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Next was a fantastic event on social protection and gender equality in the gig economy at the Asian Development Bank Institute with Tetsushi Sonobe, Raja Rajendra Timilsina (social welfare program demand in Indian informal workers), Joseph Han (social protection of Korean platform workers), and Stephanie Dimatulac Santos (Southeast Asia gig economy gender dynamics). Highly recommend youtube.com/watch?v=2KN0TwrUfG (6/11) #work #sociology #labor

"Personality Profiles of 263 Occupations"

"While personality trait assessments are widely used in candidate selection, coaching, and occupational counseling, little published research has systematically compared occupations in personality traits. Using a comprehensive personality assessment, we mapped 263 occupations in self-reported Big Five domains and various personality nuances in a sample of 68,540 individuals ... "

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-
#psychology #personality #sociology #bigfive

Travelling to "Non-Religion in the Nordic Countries" symposium in Uppsala. The symposium contributes to Nordic perspectives on noneligion, which is a growing area within the Sociology of religion. My presentation explores interconnections between nonreligion, wellbeing and community gardens.
uu.se/centrum/crs/kalendarium/

www.uu.seSymposium: Non-Religion in the Nordic Countries - Uppsala universitet

"Wealth inequality is one of the defining challenges of our time, yet class analysis – a fundamental pillar of sociology – has often had surprisingly little to say about it. Given this, Nora Waitkus explores how Marx, Weber and Bourdieu can each offer us ways to think about wealth inequality in a more nuanced way."

blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2

LSE Inequalities - Expert views, opinions and policy debate · How to think about wealth inequality from a class perspectiveWhat can class analysis tell us about wealth inequality? Insights from Marx, Weber and Bourdieu can help us think about wealth inequality in a more nuanced way.
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Last was "The Wealth of Refugees" by Alexander Betts. Betts has penned a tour de force, combining economic, historical, and deep qualitative analysis to provide a holistic look at how refugees build economies and societies. Highly recommend

Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/re (6/6) #refugee #economics #sociology

bookwyrm.socialbwaber's review of The Wealth of Refugees - BookWyrmSocial Reading and Reviewing

(11 Dec) How To Know If You’re The Baddies: A Metric For Evil People

Without touching a penny of their existing wealth, while still leaving $500,000 per year income each, the top 1% in America could raise everyone above the poverty line 3,781 times over.

s.faithcollapsing.com/v6j0z
Archive: ia: s.faithcollapsing.com/g9awq

#computers #economics #ethics #philosophy #social-justice #society #sociology #evil #poverty #uspol