadline for the RC28 Travel Award is January 15, 2019. Please refer to the conference website (rc28-frankfurt.org) for the travel award.

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_016]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have two announcements.

1. From Martina Brandt (martina.brandt@tu-dortmund.de), December 5, 2018

TU Dortmund University offers a post-doc position (100%, 3 years) in the ORA-project "IN-CARE: How are varying care systems associated with inequalities in care and wellbeing in later life?", starting April 2019. Applications preferably before Christmas via email (in one pdf). See the attachment.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/0bd5c296-de67-4050-b64f-fe80bb65d3ea/w67_18_Stelle_als_Post_Doc_100_E13_TV_L_befr._f%C3%BCr_3_Jahre_englisch.02.pdf

2. From Anna Lovasz (lovasz.anna@krtk.mta.hu) and Daniel Horn, December 11, 2018

The Prague Workshop on Gender and Family in the Labor Market will take place on May 20-21, 2019. Co-organized by Charles University, the Virtual Research Collaboration on Gender and Family in the Labor Market, and CERGE-EI, the workshop aims to provide a regional platform for those doing research on this topic. Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2019. For more information and instructions for submission, please visit the the workshop webpage https://vrcgroup.wordpress.com/conference/ and see the attached Call.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/a1c8c203-238c-4587-a63e-e9afd7be8a1b/VRC_May_workshop_Call.pdf

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[2019 RC28 Summer Meeting at Princeton University]

A message from Yu Xie about 2019 RC28 Summer Meeting at Princeton University

Dear Colleague/Student/Faculty Member,

We are pleased to announce that the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee 28 2019 Summer Meeting will take place at Princeton University, August 15-17, 2019. RC28 invites all scholars working in the field of social stratification and social mobility to contribute to its Summer 2019 Meeting.

The theme for this year’s conference is Social Inequality and Social Mobility in Comparative Perspective. Papers on this theme are particularly welcome. The conference will also feature regular sessions on all fields of stratification research (e.g. on intergenerational mobility, education, labor markets, gender, family, migration and ethnicity, economic inequality, poverty, life courses, health and well-being, political sociology, methodology); contributions relevant to the broad research agenda of the RC28 are also welcome. All scholars working in the field of social stratification and social mobility are invited to contribute papers for submission.

The deadline for submission is Friday, March 1, 2019. Acceptance is limited, so we encourage you to submit your extended abstract or full paper as soon as possible. Authors will be informed about the committee decision by May 1, 2019.

For conference information and submission instructions, please visit https://rc28.princeton.edu.

Please share this announcement with colleagues and students who may be interested in participating!

Co-sponsored by the ISA, Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility, Princeton University’s Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China, Office of Population Research, and the Department of Sociology, along with the Center for Advanced Social Science Research at New York University.

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_015]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have five announcements.

1. From Vikki Boliver (vikki.boliver@durham.ac.uk) (this was announced last week but the link to the website was missing)

Durham University is seeking to recruit an Assistant Professor of Sociology. We are looking for an exceptional academic with a growing track record of excellent research on the theme of Higher Education and Social Inequality. The closing date for applications is 14th January 2019.

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BOH541/assistant-professor-of-sociology.

2. From Carlo Barone (carlo.barone@sciencespo.fr), December 5, 2018

Call for a postdoctoral position on educational policies evaluation

https://www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/node/4573

3. From Johannes Giesecke (johannes.giesecke@hu-berlin.de), December 6, 2018

There is an opening for 5 doctoral researcher positions (3 yrs) with the Research Training Group "The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy" (DYNAMICS), a joint endeavor of the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Hertie School of Governance. The deadline for the submission of your application is 7 January 2019. For further information about DYNAMICS, the application process and the required documents, please visit our website: www.dynamics.hu-berlin.de

Also see the attachment.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/af5595aa-dacb-4482-a37b-d0c56730aeb9/DYNAMICS_CfA.pdf

4. From Elina Kilpi-Jakonen (elina.kilpi-jakonen@utu.fi), December 6, 2018

Call for papers Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL) conference 6–8 June 2019, University of Turku, Finland

The DIAL programme is focused on understanding the dynamics of inequalities as they unfold over the life course, causal processes and drivers in relation to these inequalities, and the impact of these inequalities on social cohesion. The organizing committee welcomes submissions that address the themes of the research programme from both researchers working in DIAL projects as well as other scholars working on these topics. Abstract submission is open until 11 January 2019.

For more information and to submit your abstract: http://dynamicsofinequality.org/midterm-conference/

5. From Daniel Oesch (daniel.oesch@unil.ch), December 6, 2018

The European Consortium of Sociological Research (ECSR) will hold its next annual conference at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, 12-14 September 2019. Please refer to the Call for papers and Conference website. The deadline for submissions is 28 February 2019.

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_014]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have three announcements.

1. From Hadas Mandel (hadasm@tauex.tau.ac.il), November 23, 2018

Call for Post-Doctoral Fellowship

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/3cfaeae5-61f7-4eeb-b906-79938dfcc0e7/Call_for_Post_Doctoral_Fellowship_Hadas_Mandel.pdf

2. From Christiane Gross (christiane.gross@uni-wuerzburg.de), November 26, 2018

CFP: A special issue on “Education systems, institutional characteristics and inequalities” in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/6d295816-799a-4cb1-b463-61947a0621a5/cfp_special_issue_IntJCompSoc_Gross_Hadjar.pdf

3. From Vikki Boliver (vikki.boliver@durham.ac.uk), November 27, 2018

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 Scholarship Award]

Dear RC28 Members

The RC28 board makes one award annually to recognize an article of Significant Scholarship in Social Stratification that has been published in the three years prior to the year when the award is made. For example, for the 2019 award articles appearing in journal issues from 2016-2018 are eligible. The criterion for the award is the significance, rigor, and novelty of the article's contribution to scholarship in social stratification. The RC28 Significant Scholarship Award comes with a sum of 1,000 US dollars. If there are multiple authors, the sum is divided equally among them.

In order to be eligible, the article must have been presented prior to publication at one of the RC28 meetings or the RC28 sessions of the World Congress, and the fact of its presentation must be acknowledged in the published version of the article or the author should provide other forms of proof (such as a copy of the program).

The award shall be made by the RC28 Board, which will decide upon the recipient at the Spring RC28 meeting. The recipient of the 2019 award will be announced and the award will be delivered at the 2019 Summer meeting in Princeton. The last award was presented to Ineke Maas and Marco van Leeuwen at the RC28 meeting in Toronto in July, 2018.

The Board will solicit nominations for the award and consider all nominations received by February 1 for that year's award. Nominations should include a full citation of the article and a brief statement as to why the nominating individual considers the article to merit the award. Nominations will be submitted to the RC28 vice-president, who will compile the nominations and deliver them to the subcommittee appointed by the Board for consideration. Nominations are accepted only from RC28 members. Self-nominations are permitted.

Please submit your nomination for the 2019 award by 1 February 2019 to RC28 Vice president (Ineke Maas) at rc28.emails@gmail.com.

Ineke Maas

RC28 Vice-president

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_013]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have two announcements.

1. From Steffen Schindler (steffen.schindler@uni-bamberg.de), November 21, 2018

We are looking for a doctoral researcher to join "Team Germany" of the LIFETRACK project (Life-Course Dynamics of Educational Tracking).

More details about the vacancy can be found at: https://jobs.lifbi.de/Research-Associate-eng-j131.html or in the attachment.

Find out more about the LIFETRACK project at: www.lifetrack.eu

The deadline for applications is on December, 3rd, 2018

2. From Jan Paul Heisig (jan.heisig@wzb.eu), November 22, 2018

Two four-year doctoral researcher/PhD student positions in the new research group "Health and Social Inequality" (headed by Jan Paul Heisig), WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany.

For more information, see https://www.wzb.eu/de/node/61188

Application deadline: December 15, 2018

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_012]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have two announcements.

1. From Amy Hsin (hsin.amy@gmail.com), November 9, 2018

Faculty Search at Queens College - City University of New York

See: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/b14ee47b-8852-432c-af02-

17a5eb2d63ee/Queens_College.pdf

Rank: Assistant Professor

Queens College—City University of New York

Employment level: Tenure Track

Category: Sociology, Data Analytics

Website: http://www.qc.cuny.edu

2. From Ivaylo Petev (ivaylo.petev@ensae.fr), November 12, 2018

Faculty position (tenure-track) in Social Genomics, ENSAE ParisTech & CREST, France

The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain a cutting-edge research program that specializes in data integration from genomic and social/health science sources with a focus on statistical and computational approaches to genetic analysis and application to answering social/health science questions. Interest in the study of gene-environment interplay and/or epigenetics of social and health science related questions will be appreciated.

Application deadline is 20 December 2018.

For more information see http://www.ensae.fr/faculty-position-in-social-genomics-at-ensae-crest/

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_011]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have four announcements.

1. From Rolf Becker (rolf.becker@edu.unibe.ch), November 4, 2018

Submission deadline reminder for conference on “Immigrants´ Integration: Educational Opportunities and Life Chances” (IIEOLC)

Dear colleagues, please be reminded that the abstract submission deadline for the conference in Monte Verità / Ascona is two weeks away. Thanks to everyone who already submitted their abstract & thanks also to everyone who will do so by November 15! Please see the conference website at http://www.iieolc.edu.unibe.ch/ for all conference-related information and for access to the submission portal.

We look forward to many interesting submissions and to seeing you in Ascona in June 2019!

Kind regards,

Rolf Becker & Andreas Hadjar

2. From Gerbert Kraaykamp (G.Kraaykamp@ru.nl), November 5, 2018

The department of Sociology at Radboud University/RSCR has a vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher Sociology of Inequality/Diversity.

The Sociology Department at Radboud University is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to strengthen its research in the domain of social inequality and diversity. The emphasis in this position will be on the investigation of existing and new dividing lines between social groups. Differentiation between social groups may refer to gender, ethnic, family and social background differences. Explaining differentiation, the focus may be on the role of the family, as well as on the role of the relevant context, such as characteristics of neighbourhoods, the varying resourcefulness of schools attended, workplace conditions and/or macro-level policies or country-level conditions.

Application deadline: 25 November 2018

More information:

https://www.ru.nl/english/working-at/jobopportunities/details/details-vacature/?recid=601766&pad=%2fenglish&taal=uk

3. From Loris Vergolini (vergolini@irvapp.it), November 5, 2018

We are happy to communicate that applications for the 11th FBK-IRVAPP Winter School on “Fundamentals and methods for Impact Evaluation of Public Policies” (programme attached) are open. Deadline for applications is November 18th, 2018.

The Fondazione Bruno Kessler – Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP) presents

Title: 11th FBK-IRVAPP Winter School on “Fundamentals and methods for Impact Evaluation of Public Policies”

Speakers: Francesco Billari, Paolo Pinotti, Enrico Rettore, Ugo Trivellato

Date: 14 – 19 January 2019

Venue: Department of Sociology and social research, Via Verdi, 26, Trento (Italy).

Programme: The School is intended for a class of about 30 participants, and will include both theoretical and practical sessions.

It will present 1) the fundamental principles of impact evaluation with a specific focus on the counterfactual theory of causal inference and 2) a variety of statistical tools for counterfactual analysis (including difference-in-differences, matching methods, regression discontinuity designs, instrumental variables and synthetic control methods).

Applications deadline: November 18, 2018

Language: The courses will be held in English

Contacts: FBK – IRVAPP, Via Santa Croce 77, 38122 Trento (Italy)

E-mail: wsirvapp@fbk.eu

Website: https://irvapp.fbk.eu/it/trainings/detail/14117/irvapp-winter-school-2019-fundamentals-and-methods-for-impact-evaluation-of-public-policies-2019/

4. From Wei-Jun Jean Yeung (ariywj@nus.edu.sg), November 7, 2018

Multiple research positions in Centre for Family and Population Research, National University of Singapore

Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Assistants for a project on early childhood development and a project on Southeast & East Asian Families

For more details, see website http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cfpr/joinus/index.html

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_010]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have two announcements.

1. From Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund (g.e.birkelund@sosgeo.uio.no), November 1, 2018

There's an opening for a completely open, come-with-your-own-research 4-year postdoctoral researcher position at the Dept of Sociology & Human Geography at the University of Oslo. This should be one of the best non-tenured early-career jobs in academia, with a low teaching load and a reasonably long perspective (4 years). The period can be extended (1:1) if you have parental leave spells or similar reasons.

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/159156/postdoctoral-fellow-in-sociology

To apply one must have submitted the dissertation, and to be considered for the position one must have the dissertation approved. One must also submit a project proposal. Read the advertisement carefully. A competitive applicant probably has some publications out/forthcoming already.

At the Department, we have several register data bases with interesting data for research projects, that in principle could be used by the post.doc., assuming permissions are granted by relevant data protection boards/institutions.

2. From Eric Fong (EricFong@cuhk.edu.hk), October 31, 2018

Assistant Professor (2019-20)

The Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been one of the strongest sociology departments in Asia. It offers PhD, MPhil, MA and BSSc programmes. The department invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. The fields of specialization are open. Applicants should have (i) a PhD degree in sociology; (ii) a good potential for scholarly research and publications; and (iii) proven ability of effective teaching in a variety of courses.

Appointment will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years initially commencing August 1, 2019, which, subject to mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation later. Please submit your application package (a letter of interest, CV, copies of academic credentials, a teaching statement, a research statement, details of courses taught and evaluation results if available) online. Three reference letters will be requested later. The deadline for application will be November 26, 2018. Further information about the Department is available at www.soc.cuhk.edu.hk. For further question, please write to us at sociology@cuhk.edu.hk.

Research Assistant Professor (2019-20)

The Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been one of the strongest sociology departments in Asia. It offers PhD, MPhil, MA and BSSc programmes. The department invites applications for a position at the rank of Research Assistant Professor. The fields of specialization are open. Applicants should have (i) a PhD degree in sociology; (ii) a good potential for scholarly research and publications; and (iii) proven ability of effective teaching.

Appointment will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years initially commencing August 1, 2019, renewable subject to funding, performance and mutual agreement. Please submit your application package (a letter of interest, CV, copies of academic credentials, a research statement, details of courses taught and evaluation results if available) online. Three reference letters will be requested later. The deadline for application will be November 26, 2018. Further information about the Department is available at www.soc.cuhk.edu.hk. For further question, please write to us at sociology@cuhk.edu.hk.

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_009]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have three announcements. Each announcement has an attachment. So please click the attachment.

1. From Andreas Hadjar (andreas.hadjar@uni.lu), October 23, 2018

Call for Papers, International Conference “The Social Structure of Subjective Well-Being” in October 2019 at the University of Luxembourg, organised by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hadjar, Institute of Education and Society, University of Luxembourg & Prof. Dr. Robin Samuel, Institute for Research on Generations and Family, University of Luxembourg.

See the attachment. https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/4613bd86-b7e5-4523-b882-5e12adba9d22/CfP_The_Social_Structure_of_Subjective_Wellbeing_2019.pdf

2. From Carlo Barone (carlo.barone@sciencespo.fr), October 23, 2018

There is an opening for a research position (3+3 yrs) at the Department on Human Capital and Employment of the European Commission.

The details are in the attached document.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/3a77357c-8253-4b8b-8e6e-7a8acd91420e/2018_SVQ_B4_FGIV_010588.pdf

3. From Thorsten Schneider (thorsten.schneider@uni-leipzig.de), October 24, 2018

Job advertisement for a three year postdoc position at University of Leipzig, Institute of Sociology (see attachment). Deadline: 19 November 2018.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/1271487c-c353-4026-9c11-011e694b27c3/STM242_FakSozwissPhil_WMA_Soz_eng.pdf

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 Special Message] RC28 2019 Spring Meeting

Dear RC28 Members

As the deadline for submission to RC28 Spring Meeting is approaching, I want to send out the reminder from the organizer.

From Markus Gangl (mgangl@soz.uni-frankfurt.de), October 25, 2018

Submission deadline reminder for 2019 Spring Meeting

Dear colleagues, please be reminded that the abstract submission deadline for the Frankfurt meeting is less than a week away. Thanks to everyone who already submitted their abstract & thanks also to everyone who will do so by October 31! Please see the conference website at https://rc28-frankfurt.org/ for all conference-related information and for access to the submission portal. And one final hint to hopefully avoid any last-minute shocks and despair: if all else fails, conftool has an automatic 24-hour grace period built into the submission system.

We look forward to many interesting submissions and to seeing you in Frankfurt soon!

Markus Gangl, Professor of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Hyunjoon

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message_008]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have three announcements.

1. From Raffaele Guetto (raffaele.guetto@unifi.it), October 12, 2018.

The 2019 Conference of the Italian Society of Economic Sociology (SISEC) will be held at the Università Federico II in Naples (31st January – 2nd February). Within the Conference there will be five sessions of potential interest for the RC28 community. The titles and organisers of the sessions are the following:

Session 7: Accumulation of inequalities and stratification dynamics across the life course – Giorgio Cutuli (Uunversity of Trento), Raffaele Grotti (European University Institute), Giampiero Passaretta (Trinity College Dublin)

Session 9: Economic downturn and family life courses – Marco Albertini (University of Bologna), Stefani Scherer (University of Trento), Daniele Vignoli (University of Florence)

Session 14: Geographical mobility, inequalities and social mobility – Roberto Impicciatore (University of Bologna), Nazareno Panichella (University of Milan)

Session 19: Social origins, education and family events in a comparative perspective – Fabrizio Bernardi (European University Institute), Raffaele Guetto (University of Florence), Juho Härkönen (European University Institute)

Session 24: The rising tide of economic, social and wealth inequalities in western countries – Gabriele Ballarino (University of Milan), Paolo Barbieri (University of Trento), Alfonso Rosolia (Bank of Italy)

We invite you to submit an extended abstract (between 2000 and 5000 characters), which should include your name and academic affiliation, email address, and the session you wish to participate in. The deadline for the submission of your proposals is the 31st of October, 2018. Proposals should be sent at the scientific committee of the conference (mito.school@unimi.it). Please consider that you cannot choose more than one session. Selection results will be notified by the 15th of November, 2018.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Kind regards,

Paolo Barbieri (paolo.barbieri@unitn.it)

Giorgio Cutuli (g.cutuli@unitn.it)

Raffaele Guetto (raffaele.guetto@unifi.it)

Nazareno Panichella (nazareno.panichella@unimi.it)

Daniele Vignoli (daniele.vignoli@unifi.it)

2. From Rolf Becker (rolf.becker@edu.unibe.ch), October 12, 2018

University of Bern – Institute for Educational science and Institute of Sociology – Fabrikstrasse 8, CH–3012 Bern

We are looking for someone to fill the position of a Research Manager at the newly founded Interfaculty Centre for Educational Research (ICER – Interfakultäres Zentrum für Bildungsforschung (IZB)) of the Faculty of Human Sciences and the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Bern. The position is available starting 01.01.2019 (negotiable). This part-time (80%) management position is fixed-term for 2 x 3 years. However, we intend to prolong the contract. The core tasks of the research manager are research and academic teaching. Part of this is the management of the project on the Assessment of the basic competencies in Switzerland (Überprüfung der Grundkompetenzen in der Schweiz (ÜGK)) including coordinating the tasks of the regional test centres as well as other agents involved in ÜGK. Further tasks include the acquisition of third-party funds for supplementary projects, positioning the project in the scientific community (including publications), human resources management, teaching in the subject area on a regular basis, communication with the faculties, the university board, the EDK, the members of the board of trustees and the advisory board as well as other stakeholders.

We expect the applicant to hold a PhD in the Educational Sciences, Sociology or Educational Economics. We further expect excellent research merits and publications, experience with largescale assessments and survey methods, good knowledge of the Swiss educational system as well as managerial skills in the interaction with fellow employees. The applicant should have native language skills in German or French with good knowledge of the other language as well as advanced English skills. Italian skills are a plus. Previous successes in third-party acquisition are also desired.

Our employees benefit from a competent, committed and cooperative teaching and research team as well as attractive terms of employment in line with the regulations of the canton of Bern. Since the University of Bern aims at raising the share of women in leading academic positions, we explicitly encourage female researchers who qualify for our position to apply. Applications (with CV and list of publications) should be sent electronically (pdf) to the deanery of the Faculty of Human Sciences of the University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, CH-3012 Bern, barbara.lewis@humdek.unibe.ch by November 5, 2018.

Please submit the application by 10 November 2018.

3. From David Schieferdecker (d.schieferdecker@fu-berlin.de), October 16, 2018

Invitation to participate: Survey on challenges in race- and ethnicity-related research

Research projects that involve race and ethnicity face unique challenges due to the conflictual nature of these group categories. We aim to produce guidelines on challenges and best practices for race- and ethnicity-related empirical research that involves human subjects.

To inform our guidelines, we need your valuable experiences from the field! Please share your experience if you came across race or ethnicity in your work - as a researcher, supervisor or committee member. Participation will take less than 10 minutes. Your knowledge will greatly help future researchers in implementing ethical and robust research!

To the survey: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/challenges_research_race_ethnicity

Among all participants, we raffle 3 x $30 book vouchers. Your participation is highly appreciated!

In the name of project team, many thanks!

David (Dr. David Schieferdecker // Free University Berlin // d.schieferdecker@fu-berlin.de)

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_007]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have three announcements.

Please note that the abstract submission deadline for the Frankfurt meeting is approaching!

1. From Markus Gangl (mgangl@soz.uni-frankfurt.de), October 10, 2018

Submission deadline reminder for Spring Meeting -- Dear colleagues, please be reminded that the abstract submission deadline for the Frankfurt meeting is approaching fast. Thanks to everyone who already submitted their abstract & thanks to everyone who will do so before October 31!

Please see the conference website at https://rc28-frankfurt.org/ for all conference-related information and for access to the submission portal.

We look forward to many interesting submissions and to seeing you in Frankfurt soon!

Markus Gangl, Professor of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt

2. From Anna Baranowska-Rataj (anna.baranowska@umu.se), October 9, 2018

A two year postdoc position at the Department of Sociology, Umeå University

https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/postdoctoral-researcher-in-sociology_229918/

Please submit the application by 10 November 2018.

3. From Keong-Suk Park (pks0505@snu.ac.kr), October 9, 2018

A Tenure-track Faculty Position at Seoul National University

The Department of Sociology at Seoul National University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in the area of social problem.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in sociology or a closely related field. We hope that candidates will give good lectures in both Korean and English after being appointed as a professor. Salary and appointment level are dependent on experience and based on Seoul National University pay scales. The appointment is expected to begin on 1 March 2019.

For more detail application process and to apply, please visit Seoul National University webpage at https://professor.snu.ac.kr. All applications must be received by 5PM on October 22, 2018.

If you have questions, please contact the office of the sociology department (socio@snu.ac.kr).

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_006]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have three announcements. Each announcement has a link to the pdf file. So please click the link.

1. From Kalus Pforr (Klaus.Pforr@gesis.org), October 1, 2018

We would like to draw your attention to the call for abstracts for our session “Microdata from Official Statistics” at the 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, 15th-19th July 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. Further information for the Call for Abstracts:

https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/call_for_abstracts

Details of our session “Microdata from Official Statistics”:

https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/sessionCategories?sess=34

Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) via the ESRA conference management system by 18th November 2018.

2.. From Nazareno Panichella (nazareno.panichella@unimi.it), October 3, 2018

The call is for the ECSR – Thematic Conference on ‘Migration, Social Stratification and Inequality’, which will be held in Milan (Italy) on March, 14-15 2019.

The keynote speakers include Herbert Bruecker (Institute for Employment Research (IAB) & University of Bamberg), Anthony Heath (Nuffield College, Oxford University) and Douglas Massey (Princeton University).

Deadline for the submission is December 15.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/8f2e711e-bb6c-44ea-b90e-9105b825b5f3/ECSR_Migration_and_inequality.pdf

3. From Janne Jonsson (Janne.Jonsson@sofi.su.se), October 4, 2018

Two lectureships at SOFI, Stockholm University

https://www.su.se/english/about/working-at-su/jobs?rmpage=job&rmjob=6751&rmlang=UK

https://www.su.se/english/about/working-at-su/jobs?rmpage=job&rmjob=6744&rmlang=UK

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_005]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have two announcements. Each announcement has a link to the pdf file. So please click the link.

1. From Andrea Canales (acanales@uc.cl), September 17, 2018

A postdoctoral opportunity at the Millennium Center for the Study of the Life Course and Vulnerability (MLIV), P. Catholic University of Chile

The MLIV is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work for a period of 2 years with the possibility of renewal for a third year. We welcome applications until 30th October 2018.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/404c8d7e-4af9-4a7d-9f72-f8834c47aca6/Call_for_Applications_postdoc_MLIV.pdf

2. From Lucinda Platt (l.platt@lse.ac.uk), September 20, 2018,

3 Assistant Professor Posts at LSE

LSE Social Policy Department is recruiting 3 assistant professors. One is for Criminology/Criminal Justice Policy and the other two are in the broad area of International Social and Public Policy, which covers a range of specialist areas. Details are on the LSE website: https://info.lse.ac.uk/LSE-jobs/Academic-careers. Closing date Sunday 11 November 2018, 23.59 UK time.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/4c807a79-2afe-4c84-8701-2f17881f580b/LSE_Department_of_Social_Policy_assistant_posts_further_information_version_2018_09_01.pdf

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_004]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have three announcements. Each announcement has a link to the pdf file. So please click the link.

1. From Lidia Panico (lidia.panico@ined.fr) and Mathieu Ichou (mathieu.ichou@ined.fr), September 7, 2018

Two-year postdoc position with Lidia Panico and Mathieu Ichou (French Institute for Demographic Research, INED, Paris)

The French Institute for Demographic Research (INED, Paris) is currently recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work on a H2020-funded project, “LifeCycle - Early-life stressors and LifeCycle health”. The post holder will work in particular on the characteristics of immigrant parents, the context of sending and host countries, and the impact of these characteristics on the well-being of young children, using the new French birth cohort, Elfe, but also in comparison to other European cohorts. The post is open from January 2019.

We welcome applications until 29th October 2018.

Link to PDF file:

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/rte/2/Institut/Nous%20rejoindre/Recrut%20CDD%20stage/2018/2018_Postdoc%20Lifecycle_en.pdf

2. From Andreas Hadjar (andreas.hadjar@uni.lu), September 10, 2018

Postdoctoral Position (Sociology of Education) at the University of Luxembourg, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hadjar, Institute of Education and Society, University of Luxembourg

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/0762f64f-b7fb-4f96-9c0b-8a8603eb6efb/Annonce_ass_cherch_AHadjar_2019.pdf

3. From Alexander Patzina (Alexander.Patzina@iab.de), September 13, 2018

I am organizing together with a colleague (Nikki Shure, UCL) a little conference on school to work transitions and its consequences for individual life courses at the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg. This conference is open for early career researchers (almost finishing their PhD and within seven years after completion) working on German and British data. One major aim of this conference is to establish a young scholar research network.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/95daa5f6-2ae8-416f-8d51-51e8ff4732d6/CfP_Anglo_German_Network.pdf

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_003]

Dear RC28 Members

This week I have two announcements for postdoc job opportunities. Each announcement has a link to the pdf file. So please click the link.

1. From Dara Shifrer (dshifrer@pdx.edu), September 5, 2018

Two-year postdoc position with Dr. Dara Shifrer (Portland State University, Department of Sociology)

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/546540b3-0d49-448b-9a28-fd088469c774/ShifrerPostdocAd_3.pdf

2. From Reinhard Pollak (reinhard.pollak@wzb.eu), September 5, 2018

Postdoc for the NEPS research group at the WZB Berlin

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/8e976e38-5167-4992-9dd4-c3b9b2cfabf3/WZB_NEPS_postdoc_position_job_ad.pdf

Hyunjoon Park

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_002]

Dear RC28 Members

This year I plan to send out announcements once per week (Friday in US times), unless there is urgent deadline. Of course, if there are too many announcements for a week, I will send them in a couple of separate emails. This week, I have two announcements.

If you have announcements, please send them to me following the format below as much as possible:

From XXX (email address), Date, Content, Name/Title/Affiliation)

1. From Rolf Becker (rolf.becker@edu.unibe.ch), August 29, 2018

We, Andreas Hadjar (University of Luxembourg) and Rolf Becker (University of Bern), are organising an international conference on “Immigrants´ Integration: Educational Opportunities and Life Chances”. The conference will take place on 23 June – 28 June 2019 at the Monte Verità conference venue (Lago Maggiore, Ascona, Switzerland) and is co-funded by Congressi Stefano Franscini. We are happy to announce the call for papers today. As the conference is also of interest to the members of the RC8, we would be happy if you could distribute this call among them via mailing lists, websites or social media.

For more information, please consult the conference website:

http://www.iieolc.edu.unibe.ch/call_for_paper/

Attached File: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3a26a7baed66ffb3ef691a354/files/5226a9b7-f69b-40f6-8841-1eb112fff535/CfP_Monte_Verità_2019.pdf

2. From Katarina Weßling (k.wessling@maastrichtuniversity.nl), August 29, 2018

Vacancy at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA), Maastricht University.

https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/49397/1-phd-or-1-postdoc-position-on-the-project-how-the-flexibility-of-the-dutch-educational-system-affects-educational-outcomes-at-the-research-centre-for-education-and-the-labour-market-roa-of-maastricht-universitys-school-of-business-and-economics/

Hyunjoon

RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_001] Greetings from New RC28 Officers

Dear RC28 Members

Greetings from new officers, Yossi Shavit (President), Ineke Maas (Vice President), and Hyunjoon Park (Secretary/Treasurer) for the term 2018-22. This is the first email we send to RC28 members with the new email address of RC28 (rc28.emails@gmail.com).

Along with newly elected board members (Hanna Ayalon, Jennie Brand, Claudia Buchmann, Markus Gangl, Yao Lu, Sawako Shirahase, Louis-André Vallet, Herman van de Werfhorst, and Xiaogang Wu), we look forward to serve our RC28 community.

We want to thank previous officers, Yu Xie and Hiroshi Ishida, for their dedication to our community. We are also grateful for all the efforts that previous board members made for our community during the last four years. They have set the bar high for the new team.

With great help from our previous secretary/treasurer, Hiroshi Ishida, we have made smooth transitions for the new communication channel. From now on, please send all messages to rc28.emails@gmail.com.

The next RC28 Spring meeting will be held at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, on March 21-23, 2019, organized by Marcus Gangl and his team. You can find more information on the conference at the conference website: https://rc28-frankfurt.org/

Looking forward to working with you!

Yossi, Ineke, and Hyunjoon

[RC28 message 2018_089] Change of RC28 mail account

Dear RC28 members,

You must have received a greeting message from new officers of RC28. If not, please contact the secretary/treasurer, Hyunjoon Park (rc28.emails@gmail.com). This is the last message you will receive from me as an outgoing RC28 secretary/treasurer.

From now on, the RC28 messages will be sent from the following account:

rc28.emails@gmail.com

Please check your spam filter and add it to your email contacts or "approved sender" list. If you would like to send an announcement to RC28, please send your message to the same address.

The website for the RC28 is the same and managed by the vice president:

https://sites.google.com/site/rc28hp/

It has been my great pleasure working for the RC28 community as the RC28 secretary/treasurer for the last four years. I hope to see everyone at future RC28 meetings. With best wishes,

Hiroshi Ishida

Out-going RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

[RC28 message 2018_088] Spring RC28 Meeting 2019 // Call for Papers, Submission deadline: October 31

One RC28 event is chasing the next, but it is my sincere pleasure to let you know that we have now set up the website and the call for papers for the RC28's

next meeting in Frankfurt in March 2019.

You and the RC28 members will find all the relevant information at

https://rc28-frankfurt.org/

Abstract submission will be through the conftool conference system that many RC members have used in prior conferences already. The abstract submission

deadline is October 31, 2018, and we plan to communicate acceptance decisions by December 15.

Thank you for forwarding the call and the information to the RC28 membership & with my best wishes,

Prof. Dr. Markus Gangl

Professor of Sociology, Chair for Social Stratification and Social Policy

Honorary Fellow, Dept. of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Editor-in-Chief, European Sociological Review

[RC28 message 2018_087] Open Social Science Conference 2019 Mannheim - Aug. 22nd Deadline

Would you kindly circulate the following potentially of interest call to our members?

Dear colleagues,

We are writing to remind you that the deadline for submissions to the MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019 (OSSC19) is approaching fast. Please submit your extended abstracts (750 words max) before 22 August 2018, 24:00 CEST.

OSSC19 will be held at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) in Mannheim, Germany, from 25-27 January 2019.

It offers an opportunity to connect with the open science movement for all researchers from across the social sciences who are interested in debating, advancing, and practicing open science. OSSC19 will feature keynotes by Jeremy Freese (Stanford University), Thomas König (University of Mannheim), Arthur Lupia (University of Michigan), and Julia Rohrer (University of Leipzig).

There are two options for you to participate in the conference:

You can give a talk that provides discussion of, a methodological advance to, or a demonstration of best practices in open social science.

You can submit an extended abstract for a study you would like to conduct (i.e., a “pre-registered analysis plan”). The submitter(s) of the best abstract will get the opportunity present their study plan at OSSC19 and will win free collection of survey panel data from a high-quality national probability sample or, alternatively, financial support for a data collection effort of the participant’s own choosing.

Please note that OSSC19 is transdisciplinary in nature: Submissions from any social science discipline are welcome!

We look forward to your submissions. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Best,

Nate Breznau

Eike Mark Rinke

Alexander Wuttke

[RC28 message 2018_086] Faculty Position UCLA CCPR Demography/Population Studies

Can you circulate this to the RC28 list?

Jennie E. Brand

Professor of Sociology and Statistics

Director, California Center for Population Research (CCPR)

Co-Director, Center for Social Statistics (CSS)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR

The UCLA California Center for Population Research (CCPR) (www.ccpr.ucla.edu) seeks candidates for a full-time tenure-track or tenured position in demography and population studies. This is an open rank appointment with rank depending on the candidate’s experience and record. Applicants must have an earned a Ph.D. or equivalent in a social science, public policy, public health, demography, or a related field. The appointment will likely be made in one or more of the major departments represented within CCPR (Community Health Sciences, Economics, Geography, Public Policy, Statistics, and Sociology). Candidates should have a strong, innovative research program, demonstrate success or potential for obtaining extramural research funding, and be able to teach population courses and mentor students from diverse backgrounds. The start date is negotiable, preferably Fall 2019. We will begin reviewing applications on October 1, 2018.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. Women and underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action, policy see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy. http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

Please see the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion's Statement FAQs here: https://ucla.app.box.com/s/62zl1pley2n9pj139tsrcz22r6v5hrip

How to apply:

Using UCLA Academic Recruit, https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03962, applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three references.

For more information, please contact:

Jennie E. Brand

[RC28 message 2018_085] Call for Applications for Faculty Position in Social Stratification at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dept. of Sociology

Could you please distribute the attached Call for Applications?

Barbara S. Okun, Ph.D.

Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Demographic Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus Campus, 91905 Jerusalem, Israel

Call for Applications for Tenure-Track Position in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology seeks to fill a tenure track position beginning October 2019.

The position is open to highly qualified sociologists who apply advanced quantitative methods in the areas of social stratification, immigration, labor market, or economic sociology. Outstanding scholars in the disciplines of sociology (outside of the above fields), anthropology and demography are also invited to apply.

The ideal candidate will have a clear and substantial scholarly agenda and demonstrate an ability to publish innovative and high-quality research in top-tier journals or books with notable publishing houses. Applicants with insufficient publications may be encouraged to defer their candidacy

and apply for a post-doctoral fellowship with the department (http://ldft.huji.ac.il/; http://buberfellows.huji.ac.il/). Applicants should also note that while we, like other social science departments at our university, invite international scholars to join our faculty, the principal, even if not mandatory, language of instruction remains Hebrew.

Applicants should submit a statement of academic biography, CV, three published or ready-for-publication items, and at least three letters of recommendation. Application materials should be submitted online directly to the search committee, at the following address:

Http://ttp.ekmd.huji.ac.il

Applications should be submitted as soon as possible and no later than October 15th, 2018. We expect to notify candidates if they have the endorsement of the department by late January 2019. Final university approval of appointments is expected by March 2019.

For additional information about our department and this procedure, please contact the department chair, Prof. Michal Frenkel, at michal.frenkel1@mail.huji.ac.il and visit our webpage:

http://sociology.huji.ac.il

[RC28 message 2018_084] Wealth Inequality and Mobility: ECSR thematic workshop Dec 6-7 Luxembourg

Is it possible to circulate this reminder to a workshop on wealth below (with extended deadline August 19th, 2018).

Louis CHAUVEL Pr Dr, UNIVERSITY OF Luxembourg, Campus Belval, 11, Porte des Sciences, L-4366 Esch/Alzette (Belval)

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the next ECSR (European Consortium for Sociological Research) Thematic Workshop “Wealth Inequality and Mobility" taking place on December 6-7, 2018, at the Institute for Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI) at the University of Luxembourg. We invite sociologists, economists, social policy and researchers in related fields to submit an abstract for a paper presentation by EXTENDED DEADLINE August 19th, 2018.

More details about the workshop and submission in the Call for Paper on IRSEI’s website:

https://irsei.uni.lu/ecsr_2018_workshop

Thank you for circulating this Call among potentially interested colleagues.

Best wishes,

The Organizers

[RC28 message 2018_083] Call for Papers ESS conference Mannheim April 2019

Please send this out to the Mailing list of the RC28. It could be interesting for some of the members.

Oshrat Hochman, PhD, gesis Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim

Email: oshratb@gmail.com

The Fourth European Social Survey Conference:

Turbulent Times in Europe: Instability, Insecurity and Inequality

15th to 17th of April 2019

GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and the University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Call for papers is now open

Europe is going through turbulent times. There is increasing diversity within and between European societies in ethno-cultural, linguistic, and religious terms, or, more simply, in ways of life and prevailing values. Such diversity is arguably fostering cultural insecurity among large segments of the population, with backlashes manifesting themselves in different modes of political mobilization. For many Europeans, stagnating incomes, the perception of increasing social inequalities, transformed labor relations, and the uncertainty about life prospects have created profound economic insecurities. The Great Recession and the financial crisis have affected all European societies to different extents. Resulting concerns about the ability of existing political institutions to manage risk and provide good governance, or about the ability to hold existing loci of power accountable, have shaken previous allegiances to the political status quo, whether to mainstream parties, the European Union, or even liberal democracy itself. Previously trusted sources of information — science, expertise, the mainstream media, and all sorts of secondary organizations — are now constantly questioned on the basis of their aloofness, irrelevance, or bias.

The fourth International ESS Conference aims to show the depth and breadth of scientifically rigorous research made possible as a result of the high quality comparative data provided by the ESS. It will present research that uses data from the European Social Survey (exclusively or in conjuncture with other data) to address the issues mentioned above.

The conference committee invites leading researchers in their field who are using ESS data to submit abstracts for paper presentations showcasing their current research on issues like climate change, the welfare-state, social inequality and stratification, immigration, democracy and political participation, and methodological aspects of the ESS. We also invite papers on health and subjective well-being, anti-immigrant sentiments, human values, justice, and other topics for which ESS data is relevant.

In your submission please indicate the session ID number to which your paper fits best. You can indicate up to two different possible sessions for your paper. Should your paper not fit any of the proposed sessions, please submit it anyway indicating that there is no suitable thematic session for the topic. The complete list of sessions is available here.

For your paper to be considered, please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words (plus 3-5 keywords). Abstracts should be emailed to essconference2019@gesis.org by 15.9.2018. After the review process and no later than 30.11.2018 you will get a notice about the decision regarding your paper. For more Information about the conference please see the ESS webpage or email essconference2019@gesis.org

[RC28 message 2018_082] Permanent Assistant Professorship at Cardiff (Race and Ethnicity, Inequality, poverty in global perspective or social theory)

I’d be grateful if you could circulate this to the RC28 folks.

The School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University is recruiting a Grade 7 Lecturer (equivalent to a tenure-track assistant professor) on an open-ended contract. We would be particularly pleased to receive applications aligned to sociology and social policy, with strength and specialism in the following:

· Race and ethnicity

· Inequality, poverty and deprivation in global perspective

· Social theory (classical and/or contemporary)

Details can be found under the vacancies tab on the Cardiff University website, or simply follow this link: https://krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=30011&siteid=5460&PageType=searchResults&SearchType=linkquery&LinkID=6#jobDetails=1255538_5460

I’d be happy to answer informal enquires. Feel free to email me at cheungsy@cardiff.ac.uk

Sin Yi Cheung

School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WT, Wales, UK

[RC28 message 2018_081] Assistant Professorship 'Sociology of Social Inequality' in Oldenburg (Germany)

Could you please forward the following job opening at the University of Oldenburg (Germany) to the RC28 mailing list?

The University of Oldenburg (Germany) seeks to appoint *at the next possible date*:

*Assistant Professor (W1) 'Sociology of social inequality'*

The job holder will be initially employed for three years. An extension of another three years is foreseen, subject to a positive evaluation. The research and

teaching activities of the applicant should cover central areas of the sociology of social inequalities, in line with the focus of our Bachelor’s and Master’s

programs. We are looking for a candidate with a strong record in inequality research or a related area of studies (such as education, labor market or social

policy research). In addition, experience with analyzing social inequalities in a European or internationally comparative perspective is desirable.

The candidate should have an excellent scientific profile, as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications in the above-mentioned fields of study. We value

not only publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals, but also experience in the acquisition and coordination of externally funded

research projects. Interdisciplinary cooperation is an asset, as is an international orientation and relevant teaching experience. The job holder is expected to

contribute to the research conducted at the Institute of Social Sciences and outlined in the Faculty profile "Participation and Education". Since the

Universities of Bremen and Oldenburg have a cooperation agreement, active collaboration with colleagues from Bremen is expected.

The successful candidate has an excellent academic degree and experience in teaching and research, as demonstrated by an outstanding dissertation.

Applicants must not have been employed in the academic sector for more than six years altogether.

Female applicants will be given preference when equally qualified. The same applies to applicants with disabilities.

Applications including a CV, copies of academic transcripts and degree certificates, a list of courses taught as well as a list of publications and external grants

should be submitted *by September 13, 2018* both digitally (as a PDF file, to

dekanat.fk1@uni-oldenburg.de) and in paper to the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Fakultät I - Bildungs- und Sozialwissenschaften, z.H. des

Dekans, 26111 Oldenburg.

N.B. The German version of this job advertisement, which is legally binding, can be found at http://uni-ol.de/stellen/?stelle=66145

or https://jobs.zeit.de/jobs/juniorprofessur-w1-fuer-die-soziologie-sozialer-ungleichheiten-carl-von-ossietzky-universitaet-oldenburg-oldenburg-160348

The English version is for information only.

Martin Heidenreich

[RC28 message 2018_080] Job opportunities in National University of Singapore

Would you please forward the following job opportunities at the Asia Research Institute in National University of Singapore to colleagues? Thanks very much.

Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow/Postdoc Fellow positions in Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Deadline: September 3, 2018

https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Page/ARI-JobOpportunities2018-19

Wei-Jun Jean Yeung

Provost's Chair Professor, Department of Sociology

Director, Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR)

Research Leader, Changing Family in Asia cluster of Asia Research Institute (ARI)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

National University of Singapore

[RC28 message 2018_079] Job Opening Postdoctoral Postion, WZB Berlin, Germany

Could you please post the following job opening at WZB, Germany on the RC28 mailing list.

Attached is an ad for a 3-year postdoctoral position at the WZB Berlin https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/postdoctoral-research-fellow-0.

Prof. Dr. Heike Solga

WZB (Berlin Social Science Center), Head of research unit "Skill Formation and Labor Markets"

& Professor for Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Freie Universitaet Berlin

[RC28 message 2018_078] Faculty Position (Sociology) at HKUST

The Division of Social Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology invites applications for a substantiation-track faculty position in Sociology at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek candidates who will complement the Division’s existing areas of strength and contribute to the teaching of quantitative methods in the Division’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs. While the preference is for an Assistant Professor, appointment at Associate Professor/Professor rank may be considered for candidates with outstanding academic credentials and international recognition.

The Division is multi-disciplinary, with faculty in political science, economics, sociology, psychology, geography and other fields. Several faculty have joint appointments in other academic units, including the Department of Economics, the Division of Public Policy, and the Division of Environment and Sustainability. The Division has a highly successful research postgraduate training program with a strong record of placement at top institutions in Asia and more recently overseas. Information about the Division is available at: http://www.sosc.ust.hk/.

In Fall 2017, the Division launched a new undergraduate program, Quantitative Social Analysis, to provide cross-disciplinary social science training that emphasizes quantitative analysis of social data. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to this program through teaching and engaging in related activities. Information about the program is available at: http://www.shss.ust.hk/ug/major/qsa/.

Competitive applicants should have a PhD degree in relevant disciplines from a reputable university and a record of research and publications with international impact (or demonstrated potential for such impact). A track record of successful competitive grant applications and/or excellent record of teaching at college level will be advantageous.

Salary is highly competitive and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Fringe benefits include annual leave, medical and dental benefits. Housing benefits will be provided where applicable. Initial appointment at the Assistant Professor/Associate Professor rank will normally be made on a three-year contract, renewable subject to mutual agreement. A gratuity will be payable upon successful completion of contract. Appointment at Professor rank will be on substantive basis.

The University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty and has a range of family-friendly policies in place.

Application Procedure

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Applicants should send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, sample paper(s) or publication(s), and the names and contact information of three referees to the attention of: Search and Appointments Committee Chair, Division of Social Science, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong by email to sosearch@ust.hk. Applicants for the post of Assistant Professor should ask their referees to send their letters of reference to the above mentioned email address directly. Review of applications will start on 1 September 2018 and the search will continue until the position is filled.

(Information provided by applicants will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes.)

[RC28 message 2018_077] Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

I would appreciate it if you could circulate the following call for applications. Many thanks.

Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Closing Date: October 8, 2018

The Department invites applications for a post at Assistant Professor rank. The fields of specialization are open. Preference will be given to those who have strong research interest in Asian societies. Applicants should have (i) a PhD degree in sociology; (ii) proven ability of effective teaching in a variety of courses; and (iii) a good potential for scholarly research and publications.

The Department of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been one of the strongest sociology departments in Asia. It ranked the 40th in QS World University Ranking by subject–sociology and it offers PhD, MPhil, MA and BSSc programmes. Further information about the Department is available at www.cuhk.edu.hk/soc.

Appointment will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years initially commencing August 2019, which, subject to mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation later. Please submit your application package (a letter of interest, CV, copies of academic credentials, a teaching statement, a research statement, details of courses taught and evaluation results if available) online. Three reference letters will be requested later. For enquiry, please write to us at sociology@cuhk.edu.hk.

Eric Fong,

Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology

Director, Centre on Migration and Mobility

Changjiang Chair Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

[RC28 message 2018_076] Stratification and/or Work position - Western University

Attached is an ad for a tenure-track (or tenured) position in Stratification and/or Work (or Labour Markets) at Western (http://sociology.uwo.ca/ . Please circulate it to our members.

We now have more than a dozen faculty working in the general area of stratification/demography. Eight of these have started in the last three years, and we plan to hire three more in the next two years.

Robert Andersen, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Social Science, Western University

[RC28 message 2018_075] Job Opening Senior Lecturer Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf Germany

Could you please post the following job opening at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany on the RC28 mailing list.

Peter H. Hartmann

The Department of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf invites applications for a Senior Lecturer (Oberstudienrätin/Oberstudienrat im Hochschuldienst) (100 %; German pay grade A14 LBesG NRW) to take up appointment on 01.10.2018.

The successful candidate will be a sociologist with experience in teaching social science research methods including statistical analysis. A specialization in sociological theory is of advantage.

The teaching obligation is at least 13 hours per week; most of the teaching will be in the B.A. courses of the department.

Responsibilities:

• Teaching and the organization of courses and exams in sociology

• Course administration

• Advising students on courses and exams

• Curriculum design

• Recognition of exams and qualifications

• Information of potential students

• Support of (re)accreditation of courses

Requirements:

• We expect an outstanding degree (M.A. or diploma) in sociology and a PhD in sociology.

• At least 3.5 years of relevant professional, full-time experience

• Documented didactic skills

• Experience in the supervision of B.A./M.A. theses

• Ability to teach in English

• Further academic achievements according to § 36,4 (Hochschulgesetz NRW) are of advantage

What we offer:

• An unlimited full-time position

• Support in the compatibility of family and career (e. g. leisure facilities for children during the holidays)

• All the social security benefits of the public service: e. g. reduced insurance tariffs and the payment of contributions to capital formation

• An interesting, versatile task in Düsseldorf which will be fashioned by your personal commitment

• A collaboration in a dynamic faculty which is strong in research If the prerequisites according to civil service law are given, the appointment as a civil servant up to salary bracket A14 LBesG NRW is possible.

Appointments may also be part-time, provided there are no overriding administrative reasons in individual cases for requiring full-time employment.

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf aims at increasing the percentage of employed women. Applications from women will therefore be given preference in case of equal aptitude, ability and professional achievements unless there are exceptional reasons for choosing another applicant. Applications from suitably qualified severely disabled persons or disabled persons regarded as being of equal status according to Book IX of the German Social Code (SGB – Soziales Gesetzbuch) are encouraged.

If you have any questions concerning the post or your application, you are warmly invited to contact Prof Thomas Poguntke (poguntke@hhu.de) before applying.

Please submit your application documents citing reference number 12B 18 – 3.1 until 02.08.2018 by email to: sowi@phil.uni-duesseldorf.de.

[RC28 message 2018_080] Job opportunities in National University of Singapore

Senior Research Fellow/Research Fellow/Postdoc Fellow positions in Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Deadline: September 3, 2018

https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Page/ARI-JobOpportunities2018-19

Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Provost's Chair Professor, Department of Sociology, Director, Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR), Research Leader, Changing Family in Asia cluster of Asia Research Institute (ARI), Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

[RC28 message 2018_079] Job Opening Postdoctoral Postion, WZB Berlin, Germany

Attached is an ad for a 3-year postdoctoral position at the WZB Berlin https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/postdoctoral-research-fellow-0.

Prof. Dr. Heike Solga, WZB (Berlin Social Science Center), Head of research unit "Skill Formation and Labor Markets" & Professor for Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Freie Universitaet Berlin

[RC28 message 2018_078] Faculty Position (Sociology) at HKUST

The University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty and has a range of family-friendly policies in place.

Application Procedure

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(Information provided by applicants will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes.)

Xiaogang Wu <sowu@ust.hk>

[RC28 message 2018_077] Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Closing Date: October 8, 2018

Eric Fong, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Director, Centre on Migration and Mobility, Changjiang Chair Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

[RC28 message 2018_076] Stratification and/or Work position - Western University

Attached is an ad for a tenure-track (or tenured) position in Stratification and/or Work (or Labour Markets) at Western (http://sociology.uwo.ca/). Please circulate it to our members.

Over the past three years, the Department has made seven new tenured/tenure-track hires in this area. We expect to hire at the Assistant Professor level, but applications from exceptional, experienced candidates at higher academic ranks will be considered. The starting date for this appointment is July 1, 2019 or as negotiated.

To be considered for this appointment, applicants must hold a PhD in Sociology or a closely related discipline, and provide evidence of research excellence through a record of internationally recognized publication in the discipline’s leading journals and strong endorsements from referees. Candidates with strong quantitative research expertise are preferred. Evidence that a candidate has presently, or at least has the potential to develop, the capacity to conduct innovative externally funded research projects that complement the Department’s core research activities in social inequality and work is required. The candidate must also demonstrate the ability to teach at the postsecondary level, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and have excellent oral and written communication skills.

Western University is a top-ranked research-intensive university. Situated in the Faculty of Social Science, the Department of Sociology offers full programs for undergraduate, MA, and PhD students. The Faculty of Social Science at Western is experiencing a period of significant faculty renewal having made over 35 hires over the last few years, with approximately 20 more hires anticipated. Since 1878, the Western experience has combined academic excellence with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth in order to serve our communities. Western University delivers an academic experience second to none.

Applications must include the following: (1) Application for Full-Time Faculty Position form http://www.uwo.ca/facultyrelations/pdf/recruitment/full-time-application-form.pdf, (2) a C.V., (3) Letter of Interest/Statement of Academic Qualifications, and (4) Names, addresses, and email addresses for 3 referees. All application materials should be emailed to: Professor Tracey Adams, Department of Sociology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2, email: sociology-chair@uwo.ca.

The deadline for receipt of applications is September 23, 2018.

Positions are subject to budgetary approval. Applicants should have fluent written and oral communication skills in English. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Gayle Finlay, gfinlay4@uwo.ca, and/or 519-661-4028.________________

Robert Andersen, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Social Science, Western University

[RC28 message 2018_075] Senior Lecturer (Oberstudienrätin/Oberstudienrat im Hochschuldienst)

The successful candidate will be a sociologist with experience in teaching social science research methods including statistical analysis. A specialization in sociological theory is of advantage. The teaching obligation is at least 13 hours per week; most of the teaching will be in the B.A. courses of the department.

Responsibilities:

• Teaching and the organization of courses and exams in sociology • Course administration

• Advising students on courses and exams • Curriculum design • Recognition of exams and qualifications • Information of potential students • Support of (re)accreditation of courses

Requirements:

• We expect an outstanding degree (M.A. or diploma) in sociology and a PhD in sociology.

• At least 3.5 years of relevant professional, full-time experience • Documented didactic skills

• Experience in the supervision of B.A./M.A. theses • Ability to teach in English • Further academic achievements according to § 36,4 (Hochschulgesetz NRW) are of advantage

What we offer:

• An unlimited full-time position • Support in the compatibility of family and career (e. g. leisure facilities for children during the holidays) • All the social security benefits of the public service: e. g. reduced insurance tariffs and the payment of contributions to capital formation

• An interesting, versatile task in Düsseldorf which will be fashioned by your personal commitment • A collaboration in a dynamic faculty which is strong in research If the prerequisites according to civil service law are given, the appointment as a civil servant up to salary bracket A14 LBesG NRW is possible.

Appointments may also be part-time, provided there are no overriding administrative reasons in individual cases for requiring full-time employment. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf aims at increasing the percentage of employed women. Applications from women will therefore be given preference in case of equal aptitude, ability and professional achievements unless there are exceptional reasons for choosing another applicant. Applications from suitably qualified severely disabled persons or disabled persons regarded as being of equal status according to Book IX of the German Social Code (SGB – Soziales Gesetzbuch) are encouraged.

If you have any questions concerning the post or your application, you are warmly invited to contact Prof Thomas Poguntke (poguntke@hhu.de) before applying. Please submit your application documents citing reference number 12B 18 – 3.1 until 02.08.2018 by email to: sowi@phil.uni-duesseldorf.de.

[RC28 message 2018_074] PhD position "Dynamics of Social Inequality and Social Policy" at HU Berlin

Could you please circulate this call for applications for a 4.5 years PhD position at HU Berlin through the RC28 mailing list?

https://www.personalabteilung.hu-berlin.de/stellenausschreibungen/research-fellow-with-presumably-2-3-part-time-employment-e-13-tv-l-hu-third-party-funding-short-term-until-31-12-2022

Philipp M. Lersch, Associate Professor of Sociology of Social Policy, Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin

[RC28 message 2018_073] Call for Researchers - Crowdsourcing Replication Initiative

Given the high level of methodological skills among RC28 members and perhaps an interest in promoting new forms of social science I would like to distribute the following call for researchers to our mailing list. The purpose is to get as wide a variety of social scientists as possible and it would be great to have members of the social stratification and mobility community represented in this project.

Crowdsourcing Replication Initiative: We seek researchers to replicate and expand a previously published cross-national macro-comparative study. The goal is to explore and develop crowdsourcing as a new method that might surpass what a single researcher could achieve. The topic of investigation comes from the field of immigration and social policy, but we seek researchers of all disciplines and levels to participate. All full participants will be co-authors on the final paper, they may work in teams of up to 3 persons, and will engage in covariance and regression analyses in a multilevel setting in addition to group-based interactions regarding best practices in analyzing the data. Deadline to register: July 27th, 2018. Read more:

https://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/openscience/index.php/crowdsourced-replication-initiative/

Nate Breznau, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), <breznau.nate@gmail.com>

[RC28 message 2018_072] Workshop Randomized Controlled Trials in education - Catholic University of Milan

The workshop “Randomized Controlled Trials in education” will take place next October 2018 (15th-17th) at the Catholic University, Milano, Italy. We are pleased to invite you to attend this workshop and to present a paper. The primary aim of the workshop is getting scientific advice from scholars to improve the quality of a European financed project named “Family St.A.R. (Family Group Conferences for Students at Risk)” (EaSi 2014-2020). The project, funded by the EU Commission, involved in Family Group Conferences (FGCs) hundreds of Italian students at risk of dropping out. A FGC is a social intervention based on the idea of improving parental involvement and activating their social network. A large scale RCT was set up to measure the impact of this intervention. We are now concluding the RCT and comments from scholars in the field will be particularly helpful to better analyze our data and to improve the final report of the project. Additional information may be found here (http://www.familystar.it/). This workshop is also a meeting opportunity for scholars developing RCTs in the field of education, an innovative methodological tools in many EU countries and a research field connecting academics and policy makers. The organizations of the workshop (in line with the workshop promoted by prof. Tamas Keller in Budapest in 2017 - "Field Experiments in Education Workshop") will be as follows: October 15th-16th - workshop October 17th - project public conference. This is the planned schedule: - On October 15th (morning and afternoon) and October 16th (morning) invited colleagues will present RCTs , and Prof. Carole Torgerson (Durham University), a leading scholar in the field, will give a keynote speech; - On October 16th (afternoon), we will present and discuss the first results of the “Family St.A.R.” project; - On October 17th – during a public conference devoted to the “Family St.A.R.”, implementers, scholars and policy makers will debate about the project and its results. Thanks to the project funds, we can offer to (a maximum of 12) colleagues presenting a paper on RCTs in education, attending the workshop and the conference: - re-fund of the flight/train ticket to Milan (up to 250 Euros); - overnight staying in Milan for three nights (the 14th, 15th and 16th, at the University dorms); - lunch and dinners for the 15th and 16th (at the University cantine); - social dinner. We ask you, and all interested colleagues, to send a brief abstract (model below, not more than 500 words) describing the RCT that you intend to present to the following e-mail address not later than July 25th: cooperazione.ricerche@unicatt.it.

Please, let us know whether you are interested in participating to this event presenting a

Paper: Gianluca Argentin - gianluca.argentin@unicatt.it Gian Paolo Barbetta – gianpaolo.barbetta@unicatt.it.

[RC28 message 2018_071] Swiss Stata Users Group meeting 2018

The Swiss Stata Users Group meeting 2018 will be held on 25 October 2018 at ETH Zurich.

The meeting provides Stata users from across Switzerland and the world the opportunity to share experiences with the software and information on new commands. David M. Drukker, Executive Director of Econometrics at StataCorp, will attend, and there will be the usual "Wishes and grumbles" session, at which you may air your thoughts to Stata developers.

Anyone interested in Stata is welcome. Call for presentations

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Does your research rely on Stata? Do you have insights that would enlighten colleagues in your field? Prepare your abstract for the 2018 Swiss Stata Users Group meeting.

Presentation topics include but are not limited to

- discussions of community-contributed commands;

- case studies of research or teaching using Stata;

- discussions of data management problems;

- reviews of analytic issues; and

- surveys or critiques of Stata facilities in specific fields.

Submitting your presentation

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Please email the title and abstract of your presentation to Kai Holm (info@ritme.ch), along with the name, affiliation and telephone number of the presenter. Notifications on acceptance will be within two weeks after the submission deadline. The deadline for submissions is 31 August 2018.

Registration

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See the meeting page: http://www.stata.com/meeting/switzerland18/

Scientific committee

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Allister Loder, ETH Zurich, allister.loder@ivt.baug.ethz.ch

Henrik Becker, ETH Zurich, henrik.becker@ivt.baug.ethz.ch

Basil Schmid, ETH Zurich, basil.schmid@ivt.baug.ethz.ch

Ben Jann, University of Bern, ben.jann@soz.unibe.ch

Logistics organizer

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The 2018 Swiss Stata Users Group meeting is jointly organized by the Institute for Transport and Planning Systems of the ETH Zurich (www.ivt.ethz.ch) and Ritme, scientific solutions, the distributor of Stata in Belgium, France, and Switzerland (www.scientific-solutions.ch).

[RC28 message 2018_070] Call for submissions: RSSM special issue on experimental methods in social stratification research

The journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility invites contributions to a special issue involving applications of experimental methods to social stratification research. Field experiments, vignette studies, curriculum studies using the correspondence test method and laboratory experiments are increasingly used by sociologists and economists to understand the mechanisms driving inequalities in education and labor market participation, family dynamics, migration, and housing.

We invite both empirical contributions and methodological reflections. Empirical contributions should also address and explicitly discuss study-specific issues of internal and external validity and ethical concerns. Methodological reflections may discuss, in more general terms, these issues or other issues that are relevant to the practice of these methods in empirical research.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses based on applications of these methods to social inequality domains are particularly welcome. Policy evaluation analyses are welcome to the extent that they inform also theoretical debates in social stratification research.

The deadline to submit a paper is February, 28 2019. To submit a paper, refer to the website of the journal and indicate that you contribution targets the special issue:

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/research-in-social-stratification-and-mobility/

A related seminar will be held in June 2019; revision work should be planned between June and mid-October 2019; the deadline for the final acceptance is November 31, 2019. The special issue is planned to be published in December 2019.

For more information, contact Carlo Barone, carlo.barone@sciencespo.fr or heike.solga@wzb.eu.

[RC28 message 2018_069] RC28 Board Election results

The RC28 Election Committee is delighted to announce the results of the 2018-2022 RC28 Board election:

Yossi Shavit

Ineke Maas

Hyunjoon Park

Hanna Ayalon

Jennie Brand

Claudia Buchmann

Markus Gangl

Yao Lu

Sawako Shirahase

Louis-Andre Vallet

Herman van de Werfhorst

Xiaogang Wu

Congratulations to the winners. The new board members will assume their positions as of the ISA World Congress in Toronto in July 2018. The new board will consider the election committees' nomination of Yossi Shavit for President, Ineke Maas for Vice President, and Hyunjoon Park for Secretary-Treasurer.

Thank you to all of you who participated in the board election. If you have any questions about the election or other RC28-related matters, please contact RC28 secretary (Hiroshi Ishida at rc28.isa@gmail.com).

The RC28 Election Committee (Mike Hout, Haya Stier, and Don Treiman)

[RC28 message 2018_068] ISA World Congress in Toronto

The ISA World Congress is just around the corner. There are 24 RC28 sessions held between 16 July (Monday) and 21 July (Saturday) at the ISA World Congress. For on-line program, see

https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogram/Symposium465.html

The following RC28 events are planned at the ISA World Congress in Toronto:

RC28 Business Meeting (open to all RC28 members) 17 July (Tue) 19:30-20:50 Convention Center (MTCC South Building 716B)

RC28 Reception sponsored by the RC28 Board (open to all RC28 members) 17 July (Tue) 21:00-23:00 at a nearby restaurant (Montecito, 299 Adelaide Street West, Toronto)

For those who can come to the RC28 reception (free), please use the following form to let me know your attendance. I need to give the number of participants to the restaurant. Please send me your response by 8 July.

Hiroshi Ishida, RC28 Secretary/Treasurer

(Please send your response to: rc28.isa@gmail.com)

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Your name: (with the number of guests)

I will come to the RC28 Reception on 17 July (Tue) 9pm-11pm.

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[RC28 message 2018_067] Departmental Lecturer in Sociology

Departmental Lecturer in Sociology (2 posts),Department of Sociology, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford, UK

Grade 8: £39,992 - £47,722 p.a.

The Department of Sociology wishes to appoint two full-time Departmental Lecturers in Sociology. These are fixed-term appointments for 3 years commencing from 1 September 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter (and no later than 1 January 2019). These two posts are an excellent opportunity to join and contribute to the teaching and research that goes on at the Department at one of the world’s leading universities. They represent an opportunity to develop a career as both a researcher and teacher at Oxford University.

The appointees will teach and examine students taking the MSc in Sociology and the MPhil in Sociology and Demography by leading on or contributing to some of the core papers, including training in quantitative methods and the option papers, according to the appointees’ expertise and the Department’s needs. Your teaching duties will also include contributing to the undergraduate teaching. You will also undertake independent research and contribute to the Department’s research programme for the duration of these posts.

The ideal candidates will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil (or be near completion) in sociology, social sciences, or relevant field. You will also need to have an outstanding record of research and publications commensurate with the candidate’s career stage. Ability to teach and supervise at undergraduate and graduate levels is also essential.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this role and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below: The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on 10 July 2018. We aim to interview on Monday 23 July 2018. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic post in Oxford.

Link to the job advert: https://t.co/eZtc0sSXCd

Contact Person : Jane Greig Vacancy ID : 135250

Contact Number : 01865 281740 Closing Date : 10-Jul-2018

Contact Email : jane.greig@sociology.ox.ac.uk

Christiaan W.S. Monden (PhD), Professor of Sociology & Demography, Head of Department – Department of Sociology, Professorial Fellow – Nuffield College, Email: christiaan.monden@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

[RC28 message 2018_066] PhD Positions at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland

We are pleased to announce two PhD positions in the Swiss school of public administration (IDHEAP), at the University of Lausanne:

Position No 1. Is part of a larger project on migration, and entails participating to a research project on welfare policies in multi-ethnic societies. (READVERTISMENT. Previous applicants need not to apply).

https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?company=universitdP&site=VjItZy84VGQ5U1B5c09CRGlJeTlzUHdlZz09&career_job_req_id=13783&career_ns=job_listing&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH

Position No 2. Requires candidates to develop a PhD project on the inclusion of immigrant youth in dual vocational training systems:

https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?company=universitdP&site=VjItZy84VGQ5U1B5c09CRGlJeTlzUHdlZz09&career_job_req_id=13859&career_ns=job_listing&navBarLevel=JOB_SEARCH

We offer excellent working conditions, a friendly yet ambitious environment, good international contacts, effective support for career development.

Giuliano Bonoli Professeur, IDHEAP | Institut de hautes études en administration publique Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration Université de Lausanne Bâtiment IDHEAP | CH-1015 Lausanne | Switzerland, +41(0) 21 692 68 90|, +giuliano.bonoli@unil.ch<mailto:giuliano.bonoli@unil.ch> |

[RC28 message 2018_065] Tenure-Track Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Position at Tel Aviv University

Tenure-Track Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Position at Tel Aviv University, Israel

The School of Social & Policy Studies at Tel Aviv University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position to commence on October 1 2019. Applications are open in all fields of Sociology and Anthropology. The School within the Faculty of Social Sciences is composed of four departments: Communication, Labor Studies, Sociology and Anthropology and Public Policy. It combines research and teaching in a wide range of fields concerned with social sciences. It has a strong commitment to multidisciplinary research and teaching, and provides opportunities for interactions with many departments and research units on and off campus. It has a rich tradition of high-level, internationally recognized research and teaching.

The position offered is at the rank of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, contingent on budgetary approval. The candidate must have a PhD degree or expect to be awarded a doctoral degree by May 2019, in Sociology or Socio-Cultural Anthropology, with excellent proven research and publication record. Post-doctoral experience is desirable. The position includes full-time teaching at introductory level courses (classes at Tel Aviv University are taught in Hebrew), supervision of MA and PhD students, and pursuing high-quality research based on grants received from competitive local and international foundations.

Please submit: 1. A letter describing current and future research plans as well as teaching interests.

2. A CV and list of Publications.

3. Samples of publications (books and articles).

4. Teaching evaluations (if applicable).

5. Three letters of recommendation, addressed to Prof. Adriana Kemp, Chair, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University. The letters should be sent by the recommenders directly to jobtausoc@post.tau.ac.il no later than October 15, 2018.

6. Completed applications (items 1-4 by candidates, item 5 by recommenders) should be submitted by email only (pdf files), to jobtausoc@post.tau.ac.il no later than October 15, 2018.

For details see: https://social-sciences.tau.ac.il/sites/socsci.tau.ac.il/files/media_server/social/soc-ant/Tenure-Track%20Sociology%20Faculty%20Position%202018.pdf

Isaac Sasson, Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University

[RC28 message 2018_064] Research Associate, University of Luxembourg, Deadline July 8, 2018

The University of Luxembourg, Research Associate, Preferably from 1 September 2018, Fixed term contract, 32 months, Full time, 40hrs/week

Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Robin Samuel, the successful candidate will help finalize and field the Luxembourgish Youth Survey. This representative large-scale survey of 16 to 29 years old in Luxembourg covers a wide range of social and economic topics and is highly relevant to researchers and policy makers. A further task of the research associate will be to manage and analyze the collected data and contribute to the quinquennial Luxembourgish Youth Report and other scientific publications. The successful candidate will join the group on “Youth Research” within INSIDE’s Institute for Research on Generations and Family, directed by Prof. Dr. Helmut Willems. INSIDE (Integrative Research Unit on Social and Individual Development) is a multidisciplinary research unit focusing on sociological, psychological, educational, and economic processes associated with social change and development.

Your Role: • Finalization of measurement concepts, scales, and question modules according to international standards • Pre-tests of questionnaire • Management of field phases • Management and analysis of collected data • Contribution to scientific publications and to quinquennial Luxembourgish Youth Report: • Meetings and exchange with relevant stakeholders • Documentation of conducted work

Your Profile: • Master diploma, MA in sociology, educational sciences, or another relevant Discipline • A very good command of German or French, and preferably English; Luxembourgish is considered an asset • Experience in designing questionnaires • Experience in collecting, managing, and analysing survey data • Ability to work autonomously • Willingness to engage in teamwork in research groups

Offer: • Opportunities to expand your skills and knowledge in a dynamic research

Team • Personal workspace at the University of Luxembourg • Stimulating work environment

Application Documents: • Motivation letter (max. two pages) • Curriculum vitae • Copies of diplomas

Contact: Dr. Robin Samuel, Associate Professor, (+352) 46 66 44 5084, robin.samuel@uni.lu

Please apply online by 8 July 2018. Applications obtained by e-mail cannot be processed.

The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.

[RC28 message 2018_063] Positions at HERC/Rice University

The Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a research-practice partnership between Rice University and several Houston-area school districts, has two positions available.

Research analyst: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/14849

Post-doc: http://jobs.rice.edu/postings/14731

If you have any questions, please contact Daniel Potter at dpotter@rice.edu.

[RC28 message 2018_062] Workshop week on "Behavioral Genetics in Social Science Research"

Our workshop week on "Behavioral Genetics in Social Science Research" takes place October 8-12, 2018 at GESIS Cologne, Germany.

The purpose of this workshop week is to familiarize social scientists with genetic data and provide instruction on how to incorporate genetic information into social science analyses. Next to short general introductions into the topic of genetics in the social sciences, all workshops offer hands-on training for researchers working at the intersection of genetics and social science research.

Workshop 1 (Oct 8):

The TwinLife study and behavioral genetic modeling

Volker Lang, Bielefeld University and SOEP/DIW Berlin; Bastian Mönkediek, Bielefeld University

Workshop 2 (Oct 9-10)

Introduction to behavioral genetics

Robbee Wedow, Stanford University; Felix Tropf, University of Oxford

Workshop 3 (Oct 11-12):

Integrating molecular genetics into social science research

Felix Tropf, University of Oxford; Robbee Wedow, Stanford University

While all three workshops can be booked and attended separately, we recommend interested researchers to participate in the whole workshop week. Selected participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own research ideas or projects in the form of a poster presentation with the lecturers and participants of the workshop in the evening of October 8, 2018. Participants interested in a poster presentation are asked to apply by submitting a short outline (about 0.5 pages) of their research idea or research project until August 20, 2018. Click here to submit your application.

For more information and registration visit our website. See also our special newsletter with an interview with two of the lecturers of the workshop week. Please feel free to forward this announcement to other potentially interested parties.

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, email: training@gesis.org, web: www.gesis.org/workshops, facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GESISTraining

[RC28 message 2018_061] PhD position within the SCOOP project

SCOOP is a research and training center dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of sustainable cooperation as a key feature of resilient societies. The center connects research groups from sociology, psychology, history, philosophy, public administration, research methods, and statistics. In May 2017, the research program ‘Sustainable Cooperation – Roadmaps to a Resilient Society’ was awarded a research grant in the NWO Gravitation program. The SCOOP program is carried out in a total of 60 PhD projects at the universities of Groningen and Utrecht, but also at Amsterdam VU, Rotterdam, and Nijmegen.

We are now inviting applications for PhD positions (four years). In addition, there are vacancies for two postdoc positions (two years).

Secure and Precarious Employment and Cooperative Tendencies in Workplaces

Aim of the project: To study how the use of secure and precarious forms of employment impacts the sustainability of cooperation between employees, and between employees and management at workplaces in a long-term and cross-country perspective.

Background: Sustainable cooperation in workplaces is essential for the flourishing of individuals and organizations. It can come in many forms and shapes, ranging from workers complying to safety regulations, to constructive strategies of managing labor conflicts. In the post-WWII period of economic growth, organizations in the West typically offered life-long employment, thereby creating favorable conditions for sustaining both employee-employer (´vertical´) and employee-employee (´horizontal´) cooperation (Kalleberg, 2011). Since the 1980s, pressures from global competition and technology development led many organizations to adapt a more flexible and diversified approach to employment relations. An important part of this strategy consists in providing precarious (temporary and externalized) forms of employment for workers whose labor is considered to be not essential for organizational success, while maintaining secure (long-term and internalized) employment relations for their core workforce. Management narratives emphasize the labor costs and productivity aspects of combining precarious and secure employment (Lepak & Snell 2002).

However, little is known about how the use of precarious employment impacts sustainable cooperation in work organizations. Existing studies focus predominantly on compliance and commitment, of contingent workers, neglecting three important dimensions: (1) the vertical cooperation of the core workforce, 2) horizontal forms of cooperation (such as pro-social behaviors and co-worker solidarity), and 3) the interplay and co-evaluation of horizontal and vertical cooperation in workplaces using contingent employment. In addition, research on employment forms and cooperation outside the US is very scarce, leaving it open whether similar processes play out in institutional environments regulating employment relations and labor protection differently. In this project, we aim to address these important omissions.

There are contradicting observations in the literature regarding the relation between employment and cooperation. According to the organizational literature on identity and conflict, employment uncertainties alienate workers, generate competition, and antagonize different groups of workers, which diminish sustainable horizontal and vertical cooperation (David-Blake et al 2003; Smith 2010). Social historical studies on class formation, however, argue that employment uncertainties have the capacity to foster horizontal cooperative tendencies among workers in precarious positions such as organized industrial action (Thompson, 1963). Employment uncertainties may also increase the importance of identities based on occupational group and profession, leading to new forms of cooperation beyond organizational boundaries (Barley and Kunda, 2006). The project will bring together the organizational and social historical literatures to study how precarious employment impacts sustainable cooperation.

Research design: A multi-method research design will be used. Firstly, the project will use the European Sustainable Workforce Survey (ESWS). The ESWS is unique because (a) it is a recent, large-scale survey among 11,011 employees (wave 1/2016 and wave 2/2018) nested in 869 teams in 259 organisations in 9 European countries (UK, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Hungary and Bulgaria), (b) contains longitudinal information about horizontal cooperation (individual worker´s commitment to the organization, and extra-role behaviour) and vertical cooperation (helping behaviour among co-workers), (c) includes newly developed items measuring workers’ and managers’ perceptions of collaboration and conflict between workers in precarious position (e.g. temporary contract) and core employees , also (d) social network data of informal ties between co-workers within the work team. It(e) allows cross-country and cross-industry comparisons. Second, using linked-employer employee data on the Netherlands (CBS SSB) we can assess the economy-broad implications of the use of precarious employment in organizations to vertical cooperation (voluntary turnover) and horizontal cooperation (strike participation). Finally, to better understand the co-evolution of horizontal and vertical cooperation, we also undertake a workplace ethnography in one or two firms. Historical sources may include harmonized censuses and other register data (https://international.ipums.org) and in depth factory data (e.g. Penn 1984).

Project initiators: Zoltán Lippényi, Rafael Wittek, Marco van Leeuwen

Location: University of Groningen, Department of Sociology

How to Apply: For background information on this vacancy and further instructions:

https://www.rug.nl/about-us/work-with-us/job-opportunities/overview?details=00347-02S0006ECP&cat=wp (portal opens June 1).

[RC28 message 2018_059] Invitation to join ASA Section on Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility

We write to invite you to consider joining the American Sociological Association’s Section on Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (IPM) in 2018. Our section seeks to foster research and disseminate knowledge on the distribution of material and nonmaterial resources, and the economic, social, and cultural forces that generate and perpetuate unequal distributions of these resources. We welcome members of all theoretical and methodological persuasions and embrace work that considers inequalities in all institutions and social contexts around the world. We have a growing international membership, and we hope this trend continues.

We wanted to let you know about some of the latest, exciting developments for our section:

· Newsletter. We have recently created a section newsletter (https://asaipmsection.wordpress.com/newsletter/). The newsletter covers news on conferences, funding opportunities, and job openings relevant to section members. It also highlights the latest research from section members and features member essays on an array of topics. Two particularly unique features of the newsletter are worth noting: (1) each newsletter features a Junior Faculty Spotlight that gives our members an opportunity to get to know the work and scholarly interests of our junior faculty and (2) each newsletter includes an IPM dialogue where senior scholars answer professional development questions submitted by graduate students. Personally, we find these newsletter wonderful ways to get the latest news on what our colleagues are up to and learn about new colleagues we may have not yet met. The newsletter is also a great way to get the word out about the terrific work you are doing!

· Mentoring. We host a mentoring event at ASA that pairs up junior scholars with senior scholars. This gives junior scholars an opportunity to get advice from senior folks and share with them their work and it gives senior scholars a great opportunity to learn about up and coming young scholars.

· Section membership sponsorships. This year we are excited to launch a new initiative geared towards expanding and diversifying our membership. We know that many people are unable to join our section due to financial constraints. To address this barrier we are soliciting section membership sponsorships from existing members. On July 1 we will raffle off these section memberships to those who have expressed interest in being sponsored. (You must be a current ASA member to give or receive a gift section membership). We already have 75 sponsorships pledged! If you are interested in sponsoring a member or are interested in being sponsored, please fill out this short Google Form.

· Website. We have created a section website: http://asaipmsection.org

· ASA Section Sessions. We are hosting a number of exciting sections at ASA 2018.

· Section Survey. Last year, our section leaders surveyed section members to gauge what the membership would like to see happen in the section. The survey produced informative results that we are currently working with to make improvements to the section in order to maximize membership satisfaction. Stay tuned!

We hope you will consider joining us! If you should have any questions about membership, please be in touch.

IPM Membership Committee: Julia Burdick-Will, Alexandra Murphy, Steven Alvarado, Michael R. Scott

[RC28 message 2018_058] Announcing the latest CiteScore for RSSM

Release of CiteScore 2017

The CiteScores 2017, powered by Scopus, have just been released and we’d like to share the CiteScore 2017 of the journal you have an editorial affiliation with:

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

CiteScore 2017 of 1.84

[RC28 message 2018_057] PhD Scholarship - Understanding Society - Class ceiling in the UK labour market

Using Understanding Society as a microscope to examine the "class ceiling" in the UK labour market

https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/socialsciences/studentfundingopportunities/postgraduateresearch/#d.en.587554

Recent evidence has uncovered a class based wage penalty in the UK labour market, where wages are correlated with social origin, even when other attributes such as education have been controlled for. This has been referred to as the "class ceiling" on account of similarities with the gender pay gap. This project contributes to the evidence base on the class ceiling by examining the extent to which social origin influences labour market outcomes independently of level of education and to explore how these effects are mediated. Given the prevailing policy emphasis on education as a means of social advancement, identifying the extent and magnitude of class wage penalties is particularly important. Specifically, the study will exploit the rich longitudinal data provided by the household panel survey Understanding Society (US). The combination of data on educational and labour market outcomes with a wealth of information on individual attributes and social context, enables the testing of a diverse range of theoretical perspectives on what influences systemic differences between identically qualified individual, spanning economics, education and sociology.

The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate and/or master’s degree in economics, education, sociology, public policy, statistics, or related fields, a strong background in quantitative social science, and knowledge of working with micro data using statistical software such as STATA, SPSS or R. The PhD Project will be supervised by Kristinn Hermannsson in the School of Education and Jeanette Findlay in the Adam Smith Business School.

Dr. Queralt Capsada-Munsech, Postdoctoral Researcher, YOUNG-ADULLLT Scotland - http://young-adulllt-scotland.org/

Horizon 2020 Project: YOUNG-ADULLLT, Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, University of Glasgow, @queraltcm & @robertowenctr

[RC28 message 2018_056] Call for Paper ESS 2018

As Editor of Polis, an Italian Journal for social and political research (ISSN-120-9488), I am happy to share this CFP on the recently released 8th round of European Social Survey.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Attitudes and values in a changing world: Italy in the European Social Survey(2001-‐2018)

Polis - https://www.rivisteweb.it/issn/1120-9488

Laura Sartori, Phd in Sociology and Social Research - University of Trento, Department of Political and Social Sciences - University of Bologna

[RC28 message 2018_055] PhD position Social Class and Health Inequalities, University of Groningen

University of Groningen

Vacancy for a PhD student on ‘Social Class and Health Inequalities: Do Personal Resources Make the Difference?’

https://www.researchgate.net/job/911165_PhD-student_on_Social_Class_and_Health_Inequalities

Deadline for applications: June 21, 2018

The section of Community and Occupational Medicine (COM) of the Department of Health Sciences is seeking a PhD-student. In keeping with the interdisciplinary nature of modern research, the section contributes to prevention and improvement of social and work participation, by conducting excellent quantitative and qualitative research, often in close collaboration with policy makers and practitioners in public and occupational health. COM provides training for medical students and participates in the Research Master Clinical and Psychosocial Epidemiology.

COM has an excellent track record in research, including the supervision of PhD-students from a wide range of countries. All PhD-students are embedded in the Public Health Research (PHR) program. Our research includes clinical trials and cohort studies, i.e., social-epidemiological research in unique longitudinal cohorts such as Lifelines, TRAILS and the registries of e.g. Occupational Health Services and the Social Security Institute (UWV).

We are looking for talented, enthusiastic candidates for a PhD-training with interest in explaining social and health inequalities, in particular to explore the degree to which differences in availability of personal and other types of resources contribute to the social inequality in health. A solid background is expected in quantitative analysis of (health-related) data and the ambition to conduct high-quality research.

You will be supervised by Prof. Sandra Brouwer and Prof. Menno (S.A.) Reijneveld (both Department of Health Sciences, UMCG) and Prof. Cok Vrooman (Utrecht University and The Netherlands Institute for Social Research).

All research and training facilities of PHR and the GSMS are at your disposition. You will be registered in the Graduate School of Medical Sciences, giving you access to the courses and activities in the graduate school’s education program.

How to apply? Candidates preparing a research proposal should contact Prof. Brouwer (sandra.brouwer@umcg.nl) or Prof. Reijneveld (s.a.reijneveld@umcg.nl) in advance for further information on the format for the proposal.

Applicants must submit a Research proposal following the format of the Dutch NWO VENI program. In addition, an updated CV and a motivation letter should be included. The research proposal should indicate novelty and feasibility of the proposed study and should be at maximum 1000 words. Deadline for submission is June 21st 2018. Submissions should be sent to Janneke Vos (j.w.vos-de.vries@umcg.nl).

What we offer: A PhD-student scholarship of about 1,750 euro net a month for a three years’ period.

Prof. J.C. Vrooman, Chair Social Security and Participation | Utrecht University | j.c.vrooman@uu.nl

[RC28 message 2018_054] Call for Papers: Social Inclusion – Types of Education, Achievement and Labour Market Integration over the Life Course

“Types of Education, Achievement and Labour Market Integration over the Life Course”

Call for papers for volume 7, issue 3 of the interdisciplinary journal “Social Inclusion”. Editors: Irene Kriesi & Juerg Schweri, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training. See also:

https://www.ehb.swiss/sites/default/files/social_inclusion-types_of_education-cfp.pdf

Kriesi Irene Irene.Kriesi@ehb.swiss

[RC28 message 2018_053] PhD positions in Economic Sociology and Labour Studies, Milan

ESLS Calls for Application for 6 Ph.D. positions - A.Y. 2018-2019 Call for application is now OPEN for:

• Ph.D. in Economic Sociology and Labour Studies - 6 scholarships (1 scholarship in memory of Giulio Regeni)

Deadline for application - June 14, 2018 h 14.00 (Italian time)

Qualifications evaluation and interview phase - June 19 and June 25, 2018

More information in the attached sheet

Go to the call for application page:

http://nasp.eu/training/how-to-apply/calls-for-application.html

Gabriele Ballarino <gabriele.ballarino@unimi.it>

[RC28 message 2018_052] Job announcement: Academic Associate in Statistics UZH

The Institute of Sociology of UZH is seeking an Academic Associate in Statistics starting December 2018

The open position is 70% to 100% of a full-time position, and it may be converted to a permanent position after one year. The Institute of Sociology at the University of Zurich has a 50-year tradition of research and teaching, and we are one of the leading institutes in empirical, quantitative research in Switzerland and Europe. The Institute focuses on theory- and evidence-based social research with a strong emphasis on quantitative methods.

We seek an academic associate to teach statistics courses mainly at the Bachelor’s level. The aim of the position is to strengthen the program in quantitative methods at the Institute; the nominated person should teach statistics and additional quantitative methods courses (a total of 3 courses per semester) and organize the qualitative and quantitative methods program. In addition to planning and teaching courses, responsibilities also include supervising and grading student work. The teaching assignment at our Institute begins in the Spring Semester of 2019.

Candidates must hold a PhD in the social sciences, preferably in sociology; a habilitation is an advantage but not a requirement. Several years’ experience in teaching statistics and a background in quantitative methods are required. Preferably, candidates have an additional, substantive area of research in sociology. Strong skills in German and English are necessary, including the ability to teach courses in both languages. We are looking for an independent, motivated, and proactive person who can work well with students.

We offer a challenging and inspiring workplace in a dynamic research environment. The successful candidate has the opportunity to contribute to and design our teaching program in quantitative methods and to conduct his or her own research projects. In the event of a positive evaluation after one year, the position may be converted to a permanent position.

Prospective candidates who enjoy teaching and are motivated to support the mission of our Institute are invited to send their application (including three publications) in one pdf document by June 15th to: jobs(at)soziologie.uzh.ch. Please address inquiries to Claudia Hiestand, Administrative Head of the Institute.

University of Zurich, Institute of Sociology, Switzerland

[RC28 message 2018_051] PhD in Analysis of Social and Economic Processes (ASEP), University of Milano-Bicocca, Deadline June 7, 2018

Eight fully funded PhD student positions available at University of Milano-Bicocca

The full call for application can be found at:

https://www.unimib.it/unimib-international/phd/how-apply

Ivana Fellini, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano-Bicocca, email: ivana.fellini@unimib.it

[RC28 message 2018_050] Sciences Po professorship in Population studies/Sociology

Sciences Po is opening a professorship in Population studies/Sociology. This is a full professor tenure-track position to which scholars who are currently associate professors can apply.

The job will be based at OSC, the RC28-friendly research centre of Sciences Po. Infos can be found at the following link: https://www.sciencespo.fr/osc/fr/content/professeur-des-universites-en-sociologie-etude-des-populations

Ettore RECCHI, Professeur des universités, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC), Sciences Po, Paris, Directeur des études doctorales en sociologie, Sciences Po, Paris

[RC28 message 2018_049] PhD in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research, University of Turin & Milan

Could you please forward the following links to the Call for Application to the PhD programme in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research at the Universities of Turin & Milan (joint programme)?

information in English: https://en.unito.it/postdegree/phd/sociology-and-methodology-social-research

information in Italian: https://www.unito.it/postlaurea/dottorato/sociologia-e-metodologia-della-ricerca-sociale

Renzo Carriero, PhD, Assistant professor of Sociology, Department of Cultures, Politics, and Society, University of Turin

[RC28 message 2018_048] PhD in Sociology, University of Luxembourg, Deadline June 22, 2018

Doctoral Candidate (Ph.D. student) in Sociology (Reference F3-090001); Preferably from 1 September 2018 Full-time, 36 months

The successful candidate will investigate subjective well-being, health, and social comparison among young people in Luxembourg and beyond. To this end, she/he will help test, conduct, and analyze a large-scale survey, supervised by Associate Professor Dr. Robin Samuel. The analysis of secondary data will complement her or his Ph.D. work. The successful candidate will become a member of the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences and the research unit INSIDE (Integrative Research Unit on Social and Individual Development). This multidisciplinary research unit focuses on sociological, psychological, educational, and economic processes associated with social change and development.

Tasks

• Help design, test, and conduct a survey and own modules within it (e.g.,vignette experiment, choice experiment) • Write a cumulative Ph.D. thesis in the domain of subjective well-being, health, and social comparison among young people in Luxembourg and beyond (based on analyses of survey data) • Participate in national and international conferences • Contribute to reports and research publications based on, e.g., analyses of data generated by the survey and already available data sets • Contribute to teaching in the field of social and educational sciences at the bachelor level

Profile

• Excellent master’s degree in sociology or the social sciences • Experience and strong interest in quantitative research methods • Knowledge of statistical software for quantitative analyses (e.g., R, Stata) • Willingness to expand on analytical skills • Excellent command of at least two of the following languages: English, French, German (written and spoken); Luxembourgish is considered an asset

Offer • Opportunities to expand your skills and knowledge in a dynamic research Team • Personal workspace at the University (this full-time contract requires the candidate to work on the University premises) • Stimulating work environment • Integration into Doctoral School • Salary according to University of Luxembourg guidelines

Application Documents

• Motivation letter (max. two pages) • Curriculum vitae • Outline of a Ph.D. project idea in the area of subjective well-being, health, and social comparison (max. one page) • Writing sample (e.g., M.A. thesis, seminar paper) • Copies of diplomas

Contact: Dr. Robin Samuel, Associate Professor, (+352) 46 66 44 5084, robin.samuel@uni.lu

Please apply online by 22 June 2018. Applications obtained by e-mail cannot be processed. The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.

[RC28 message 2018_047] winter school "The Power of Algorithms?" October, 4th to 12th 2018 in Wuerzburg, Germany

could you please circulate the information about our international winter school “The Power of Algorithms?”:

https://www.politikwissenschaft.uni-wuerzburg.de/ips-winterschool/course-programme/

Prof. Dr. Christiane Gross, Chair of quantitative methods in the social sciences, Institute of Political Science and Sociology, Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg

[RC28 message 2018_046] Call for Papers: International Workshop "Welfare and Unemployment Dynamics"

At the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Germany there will be an international workshop on “Welfare and Unemployment Dynamics”, which might be interesting for RC 28 members. Would it be possible to post the Call for Papers to the RC28-list?

https://www.xing-events.com/welfaredynamics.html

Thank you very much and best wishes,

Dr. Torsten Lietzmann,Senior Researcher, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

Nuremberg, Germany, torsten.lietzmann@iab.de

[RC28 message 2018_045] ECSR Thematic Workshop "Wealth Inequality and Mobility" - Call For Papers

We are pleased to announce the next ECSR Thematic Workshop “Wealth Inequality and Mobility" taking place on December 6-7, 2018, at the Institute for Socio-Economic Inequality (IRSEI) at the University of Luxembourg. We invite sociologists, economists, social policy and researchers in related fields to submit an abstract for a paper presentation by July 31, 2018.

More details about the workshop and submission in the CFP attached or on IRSEI’s website: https://irsei.uni.lu/ecsr_2018_workshop

Best wishes, The Organizers

[RC28 message 2018_044] PhD-student in Social Inequality and Social Policy & Marie Curie Fellowships, expression of interests

PhD-student in Social Inequality and Social Policy

The candidate will have the opportunity to become a member of the Doctoral Programme of the NCCR LIVES ‘Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives’

Starting date: 01.09.2018

Duration of contract: 1 year, renewable contract for 2 x 2 years, with a maximum duration of 5 years

Employment rate: 100%

Workplace: University of Lausanne, Géopolis

Gross annual wage: CHF 65’000 (first year)

Your profile

Master’s degree in Social Sciences with a quantitative component (Sociology, Demography, Political Science, Economics, Psychology…)

Interest in Topics of Social Inequality, Social Policy and the Life Course

Practical experience with quantitative social science data analysis methods

Familiarity with statistical software (e.g. Stata, R, SPSS)

Working languages are English & French

We offer

A position in a dynamic research centre, closely linked to the National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES and the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS)

Access to a network of about 170 researchers specialising in life course research in and across different disciplines (sociology, psychology, social psychology, demography, economics, social policy, statistics) and working on interdisciplinary projects

A structured and comfortable research environment in the beautiful Lake Geneva region at the heart of Europe

Regular scientific and networking events (workshops, colloquia, conferences, etc.)

Training in the LIVES Doctoral Programme

The possibility to publish in the LIVES Working Papers series

Outreach services for the dissemination of your research into the general public.

Please apply here:

Graduate assistant in Social Inequality and Social Policy

Assistant-e diplômé-e dans le domaine de l’inégalité sociale et politique sociale

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships (IF)

The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES - Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives (NCCR LIVES) at the University of Lausanne and the University of Geneva invites expressions of interest for applications to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships (IF).

https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en

We are looking for interested candidates working on topics like:

Social stratification in the life course

Economic, family, health, and labour market vulnerability

Social policy, social networks and other buffers of inequality

Ageing

Longitudinal data and research methods

The NCCR LIVES offers:

A structured and comfortable research environment in the beautiful Lake Geneva region at the heart of Europe

Regular scientific and networking events (workshops, colloquia, conferences, etc.)

Trainings open to post-doc researchers in the framework of the LIVES Doctoral Programme

The possibility to publish in the LIVES Working Papers series

Outreach services for the dissemination of your research into the general public.

The universities of Geneva and Lausanne organise one-day training for researchers planning to apply for a 2018 MSCA-IF:

On July 5 at the University of Geneva:

https://www.euresearch.ch/en/events/event-detail/showUid/734/

On July 19 at the University of Lausanne:

https://www.euresearch.ch/en/events/event-detail/showUid/736/

The application deadline for the MSCA-IF is September 12, but we advise candidates to make contact with potential hosts at the NCCR LIVES before summer.

For more information on the NCCR LIVES and the who’s who of our centre, please consult our website https://www.lives-nccr.ch/en

Leen Vandecasteele <leen.vandecasteele@unil.ch>

[RC28 message 2018_043] Full Professor in Sociology of Social Inequality and Health

At Tilburg University, we have a vacancy for a Full Professor in Sociology of Social Inequality and Health. The closing date for this vacancy is June 1, 2018. More information can be retrieved from the application portal, which can be found on the following website:

https://tiu.nu/13624

Tim Reeskens T.Reeskens@uvt.nl

[RC28 message 2018_042] FBK call research positions - IRVAPP: job posting.-

hereby I would like to ask you the courtesy of circulating the FBK's calls for A researcher position at Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP) for the evaluation of public policies

http://altamira.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs_A_researcher_position_at_Institute_for_the_Evaluation_of_Public_Policies_FBK_IRVAPP_for_the_evaluation_of_public_policies_198208488.htm

A Post-doc position in the field of education policy evaluation at Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP) for the Evaluation of educational policies

http://altamira.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs_A_Post_doc_position_in_the_field_of_education_policy_evaluation_at_Institute_for_the_Evaluation_of_Public_Policies_FBK_IRVAPP_for_the_Evaluation_of_educational_policies_198209010.htm

These calls will be open for applications until the 14th of May 2018.

Annamaria Decarli, Servizio Risorse Umane, Fondazione Bruno Kessler

[RC28 message 2018_041] ESS Conference call for sessions

Could you please circulate the following call for sessions among the members of the RC 28?

Here also the link:

http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/singlenew.html?a=/about/news/essnews0044.html

Oshrat Hochman, PhD, gesis Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim, Email: oshratb@gmail.com

[RC28 message 2018_040] Full Professorship in Sociology at GU Frankfurt, application deadline April 26

The future holder of the position is highly qualified in theoretical as well as empirical aspects of sociological inequality research. To complement existing strengths at the Faculty, a research perspective in the sociology of culture in this specific field or in the analysis of cultural dimensions of social inequality is highly welcome. An international research profile and significant publications in the field of sociological inequality research are also expected in candidates.

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate their success in securing external funding for their research activities. The future holder of the position will also participate in current and planned joint research at the Faculty and will teach on a wide scale in all the Faculty’s degree programs. The successful candidate will also be involved in teachertraining. Experience in teaching at school and novel ideas regarding this topic would be welcome.

The designated salary for the position is based on “W3” on the German university scale or equivalent. Goethe University is an equal opportunities employer, which implies that applications from women are specifically encouraged. For further information regarding the general conditions for professorship appointments, please see: www.vakante-professuren.uni-frankfurt.de

Qualified academics with an excellent record in research and teaching are invited to submit their application in English or German by email, accompanied by the usual documents (curriculum vitae, copy of transcripts for all degrees completed, publication list, records of teaching experience, research abroad, and extramural funding), within four weeks of publication of this announcement (deadline: 26.04.2018) to the Dean of the Department of Social Sciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Prof. Dr. Sigrid Roßteutscher, email: dekanat.fb03-bewerbungen@soz.uni-frankfurt.de. Please quote the reference number 8/2018 in your application.

[RC28 message 2018_039] 6 PhD Positions (4 years) in Sociology and Social Research at Trento University (Italy)

The Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Trento University, Italy, is offering 6 fully funded PhD positions (4 years) in Sociology and Social Research with starting date: November 1, 2018. Deadline for application: May 22, 2018, 4pm (Italian time)

Further information can be found here: https://www.unitn.it/drss/srs/19

link to the official call: http://www.unitn.it/ateneo/690/concorso-di-ammissione

[RC28 message 2018_038] Postdoc Opportunity at University of Strathclyde (Glasgow)

The School of Education at the University of Strathclyde is seeking to appoint a full-time Research Associate on a fixed term basis from September 2018 until February 2020, to contribute to the ESRC funded ‘Social inequalities in educational attainment: an investigation into the mediating role of school absenteeism’ project. This secondary data analysis project will draw on the rich Scottish Longitudinal Study to investigate whether different forms of school absenteeism such as truancy contribute to explaining social inequalities in educational attainment and post school destinations. It will further explore whether family background moderates the relationship between school absenteeism, educational attainment and post-school destinations.

A Good Honours degree and PhD (or equivalent professional experience) in an appropriate discipline are essential such as psychology, sociology, education, economics or health sciences, as is experience of using large scale longitudinal data, and advanced quantitative methods. Other essential requirements include the ability to write papers for publication; ability to work independently and as part of a team; ability to work under pressure and driven to deliver results; excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to listen, engage and persuade, and to present complex information in an accessible way to a range of audiences. Candidates should be available to take up post in September 2018.

Formal interviews for this post are expected to be held on Monday, 4 June 2018. Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Dr Markus Klein, Lecturer in the School of Education (markus.klein@strath.ac.uk/+44(0)1414448120).

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BIV999/research-associate-114202/

Dr Markus Klein, Lecturer in Human Development and Education Policy, University of Strathclyde, School of Education, markus.klein@strath.ac.uk

[RC28 message 2018_037] Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow

The position is a three year appointment in the family dynamics research group lead by Prof Janeen Baxter. Full details of the position can be found on UQ Jobs and Seek with a closing date of Wednesday 25 April 2018.

Links:

http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/504213/postdoctoral-research-fellowresearch-fellow

https://www.seek.com.au/job/35896034?type=standard&userqueryid=dd55e2b2b6062c49e6a570f8c7567b30-6372448

Dr Martin O’Flaherty, Research Fellow (Family Dynamics) | Life Course Centre | Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Email m.oflaherty@uq.edu.au

[RC28 message 2018_036] Recruitiung a Postdoctoral Researcher (4 years, 70% FTE) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and more

We're currently recruiting a post-doctoral researcher (70% FTE, 4 years) for a project on overcoming inequalities and ethnic discrimination in the labor market. The position is in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. More information here: http://druedin.com/vacancies/

Several other positions (postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, research assistants) at the NCCR on the move in Switzerland:

http://nccr-onthemove.ch/jobs/

RUEDIN Didier <didier.ruedin@unine.ch>

[RC28 message 2018_035] CfP "Inequality within Couples" Workshop in Berlin, 1-2 October 2018

Call for Papers: Inequality within Couples: On the Origin and Relevance of the Intra-Household Distribution of Economic Resources, Workshop in Berlin, 1-2 October 2018

The question of “who gets what?” is fundamental in the debate around economic inequality in the social sciences and for society in general. To answer this question, the definition and unit of analysis of “who” is crucial. Often the household is considered as the appropriate unit of analysis, in particular when considering coresiding partners. Thereby, households are (implicitly) assumed to be unitary and intra-household inequality is ignored. However, a growing literature shows that intra-household inequality can be substantial and needs to be considered to understand the distribution of individual life chances—especially from a gender perspective. With the rise in economic independence of women, increasingly individualised romantic unions, and historically low union stability, the intra-household distribution of economic resources such as earnings and wealth can be expected to have changed. At the same time, the intra-household distribution of economic resources may have gained more relevance in the last decades. Recently, new data have become available that allow studying these intra-household inequality in more detail. Still, relatively little research explicitly considers intra-household inequality.

This workshop aims to bring together scholars from different disciplines—including but not limited to economics, law, social psychology, and sociology—to stimulate discussion of innovative research projects that deal with intra-household inequality in economic resources in couple households with and without children. Questions that may be addressed include: How much economic inequality is there within couples? To what extent are economic resources shared in couples? How does inequality change over historical time and over life courses? What shapes the within-household distribution of resources? How does the distribution of resources within households relate to individuals’ values, wellbeing, and behaviour? What are the implications of inequalities for social policy and family law? We invite quantitatively and qualitatively oriented empirical contributions. Research using a historically or cross-nationally comparative perspective is especially welcome.

Confirmed speakers include Siobhan Austen (Curtin University), Fran Bennett (Oxford University), Debora Price (University of Manchester), and Eva Sierminska (LISER).

We invite the submission of abstracts (not more than 600 words) for presentations at the workshop by 15 May 2018. You will be notified about the acceptance of your abstract by 1 June 2018. Please send your submissions to mywealth@wiso.uni-koeln.de.

The workshop is free of charge. Travel and accommodation costs cannot be covered.

The workshop is organised by the Emmy Noether Research Group MyWealth funded by the German Research Foundation at the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne.

[RC28 message 2018_034] 7th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology: Registration & Scholarships

The 7th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology takes place 02-24 August at GESIS in Cologne, Germany. The program is online, and registration is open at www.gesis.org/summerschool

15 scholarships by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) via CDSS as well as the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) are available. For more information on scholarships please visit www.gesis.org/summerschool.

15 courses are scheduled, among them 5 short courses and 10 one-week courses. Below is a list of all courses – including three new courses [NEW] and two courses that are back [BACK] to our program.

_Short courses (02 - 03 August)

Pretesting Survey Questions (Meitinger/Lenzner) | NEW

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Mplus (Blümke/Lechner/Danner)

Research Designs and Causal Inference (Eifler/Leitgöb)

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Stata (Schunck/Pforr)

_Week 1 (06 - 10 August)

Introduction to Survey Design (Lugtig/Struminskaya)

Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (Reinecke/Kessler)

Introduction to Data Analysis Using R (Kolb/Murray-Waters)

Applied Multiple Imputation (Geißler/Heisig) | NEW

_Week 2 (13 - 17 August)

Questionnaire Design (Fuchs/Metzler)

Mixed-Mode and Mixed-Device Surveys (Toepoel/de Leeuw/Klausch) | BACK

Web Survey Design (Couper/Schaurer) | BACK

_Week 3 (20 - 24 August)

Meta-Analysis in Social Research and Survey Methodology (Weiß/Daikeler)

Sampling, Weighting, and Estimation (Eckman)

Designing, Implementing, and Analyzing Longitudinal Surveys (Al Baghal/Cernat)

[20-21 Aug] Open Science and Open Data (Netscher/Perry/Schwickerath) | NEW

Thanks to our cooperation with the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS) at the University of Mannheim, participants can obtain up to 4 ECTS credit points per one-week course. Participants are invited to attend several plenary and social events including evening talks by experts in Survey Methodology, weekly welcome receptions as well as cultural and social excursions. There is no registration deadline, but to secure a place in the course(s) of your choice and to book affordable accommodation, we strongly recommend that you register as soon as possible.

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology, email: summerschool@gesis.org, web: www.gesis.org/summerschool

[RC28 message 2018_033] Second International Summer School on Inequality of Educational Opportunities

HSE Institute of Educationand The International Laboratory for Education Policy Analysis are pleased to invite you to join us in Moscow, Russia on July 1–6, 2018 for The Second International Summer School: ‘INEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES’

Hosting a dynamic mix of instructional & networking formats, the Summer School is a unique venue for early-career researchers and experienced professionals to gather and share diverse perspectives on topics and areas central to modern studies in socioeconomic inequality in education. By engaging in an agenda of firsthand learning and opinion exchange, young scholars benefit from advanced insights into the latest concepts and practical approaches in the subject academic domain, while also receiving immediate expert feedback on their current projects and important guidance about areas and facets to focus on in their further research career.

AGENDA: This year, the Summer School will comprehensively address the latest scholarship frameworks with respect to socioeconomic inequalities in education, including markers and triggers of such inequities, their reproduction mechanisms, as well as policy and other measures aimed at better closing educational inequality gaps.

FACULTY: The School faculty is a premier cohort of accomplished Russian and international academics with multifaceted expertise in educational and social inequality studies.

APPLICATION: To apply, please use this online application form to submit the following in English: Your CV A motivation letter (up to 300 words) A summary of your current research project on a topic relevant to educational inequity (300-500 words). Applications are accepted until April 13, 2018. The shortlisted participants will be announced by April 30, 2018. The School’s working language is English. Enrollees are expected to have sufficient English proficiency to participate in discussions and make presentations.

PARTICIPATION FEE: The School participation fee is 250 euros (including coffee breaks & excursion).

HSE Institute of education will award 10 full scholarships to participants selected on a competitive basis. lease note that travel to/from Moscow will be paid by the participants. For questions, please contact Ruslan Imangulov at rimangulov@hse.ru.

[RC28 message 2018_032] Research fellow position at Department of Sociology and Social Research at University of Milan Bicocca

we are recruiting a research fellow to work in the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Milano Bicocca to contribute to the project: Aging in a networked society. Older people, social networks and wellbeing. For an overview of the project, please see:

https://www.researchgate.net/project/Aging-in-a-networked-society-Older-people-social-networks-and-well-being

The post is available from May 2018 to May 2020. For applying, please see: https://www.unimib.it/ateneo/gare-e-concorsi/cod-18a018

The deadline is: 10/04/2018. Gross salary per annum: 25.000 euros.

The post holder will assist Professor Emanuela Sala in the research, taking responsibility for the analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal data from various European surveys (e.g. Share, Eurobarometer etc.) and drafting research papers.

Daniele Zaccaria, Senior Researcher Golgi Cenci Foundation, Milan, Italy

[RC28 message 2018_031] Fellow positions University of Mannheim

one Fellowship in the MZES Research Department A »European Societies and their Integration«

The MZES is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Mannheim dedicated to comparative European social research and the analysis of European integration processes. It is Germany’s largest university-based social science research centre.

The Centre seeks to recruit an outstanding social scientist as a Research Fellow to work in Research Department A »European Societies and their Integration«. Successful candidates are expected to publish in international academic journals. They should develop and direct projects in one of the department’s three research areas and attract research grants.

MZES Research Fellowships provide junior researchers, preferably with previous postdoctoral experience, with an opportunity to pursue independent research within the framework of the Centre’s Research Programme. Previous Research Fellows frequently moved to full professorships at other universities.

In addition to the resources of the University, MZES supports its Research Fellows with an annual budget for travel and research assistance, a dedicated IT department, an internal Data and Methods Unit, an extensive Centre library, support from project management offices, and a public relations officer. Research Fellows are usually required to teach two hours per week at the University’s School of Social Sciences.

Candidates should have completed their PhD with an excellent dissertation in Sociology or a related discipline. We expect publications, particularly in peer reviewed journals. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications and will be public sector pay scheme TV-L E13 to E15 (between 44,000 and 59,000 Euros), with additional employer benefits. The contract is of limited duration as stipulated by the German Act of Academic Fixed-Term Contract (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz), starting preferably September 1, 2018. In principle, the position can be shared. As an equal opportunity employer, the University of Mannheim particularly encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities.

Applications may be submitted in German or English. They should include a cover letter, a CV (with a list of publications), copies of academic degrees (including the doctoral degree certificate), and plans for research to be carried out at the MZES (1 page outline for a grant proposal). The deadline for applications is April 30, 2018. To apply online, please go to:

https://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/stellen/online_bewerb/appli_e.php

Letters of recommendation are optional; they may be sent to

philipp.heldmann@mzes.uni-mannheim.de

For further information about the Centre, please visit the MZES website:

www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de.

For more information about the position, please contact Philipp Heldmann at

philipp.heldmann@mzes.uni-mannheim.de.

There is a vacancy in the Centre’s Data and Methods Unit. The responsibilities include the initiation of own research projects and consulting services as well as support for MZES research projects. Services in the field of research on parties and elections in Europe are particularly welcome. The MZES will provide an annual budget for travel and research assistants.

Candidates should have completed their Ph.D. with an excellent dissertation in political science or a related discipline. They should have demonstrated their expertise in research on parties and elections in Europe, particularly in peer-reviewed journals. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications and will be public sector pay scheme TV-L E13 to E14 (between 47,700 and 58,900 Euros), with additional employer benefits. The contract is of limited duration as stipulated by the German Act of Academic Fixed-Term Contract (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz), starting preferably September 1, 2018. In principle, the position can be shared.

As an equal opportunity employer, the University of Mannheim particularly encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities.

Applications may be submitted in German or English. They should include a cover letter, a CV (with a list of publications), copies of academic degrees (including the doctoral certificate), and one paper describing plans for research (1 page, an outline for a grant proposal) and services (1 page) to be carried out at the MZES. The deadline for applications is April 30, 2018. To apply online, please go to:

https://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/stellen/online_bewerb/appli_e.php

Letters of recommendation are optional; they may be sent to philipp.heldmann@mzes.uni-mannheim.de

For further information about the Centre, please visit the MZES website:

www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de.

For more information about the position, please contact Philipp Heldmann at philipp.heldmann@mzes.uni-mannheim.de.

[RC28 message 2018_030] Lecturer Maynooth University Department of Sociology, Ireland

Could I please ask you to distribute a call for applicants to join the Department of Sociology here at Maynooth University, Ireland. Closing date 25th March 2018.

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies/lecturer-sociology-department-sociology-0

Dr. Delma Byrne, Lecturer, Maynooth University Departments of Sociology and Education

[RC28 message 2018_029] FBK Call Research Position - IRVAPP: Job Posting

Hereby I would like to ask you the courtesy of circulating the call for "A research position in the field of community welfare, cultural welfare, culture and wellbeing, culture-led local development at the Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK- IRVAPP)" among RC28 members.

https://altamira.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs_A_research_position_in_the_field_of_community_welfare_cultural_welfare_culture_and_wellbeing_culture_led_local_development_at_the_Research_Institute_for_the_Evaluation_of_Public_Policies_FBK_IRVAPP_197109629.htm

This call will be open for applications until the 5th of April 2018.

Adriana Berti, Unità Sviluppo HR, Fondazione Bruno Kessler

[RC28 message 2018_028] PhD Scholarships at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)

The Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin offers two excellent PhD opportunities for outstanding and highly motivated candidates who aim to pursue a PhD in Sociology related to inequality research:

PhD Scholarship in Sociology: Explaining the ‘Migrant Gap’ Among Children in Ireland

Closing date: 16th April 2018

Contact: Dr Jan Skopek (skopekj@tcd.ie) and Prof. Richard Layte (layter@tcd.ie)

PhD Scholarship in Sociology: Social Inequalities in Children’s Skills Development - A Longitudinal Project

Closing date: 31st of March 2018

Contact: Dr Pablo Gracia (graciap@tcd.ie) and Prof. Richard Layte (layter@tcd.ie)

Both PhD scholarships are for 48 months and full time (about 20,000 EU net per annum). Detailed specifications and instructions on the application procedure can be found in the attached call papers.

Dr Jan Skopek, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin

[RC28 message 2018_027] Postdoc opportunity at the Institute for Analytical Sociology

LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY: Postdoc in Analytical Sociology formally based at the Department of Management and Engineering

Duties: The candidate should have an interest in sociology of education, social inequality, and causal modeling. The main focus of the position is on the impact of institutional changes on inequality of educational opportunity. Knowledge of the Swedish education system is an advantage, although not a requirement. The candidate will be performing policy evaluation analyses as well as comparative studies using register data from Sweden and Denmark.

The candidate should have a proven track-record in quantitative social science research with publications in high-quality peer-reviewed journals, presentations at leading international conferences, and a fluency in programming (in Stata and/or R). Furthermore, the position requires mastery of methodologies of causal estimation such as instrumental variable regression, regression discontinuity designs, and fixed effect models.

Qualifications: The position requires a doctorate or an equivalent degree from a foreign university. The doctorate shall have been obtained no longer than three years before the expiration date of the application.

Contact person: Peter Hedström, Professor, Director of IAS, peter.hedstrom@liu.se

[RC28 message 2018_026] Fully-funded PhD studentships in Oxford

Do you want to develop a PhD project as part larger project on family and inequality at the Department of Sociology at Oxford? Applications are invited for fully funded 3-year PhD (DPhil) studentships to begin in October 2018.

You will be part of the ERC funded project FAMSIZEMATTERS, which studies questions around family and the (re)production of social inequalities, especially related to (changes in) family size. The project team is led by Christiaan Monden and consists of three post-doctoral researchers, a PhD student (plus two currently being recruited) and a number of research assistants. The project sits at the intersection between Sociology and Demography. The geographic focus is Europe and East Asia, though not all sub-projects have a comparative component. Examples of possible topics are: only-children and socioeconomic inequalities; childlessness and socioeconomic inequalities; impact of children's socioeconomic position on their parents' well-being; high-fertility sub-populations in low fertility societies; and family size and gender inequality.

Applications are welcome from candidates with strong quantitative skills and a MSc in sociology, demography, economics, in other relevant fields, or equivalent experience. The next formal deadline for applications is 9th of March 2018 but please note that the call will remain open until the studentships have been awarded.

Applications should be submitted through the usual route for applications to the DPhil in Sociology: http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/dphil-sociology.

Please enquire at admission@sociology.ox.ac.uk for any administrative issue regarding the application procedure and deadlines. All other questions about the project should be send to Christiaan Monden (christiaan.monden@sociology.ox.ac.uk).

Christiaan W.S. Monden (PhD), Professor of Sociology & Demography – Department of Sociology, Professorial Fellow and Chair of the Sociology Group – Nuffield College, Oxford – United Kingdom Email: christiaan.monden@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

[RC28 message 2018_025] 2 PhD Researchers in ERC project EFFORT

2 PhD Researchers in ERC project EFFORT (3 ½ years)

The research project "Effort and Social Inequality – Advancing Measurement and Understanding Parental Origin Effects" (EFFORT), funded by the European Research Council (ERC), is recruiting two Predoctoral Researchers to develop their doctoral theses within the project. The positions are offered for three and a half years, starting in September 2018.

1. One position is located at the WZB Social Science Center Berlin, within the Research Area Dynamics of Social Inequality. Closing date: 31 March 2018. See Full Call for Applications.

2. The other position is located at the Carlos III Juan March Institute (IC3JM), affiliated to the Department of Social Sciences of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). Closing date: 15 April 2018. See Full Call for Applications.

Enquiries about the vacancies and the project may be directed to Principal Investigator Jonas Radl (jradl@clio.uc3m.es).

Dr. Jonas Radl, Associate Professor of Sociology, Carlos III University of Madrid, Department of Social Sciences

[RC28 message 2018_024] Population Studies conference

***Call for Papers deadline: 1st of March 2018***

PopFest is an annual Population Studies conference for graduate and postgraduate students organised by fellow postgraduates. It provides an excellent opportunity to bring together PhD students from various Social Science disciplines such as Sociology, Demography, Human Geography, Economics, Social Anthropology, Social Statistics, Politics and other related fields. In collaboration with the Department of Sociology, the event will take place at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 19—21 June 2018. For more information about the conference please visit our website : http://popfestoxford.com/

Please submit your abstract using the online tool available on our website. http://popfestoxford.com/pages/call/

@ Megan.scott@nuffield.ox.ac.uk, DPhil Student, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford

[RC28 message 2018_023] postdoc position at the University of Zurich

Scientific Collaborator (Postdoc level) in the Longitudinal Study on Children and Youth (COCON) (70% - 80%)

At the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, an international and interdisciplinary research center, the large-scale longitudinal study COCON (www.cocon.uzh.ch) has been designed to investigate children’s and adolescents’ life course and competence development. The study focuses on the longitudinal interplay of social opportunities and constraints, socialization contexts, and child and adolescent development. Data collections span more than a than a decade in children’s lives.

Tasks and Responsibilities

- Collaboration in the longitudinal study COCON; - Conducting advanced scientific analyses based on COCON data and preparing manuscripts for publication in international peer-reviewed journals; - Collaboration in preparing symposia or workshops at international conferences.

Work load / Opening of position

- 70% -- 80%; for 12 months (with the possibility of extension to 16 months); - As soon as possible or by arrangement.

Requirements

- PhD in the social sciences, preferably in sociology or psychology achieved with high honors; - Interest in and knowledge of sociological / psychological research on the early life course, socialization contexts, child and adolescent development; - Excellent knowledge of methods and statistics for the quantitative analysis of longitudinal data with proven experience in growth curve modeling techniques, growth mixture modeling, SEM, etc; - Skillful handling of statistical programs (e.g., STATA, Mplus); - Excellent knowledge of English and proficiency in German; - A liking for working in a smaller, dynamic, scientific team.

We offer

- Opportunity to do research with an excellent and unique database; - Latitude to develop research questions and opportunities to conduct own research; - Motivated and cooperative team.

Deadline: March 31, 2018: applications with usual documents to buchmann@jacobscenter.uzh.ch

Marlis Buchmann, University of Zurich, Professor of Sociology

[RC28 message 2018_022] Call for Applications: Postdoctoral research and teaching in Frankfurt, Germany

Call for applications for One Postdoctoral research and teaching position, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

http://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/70582591/Free-Position

Application review begins 15. March 2018

Prof. Heather Hofmeister, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology of Work | Scientific Director, Center for Leadership and Behavior in Organizations (CLBO), Goethe-University, Frankfurt | Department of Sociology

[RC28 message 2018_021] Chair in Sociology at the EUI

Chair in Sociology at the European University Institute

https://www.eui.eu/Documents/ServicesAdmin/AcademicService/JobOpportunities/2018/SPS-SociologyChair.pdf

The closing date for applications is March 19 2018.

Fabrizio Bernardi, Professor in Sociology, Head of Department, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

[RC28 message 2018_020] Scholarships for the IC3JM Master in Social Sciences, Madrid, Deadline: April 9th, 2018

Scholarships for the IC3JM Master in Social Sciences, Madrid

The Carlos III-Juan March Institute of Social Sciences (IC3JM) offers a two-year Master in Social Sciences. The goal is to provide the most rigorous training, both substantive and methodological, to do comparative, historical and quantitative research on core topics in political science, sociology and economic history. Whereas the first year is interdisciplinary and common to all students, in the second year students can choose one of the three fields. The Juan March Servera Chair of the IC3JM (created in the agreement between the Carlos III University of Madrid and the Juan March Foundation) offers two full scholarships Juan March Servera for the Master in Social Sciences of the Carlos III-Juan March Institute of Social Sciences (IC3JM) and three scholarships for tuition.

Juan March Servera scholarships: Two Juan March Servera scholarships are offered, with a duration of two years and with a stipend of 15,000 euros (gross) per year. The second year stipend may be cancelled if the student fails to pass one or more courses during the first year of the Master. The deadline for the application process is April 9th, 2018. Eligible students are those who graduated after January 1st 2015 or who are finishing their degrees during the current academic year (2017/18). Those interested in applying for the scholarships have to register in the Master (here) and send an e-mail to secretaria@march.uc3m.es stating your interest in the scholarships. In the Master’s application process it is necessary to include:

-CV -An official document with grades of undergraduate studies -Letter of motivation -Some proof of English competence -Two reference letters (they should be sent by the authors to secretaria@march.uc3m.es no later than April 9th 2018). -A research paper (optional)

Scholarships for tuition: Three scholarships for tuition are offered, with a duration of two years, covering the full tuition fees applied to European Union students (around 2,900 euros). Students from non-EU countries can also apply for them but they have to pay for the difference between the total cost for non-EU students and the scholarship. The scholarships for tuition can be applied for between February 7th and May 31st 2018. Those interested in applying for these scholarships can check the requirements from February 7th onwards here:

https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Postgrado/en/Detalle/Estudio_C/1371215885978/1371219633369/Master_in_Social_Sciences#scholarships

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Javier G. Polavieja, Banco Santander Professor of Sociology & Director of the D-Lab, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Department of Social Sciences, Email: javier.polavieja@uc3m.es

[RC28 message 2018_019] Tenure Track position in Demography (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul)

Would you please forward the following Tenure Track position in Demography to the RC828 List?

http://soc.boun.edu.tr/newsdetail.php?id=89

People can inquire me about the details via taylan.acar@boun.edu.tr

Taylan Acar, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boğaziçi University

[RC28 message 2018_018] PhD in Sociology, University of Luxembourg

he University of Luxembourg invites applications for the following vacancy, Doctoral Candidate (Ph.D. student) in Sociology (Reference F3-090001), Preferably from 1 September 2018, Full-time, 36 months, Employee status and student status

The successful candidate will investigate subjective well-being, health, and social comparison among young people in Luxembourg and beyond. To this end, she/he will help design, test, conduct, and analyze a large-scale survey, supervised by Associate Professor Dr. Robin Samuel. The analysis of secondary data will complement her or his Ph.D. work. The successful candidate will become a member of the Doctoral School in Humanities and Social Sciences and the research unit INSIDE (Integrative Research Unit on Social and Individual Development). This multidisciplinary research unit focuses on sociological, psychological, educational, and economic processes associated with social change and development.

Contact: Dr. Robin Samuel, Associate Professor, robin.samuel@uni.lu

Please apply online by 1 May 2018. Applications obtained by e-mail cannot be processed. The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunity employer.

[RC28 message 2018_017] 14th Migration Summer School - European University Institute

Call for Applications: 14th Migration Summer School, Florence, 25th June – 6th July 2018

Deadline for applications: 2nd April 2018

The Migration Policy Centre is now taking applications for the 2018 edition of the Migration Summer School, which will take place at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) from 25th June – 6th July 2018. Applications are welcome from academic and practice backgrounds to create an enriching mix of postgraduate students, civil servants, international organisation practitioners, NGO workers, journalists, policy analysts and teachers from around the world. The Migration Policy Centre has a long-standing experience in organising summer schools and executive trainings. It has been selected by the European Commission (DG DEVCO) to train civil servants in Brussels and in the EU Delegations worldwide. Five scholarships will be funded by the School of Transnational Governance (EUI) on a merit basis. Scholarships will cover the fees, travel and accommodation and they will be awarded to outstanding candidates applying from developing countries.

For more information and details on the application process, please see the Migration Summer School page on the MPC website:

http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/event/14th-migration-summer-school/?utm_source=MPC+Newsletter&utm_campaign=261ee5dbff-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5739ea1f8b-261ee5dbff-40570453

Carolina V. Zuccotti, Research Fellow, Migration Policy Centre, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies European University Institute

[RC28 message 2018_016] Research Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Closing Date: March 9, 2018

The Department of Sociology invites applications for the post of Research Assistant Professor. Preference will be given to those who have strong research interest in migration studies.Applicants should have (i) a PhD degree in sociology; (ii) good potential for scholarly publications and research; and (iii) proven ability of effective teaching. Appointment will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years initially commencing August 2018, renewable subject to performance, funding and mutual agreement. Applicants should upload, together with their on-line applications, full CV, copies of academic credentials, research statement, details of courses taught and evaluation results (if available), teaching statement, and 3 reference letters. Further information about the Department is available at http://www.soc.cuhk.edu.hk/. For enquiries, please send to sociology@cuhk.edu.hk.

https://cuhk.taleo.net/careersection/cu_career_teach/jobdetail.ftl?job=1800006B&tz=GMT%2B08%3A00

Eric Fong, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Director, Centre on Migration and Mobility, Changjiang Chair Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

[RC28 message 2018_015] 2 Phd Positions in Project on integration of young Muslims; (MZES Mannheim, Germany)

The project 'Religion, religiosity, and the social-emotional integration of Muslim youth', funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), invites applications for the following positions, starting in June 2018 or later: 2 PhD researchers for three years, 65%

The project will take place at the MZES—an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Mannheim, dedicated to comparative European social research and the analysis of European integration processes. It is Germany’s largest university-based social science research centre. The project examines the mechanisms that drive the social-emotional integration of Muslim youth. For this purpose, (longitudinal) secondary data analyses (e.g., CILS4EU, NEPS), choice experiments, and group discussions will be conducted. The main aim is to better understand to what extent religion and religiosity matter for friendship choices and the development of national identification of young Muslims. It will also be examined whether non-Muslim youth exclude their Muslim peers, and, if so, what consequences this has for their social-emotional integration.

Payment will be 65% of a full TV-L E13 position (according to the German public servant remuneration grade table). The monthly payment amounts to approx. €2,300 before taxes in the first year, increasing to approx. €2,700 before taxes in the third year.

The PhD researchers will:

Clean, prepare, and analyse secondary data, especially (network) panel data

Prepare, conduct, and evaluate (online) choice experiments

Assist in presenting results of the project at scientific conferences or in journal articles

Write and publish peer-reviewed journal articles

Job candidates should meet the following requirements:

Very good master’s degree in sociology or a related discipline

Experience/expertise in research methods, preferably in (at least) one of the following areas:

Panel data analysis

Social network analysis

Experimental designs (factorial surveys, choice experiments)

Good knowledge of (at least) one statistical software package (e.g., Stata, R, or MPlus)

Candidates should be interested in the topic and methods of the project

Working knowledge of German (or strong interest and willingness to learn German) is preferred

In principle, the position can be shared. As an equal opportunity employer, the University of Mannheim particularly encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities.

Applications including a cover letter, indicating your earliest availability, a CV, and copies of degree certificates must be submitted by March 31, 2018.

Please send your application as one pdf to Lars Leszczensky: Lars.Leszczensky@mzes.uni-mannheim.de.

For further questions about the positions or the project, please contact Lars Leszczensky or see the project's website.

Dr. Lars Leszczensky University of Mannheim Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)

[RC28 message 2018_013] 15 PhD positions - European Training Network (ETN) Outcomes and Causal Inference in International Comparative Assessments (OCCAM)

The European Training Network (ETN) Outcomes and Causal Inference in International Comparative Assessments (OCCAM) is looking for

15 Early Stage Researchers (PhD Candidates, 100%) starting in August 2018.

The successful candidates will receive full-time employment contracts (+ mobility and family allowances) for a period of 3 years at one of the 12 partner organizations. They will participate in a structured training program including network-wide training sessions, research visits, and a secondment.

OCCAM is an international, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary graduate school that will investigate international large-scale assessments in relation to the following topics:

The Integrity of Educational Outcome Measures

Educational Settings and Processes

Governance of Human and Financial Resources and Decision Making

Applicants are expected to hold a Master’s degree in economics, education, psychology, sociology or related disciplines. We particularly welcome applications from candidates with training in quantitative methods.

OCCAM is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie action and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 initiative. It consolidates the expertise from leading universities and research institutes from Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK, and the US. Further information: www.etn-occam.eu>. Apply now! 15 positions for PhD candidates across Europe starting in August 2018 (www.etn-occam.eu)

Anna Katyn Chmielewski, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Email: ak.chmielewski@utoronto.ca

[RC28 message 2018_012] CfA - 8th Berlin Summer School in Social Science

Linking Theory and Empirical Research Berlin, July 16 - 26, 2018

We are delighted to announce the 8th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences. The summer school aims at supporting young researchers by strengthening their ability in linking theory and empirical research. The two-week program creates an excellent basis for the development of their current research designs.

http://www.berlinsummerschool.de/

In the first week, we address the key methodological challenges of concept-building, causation/explanation, and micro-macro linkage that occur in almost all research efforts. We strive for a clarification of the epistemological foundations underlying methodological paradigms. In the second week, these methodological considerations are applied to central empirical fields of research in political science, sociology, and other related disciplines. In this second part of the program, participants are assigned to four thematic groups according to their own research topics. The thematic areas covered are: "External Governance, Interregionalism, and Domestic Change", "Citizenship, Migration, and Identities", "Social Struggle and Globalization", and "Democracy at the Crossroads".

The program is characterized by a varied format comprising lectures, workshops, seminars, and one-to-one consultations. During the summer school, participants will also have the opportunity to present and discuss their own work extensively. Participants will be provided with hands-on advice for their research designs.

The school brings together a faculty of renowned international and Berlin-based scholars. Among the confirmed international lecturers are Donatella della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore), Steve Fleetwood (University of the West of England, Bristol), Macartan Humphreys (Columbia University/ WZB Berlin), Nikita Dhawan (University of Innsbruck), Staffan Lindberg (University of Gothenburg), and Hendrik Wagenaar (University of Sheffield).

The Berlin Summer School was co-funded by the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Details on the location and tuition fees can be found on our webpage www.berlinsummerschool.de.

The international summer school is open to up to 60 PhD candidates, advanced master students, and young postdocs. The call for applications is currently open. Applications can be submitted online via the application form on the summer school webpage until March 31, 2018.

The decisions of the selection committee will be announced to the applicants in April. If you have any further questions, please contact the organizing team at summerschool.bgss@hu-berlin.de

[RC28 message 2018_011] Conference in Amsterdam

Please forward this call for papers for a small conference we organize about educational inequality. The conference announcement can be found here:

http://amcis.uva.nl/content/events/conferences/2018/07/educational-inequality-mechanisms-and-institutions.html

Prof.dr. Herman G. van de Werfhorst, University of Amsterdam

[RC28 message 2018_010] 3-year postdoc opportunity at Oxford

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology and Social Demography, University of Oxford - Department of Sociology

Location: Oxford

Salary: £31,604 to £38,833 p.a. Grade 7

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed on: 5th February 2018

Closes: 5th March 2018

Job Ref: 133336

We are seeking an outstanding quantitative researcher to work on the European Research Council funded project FAMSIZEMATTERS Family size matters: How low fertility affects the (re)production of social inequalities, led by Associate Professor Christiaan Monden. The successful candidate will be expected to engage in advanced independent research within the remit of the project. More specifically, he/she will shape and carry out research on one or more of the following themes: only-children, multi-generational effects, sibling size, childlessness, impact of children’s socioeconomic position on parents, high-fertility sub-populations in low fertility societies, family size, and gender inequality. The successful candidate will hold or expect to obtain a PhD in sociology, demography, economics, statistics or another relevant discipline. Training and expertise in analysing secondary data, strong quantitative analysis skills are essential. Candidates will be required to show evidence of developing a track record of excellent quality publications in peer-reviewed academic journals.

The post is full-time on a fixed-term contract, for 36 months starting by July 2018. Applications, including a covering letter, CV and the names of three referees, should be submitted by 12.00 noon on Monday 5 March 2018.

https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=133336

Christiaan Monden <christiaan.monden@sociology.ox.ac.uk>

[RC28 message 2018_009] Over 20 vacancies for Postdoc/PhD positions in Bremen, Germany

The newly established Collaborative Research Center “Global Dynamics of Social Policy” announces the following vacancies:– 5 Post-Doctoral Researchers (full-time) / 15 PhD Researchers (part-time, 65%), University of Bremen, Germany and four further positions at Jacobs University Bremen, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the University of Cologne, Germany

More information at https://www.stellen.bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?gsid=bremen210.c.64006.de

And “Current Job Openings” under http://www.socialpolicydynamics.de/index_en.html

The deadline for applications is 20 February 2018.

Sonja Drobnic, PhD | Professor of Sociology, SOCIUM | Vice-Dean, BIGSSS - Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bremen

[RC28 message 2018_008] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 26th PopFest Conference 2018

PopFest is an annual Social Science conference for PhD students organised by fellow PhD students. We are delighted that for the first time PopFest is coming to the University of Oxford. This conference brings together researchers from various Social Science disciplines such as Sociology, Economics, Demography, Human Geography, Urban Planning, Social Statistics, Politics and other related fields.

PopFest has been successfully organised by various British universities in conjunction with the British Society for Population Studies (BSPS) for the past 25 years. This year conference will be about bridging the fields of social inequality and demography. Social inequality, such as gender inequality, income inequality or social mobility are related in important ways to contemporary demographic challenges, such as fertility, mortality or immigration. However, demographic issues and social issues are yet not well understood. Our aim is to bring together future academic leaders to debate and share their views on these issues. Nuffield College is pleased to be hosting the 26th Annual Population Postgraduate Conference, Tuesday 19 - Thursday 21 June 2018.

Registration deadline: 1st of May 2018.

Visit: http://popfestoxford.com

Info: popfestoxford@gmail.com

[RC28 message 2018_007] Call for Papers Transitions in Youth workshop in Mannheim

The 26th annual workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth (TIY) will take place in Mannheim, Germany, from 5 to 8 September 2018. The workshop will be hosted by the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, MZES), University of Mannheim.

The theme of this year’s workshop is: Youth Transitions in Challenging Times

Relevant websites:

Conference website: http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/tiy2018

TIY network: http://www.socsci.ru.nl/~maartenw/tiy/index.htm

Mannheim Centre for European Social Research: http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en

Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts should be sent by email to: tiy2018@mzes.uni-mannheim.de

[RC28 message 2018_006] Postdoc Call for Applications

We are pleased to announce Peking University and Princeton University have established a joint Postdoctoral Fellowship Program: Peking-Princeton Postdoctoral Program (PPPP), aiming at training highly-qualified, early-career postdoctoral researchers in studies of contemporary China so that they are positioned to become leaders in their respective academic fields. Princeton University and Peking University invite applications for two postdoctoral research associates in studies of contemporary China for the 2018–19 academic year.

A full description and application instructions can be found here: https://ccc.princeton.edu/pppp

Deadline: March 1, 2018.

Help us advertise! Please forward this email to your colleagues at other universities. For Twitter and Facebook: New joint postdoc program w/ Peking & @Princeton Universities! Seeking highly-qualified, early-career postdocs in contemporary China studies positioned to become leaders in their respective academic fields. Deadline 3/1. Apply now: http://goo.gl/uuVsef @PKU1898 @princetonCCC

Please direct any questions you may have to the administrative coordinators. Peking University: Mr. Fan Deshang, boguanban@pku.edu.cn | Postdoctoral Affairs Office; Princeton University: Ms. Yan Bennett, ybennett@princeton.edu | Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China

[RC28 message 2018_005] FBK-Irvapp Winter School 2018

The Fondazione Bruno Kessler – Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP), and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA) with the patronage of the Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria (CIdE) & the Italian Econometric Society (SIdE) present

10th FBK-IRVAPP Winter School on “Fundamentals and methods for Impact Evaluation of Public Policies”

Speakers: Rafael Lalive, Paolo Pinotti, Enrico Rettore, Ugo Trivellato

Date: 12 – 17 March 2018

Venue: Palazzo Loredan, San Marco 2945, Venice (Italy).

Programme: The School is intended for a class of about 30 participants, and will include both theoretical and practical sessions. It will present 1) the fundamental principles of impact evaluation with a specific focus on the counterfactual theory of causal inference and 2) a variety of statistical tools for counterfactual analysis (including difference-in-differences and matching methods, regression discontinuity designs and quasi-experimental settings).

Applications deadline: January 28, 2018

Language: The courses will be held in English

Contacts: FBK – IRVAPP, Via Santa Croce 77, 38122 Trento (Italy)

E-mail : wsirvapp@fbk.eu

Website: https://irvapp.fbk.eu/trainings/detail/12671/irvapp-winter-school-2018-fundamentals-and-methods-for-impact-evaluation-of-public-policies-2018/

[RC28 message 2018_004] New Call for Applications - Scholarships for Doctoral Candidates

The Graduate School opened a new call for applications for doctoral candidates with up to 8 scholarships. Please find attached the current call for 2 DAAD Scholarships and 6 Starter Scholarships available from October 1st 2018. For further details, please have a look at the Link: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bagss/application/

Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bamberg

[RC28 message 2018_003] Job announcement: 2 tenured senior researchers in Population studies, INED (Paris, France)

INED will recruit two senior researchers in 2018. These tenured positions are open to senior researchers at a reader/professorial level, and concern all disciplines covered at INED: Demography, population sciences and other social sciences linked to demography.

Location: INED, Paris 20th arrondissement

No age, gender or nationality requisites

Competition opening date: 15th January 2018

Deadline for requesting an application form: 9th February 2018

Deadline for applications: 15th February 2018

More information available at: https://www.ined.fr/en/institute/joining-ined/competitive-examination/researchers-exams/

Ariane Pailhé

[RC28 message 2018_002] 2 PhD + 1 Postdoc research positions in the ERC project SECCOPA

The Chair of Methods of Empirical Social Research at the University of Bamberg invites applications for 2 PhD research positions and 1 Postdoc research position in the ERC project SECCOPA. This is a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant project titled "The socio-economic consequences of temporary employment: A comparative panel data analysis" (SECCOPA) headed by Prof. Dr. Michael Gebel. The funding period is 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2023 (5 years).

Comparative panel data from Europe (EU-SILC) and national panel data from Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan will be investigated.

For further details, see: https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/empsoz/news/job-advertisements/

Prof. Dr. Michael Gebel, Chair of Methods of Empirical Social Research, Department of Sociology, University of Bamberg Email: michael.gebel@uni-bamberg.de

[RC28 message 2018_001] Job Opening (PhD candidate) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

Vacant Position at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg, Germany:

Junior researcher for the research department “Education, Training, and Employment Over the Life Course“

The research department “Education, Training, and Employment Over the Life Course“ is looking for a junior researcher/PhD candidate for the third-party funded project “National Educational Panel Study – NEPS”. Within this project, the IAB coordinates the annual adult survey “Education and lifelong learning in adulthood” in cooperation with the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). Your main focus will be the development and quality testing of the survey, as well as field control and dealing with questions of data security. Furthermore, you will develop own research projects using the NEPS data for your dissertation. The position is a fixed-term position until the 31.12.2022 with 65% of the regular weekly working time.

The application deadline is January 26th 2018 and the working language is German. More details at: http://www.iab.de/2928/section.aspx/1468.

Basha Vicari, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), mailto: Basha.Vicari@iab.de

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