Sociologist at UNED (Madrid) working on educational inequalities, social mobility and social demography, EiC of ESR. https://www.fabriziobernardi.net https://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3mls56xtgys2wCan we foster serendipity in our research? I have written a short post on this: https://www.fabriziobernardi.net/rolling-the-dice-and-making-research/ Inspired by the work of the great historian C. Ginzburg (and to a less extent by the Dice Man)14 May 2026 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls56xtgys2whttps://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3ml63ong25k2zTomorrow in Madrid! GEPS/UNED Inequality and Social Demography seminar Arnout van de Rijt (EUI) “What Drives the Matthew Effect in Science Funding: Money or Status?” Jorge Cavodeassi Room, UNED, Calle Bravo Murillo 38, Madrid May 7 (7:00–8:30 pm) Followed as usual by some drinks06 May 2026 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml63ong25k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3mkkew3mur223New paper out in Annual Review of Sociology with @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social #W.Foley and @l-sage.bsky.social "Luck and Predictability in the Life Course" We take stock of what we know about luck and its role in shaping life-courses and inequality https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-soc-031324-11511228 Apr 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkew3mur223https://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3mkhjcfjryk2yWhich must-read book+3 articles would recommend to a first year Sociology PhD student? Which book+3 articles impacted you most, during your own PhD? I have made these questions to a group of colleagues. Here the combined list: https://www.fabriziobernardi.net/a-sociology-phd-starter-reading-list/ 1/2🧵27 Apr 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhjcfjryk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3mkd77vkcfc22Today 25th of April is the day of Liberazione. In Italy we celebrate the victory of the Resistenza against fascists and nazis in 1945. In Madrid we brought "un fiore ai partigiani morti per la libertà", some years before in Spain.25 Apr 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd77vkcfc22https://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3mj77cfq4422vMuy bien la UNED: haciendo frente al avance de las universidades privadas [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 06:25 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj77cfq4422vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3miv52fakt227Sociologists interested in socio-genomics should have a look at these great slides [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3miv52fakt227https://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3mil6iccexk2eA review of "The Social Genome" by Dalton Conley is now out in the RES (Spanish Journal of Sociology): https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/res/article/view/119214/87330 Lots of ideas for thinking about classic sociological questions, through a sociogenomic lens03 Apr 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mil6iccexk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3mfqlt3opkc2nIniesta effects? a spike in fertility in Bodø in 9 months? or In Bergamo? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10680-021-09576-226 Feb 2026 06:44 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqlt3opkc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabriberna.bsky.social/post/3mdnx4vgse22hSolidarity with the people in Minneaplois protesting agaist ICE from Madrid Spain: ICE OUT!!30 Jan 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:pnhods7ea6leuftxtbslvgty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnx4vgse22h