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Never imagined I would be attending live to my favorite start sociologists so soon. ChristophEllersgaard and Anton Grau Larsen on power elites and their networks. Round 2 to go in the evening. Team OBELIS has been great hosts!

Trump just throwing around 'Palestinian' as a pejorative. Brazen anti-Palestinian racism has been normalized in America.

We had some amazing lectures by a pool of senior elite researchers, including Maren Toft, ChristophEllersgaard and Anton Grau Larsen, Sam Friedman. Also had very interesting discussions at roundtables with Thierry Rossier, Anne Zt @annezt.bsky.social (周安娜), François Schoenberger and @LAjdacic.

BREAKING: The Lancet has just published this article "conservatively" estimating that the death toll in the Gaza genocide could be 186,000 people or more. That's 8% of the population, obliterated. These are apocalyptic figures. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Why are Israelis not rising up against their Government?

📢New III working paper by @NoraWaitkus Mike Savage and Maren Toft They discuss how class analysis can address the gravity of wealth inequality by focusing on capital accumulation and property organisation. 🔗ow.ly/KFA850T3UrW

How do we rethink social class to recognise the power of wealth inequality in the contemporary asset economy? It was great to work with @NoraWaitkus & Maren Toft on this Sociology Journal paper. Rejected by 2 other journals- sometimes persistence pays off 😀 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

For the past year, millions of us around the world have made repeated, desperate calls for a ceasefire. We demanded an end to the genocide. We warned of a disastrous regional conflict. We were ignored. Governments have fuelled the machinery of war. Their indifference to human

We apologize to the whole world for the scenes of torn limbs and flesh scattered in the air, for the sight of decapitated heads and burning tents. We apologize to the world for disturbing your daily lives. Forgive us if you saw a massacre and it weighed heavily on you, stopping

We’re organising a PhD course on Multiple correspondence analysis in Oslo in January, 13-16. Taught by Johs. Hjellbrekke Maren Toft and yours truly. Will officially be announced in a month, but now you know. Spread the word and keep watching this space for more info!

In 2022, Norway increased their wealth tax to 1.1%. In response, some high profile billionaires moved out of the country. According to a viral claim, this resulted in a net loss of revenue. Is this true? No. Over the next two years, wealth tax revenue soared to all time highs.

For those still on here: PhD-course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis, in Oslo January 13-16 2025! Come learn the technique from renowned expert Johs. Hjellbrekke , shooting star Maren Toft, and yours truly uio.no/studier/emner/…

Excited to present my ongoing book project at Nuffield college on Wednesday. Hope to see some friendly faces if anyone is in Oxford this week ✨ nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Full report, out now. #EndGazaGenocide amn.st/6014Q6K9g

Stop arming Israel.

Newsletter of the Pierre Bourdieu Foundation: Practical Sense, Issue 1, December 2024, Special Edition: Algerian Inquiries pierrebourdieuunhommage.blogspot.com/2024/12/newsle…

The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/1…

This recognition, like other accolades that I have received lately, speak not so much to my actions over the past 14 months - the normal opposition of a sentient human to a genocide - but rather to the silence of the many, particularly in the West, who should have spoken and