Richard Nennstiel

Sociologist | Post-doc at @unibern | social mobility, school-to-work, administrative data | #firstgen

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

🚨 Are young women becoming more left-wing & young men more right-wing?
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
🇪🇺Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @A_Hudde
👉 https://t.co/9tdf2BUgGV

[Gaia Ghirardi @GaiaGhirardi]

Last paper of my PhD thesis and first single-author publication out in SSM!

It shows a mechanism underlying health inequality: High-SES families buffer genetic propensity for obesity, while low-SES environments trigger it 🌍🧬⚖️

https://t.co/gjGOMuH5UA

[ESR @ESR_news]

📢 New in!
Is career class mobility becoming easier over time?

#M_Veljkovic says: Yes! But changes are not associated with any significant modification in mobility patterns, thus the social distance between social classes remains largely intact!
More at➡https://t.co/rwGSMJVAWd

[Sonia Petrini @petrini_sonia]

Should socio-economic outcomes be associated with genetic variation? How much of an empirical difference does this make for our assessment of inequality?

Check-out the first article of my PhD! With @ Michael Grätz.

[Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @SociusJournal]

❌ “No” still isn’t heard equally.

Drs @NennstielR & Möser’s #Socius study using @EurobarometerEU shows men across the EU are less likely to reject “no means yes.” Rejection rises with #GenderEquality and stronger #ConsentLaws.

Read: https://t.co/fm89pTjlV7

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

📊 We use @EurobarometerEU 544 data from @gesis_org and the EU Gender Equality Index data from @EURightsAgency / @eige_eu to dig into consent perceptions across 25,824 respondents in the EU 🇪🇺.
👉 https://t.co/G1LWpOCk4M

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

🚨 New paper out! 🚨
We use @EurobarometerEU data to explore how strongly people across the EU reject the “no means yes” rape myth.
Gender gaps persist, but shrink with higher gender equality and “only yes means yes” laws.
w/ Sara Möser (@unibern)
👉 https://t.co/G1LWpOCk4M

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

Women consistently reject this myth more than men — but in countries with higher gender equality and “only yes means yes”consent laws, these gender gaps are smaller.
Published in @SociusJournal @ASAnews
👉 https://t.co/G1LWpOCk4M

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

📊 Using ÜGK data (@SWISSUbase) from Switzerland
📄Published in ERVET (@SpringerNature @SKBF_nat @SBFI_CH @BIBB_de)
w/ @tgutfleisch (@MZESUniMannheim)
👉https://t.co/aK1QpuiPYK

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

We analyze gender gaps in STEM aspirations across educational pathways in Switzerland.
Gender gaps are larger in vocational (VET) routes than in academic pathways — and existing theories explain less of these gaps among students aspiring VET.
👉https://t.co/aK1QpuiPYK

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

Women are less likely to pursue STEM in VET than men — with a gender gap of 48 percentage points (!) among those choosing VET occupations. Existing explanations (achievement, values, self-concept) help explain gender gaps better for academic routes than for VET.

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

Published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (RSSM), Special Issue “The Growing Gender Divide in Educational Credentials” edited by Claudia Buchmann.
Findings show persistent gendered penalties despite women’s educational gains.
👉 https://t.co/3Irqqdb0Ci

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

🚨 New paper out in RSSM @OfficialRC28 ! 🚨
We explore how gender differences in occupational status evolved in Switzerland over 5 decades — as women have attained increasingly higher educational qualifications.
w/ Rolf Becker (@unibern)
👉 https://t.co/3Irqqdb0Ci

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

We use Swiss census data (1970–2000) + structural surveys (2011–2020) from @StatDataCH to study how equal educational credentials still translate into unequal labor market outcomes for women & men. 🇨🇭
👉 https://t.co/3Irqqdb0Ci

[Frontiers - Sociology @FrontSociology]

New Research: Longitudinal analysis of occupational prestige in Switzerland, 1946–2023: navigating economic modernization and changing labor market conditions https://t.co/tA75NFsuVQ #FrontiersIn #Sociology

[ESR @ESR_news]

📢Is the youth gender gap in political ideology increasing in Europe?

@NennstielR & @A_Hudde find mixed patterns across countries: no gaps, stable gaps & increasing gender gaps!

AND: countries' gender equality matters!
More equality ↗bigger gender gaps

https://t.co/rRFdZM3iXS

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

Based on over 466k respondents aged 20–29 from:
📊@EurobarometerEU surveys
📊@ESS_Survey (European Social Survey)
We used APC models + trend graphs to unpack youth gender gaps in political ideology across Europe.

@ESR_news

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

🚨 Are young women becoming more left-wing & young men more right-wing?
We analyzed 32 European countries (1990–2023).
📊Some show growing gaps—others don’t.
🇪🇺Gaps tend to be bigger where gender equality is higher.
w/ @A_Hudde
👉 https://t.co/9tdf2BUgGV

[Benita Combet || @[email protected] @benitacombet]

🚨 Open postdoctoral researcher position 🚨:

▪️ PhD in sociology, econ, organiz. psychology, etc.
▪️ 80%, 2-year position @unibern.
▪️ Main tasks: set up + manage Swiss employer-employee panel & doing research on careers in companies
▪️ More infos: https://t.co/ccGFQU9iq4

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

We (@A_Hudde) used @EurobarometerEU and @ESS_Survey data to explore political ideology shifts in young Europeans (1990-2023). Findings reveal diverse patterns of gender gaps across countries, from stability to polarization.

[Richard Nennstiel @NennstielR]

Are young men and women in Europe becoming more polarized in their political ideologies?
It depends. Across 32 countries:
14 show no meaningful gender gap
7 have a stable small to medium gap with women leaning more left
11 show widening modern gender gaps
https://t.co/LlyeYqIJkq