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Léa Pessin (ENSAE-CREST) – Racial-Ethnic Stratification in Work–Family Strategies among Black, Hispanic, and White Couples

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  Date: 25th January 2023 Place: room 3105 ZOOM  : https://zoom.us/j/96820777040?pwd=OUgycU1NYmxWOEJCTk92OHpNTHc5dz09 Léa Pessin (ENSAE-CREST) - Racial-Ethnic Stratification in Work–Family Strategies among Black, Hispanic, and White Couples Abstract: This talk builds on work–family scholarship and intersectional frameworks to document racial-ethnic variation in couples’ work-family strategies, i.e., the […]

Felix ELWERT (University of Wisconsin-Madison) – Causal decomposition of group disparities

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  Date: 6th Febuary 2024 Place: room 3001   Felix ELWERT (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - Causal decomposition of group disparities Abstract: Social scientists often ask how an intermediate treatment variable contributes to group-based outcome disparities. E.g., how does family formation contribute to the gender-wage gap; how […]

Caroline Bertron (Université Paris 8) – Educating the Wealth Elite. Studying Social Class and Schools with Economic Sociology

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  Date: 29 Febuary 2024 Place: room 3105 ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/97022088673?pwd=c0lkazlob2hIWE5zU2pnMlNpem5udz09  Caroline Bertron (Université Paris 8) - Educating the Wealth Elite. Studying Social Class and Schools with Economic Sociology Abstract: In this presentation I wish to offer an overview of my research on Swiss international boarding […]

Kevin Munger (Pennsylvania State University) – Political Deepfakes Are As Credible As Other Fake Media And (Sometimes) Real Media

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am  Date: 14th March Place: room 3060   Kevin Munger (Pennsylvania State University) - Political Deepfakes Are As Credible As Other Fake Media And (Sometimes) Real Media Abstract: We demonstrate that fabricated videos of public officials synthesized by deep learning (“deepfakes”) are credible to a large […]

Marissa Thompson (Columbia University) – They have Black in their blood”: Exploring how genetic ancestry tests affect racial appraisals and classifications

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  Date: 14th March 2024 Place: room 3105 ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/94347463321?pwd=Z1BoT3ViY1V3TUVzcFQ1azRQckdDZz09 Marissa Thompson (Columbia University) - They have Black in their blood”: Exploring how genetic ancestry tests affect racial appraisals and classifications Abstract: How do genetic ancestry tests (GATs) affect how Black Americans decide when others […]

Rebecca ELLIOTT (LSE) – Losing Ground: Values at Risk and the Social Life of Climate Change

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  Date: 2nd April 2024 Place: room 3105 ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/97751150432?pwd=NUpGdDg1OW9uSFNxZWNxUTR0ZjRNUT09 Rebecca ELLIOTT - Losing Ground: Values at Risk and the Social Life of Climate Change   Abstract: How do families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss--both experienced and anticipated--as the climate changes? The talk […]

Isabelle Langrock (Sciences Po) – t.b.a

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm  Date: 3rd April 2024 Place: room 2007   Isabelle Langrock (Sciences Po) - t.b.a   Abstract:         Organizers: Annina Cleasson, Paola Tubaro, Patrick Präg (CREST Sociology unit)   Sponsors: CREST

Gabriel Alcaras (University Gustave Eiffel) – t.b.a

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm  Date: 3rd April 2024 Place: room 2007   Gabriel Alcaras (University Gustave Eiffel) - t.b.a   Abstract:         Organizers: Annina Cleasson, Paola Tubaro, Patrick Präg (CREST Sociology unit)   Sponsors: CREST

Hesu Yoon (Stanford University) – Stigmatized or Desirable? Heterogeneity in Racialized Neighborhood Perceptions and Preferences

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm  Date: 4th April 2024 Place: room 2007   Hesu Yoon (Stanford University) - Stigmatized or Desirable? Heterogeneity in Racialized Neighborhood Perceptions and Preferences   Abstract: Despite over a century of high levels of residential racial segregation in the US, white preferences for integrated neighborhoods have […]

Anne BELLON (University of Technology of Compiègne) – Careers linking fields. Ministerial special advisers and the government’s field environment

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  Date: 4th April 2024 Place: room 3060   Anne BELLON (University of Technology of Compiègne) - Careers linking fields. Ministerial special advisers and the government’s field environment Abstract: While the social influence of the state over society is a common assumption in sociology, the mechanisms […]

Gaël LE MENS (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) – Scaling Political Texts with ChatGPT

Sociology seminar - Thursdays Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  Date: 16th May 2024 Place: room 3105 ZOOM LINK: https://zoom.us/j/97751150432?pwd=NUpGdDg1OW9uSFNxZWNxUTR0ZjRNUT09 Gaël LE MENS (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) - Scaling Political Texts with ChatGPT   Abstract: We use GPT-4 to obtain position estimates of political texts in continuous spaces. We develop and validate a new approach by […]

Ewa BATYRA (Center for Demographics Studies CED Barcelona) – “Disparities in the timing of family formation within countries of the Global South: Patterns and determinants”

Sociology Seminar  Time: 12:00 pm - 13:30 pm Date: 7th of november Room : 3001   Ewa BATYRA (Center for Demographics Studies CED Barcelona) - "Disparities in the timing of family formation within countries of the Global South: Patterns and determinants"   Abstract :  "Large disparities in the age at which women start having children […]

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