Nicole Kapelle
Assistant Prof @tcddublin.bsky.social | Sociologist & Social Demographer | family, gender, wealth, inequality, life course, health & much more | Prev. Humboldt-University Berlin, University of Oxford & University of Queensland
nkapelle.github.io
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle"Behind Closed Doors: Intra-Couple Pension and Wealth Gaps in Germany and Beyond" 🚪👩🦳👴 @lisdata.bsky.social / @liser.lu policy brief by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and me out now! Read more here 👉 www.lisdatacenter.org/newsletter/n...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleNew in Socio-Economic Review: Cohabitation & wealth in France and Germany. 📈 Cohabitation boosts wealth for both women and men; France’s Pacs adds an extra premium. ⚖️ Regulation > norms in explaining these wealth patterns. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/... @nicolekapelle.bsky.social #SER
- 📢 Trinity College Dublin is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology. Full-time, fixed-term role (maternity cover). Early career researchers, including those who’ve just submitted, completed, or are about to complete their PhD are welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 6, 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleWe're hiring! Please share with your networks! The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026 jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleVery happy to be part of this special issue on "Gender and Wealth Accumulation" in @sasemeeting.bsky.social next to a fantastic group of scholars ✨ @dariatisch.bsky.social @schechtlm.bsky.social @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @pmlersch.bsky.social @shayobrien.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ser/article/...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleNEW: Underemployment harms mental health — and women are more exposed. Using 21 waves of HILDA, we show a dose-response link between unmet work hours and mental health for men and women with @leahruppanner.bsky.social, Jen Ervin, Yamna Taouk and Tania King. doi.org/10.1136/jech...
- 🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce” 📌 €25,000/year + fees 📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed 📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025 👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... #PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
- 🚨#PhDopportunity Alert🚨 Apply or circulate: A fully funded #PhDposition in #Sociology with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social at @tcdsociology.bsky.social to study "The Economics of Late-Life Divorce in High-Income Countries" Deadline: July 21 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleAbout yesterday: Korean dinner and fête nationale in Luxembourg city with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @kunlee.bsky.social @keonkim.bsky.social 🇱🇺
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle• Workshop: Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility over the Life Course (18 June 2025) Causes and Consequences of Spatial Mobility Over the Life CourseTuesday, June 18 | 10:00–13:00 | CED (Sala Àngels Torrents) & Zoom Organizers: Claudia Brunori, Juste Lekstyte, and Alon Pertzikovitz We are…
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleExcited to spend a month as a visiting researcher at @lisdata.bsky.social & @liser.lu. Grateful for the warm welcome — especially from @kunlee.bsky.social — and such a pleasure to meet fellow visitors @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and @apweiland.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleExcited that @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and I have started our time as (LIS)2ER visitors at @lisdata.bsky.social and @liser.lu - Thanks @kunlee.bsky.social and @esiermin.bsky.social for having us! Looking forward to fruitful exchanges and new insights in the coming weeks 🇱🇺
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleSeit Donald Trump seine Elite-Universitäten bekämpft und die Wissenschaft der USA zerstört, überbieten sich deutsche Politiker mit großen Gesten. Damit ihre Träume wahr werden, bräuchte es aber fette Investitionen. Mein Leitartikel heute im @tagesspiegel.de: www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/deuts...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleMarital separation, BMI decline, and the myth of the revenge body doi.org/10.31235/osf... @socarxiv.bsky.social preprint by Associate Member @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow @andreatilstra.bsky.social
- Right on time for #WorldEnvironmentDay🌍: Does having a child make parents care more about the planet? Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone. 📄 New study in Population and Environment: doi.org/10.1007/s111... #ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle🚨 New Research 🚨 Professor @nicolekapelle.bsky.social has published a paper in @demresjournal.bsky.social with her co-author, Carla Rowold. 👏 🔗 Read the article here: tinyurl.com/2mn2bphj #sociology #sociosky @tcdssp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleWe have new teaching fellow position at @tcdsociology.bsky.social! Deadline: 30 April Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleHey postdocs, here’s an opportunity to develop your research plan with us - and eventually relocate to Turku with your own grant!
- 📢 Planning to apply for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025? We offer a fully funded short-term visit to co-develop your MSCA proposal with top researchers in social & behavioral sciences at the INVEST Research Flagship in @utu.fi. Read more & apply by 18 May👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle💻Join online! 🎧 Süßmilch Lecture @mpidr.bsky.social Eugenics, demography and academia: an ongoing relationship 🗣️ @rebeccasear.bsky.social, @brunelcce.bsky.social & @ehbea.bsky.social 📅March 25, 2025 🕒3 pm CET ✏️Sign up now: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
- 🚨 New in Demographic Research with @crowold.bsky.social! We explore how family life courses shape later wealth using a data-driven approach. Top wealth predictors? Time spent never-married—with or without kids, but complex matters! #Demography #Sociology www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
- Which family life course aspects shape wealth the most? Our (@crowold.bsky.social @nicolekapelle.bsky.social) novel data-driven study uncovers the key family-related predictors of wealth in late working age. Hint: It’s not as simple as you think! 👀👉 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle🍕 🥂 Have you submitted to our conference yet? We’re waiting for you — if not, we might have to analyze the social dynamics of ‘people who miss great events’! www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates...
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle"The regulatory treatment of cohabitation plays a more significant role in shaping the wealth accumulation of cohabiting women and men than normative acceptance" find @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and colleagues academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
- Want to do amazing research AND live near the beach? Look no further — this postdoc is for you! 🏖️🧠
- 🚨 Come research singlehood with me! I’m hiring a 3-year Postdoc w/interest in Family Demography to start this Fall. Please share! 📍 Barcelona (@cedemografia.bsky.social) 🔎 ERC-funded project 'SINGLE' 📅 Deadline – April 24, 2025 🔗 More info: shorturl.at/400eo #Postdoc #Demography
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleIch kenne viele aus den USA, die schon vor Jahren an einem Job in Deutschland interessiert waren. Nach einem Blick auf Salär und Arbeitsbedingungen war das Interesse schnell verflacht. Insbesondere für die Post-doc / pre-Prof-Phase rate ich allen vom deutschen Arbeitsmarkt ab.
- Vielen Dank für alle Hinweise! Hier nun mein Kommentar zur Situation der US-Wissenschaft – mit Link zu diesem Post. www.jmwiarda.de/2025/03/24/n...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleJoin us for the first ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE in Munich, October 9-11 2025 CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates... Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28. Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleWe're hiring! 📢 Lecturer in Sociology position now open. We seek a scholar with a strong foundation in sociology, a record of high-profile contributions, and the ability to engage students and colleagues across diverse methodological approaches.
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleSome days left to apply to your dream PhD job in Barcelona at @uab.cat and @cedemografia.bsky.social!! 🔥🔝 Deadline: March 31, 2025. Informal queries are encouraged and can be sent by email to pgracia@ced.uab.es Please, share the call with strong candidates! 🤓 📣 All details on the call 👇👇
- 🆕 3-Year PhD in Quantitative Social Sciences on "Adolescent Social Media, Mental Health & Inequalities"! 🎯 Deadline: March 31 Supervisors: @pablogracia.bsky.social [@uab.cat @cedemografia.bsky.social] & @alinacosma.bsky.social [@tcddublin.bsky.social] Apply & Share!👇 webs.uab.cat/touch/jobs/s...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleThis article is one of the 8 papers of a SER special issue on "Gender and Wealth Accumulation" coedited with @maudepugliese.bsky.social .We just finished the introduction. Stay tuned!
- 🚨New paper in SER🚨 Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples. academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... @pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux #Sociology #Demography #Inequality
- 🚨New paper in SER🚨 Cohabitation boosts wealth in 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪—but legal recognition matters. Findings highlight the role of policy in shaping fin. outcomes for cohab. couples. academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... @pmlersch.bsky.social @marionleturcq.bsky.social & N. Fremeaux #Sociology #Demography #Inequality
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleJudith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle✨New Research✨ Our colleague Professor @nicolekapelle.bsky.social has recently co-authored a paper with @andreatilstra.bsky.social in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior! 📖Read more here▶️https://tinyurl.com/3w5zubbj @tcdssp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle
How much federal funding are Donald Trump and Elon Musk threatening to take away from your local public schools? A great tool to find out the answer and use it in your advocacy.- Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose Now includes that info by state legislative district as well. poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleNew in Social Forces: Breathing Unequal Air😷 Our study shows that immigrant minorities in England & Germany face higher air pollution exposure🏭—and moving doesn’t help🚶. In England, disparities are 3x larger than in Germany 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... #EnvironmentalJustice #Inequality #AirPollution
- 🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social! 📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025 📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va... 🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin
- Due to changes to our website, the link above is now broken. Here is the new link: www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
- Check out my new paper with the fantastic @andreatilstra.bsky.social. We examine 🚬 and 🍷 behaviour around separation & divorce 💔 Surprising results, particularly for women... full paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @tcdsociology.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social #Demography #Sociology
- A new study by @andreatilstra.bsky.social and @nicolekapelle.bsky.social examined the smoking and drinking habits of over 13,000 Australians to understand how people cope with the stress associated with marital separation buff.ly/NGgh38g @oxpop.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social
- Reposted by Nicole KapellePeople with lower skills tend to misjudge their ability, something known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. But there's a gender twist: while men overestimate, women underestimate themselves.
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle✨ New Research ✨ Professor @nicolekapelle.bsky.social has published a new paper in European Societies with @apweiland.bsky.social. Read the paper 👉https://direct.mit.edu/euso/article/doi/10.1162/euso_a_00013/125835 @trinityresearch.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social #sociology #socialsciences
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleÜberlegt bitte taktisch zu wählen! 🗳️ "[kleine progressive Partein zu wählen wie Volt, die Tierschutzpartei usw.] schwächt SPD, Grüne und Linke. Schlimmer noch: CDU und AfD würden davon bei der Sitzverteilung im Parlament überdurchschnittlich profitieren" www.campact.de/bundestagswa...
- Reposted by Nicole KapellePAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle“Can Family Policies Enhance Fertility?” R. Guetto, G. Alderotti & D. Vignoli explore the policy-fertility nexus & assess how parental leave, childcare services & child benefits may influence fertility--with childcare appearing to be the strongest policy lever. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle📢 Das "Handbuch Sozialstrukturanalyse", hg. von Petra Böhnke und @dirkkonietzka.bsky.social, ist online - mit aktuell 40 Beiträgen, u.a. von @andreashaupt.bsky.social @cdiehl.bsky.social @factistic.bsky.social u.v.a.m.: link.springer.com/referencewor...
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle👩💼💰 Frauen verdienen immer noch weniger, haben schlechtere Aufstiegschancen und leisten mehr unbezahlte #Sorgearbeit. Es braucht einen Wandel – und zwar auf allen Ebenen: www.boeckler.de/de/boeckler-...
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- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle1/ Excited to share a new preprint by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and me, forthcoming in @europeansocieties.bsky.social ! 📰 We explore intra-couple disparities in pension wealth and net wealth among retired spouses in East and West Germany doi.org/10.31219/osf...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleIt is finally alive! The almighty database of our mapineq.eu -Horizon Europe project. Design and implementation by @melindacmills.bsky.social and Doug Leisure, hosted at University of Groningen. 1/3
- Mapineq Link Webinar Series will introduce you to an interactive geospatial tool for visualising population and inequality indicators at the local level! 📅 9-11 December 🕛 13:00-14:00 CET 📍 online Register here: mapineq.eu/mapineq-link... #MapIneq @janierola.net
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleWe found a #cumulative #disadvantage of being female and having children on recruiters' hiring intentions. However, signalling higher social status (especially through an elite name/surname) partially #compensates for this penalty. 3/3
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleIn our paper, we adapt @joannapepin.bsky.social's visualization of U.S. couples' money arrangements to the German context. Using German Family Panel data, we show how these arrangements vary by cohort and age group. Replication files + high-res plot: github.com/maraab23/Cou... #FReDA #pairfam
- #Published: "Couples' money arrangements in Germany: Visualizing cohort, age group, and partnership type variations", by @raabm.bsky.social & @flociologist.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1177/2378...). #sociology #demography #openaccess #openscience
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleI created this list a couple of days ago based on some people I know about but there has been a ton of new arrivals--please let me know who else to include. Also, this is an interdisciplinary list! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #Demography go.bsky.app/T667spiat://did:plc:phaioc74t2qv46nynyqazwo4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lajr36vyfe2l
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleThe Austrian Research Agency publishes a list of #ERC applications that you can find online. If you are applying, this can be helpful. If you have received a grant, I would urge you to share yours too: www.ffg.at/europa/heu/e...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleI made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicskyat://did:plc:33nhf6ppm2anrimcz7nvnye4/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lawud2tnu424
- Vacancy at @ Trinity College Dublin, Dep. of Sociology: #tenuretrack Assistant Professor in Quantitative Sociology! Fantastic opportunity for a quant. social scientist. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. 🗓️Deadline: Dec 2 Apply 👉: jobs.ac.uk/job/DKG430/a...
- New pub @europeansocieties.bsky.social!🚀 @apweiland.bsky.social & I explore intra-couple gaps in retirees’ fin. resources. We find (1) diff. in East↔️West Germany, (2)⬆️ gaps in pension than net wealth, (3) diff. in spouses’ employ. explain gaps in pension but not in net wealth: osf.io/preprints/os...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleChanges in Household Wealth Over the Process of Widowhood Across 11 European Countries - Paper by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social & @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social -> academic.oup.com/psychsocgero... [open access]
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleWie viel besitzen #Superreiche in Deutschland? Eine von uns geförderte Studie zeigt 👉 Ihre #Vermögen dürften weitaus größer sein als in Forschung und Medien bislang angenommen. Die Besteuerung ist seit 1996 deutlich gesenkt worden. #Vermögensteuer Mehr erfahren 👉 www.boeckler.de/de/boeckler-...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleLooking forward to presenting our new findings of our paper "From Parenthood to Planet Care? The Evolution of Environmental and Climate Concerns during Family Formation" together with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social at the 15. #SOEPUserConference @diw.de #feelslikehome
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleIntroducing ISI, the new Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research: www.lmu.de/isi (for a German news announcement: www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/lmu...) We will support & push forward the study of socioeconomic inequality (esp. wealth inequality) across disciplines & countries. /1
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleMillennials' average wealth is now higher than that of previous generations at the same age, but it is also more unequally distributed. Check out our new contribution to inequality.org (with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social): inequality.org/research/gen...
- The 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿! New version of my paper w @guzoch.bsky.social is out🚨Our study flips the script on childbirth's effect on planetary concerns, showing that becoming a parent often dampens these concerns! Stay tuned for publication in your favorite journal. osf.io/preprints/so...
- 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥! This fall, I’ll be joining Trinity College Dublin as an Assistant Professor, focusing on quantitative sociology of inequality & life course. Excited for this new chapter & immensely grateful to my friends & colleagues for their unwavering support! 🚀🎉🥰
- Reposted by Nicole Kapelle🥳New pre-print on #PanelData Analysis with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social Explore the power of tracking between-person differences & within-person changes over time📈🧐 with an example on #Marriage & #SexualSatisfaction Link: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleFamily ideals in an era of low fertility: "Parenthood remains a positive ideal, but the number of children does not matter once other family dimensions are considered, potentially important in light of conventional wisdom regarding the two-children ideal" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Nicole KapelleTransitory or Chronic? Gendered Loneliness Trajectories over Widowhood and Separation in Older Age New #OpenAccess paper in Journal of Health and Social Behavior by Associate Member @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and Nuffield Fellow @cmonden.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
