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The new article “Moving in parallel? Economic inequality and public demand for redistribution in unequal societies” by Cristian Márquez Romo is available in open access International Political Science Review!

The new article “A generalized ordered logit model to accommodate multiple rating scales” by Markus Gangl is available in open access at Sociological Methods & Research!

The POLAR project invites applications for a post-doc with a focus on inequality and social cohesion. The position is available from October 1st until the end of the project funding in September 2025. See the job posting on the university website for more information.

The article “Explaining the ‘democratic malaise’: Inequality, external efficacy, and political trust” by Simon Bienstman, Svenja Hense, and Markus Gangl is now available in advance access in the European Journal of Political Research. The article is open access and can be obtained from the publisher’s website.

For the University’s UniReport Carlotta Giustozzi spoke with Dirk Frank about her dissertation on labour market marginalisation and social integration. The Interview can be found here.

We welcome Dr. Claudia Traini and Sven Ehmes as new POLAR team members. Dr. Claudia Traini joined our team in October 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher and Sven Ehmes in November 2022 as a doctoral researcher.

This September Carlotta Giustozzi won the Peter A. Berger Price issued by the DGS-Section ‘Social inequality and social structure’ for the best dissertation of the past two years together with Katharina Kunißen. In her thesis ‘Social Consequences of Labour Market Marginalisation in Germany. Analysing the Impact of Social Identities and Values’, she examined how difficultiesContinue reading “Peter A. Berger Dissertation Price”

Carlotta Giustozzi’s dissertation Social Consequences of Labour Market Marginalisation in Germany is now published with Budrich Academic Press.

The POLAR working paper titled “Explaining the ‘Democratic Malaise’ in Unequal Societies: Inequality, External Efficacy and Political Trust” is now available for download on the publications page (or click here for direct download). We look forward to receiving you questions, comments or suggestions!

The POLAR project invites applications for two positions of a research fellow (m/f/d; pre- or post-doc). Both positions are available from July 1, 2022 until the end of project funding by March 31, 2025. See the job posting on the university website for more information.