I loved talking with Rafa and Aysu about my work and my view of gene-environment interaction. I blatantly unveil my bias and my prior: I think *everything* came about because of GxE.
It was a very pleasant talk that we had the day before the ESSGN conference. I hope you enjoy it.
It was a very pleasant talk that we had the day before the ESSGN conference. I hope you enjoy it.
The inimitably charming @pietrobiroli.bsky.social came on Born and Raised and talked about genes and environments. And also, what eight dislocated shoulders and the Big Mac have in common. Don't miss!
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Is Everything Gene-Environment Interaction? Pietro Biroli | Born and Raised
Genes matter. Environments matter. But what if neither really makes sense without the other? What if everything is ultimately gene-environment interaction?
Economist Pietro Biroli joins us to unpack h...
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October 1, 2026 at 10:14 AM
I loved talking with Rafa and Aysu about my work and my view of gene-environment interaction. I blatantly unveil my bias and my prior: I think *everything* came about because of GxE.
It was a very pleasant talk that we had the day before the ESSGN conference. I hope you enjoy it.
It was a very pleasant talk that we had the day before the ESSGN conference. I hope you enjoy it.
ESSGN doctoral candidate Ralph Porneso writes about current developments in genetic testing.
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What Genetic Testing Can (and Cannot) Do
By: Ralph Porneso. Ralph Porneso is a doctoral researcher at PROMENTA in the University of Oslo and is funded by the EU Horizon Project under grant no. 101073237. His area of research revolves arou…
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September 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
ESSGN doctoral candidate Ralph Porneso writes about current developments in genetic testing.
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Will we see you in the Netherlands this week?
@melindacmills.bsky.social opens the #DataDonation Symposium in Amsterdam on Thursday datadonation.eu/community/sy...
Vincent Straub & Evelina Akimova present at #ESSGN conference in Rotterdam Thurs-Fri essgn.org/program2024/
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@melindacmills.bsky.social opens the #DataDonation Symposium in Amsterdam on Thursday datadonation.eu/community/sy...
Vincent Straub & Evelina Akimova present at #ESSGN conference in Rotterdam Thurs-Fri essgn.org/program2024/
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Conference program, ESSGN Rotterdam, 2024
Below you can find a pdf of the full conference program: essgn2024_programmeDownload This project has received funding from the European Union's HORIZON-MSCA-2021-DN-01 programme under grant agreement...
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May 28, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Will we see you in the Netherlands this week?
@melindacmills.bsky.social opens the #DataDonation Symposium in Amsterdam on Thursday datadonation.eu/community/sy...
Vincent Straub & Evelina Akimova present at #ESSGN conference in Rotterdam Thurs-Fri essgn.org/program2024/
@leverhulme.bsky.social
@melindacmills.bsky.social opens the #DataDonation Symposium in Amsterdam on Thursday datadonation.eu/community/sy...
Vincent Straub & Evelina Akimova present at #ESSGN conference in Rotterdam Thurs-Fri essgn.org/program2024/
@leverhulme.bsky.social
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.
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
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
@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!
5th Conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN)
This conference aims to deepen our understanding of how genetic endowments and environmental circumstances jointly shape life choices and outcomes across the life course.
Read mroe here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/25/5...
This conference aims to deepen our understanding of how genetic endowments and environmental circumstances jointly shape life choices and outcomes across the life course.
Read mroe here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/25/5...
5th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) | The Economic Misfit
Bologna, May 21–22, 2026We are pleased to announce the 5th conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN).This conference aims to improve our understanding of how genetic endowment...
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February 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
5th Conference of the European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN)
This conference aims to deepen our understanding of how genetic endowments and environmental circumstances jointly shape life choices and outcomes across the life course.
Read mroe here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/25/5...
This conference aims to deepen our understanding of how genetic endowments and environmental circumstances jointly shape life choices and outcomes across the life course.
Read mroe here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/25/5...
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.
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 :
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
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
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.
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!
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?
What can sugar rationing during and after WW2 teach us about human health? Surprising findings from Stephanie von Hinke and others!
Publication alert: Prenatal sugar exposure, genetic variation, and fetal programming
By: Stephanie von Hinke, PI ESSGN Wartime rationing during and after World War II is often remembered as a period marked by scarcity, strict regulation and unpalatable diets. Yet a large body of re…
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February 27, 2026 at 12:07 PM
What can sugar rationing during and after WW2 teach us about human health? Surprising findings from Stephanie von Hinke and others!
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.
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!
ESSGN doctoral candidate Nadia Harerimana writes a personal reflection on critique as care in social science genetics.
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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.
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Exciting news! Today marks the start of the podcast Born and Raised - produced by the ESSGN. In this very first episode, our hosts have visited @dr-appie.bsky.social in his office at the AUMC. Shocking revelations ensue! Find it on essgn.podbean.com or on the podcast platform of your choice.
1. Abdel Abdellaoui on social science genetics | Born and Raised
In this very first episode of Born and Raised, hosts Rafael and Aysu visit behavior geneticist Abdel Abdellaoui in his office at the Amsterdam University Medical Center. They talk about the nature of ...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Exciting news! Today marks the start of the podcast Born and Raised - produced by the ESSGN. In this very first episode, our hosts have visited @dr-appie.bsky.social in his office at the AUMC. Shocking revelations ensue! Find it on essgn.podbean.com or on the podcast platform of your choice.
The ESSGN wishes a very happy new year to all of you!
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The ESSGN wishes a very happy new year to all of you!
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
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!
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!