Recent field experiments explore how everyday social interactions can serve as a subtle but powerful engine of discrimination. By introducing the concept of "stressful discrimination," Martin Aranguren highlights how group-based differences in treatment, rooted in environmental context, can generate significant psychological stress—often beyond individuals' direct perception. https://academic.oup.com/esr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/esr/jcaf047/8317980
Call for Papers! The Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) invites all scholars working in the field of educational inequalities to contribute to RC28’s first online thematic meeting. This online meeting will be free of charge and we welcome and encourage submissions from all world regions. https://www.sciencespo.fr/cris/en/news/rc-28-online-meeting-on-educational-inequalities/
Abstracts must be submitted by 15th October 2025
Just Published: Célia Bouchet, Michelle Maroto, David Pettinicchio, "Working Part-Time: Earnings Penalties Among People with Disabilities Across Occupational Groups in France" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00380253.2025.2538171?src=exp-la - The authors find that people with disabilities are much more likely to work part-time, often due to health reasons or the lack of full-time job opportunities. Workers face significant earnings penalties across all types of occupations, even compared to other part-timers.
Call for Application, 12 months postdoctoral contract on the mediating role of environmental risks in the relationship between migration status and health at birth in France. https://www.sciencespo.fr/cris/files/Postdocs_TIERED_INED_CRIS_2025_EN.pdf
New paper out, by Carlo Barone:
“Dual-Process Theory, Behavioral Research and the Explanation of Social Inequalities”
Dual Process Theory (DPT) is a strong candidate to bridge theory and empirical research in the social sciences. A default-interventionist model explains social inequalities better + Focus on the interplay between automatic and controlled processes + A framework to rethink inequality mechanisms.
Tackling ‘scandalous inequalities’: a global policy proposal for a Humanity Identity Card and Basic Income Supplement. Ettore Recchi & Tobias Grohmann envision a realistic utopia https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05240-w [Open Access]
The Inner Machinery of Racial Domination - Roundtable with Loïc Wacquant (University of California, Berkeley), Wednesday June 11th, 2025 at Sciences Po Paris, 5pm. Please register! https://www.sciencespo.fr/cris/fr/evenements/the-inner-machinery-of-racial-domination/
Bina Agarwal's lecture, in Paris (April 2025). "Hidden inequalities, visible outcomes. A gender lens" - Bina Agarwal (Prof. of Development Economics and Environment at the University of Manchester) is co-winner of the 2024 Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA). Full replay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbZSAK_h5YA
The Pseudoscience that Shieldied Police Violence -> Book review by Magda Boutros. Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús, "Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease". How medical knowledge can contribute to the pathologization and criminalization of racialized bodies... https://booksandideas.net/The-Pseudoscience-that-Shieldied-Police-Violence
"Hidden inequalities, Visible outcomes: Gender and social norms”. Join us for a seminar with Prof. Bina Agarwal, a leading economist known for her groundbreaking work on gender inequality, land rights, and environmental governance.
Equality Debate with Bina Agarwal, co-winner of the 1st Global Inequality Research Award, March 19th, 2025, PSE (Paris 14e) - 18h https://inequalitylab.world/en/event/equality-debate-with-bina-agarwal/
Social cohesion and social mobility compromised within corporate environments...
"Top earners are increasingly isolated at work – here’s why it matters".
Olivier Godechot & Marta M. Elvira https://theconversation.com/top-earners-are-increasingly-isolated-at-work-heres-why-it-matters-250861
Just Published, by Laura Silva et al. "Mind the gap: the interplay between genes and neighbourhood context on educational achievement". Living in socioeconomically advantaged neighborhoods can help bridge the gap in educational achievement between individuals with high and low genetic predispositions, mainly by influencing academic motivation. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf001
"Climate change and the global distribution of wealth" - New paper, just published by Lucas Chancel et al. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02268-3
Authors are interested in 3 mechanisms: (1) climate drivers and events, and their effects on wealth; (2) the effect of climate policy on wealth; and (3) changes in expectations about (1) and (2). Drawing on these insights, they outline a research agenda for the years ahead.
Zachary Van Winkle & Bartholomew Konechni, Just Published, “Government Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic & Depressive Symptoms Following Widowhood",in Demography (Duke Journal) https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11790737
Depressive symptoms increased dramatically for those widowed during the pandemic, particularly among those who lost their partner when governments were enforcing stay-at-home orders.
"Parental separation and children's genetic influences on education". A study combining sociology, demography, and genetics—based on molecular data by Zachary Van Winkle & Tina Baier https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13067
Just Published: Laura Silva, "Neighbourhood Effects Across Generations and the Reproduction of Inequality" [paper] The British Journal of Sociology. Interplay between deprivative residential environments and youth development, particularly on cognitive skills and socio-emotional behavior https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13187
"A plea for a sociology of transnational human mobility : existing evidence and prospective challenges" - Ettore Recchi advocates a sociology of mobility that combines the study of mobile actors and regulatory systems. [open access] #migrations #travels https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/77705
The CRIS is hiring an Assistant Professor (Tenure track). We welcome applications from candidates with a recent PhD and an expertise in the study of digital inequalities https://www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sciencespo.fr.osc/files/AP_CRIS_2025_final2.pdf
"The Heterogeneity of Early Elections", Petra Schleiter & Sukriti Issar (chapter) https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-69347-2_3
Jen Schradie questions the democratic impact of AI in terms of inequalities - AI would reproduce inequalities of information and expression already deepened by previous digital innovations - through an original model and describes the 3 dimensions of what she calls the Generative AI gap. https://www.sciencespo.fr/en/news/is-digital-technology-democratic-the-lastest-issue-of-understanding-our-times/