🔊Next conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) in Bristol, 22-23 May.
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
ESSGN Conference IV
Bristol, May 22-23, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce the 4th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network. This conference aims to improve our understanding of how gene…
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November 28, 2024 at 4:13 PM
🔊Next conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) in Bristol, 22-23 May.
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
📢You are interested in social-science genetics, equality of opportunity, social mobility, and skill formation?
🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!
👉When? May 22-23, 2025
👉Where? Bristol!
👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-confer...
👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/
🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!
👉When? May 22-23, 2025
👉Where? Bristol!
👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-confer...
👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/
ESSGN Conference IV
Bristol, May 22-23, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce the 4th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network. This conference aims to improve our understanding of how gene…
essgn.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📢You are interested in social-science genetics, equality of opportunity, social mobility, and skill formation?
🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!
👉When? May 22-23, 2025
👉Where? Bristol!
👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-confer...
👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/
🚨Join us for the 4th ESSGN conference!
👉When? May 22-23, 2025
👉Where? Bristol!
👉More info? essgn.org/essgn-confer...
👉Submissions? cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ESSGN2025/
Always energising to engage with cutting-edge work on assortative mating, cross-ancestry prediction, and rare variants at @ESSGN — especially with such a strong cohort of doctoral researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
#Sociogenomics #GeneticPrediction #ESSGN
#Sociogenomics #GeneticPrediction #ESSGN
March 27, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Always energising to engage with cutting-edge work on assortative mating, cross-ancestry prediction, and rare variants at @ESSGN — especially with such a strong cohort of doctoral researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
#Sociogenomics #GeneticPrediction #ESSGN
#Sociogenomics #GeneticPrediction #ESSGN
Loved hosting @essgn.bsky.social in Oxford including @dr-appie.bsky.social & family (& the rest of the ESSGN family as well) - read the post and links below to hear about this great event
September 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Loved hosting @essgn.bsky.social in Oxford including @dr-appie.bsky.social & family (& the rest of the ESSGN family as well) - read the post and links below to hear about this great event
just arrived in San Servolo Island, Venice for the first #ESSGN winter school on social science and genetics! @pietrobiroli.bsky.social
November 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
just arrived in San Servolo Island, Venice for the first #ESSGN winter school on social science and genetics! @pietrobiroli.bsky.social
It is time: the 5:th annual conference of the ESSGN! Back in beautiful Bologna, Italy. Follow along!
May 21, 2026 at 7:20 AM
It is time: the 5:th annual conference of the ESSGN! Back in beautiful Bologna, Italy. Follow along!
@michelnivard.bsky.social gave a very enthusiastic big 5 GWAS overview. I hope we'll see a lot more personality research at @essgn.bsky.social next year!
May 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@michelnivard.bsky.social gave a very enthusiastic big 5 GWAS overview. I hope we'll see a lot more personality research at @essgn.bsky.social next year!
Today marks the start of the fourth annual ESSGN conference, this year hosted in a lovely and sunny Bristol! Follow along!
May 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Today marks the start of the fourth annual ESSGN conference, this year hosted in a lovely and sunny Bristol! Follow along!
The ESSGN conference is taking place and reading @perlinedemange.bsky.social's posts about it I get the impression that it's an amazing place to be
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The ESSGN conference is taking place and reading @perlinedemange.bsky.social's posts about it I get the impression that it's an amazing place to be
Preprint just out about the genetically heterogenous effects of an early childhood intervention in Colombia. Key findings below. Come see my talk at #ESSGN Bristol if you wanna hear more!
📣 I’m delighted to share a new working paper that’s been years in the making:
🧬 “ #Gene × #Environment Interactions: Polygenic Scores and the Impact of an Early Childhood Intervention in Colombia”
👉🏻 Available here as @hceconomics.bsky.social WP: humcap.uchicago.edu/RePEc/hka/wp...
🧬 “ #Gene × #Environment Interactions: Polygenic Scores and the Impact of an Early Childhood Intervention in Colombia”
👉🏻 Available here as @hceconomics.bsky.social WP: humcap.uchicago.edu/RePEc/hka/wp...
May 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Preprint just out about the genetically heterogenous effects of an early childhood intervention in Colombia. Key findings below. Come see my talk at #ESSGN Bristol if you wanna hear more!
Very grateful that I got to present at the ESSGN past Friday. In the study I presented, we looked at intergenerational transmission of education in a sample of the Norwegian population register. We used a Children-of-Twins model to look at GPA at age 16 and educational attainment in the parents.
May 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Very grateful that I got to present at the ESSGN past Friday. In the study I presented, we looked at intergenerational transmission of education in a sample of the Norwegian population register. We used a Children-of-Twins model to look at GPA at age 16 and educational attainment in the parents.
Thank you @essgn.bsky.social and everyone at ESSGN this year for a brilliant conference! I was grateful to be there and learnt so much.
“Social science genetics will continue as a field but your publications will stay” @libertyruth.bsky.social told us her wishes and advice as an NHB editor.
-> Talk about your limitations, use correlation terminology when not testing causation, document your ethical considerations, write FAQs
-> Talk about your limitations, use correlation terminology when not testing causation, document your ethical considerations, write FAQs
June 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thank you @essgn.bsky.social and everyone at ESSGN this year for a brilliant conference! I was grateful to be there and learnt so much.
Also, if you want to be part of an ESSGN mailing list, sign-up here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please shoot me an email or DM if you want to advertise a conference, winter/summer school, or doc/postdoc/prof position in this list!
Please shoot me an email or DM if you want to advertise a conference, winter/summer school, or doc/postdoc/prof position in this list!
ESSGN newsletter
Dear Colleagues,
As the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) we are thinking of starting a quarterly newsletter including mostly two types of content:
Information about conferences and ...
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December 5, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Also, if you want to be part of an ESSGN mailing list, sign-up here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please shoot me an email or DM if you want to advertise a conference, winter/summer school, or doc/postdoc/prof position in this list!
Please shoot me an email or DM if you want to advertise a conference, winter/summer school, or doc/postdoc/prof position in this list!
Ahoy! Call for papers now open for this year's amazing ESSGN conference - returning to the beautiful Bologna. Have anything to present at the intersection of the social sciences and genetics? Don't miss!
📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Ahoy! Call for papers now open for this year's amazing ESSGN conference - returning to the beautiful Bologna. Have anything to present at the intersection of the social sciences and genetics? Don't miss!
🚨 conference alert 🚨
I had the privilege of organizing the first two ESSGN conferences, and it was a blast.
There's a growing community of social scientists interested in genetics who gather every year at this event, and we're happy to welcome even more.
Submit your papers!!
I had the privilege of organizing the first two ESSGN conferences, and it was a blast.
There's a growing community of social scientists interested in genetics who gather every year at this event, and we're happy to welcome even more.
Submit your papers!!
🔊Next conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) in Bristol, 22-23 May.
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
✅Keynote by @michellemeyer.bsky.social
✅Panel on the current frontier of MR w/ George Davey-Smith (Bristol), Dalton Conley (Princeton), and Alice Carter (Novo-Nordisk).
essgn.org/essgn-confer...
ESSGN Conference IV
Bristol, May 22-23, 2025 CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce the 4th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network. This conference aims to improve our understanding of how gene…
essgn.org
November 28, 2024 at 6:37 PM
🚨 conference alert 🚨
I had the privilege of organizing the first two ESSGN conferences, and it was a blast.
There's a growing community of social scientists interested in genetics who gather every year at this event, and we're happy to welcome even more.
Submit your papers!!
I had the privilege of organizing the first two ESSGN conferences, and it was a blast.
There's a growing community of social scientists interested in genetics who gather every year at this event, and we're happy to welcome even more.
Submit your papers!!
Looking forward to next week's #ESSGN IV! Happy to be presenting two projects: 1) the effects of genetic explanations for socioeconomic differences on citizens' perceptions of inequality, and 2) collaborative work on the (changing) link between cognitive skills and income in two Nordic countries.
May 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Looking forward to next week's #ESSGN IV! Happy to be presenting two projects: 1) the effects of genetic explanations for socioeconomic differences on citizens' perceptions of inequality, and 2) collaborative work on the (changing) link between cognitive skills and income in two Nordic countries.
📆 Gentle reminder that the deadline is approaching for submission.
Don't answer that other email, drop everything else, focus.
You HAVE TO POLISH THE PAPER and send it to ESSGN🧬.
NOW.
(think how the NON-gentle reminder would have been) ⚒️
Don't answer that other email, drop everything else, focus.
You HAVE TO POLISH THE PAPER and send it to ESSGN🧬.
NOW.
(think how the NON-gentle reminder would have been) ⚒️
📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
February 25, 2026 at 7:24 AM
📆 Gentle reminder that the deadline is approaching for submission.
Don't answer that other email, drop everything else, focus.
You HAVE TO POLISH THE PAPER and send it to ESSGN🧬.
NOW.
(think how the NON-gentle reminder would have been) ⚒️
Don't answer that other email, drop everything else, focus.
You HAVE TO POLISH THE PAPER and send it to ESSGN🧬.
NOW.
(think how the NON-gentle reminder would have been) ⚒️
ESSGN doctoral candidate Asya Bülbül reflects on what political scientists can learn from integrating genetics.
Column: Can Genetics Help Explain Political Behavior?
By: Asya Bülbül, ESSGN doctoral candidate at Uppsala universityAll views expressed are those of the author. As political science has matured, it has repeatedly absorbed tools and concepts from neig…
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February 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
ESSGN doctoral candidate Asya Bülbül reflects on what political scientists can learn from integrating genetics.
Really enjoying the new #ESSGN podcast by @aysuo.bsky.social and @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social. Really good entertainment and a great explainer for all things related to social science genetics. Check it out:
essgn.org/podcast/.
essgn.org/podcast/.
Podcast
The ESSGN produces the podcast “Born and Raised”. Available on all streaming platforms and on essgn.podbean.com, published every other Friday starting January 23, 2026!
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February 23, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Really enjoying the new #ESSGN podcast by @aysuo.bsky.social and @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social. Really good entertainment and a great explainer for all things related to social science genetics. Check it out:
essgn.org/podcast/.
essgn.org/podcast/.
The ESSGN conference is in beautiful Bologna again this year. Abstract submission is open!
📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
February 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The ESSGN conference is in beautiful Bologna again this year. Abstract submission is open!
In the #GeoGen research group at #PROMENTA, you will be in an interdisciplinary environment having colleagues working on similar questions @ziadaayorech.bsky.social @rosacheesman.bsky.social @perlinedemange.bsky.social @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social #ESSGN
January 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In the #GeoGen research group at #PROMENTA, you will be in an interdisciplinary environment having colleagues working on similar questions @ziadaayorech.bsky.social @rosacheesman.bsky.social @perlinedemange.bsky.social @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social #ESSGN
Pour encore plus de contexte c'est un congrès de sociogénétique et voilà le genre de "charte" qui a été proposé :
April 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Pour encore plus de contexte c'est un congrès de sociogénétique et voilà le genre de "charte" qui a été proposé :
Comment from several ESSGN doctoral candidates now out in @nathumbehav.nature.com. What should be best practices in social science and behavioral genetics?
Publication alert: Early Career Researchers Call for Unified Best Practices in Social Science and Behavioural Genetics
By: Vincent J. Straub, Nadia V. Harerimana, Lyydia I. A. AlajääsköAll views expressed are those of the authors. In our recent Nature Human Behaviour Comment, “Early career researcher-led best pract…
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May 19, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Comment from several ESSGN doctoral candidates now out in @nathumbehav.nature.com. What should be best practices in social science and behavioral genetics?
ESSGN doctoral candidate Nadia Harerimana writes a personal reflection on critique as care in social science genetics.
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essgn.org/2026/01/30/c...
Critique as Care: Reflections on Social Science Genetics Research
By: Nadia Harerimana, ESSGN doctoral candidate at MPIB.All views expressed are those of the author. When people ask what I study, I usually hesitate before answering. Saying “social science genetic…
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January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
ESSGN doctoral candidate Nadia Harerimana writes a personal reflection on critique as care in social science genetics.
essgn.org/2026/01/30/c...
essgn.org/2026/01/30/c...