European Social Science Genetics Networkhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mlqfqliknc2gBig news! @dr-appie.bsky.social returns to Born and Raised this week, and besides talking about how social inequality and genetic structure affect each other, he also has a cool surprise for us! Can you guess what it is? https://essgn.podbean.com/e/how-society-shapes-the-genome-abdel-abdellaoui-returns/13 May 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqfqliknc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mkmra6l5g22fWhat's the deal with musicality and genetics? This week, Born and Raised went to talk to Laura Wesseldijk. There's something here for both metalheads, horse riding enthusiasts and trombonists! https://essgn.podbean.com/e/born-to-rock-on-the-genetics-of-musicality-with-laura-wesseldijk/29 Apr 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmra6l5g22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mjjh5ev2r22bAre you mostly noise? This week Born and Raised went to talk to @eivindy.bsky.social about the genetics of personality, the "gloomy prospect", and about Eivind's possible weird mutation! https://essgn.podbean.com/e/are-you-mostly-noise-eivind-ystr%c3%b8m-on-the-genetics-of-personality/15 Apr 2026 08:12 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjh5ev2r22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mig47akq3c2fThis week, Born and Raised went to talk to @perlinedemange.bsky.social about cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and their shared genetics with education and psychopathology. Also: christmas elves! Don't miss. https://essgn.podbean.com/e/cognitive-non-cognitive-and-the-genetics-in-between-perline-demange-on-skills-schooling-and-psychopathology/01 Apr 2026 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mig47akq3c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mi74fg42uk2w...and the Oslo one! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi74fg42uk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mhvarzblus2c...and here is the postdoc in Uppsala! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvarzblus2chttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mhtosiuyk22fTriple sociogenomics postdoc opportunities coming up! Here's the Amsterdam one. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtosiuyk22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mhgdud5s7s2yWhat's up with partner choice and genetics? In this episode of Born and Raised, @hfsunde.bsky.social talks all things assortative mating! https://essgn.podbean.com/e/are-your-genes-picking-your-partner-hans-fredrik-sunde-on-all-things-assortative-mating/19 Mar 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgdud5s7s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mgfdhf3mis2kPolitical Science and Genetics, odd bed fellows? Not necessarily! Listen in on this weeks episode of Born and Raised, with Sven Oskarsson, professor of political science at Uppsala university. https://essgn.podbean.com/e/4-sven-oskarsson-on-genetics-and-political-science/06 Mar 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfdhf3mis2khttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mftoemlpxc2eWhat can sugar rationing during and after WW2 teach us about human health? Surprising findings from Stephanie von Hinke and others! https://essgn.org/2026/02/27/publication-alert-prenatal-sugar-exposure-genetic-variation-and-fetal-programming/27 Feb 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftoemlpxc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mfbz4glcqk2pIn this week's episode of Born and Raised, we met Laurel Raffington at MPIB to talk all things epigenetics, the history and ethics of doing sociogenomic research in Germany, and the importance of lifting weights. Don't miss! https://essgn.podbean.com/e/3-laurel-raffington-on-all-things-epigenetics/20 Feb 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbz4glcqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3meqii47wdc2hESSGN doctoral candidate Asya Bülbül reflects on what political scientists can learn from integrating genetics. https://essgn.org/2026/02/13/can-genetics-help-explain-political-behavior/13 Feb 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqii47wdc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3me6wraigos2sNew episode of Born and Raised out now, with @sjoerdalten.bsky.social, covering where economics and modern genetic methods meet. Don't miss! https://essgn.podbean.com/e/2-sjoerd-van-alten-on-economics-and-genetic-methods/06 Feb 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6wraigos2shttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mdvaadlx2c2mAhoy! 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Feb 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvaadlx2c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mdnhms3i2c2gESSGN doctoral candidate Nadia Harerimana writes a personal reflection on critique as care in social science genetics. https://essgn.org/2026/01/30/critique-as-care-reflections-on-social-science-genetics-research/30 Jan 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnhms3i2c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3md3o5wao3s2tExciting 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. https://essgn.podbean.com/e/1-abdel-abdellaoui-on-social-science-genetics/23 Jan 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3o5wao3s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/essgn.bsky.social/post/3mbc7ttvzb222The ESSGN wishes a very happy new year to all of you!31 Dec 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:io27fe7lgwphclblss3hlqsi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbc7ttvzb222