Solveig Topstad Borgen

Postdoc in sociology, University of Oslo. Inequality, education, migration, stratification, segregation.

[Elisa Brini @eli_brini]

Replication and replicability are crucial for research reliability! Happy to have played a role in this project with a golden team - Synøve N. Andersen, @ntborgen, @STBorgen, @MichaelJFrith and @A_Gugushvili

[I4R @I4Replication]

Our first meta paper is out!! This paper combines our first 110 completed reproductions/replications. This is joint work with 350+ amazing coauthors.
We summarize our findings below.
https://t.co/L2YwDDFMcE

[Dr Elsje van Bergen @drElsje]

🚨New pre-print! Why do ADHD parents tend to have ADHD children? Mainly because they share genes. Parental ADHD behaviours (F-path👇) had v little impact on their children’s ADHD behaviours. N=22k parents & 11k 8yo children https://t.co/QmpNNGdmeF
@ThomasKleppesto @farteinask 1/3

[Elisa Brini @eli_brini]

Does employment instability affect family planning? You bet!

📢 In a new paper with @SSch_SSS on European Journal of Population, we analyse the role of #employment instability on #fertility in #Italy, covering two decades characterized by increased labour market deregulation
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[Nuffield College @NuffieldCollege]

Congratulations to Emeritus Fellow Anthony Heath on receiving the inaugural David Butler Prize for Lifetime Contribution to the Study of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties in recognition of his exceptional work over the last 50+ years. Read more at https://t.co/QeNbOip3aM

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

@WZwysen Thank you @WZwysen, for very useful feedback on the presentation!

[SIP_Oslo @OsloSip]

HURRA!! Congratulations to Nicolai Borgen @ntborgen that have been awarded ERC starting grant! We are so proud of you!

[Det utdanningsvitskaplege fakultet (UiO) @UniOslo_UV]

Gratulerer til forskertalentene våre som får prestisjemidler fra EU! 💫👏 Vi er spesielt spente på det videre arbeidet til Nicolai Topstad Borgen som skal forske på årsaker til marginalisering sammen med forskere ved #CREATE Senter for likhet i utdanning.
https://t.co/egAVw7I3Cw

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

@DanielSpiro1 @ReadDemography @aresherman ... fear of discrimination, focus on instrumental rather than intrinsic value of educ (Xie and Gouyette, 2003), or emphasize so-called materialistic/survival values as opposed to self-expressive values (Inglehart 1997).

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

In the latest issue of @ReadDemography, me and @aresherman show that children of immigrants are more likely to enter prestigious and high-paying fields of study than their fellow students with native-born parents. Why, you ask? A short🧵... (1/5)

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

@DanielSpiro1 @ReadDemography @aresherman We are not able to separate between this explanation, I think, and the other proposed mechanisms of high educational ambitions, such as ...

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

@KPomi Thanks! And, thank you for pointing me to your article - very interesting about the role of early tracking.

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

@DanielSpiro1 @ReadDemography @aresherman More freely regardless of education, you mean? I think that's an interesting thought.

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

@JukkaSavo @aresherman They seem heterogeneous, yes!

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

@AndreaCanalesH @aresherman ... the picture changes when we adjust for these characteristics, and there are variations according to origin, as shown in Figure 5

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

@AndreaCanalesH @aresherman Thanks for showing interest! Overall, children of immigrants seem not more likely to choose what we categorize as Science and Engineering compared to children of natives - according to our baseline model without controls for academic achievements and parental resources. But...

[Are Skeie Hermansen @aresherman]

In a new study in Demogrpahy, @STBorgen and I show a persistent pattern of horizontal advantage where children of immigrant are more prone to enter high-status, economically rewarding fields of study than children of native-born parents. 🧵in original tweet!

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

... there are few economic barriers to education, allowing high-aspiring children to advance into prestigious postsecondary education. Thus, educational choices are likely less constrained than in less egalitarian educational systems. (5/5)

Open Access:
https://t.co/WzhbqpUfWW

[Solveig Topstad Borgen @STBorgen]

… a yet-to-be-explained immigrant optimism seems to manifest as a horizontal ethnic advantage in education; children of immigrants pursue fields of study with high expected economic returns, despite lower earlier achievements and parental resources.
Notably, in Norway ... (4/5)