Come work with us! The Sociology Department University of Washington is hiring in: Sex/Gender/Sexuality: apply.interfolio.com/151038 Health/Med Soc: apply.interfolio.com/151028 I am not on the search committee for these positions, but I would be happy to answer any questions about life in the dept!

📢 #PopTwitter, fancy a Visitorship at Nuffield College? 🙌You're in luck! 😃 The Sociology, Demography and Social Policy Group have opened applications for 2025-26. Apply by 30 September, more info ➡️ demography.ox.ac.uk/university-oxf… The Leverhulme Trust EAPS PAA

From Department Chair Mario L. Small, Applications for Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank) The Department of Sociology at Columbia University invites applications for an open rank position to begin July 1, 2025. Apply here: academic.careers.columbia.edu/#!/143603

New blog post! reluctantcriminologists.com/blog-posts/[13… Mixed signals: Use ratios and percentile scores carefully (and sparingly) In it, Jon explains why criminologists should think twice about ratio variables and percentile score transformations.

We have created a register of researchers willing to deliver presentations on open criminology at departmental meetings! You can get in contact with ⁦@Isabellevdv⁩ (NL), ⁦Charles C. Lanfear⁩ (UK), ⁦Torbjørn Skardhamar⁩ (NO) or ⁦@iainbrennan⁩ (UK) 👇🏻 esc-enoc.github.io/about.html

Episode 107 out now! We speak with Professor Tim Barnum (Tim Barnum) about his work on: - Perceptions of risk and - Deterrence from crime. Specifically, we talk about his 2021 CRIM paper, "Sanction risk perceptions, coherence, and deterrence." thecriminologyacademy.com/episode-107-ba…

We have 2 open TT positions University of Washington Sociology! I’m on the search committee and happy to talk values, culture, etc. We begin our application review on October 14. PLEASE SHARE! Sex/Gender/Sexuality apply.interfolio.com/151038 Health/Inequality/Medical Sociology apply.interfolio.com/151028

New #inequality paper! I find that rising inequality in the U.S. links with wider socio-economic gaps in what -and how much- economic support parents give to young adults 👵👴➡️👨‍🦱 Very happy to see this out in Social Forces: doi.org/10.1093/sf/soa… School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh Q-Step Edinburgh

Out now in Criminology Amer Soc of Crim, @kirk_davids and I find Airbnb activity associated with crime in London neighborhoods. Results are more consistent with short-term lettings providing opportunities for crime than reducing collective efficacy over time. doi.org/10.1111/1745-9…

Are Airbnb rentals making cities less safe? 🏠 New research from @CCLanfear Criminology Cambs finds a link between Airbnb listings and crime rates in London neighbourhoods👇 cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

On its present trajectory, the US firearm stock is forecast to grow from 393m firearms (2022) to 564m firearms by 2034. Modest efforts to retrieve unwanted firearms could drastically alter the number of firearms in circulation in years to come. ja.ma/3YDggeO

Job klaxon: We're hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology at UCL Social Research Institute (SRI). Position is open to any applied field, deadline 20 December. I'm chairing this search. ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

As part of a major new initiative in interdisciplinary data science, Princeton has an open rank faculty search. The Department of Sociology is participating. Application review begins Dec 1: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply…

I think most academics make a wrong cost-benefit analysis when deciding to publish their work as a book vs putting it online yourself for free. I predict that putting it online yourself will on average lead to higher returns on any metric you care about (prestige, money, impact).

It is time... well yes for the US Election... but also to apply to one of our fabulous Nuffield PPRF postdocs. Closing date is December 5th. nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/jo…

New preprint out! Ramina Sotoudeh and I look at the dynamics and functions of parental economic transfers in young adulthood in the U.S. Read it here doi.org/10.31235/osf.i…

Episode 111 is out NOW. This episode features Professor Andrew Papachristos (Andrew Papachristos; @NUSociology). We talk about his work using network science to investigate gun violence and firearm availability, including his recent pub in Social Forces! thecriminologyacademy.com/episode-111-pa…

New in Science Advances from Project on Human Development Chicago Neighborhoods: 2/3 of people who ever carried guns began in adulthood, and their patterns of carrying differ greatly from those who began carrying in adolescence. Open access at science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #ScienceAdvancesResearch

Twenty-five years’ worth of surveys in Chicago finds two distinct pathways for concealed gun carrying in adolescents and adults. scim.ag/4f86B4R