Simon Walo

Postdoc at the Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University
@simonwalo.bsky.social

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

Ever heard about @davidgraeber's theory on #bullshitjobs, claiming that some types of work are useless to society? My newly published article in @WESjnl is the first to present quantitative evidence supporting Graeber’s argument. A thread (1/8)
https://t.co/qQXTOuPB9x

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[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

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[Work, Employment & Society @WESjnl]

We are very excited to announce this year’s winner of the Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence!

Congratulations to @SimonWalo and his paper,
''Bullshit' After All? Why People Consider Their Jobs Socially Useless'.

Read the paper now! @sociology_uzh
https://t.co/R8OnmzrD5h

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

Academia really is a roller coaster: My first PhD paper was rejected 11 times before being published, the second one 7 times. I was very close to quitting my PhD back then. Now, I won an award for these very two papers. What a ride!🙃
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[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

Mainstream economics, ecological economics, degrowth, postgrowth.

[NZZ @NZZ]

Phänomen «Bullshit-Jobs»: Gibt es Berufe, die objektiv sinnlos sind? Und warum leiden auch Menschen in produktiven Tätigkeiten unter einem Gefühl der Sinnlosigkeit?

👉 Der Soziologe @SimonWalo gibt Antworten.

https://t.co/uxqrq0C98W

[Thiemo Fetzer 🇪🇺🇺🇦 - same handle elsewhere @fetzert]

I wish as academics we could focus on producing evidence and not waste time reformatting. I am glad this has now been quantified. But I would like to think these may reflect a lower bound on the true cost as there is an extensive margin as well.

I have a whole trail of perfectly fine and IMO important papers that I just cant bother to reformat to submit. It should not be that way. Its all just data, code and well, a bit of thinking.

https://t.co/wooDziwsa5

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

@manoelribeiro @AUrman21 Yes, please! :-)

[Work, Employment & Society @WESjnl]

WES Editor @donaldhislop and PhD Showcase author @SimonWalo came together to have a discussion on Walo’s paper and the process of submitting and publishing a PhD Showcase article.

You can watch the video of their discussion now below.
https://t.co/XltW3npsE3

[Work, Employment & Society @WESjnl]

@SimonWalo's “‘Bullshit’ After All? Why People Consider Their Jobs Socially Useless” is the most read WES article in the past six months!

Congratulations to Simon!

Read his article below not to miss out.
https://t.co/R8OnmzrD5h

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

Falls es euch interessiert, hier eine kurze Zusammenfassung: https://t.co/gaHJ6VmcpF

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

Ever heard about @davidgraeber's theory on #bullshitjobs, claiming that some types of work are useless to society? My newly published article in @WESjnl is the first to present quantitative evidence supporting Graeber’s argument. A thread (1/8)
https://t.co/qQXTOuPB9x

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

Liebe @20min, Es freut mich sehr, dass es meine #bullshitjobs Studie gestern bei euch auf die Titelseite geschafft hat. Ich hätte mich aber noch ein bisschen mehr gefreut, wenn a) mein Name und b) die tatsächlichen Ergebnisse der Studie auch erwähnt worden wären 😉

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

PS: Das soll nicht heissen, dass ich den Aussagen von @cfichter nicht zustimme. Nur ging es halt in der Studie um etwas leicht anderes.

[Work, Employment & Society @WESjnl]

A new PhD Showcase article, first of its kind!

@SimonWalo investigates the concept of ‘Bullshit Jobs’, finding robust support for David Graeber’s “bullshit jobs theory”.

Read the details below.
https://t.co/R8OnmzrD5h

[Soziologisches Institut SUZ - Universität Zürich @sociology_uzh]

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[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

@skdh @physorg_com If you are interested in some details, check out my thread here (sharing appreciated): https://t.co/NQgy4vulfO

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

Ever heard about @davidgraeber's theory on #bullshitjobs, claiming that some types of work are useless to society? My newly published article in @WESjnl is the first to present quantitative evidence supporting Graeber’s argument. A thread (1/8)
https://t.co/qQXTOuPB9x

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

Please share if you think this is something your followers might be interested in. (8/8)
@basicincome @BasicIncomeOrg @NEF @WEAll_Alliance @work_matters @rethinkecon @EconSociology @futures_of_work @KateRaworth @jasonhickel

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

Ever heard about @davidgraeber's theory on #bullshitjobs, claiming that some types of work are useless to society? My newly published article in @WESjnl is the first to present quantitative evidence supporting Graeber’s argument. A thread (1/8)
https://t.co/qQXTOuPB9x

[Simon Walo @SimonWalo]

I would like to thank @donaldhislop, @DurRobert, @MaxvLent and Jörg Rössel for their inspiration and support during this project.
Also, I would like to pay tribute to the late @davidgraeber. This work is dedicated to his memory. (7/8)