Robert Vief
sociologist, Postdoc @goetheuni.bsky.social. Ph.D from @humboldtuni.bsky.social
interested in: educational decisions & stratification, neighborhoods, segregation, spatial data/mapping
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- Reposted by Robert Vief2025 war ein Wahnsinnsjahr für die deutschen Milliardäre: Ihr Vermögen wuchs mit 30 % fast doppelt (!) so schnell, wie das Vermögen des Globalen Durchschnittsmilliardärs mit 16 %. Dieses Wachstum ist absurd gefährlich, weil es die Ungleichheitskrise weiter verschärft.
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- Reposted by Robert ViefJOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
- Reposted by Robert ViefLetzte Nacht hat irgendjemand den Kältebus der Berliner Stadtmission angezündet. Falls ihr noch was spenden wollt und könnt: www.berliner-stadtmission.de/spenden/onli...
- Reposted by Robert Vief🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist? How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅 🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037
- Reposted by Robert Viefwe have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- Reposted by Robert ViefImmensely proud to see two newish publications out that begun their life as masters theses a wee while ago... links below
- no words for this FIFA shitshow...
- Reposted by Robert ViefFor the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Robert Vief👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse. 👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
- 📢 Publication Alert! Wir analysieren für alle Berliner Grundschulen von 2010 bis 2020, wie sich Wohn- und Schulsegregation entwickeln – und warum sich beide Systeme immer stärker entkoppeln, obwohl die Stadt durchmischter wird. 1/ (mit @taljab.bsky.social) Open Access: doi.org/10.36900/sub...
- 2/ Die Ausgangsfrage: Spiegelt die soziale Zusammensetzung von Grundschulen die ihrer Einzugsgebiete? Die Politik hat das Mantra „kurze Beine, kurze Wege“. Doch unsere Studie zeigt: Schulen sind deutlich segregierter als ihre Nachbarschaften, obwohl es formal strikte Einzugsgebiete gibt.
- Reposted by Robert ViefIn this new paper, we use open-ended survey questions to study how people perceive (changes in) social hierarchies. We show how and among whom status gains of women, ethnic minorities, or LGBTQ+ people are saliently perceived–namely among progressives, not just conservatives!
- New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
- Die Goethe-Uni mit neuem Sonderforschungsbereich [in:just], der sich mit vielen spannenden Projekten anschaut, wie es wie es um Gerechtigkeit und Teilhabe im deutschen Bildungs- und Erziehungssystem steht. Glückwunsch an alle beteiligten Kolleg:innen :) Wichtiges Thema, wichtige Forschung!
- Neuer #Sonderforschungsbereich an der #GoetheUni! 🎉 Erstmals startet ein erziehungswiss. SFB zu Gerechtigkeit und Teilhabe im deutschen Bildungs- und Erziehungssystem. Außerdem werden drei naturwiss. SFB-Transregios weiter von der @dfg.de gefördert. 🔗 aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/forschung/er....
- Reposted by Robert ViefWhat is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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- Reposted by Robert ViefJob! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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- Reposted by Robert ViefNew paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
- NEW - Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - cup.org/49vUfVa - @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social #OpenAccess
- The Atlantic detailedly covered our study (w. @hannohilbig.bsky.social & @anselmhager.bsky.social) about the effects of rent control on NIMBYism together with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ideas about rent control. Have a read: www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch... More here: bsky.app/profile/robe...
- Reposted by Robert ViefÜberraschend, dass das ZDF-Politbarometer diese Umfrage so verzerrt darstellt: Statt nach der Originalaussage von Merz zu fragen, die tagelang diskutiert wurde, wird in der Umfrage seine späte Rechtfertigung ergänzt. In der Grafik wird das aber gar nicht erwähnt. So geht Framing.
- Reposted by Robert ViefJa dann fragen wir doch mal die Töchter:
- very interesting article! "[...] economic segregation appears as roughly three times bigger when considering wealth instead of income. When disaggregating for percentiles, higher values of wealth segregation appear to be mostly driven by the segregation of the most affluent segments of society."
- In this article, @javiersanmillan.bsky.social @clementinecttn.bsky.social and Maarten van Ham compare the spatiotemporal patterns of income vs. wealth segregation, affluence and poverty in the Netherlands. Using geo-coded register microdata, they show that... doi.org/10.1002/psp....
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- Reposted by Robert ViefVor ziemlich genau 8 Jahren hat Jörg Meuthen, ehem. Vorsitzender der AfD, gesagt, er sehe in den Innenstädten "noch vereinzelt Deutsche". Die Vorsitzende der CDU, Angela Merkel, hat ihm umgehend widersprochen. Friedrich Merz hat heute die Sprache und Position der AfD übernommen.
- Ohne Witz, die Regios und S-Bahnen zwischen Frankfurt und Mainz/Wiesbaden sind so ziemlich das Unzuverlässigste, was ich im Nahverkehr bisher erlebt habe. Dagegen ist der Berliner S-Bahn-Betrieb ein Traum. Bei der nächsten Konferenz in Mainz dann doch lieber vor Ort ins Hotel... #AkadSoz25
- Wieso gibt es eigentlich gefühlt nur zwei Personen, die zur #AkadSoz25 tweeten? Irgendwie schwach und hätte ich bei der Community auch anders erwartet
- Reposted by Robert ViefAnd the AS Dissertation Award 2025 goes to... @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social for his dissertation "Who (else) is Involved? How Voluntary Associations Connect and Separate us. Congratulations! #AkadSoz25 #sociology
- Reposted by Robert ViefThe week ends with excellent news: the @dfg.de grants the renewal of our research group #RISS "Reconfiguration and Internalization of Social Structure" for a second funding phase! Thus, more fascinating research ongoing & more jobs opening up at @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Robert Viefquantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods
- Danke! Nur als Mini-Korrektur: Einführung des Mietendeckels, nicht der Mietpreisbremse, das sind ja doch zwei Policies mit sehr unterschiedlichem Umfang im Sinne der Mietenregulierung Hier gibt es auch einen kurzen Thread mit einer Kurz-Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse: bsky.app/profile/robe...
- Reposted by Robert ViefNow out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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- Reposted by Robert ViefStriking visualisation of the global mobility divide! Also chance to highlight some relevant research... 🧵
- There was lots of data to play with for #TidyTuesday this week where we're looking at the power of different passports! ✈️ I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊 #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2
- 🚨 New paper: “Does Rent Control Turn Tenants Into NIMBYs?” in the Journal of Politics (JOP) (joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social) 👉 Have a look over here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Most important findings in this thread: 1/11
- We’re told all the time: ❌ “Rent control kills housing supply.” ❌ “It fuels NIMBYism.” But what if the story is more complicated? What if rent control actually makes people more supportive of new housing? 2/11
- Reposted by Robert ViefCongrats congrats congrats for all winners🎉🎉🥳🥳 I just wish they were not 3 men as the committee + 4 men as the winners 🫠🤷♀️
- Congratulations to Chen-Hao Hsu @uni-bamberg.de for winning the 2nd place #ECSR PhD prize #ECSR2025 🥳🥳🥳
- I still get angry when I think about all the pseudo intellectual Feuilleton articles warning about left "cancel culture" and now we have real culture and nobody cares...
- Student, to professor: "I'm not entirely sure this is legal to be teaching, because according to our president there's only two genders... and I don't want to promote something that is against our president's laws as well as against my religious beliefs" www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
- Reposted by Robert ViefThis new study shows: in Germany, it has become much harder for children to earn more than their parents, now about as hard as in the US: "parental income has become much more important for educational outcomes of children"
- Reposted by Robert ViefDid military service in Europe affect men's occupational choices? @mhamjediers.bsky.social presenting at #ECSR2025, very focused and passionate about research, as usual. We investigate selection into armed forces, licensed and male-dominated occupations across multiple countries.
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- Nothing better than presenting research (on residential (de-)segregation trends and its non-alignment with better healthcare accessibility) that came out of joint ideas with former students and their excellent work on the topic and complex data, kudos to Marlene Steenken and Nele Bittner #ECSR2025
- Well well, @ruettenauer.bsky.social also entering the meme game in his #ECSR2025 presentation about two-way fixed-effects estimators Gonna keep you posted if others pop up the next days haha
- Btw, in my opinion, the best meme game award within a conference presentation at #ECSR2025 goes to Chenru Hou (University of Potsdam) and her presentation about classroom diversity and friendship ties - for constantly underline all parts of her presentation with cat memes Nice job haha 😸
- Btw, in my opinion, the best meme game award within a conference presentation at #ECSR2025 goes to Chenru Hou (University of Potsdam) and her presentation about classroom diversity and friendship ties - for constantly underline all parts of her presentation with cat memes Nice job haha 😸
- @hermwerf.bsky.social presenting about a sorting and learning model of educational inequality. Although starting at 9am, packed room What did we learn? Negative effects of the gymnasium for low-SES students (for many outcomes) #ECSR2025
- Packed first session at the #ECSR2025 about policies and educational inequality Andrea Pietrolucci presenting on neoliberal and democratic school-level policies and their consequences for achievement Controlled for student composition: neoliberal policies do not have any benefit (surprise...)
