Jonas Wiedner
@jwied.bsky.social
Sociologist of social stratification and immigrant Integration @ WZB Berlin
Well done, powerful language model
September 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Well done, powerful language model
One grant application writer's expanding spell-check dictionary of slightly grandiose but unusual terms.
June 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
One grant application writer's expanding spell-check dictionary of slightly grandiose but unusual terms.
We assemble a new dataset of 25,000+ ethnoreligious organizations across 54 immigrant groups and ~5,000 local communities in Germany. We combine data from a wide range of sources in multilevel framework to predict the scale of immigrant communities’ local organizational networks.
May 4, 2026 at 10:22 AM
We assemble a new dataset of 25,000+ ethnoreligious organizations across 54 immigrant groups and ~5,000 local communities in Germany. We combine data from a wide range of sources in multilevel framework to predict the scale of immigrant communities’ local organizational networks.
Why do some minority groups organize around their ethnicity, while others do not? In a new study just out in AJS @amjsoc.bsky.social (w/@mschaeffer.bsky.social, S. Carol and S. Böller), we crunched data on over 25000 immigrant organizations for an answer.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
May 4, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Why do some minority groups organize around their ethnicity, while others do not? In a new study just out in AJS @amjsoc.bsky.social (w/@mschaeffer.bsky.social, S. Carol and S. Böller), we crunched data on over 25000 immigrant organizations for an answer.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
They don't teach Sorokin in Migration Studies, do they?
March 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
They don't teach Sorokin in Migration Studies, do they?
Growth is up 0.2% percentage points, but the snow is all gone now.
January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Growth is up 0.2% percentage points, but the snow is all gone now.
Brilliant article just out in PLOSOne: The overlap of gender and ethnicity/SES in school classes has large effects on friendship segregation.
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
January 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Brilliant article just out in PLOSOne: The overlap of gender and ethnicity/SES in school classes has large effects on friendship segregation.
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The authors develop an easy fix:
Class placement minimizing gender consolidation decreases segregation by 4–7 percentage points.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Call for Papers:
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
January 15, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Call for Papers:
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
My department @wzb.bsky.social is organizing a conference on the application of Cultural Evolution Theory to migration/diversity topics.
I find this very exciting.
Consider applying and share widely!
wzb.eu/en/node/89129
I get the feeling the concept of Advent calendar translates poorly to US English
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I get the feeling the concept of Advent calendar translates poorly to US English
It's good they don't include the appendix in the final PDF!
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It's good they don't include the appendix in the final PDF!
my country has 0 percent growth, but hey at least the landing page of the statistical office has animated snowflakes
December 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
my country has 0 percent growth, but hey at least the landing page of the statistical office has animated snowflakes
Why did I visit the Facebook pages of 5500 German grocery stores on a grey lockdown day ca. 2021?
You can now find out in AJS.
Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
You can now find out in AJS.
Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Why did I visit the Facebook pages of 5500 German grocery stores on a grey lockdown day ca. 2021?
You can now find out in AJS.
Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
You can now find out in AJS.
Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Thanks for the shout-out! Yes, if you focus on mismatch, there is no trend towards overeducation in Germany's stratified education system.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thanks for the shout-out! Yes, if you focus on mismatch, there is no trend towards overeducation in Germany's stratified education system.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reading early 20th century assimilation debates from the vantage point of German colonial/diaspora policy is FASCINATING
April 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Reading early 20th century assimilation debates from the vantage point of German colonial/diaspora policy is FASCINATING
Gedanken zu ifo-Studie: Die Studie ist gut gemacht und aufschlussreich, weil sie auf räumliche Faktoren hinweist, die in der Flucht/Kriminalitätsdebatte selten diskutert werden. Dennoch gibt sie mEn die sehr starken Schlüsse nicht vollständig her.
www.ifo.de/publikatione...
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www.ifo.de/publikatione...
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February 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Gedanken zu ifo-Studie: Die Studie ist gut gemacht und aufschlussreich, weil sie auf räumliche Faktoren hinweist, die in der Flucht/Kriminalitätsdebatte selten diskutert werden. Dennoch gibt sie mEn die sehr starken Schlüsse nicht vollständig her.
www.ifo.de/publikatione...
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www.ifo.de/publikatione...
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Place matters. *Regionale* Faktoren können die höhere Kriminalität Zugewanderter fast vollständig erklären. Der Rest ist Demografie.
Aufschlussreiche Analyse im reichlich unwoken ifo-Schnelldienst
www.ifo.de/publikatione...
Aufschlussreiche Analyse im reichlich unwoken ifo-Schnelldienst
www.ifo.de/publikatione...
February 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Place matters. *Regionale* Faktoren können die höhere Kriminalität Zugewanderter fast vollständig erklären. Der Rest ist Demografie.
Aufschlussreiche Analyse im reichlich unwoken ifo-Schnelldienst
www.ifo.de/publikatione...
Aufschlussreiche Analyse im reichlich unwoken ifo-Schnelldienst
www.ifo.de/publikatione...
Früher war nicht alles schlecht.
January 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Früher war nicht alles schlecht.
Zu unserer Studie zur Sekundärmobilität Geflüchteter gibt es jetzt auch eine Pressemitteilung:
www.wzb.eu/de/pressemit...
www.wzb.eu/de/pressemit...
January 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Zu unserer Studie zur Sekundärmobilität Geflüchteter gibt es jetzt auch eine Pressemitteilung:
www.wzb.eu/de/pressemit...
www.wzb.eu/de/pressemit...
What is more, once we condition on these spatial characteristics, the initially strong relationship with unemployment disappears.
December 16, 2024 at 1:14 PM
What is more, once we condition on these spatial characteristics, the initially strong relationship with unemployment disappears.