Elena Pojman

📣📣📣 New call for papers on Kinship Demography! Looking forward to reading your submissions.

Call for abstracts for #ISAWCS27 is now open! 🎉 The XXI World Congress of Sociology will take place in Gwangju, Korea, 4–10 July 2027. 📅 Submission period: 3 August – 14 October 2024

In 1995, among women 40-49, 64% w/ a PhD had ever married & had kids. In 2024, that share had risen to 78%. No changes b/w 2024 & 1995 among those w/ a 4 yr degree, at 75%. In 1995, among women 40-49 w/ just a HS degree, 85% had ever married & had kids. In 2024, that share had fallen to 69%.

I don't totally agree with this position and also have some questions. I'm curious what characterizes "heavily politicized and oriented around activism" and what is allowed and what is not. For example, much of academic economics has long been deeply intertwined with promoting certain worldviews..

Pleased to see my new pub with Hiromi Taniguchi and @drcompton.bsky.social out today in Sexuality & Culture. We focus on how LGBTQ+ folks queer the engagement process and their weddings. It's #OpenAccess so click below to read more! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

mindset shift: reframing rejections as opportunities to revise and resubmit elsewhere #cope

Conference@MPIDR #EPC2026 is over but no time to rest for MPIDR! Today we're heading into the second day of the Conference "Kinship Structures, Dynamics, and Inequalities" here in Rostock. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/calendar_1921/kinship_structures_dynamics_and_inequalities_14814

MPIDR@EPC2026 We are on our ways home and looking back at a great conference. We had fun, great talks, delicious food, simply a really good time. Thanks to the organizers, thanks to Bologna, thanks to everyone who was there. We are looking forward to #EPC2028 in Tallin! #EPC2026

📣We are excited to share another Call for Papers. This time for a special issue on 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺: 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. Submissions are possible from 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 15 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐜 15, 2026. ℹ️CfP with all the info here: www.demographic-research.org/files/202605...

Delighted to celebrate Dr. Jisu Park who defended his brilliant dissertation, “Three Studies on Sexuality Based Occupational Stratification” in Sociology @psuliberalarts.bsky.social this week! Dr. Park heads next to an amazing postdoctoral fellowship @mpidr.bsky.social! Congratulations Jason! 🎉🔥

My new article on the “Pig in the Python” argues that the demand for young workers will grow dramatically over the coming decades, likely leading to rising wages, stronger unions, and lower inequality. 1/28

MPIDR@PAA2026 | 🍵Hello and good morning #PAA2026 It's Friday & you get to meet MPIDR in different sessions! @shajiang.bsky.social | @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social | @elenapojman.com | @polizzan.bsky.social | @josecas91.bsky.social | @popassocamerica.bsky.social

MPIDR on Tour🛄🛫🧳MPIDR is on its way to #PAA2026 in St.Louis! We are looking forward to meeting you there. If you want to know where and when to meet us ⬇️ https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/press_6175/mpidr_paa2026_15302 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀! 𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶! Population Association of America

New brief report in @jmfncfr.bsky.social We follow earnings of male same-sex couples in 🇩🇰, 🇳🇱, and 🇸🇪 around the time they become parents. Main takeaway: not much changes for them! Also: no signs of long-lasting specialization based on pre-parenthood earnings or biological relatedness to the child.

The IPUMS Time Use Student Award goes to @elenapojman.com for "Racial-Ethnic Stratification in Women’s Kin Caregiving Burden Across the Life Course in the United States."

how do we feel the age-sex pattern of queer identification in our kinship networks? check out our preprint or come see us present in the queer family demography section at PAA! dx.doi.org/10.4054/MPID... (w/ carolyn hong & @demography.bsky.social)

Aging looks different for everyone! Lesbian/gay older adults expect less care from kids and more from chosen family. It’s a sweet story of community! Give the article a peek: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

At #PAA2026, visit booth 409 to see what Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social is up to.

“170 Years of Change in Living Arrangements”: @gfloridi.bsky.social & A. Esteve explore the role of mortality decline over time & encourage social scientists to consider how extended life spans can shape arrangements. @uoe-sps.bsky.social @cedemografia.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

In the just-up “Ending Birthright Citizenship,” @vanhookjenny.bsky.social & @nicolekreisberg.bsky.social determined that Latinos would account for ~80% of “unauthorized” births & Asians would experience the greatest relative impact of the Exec Order. @pop.psu.edu read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

My latest article is online now at American Sociological Review: “Kinship Interlocks.” It’s about how some elite families manage to stay rich and powerful for many generations while others don’t. 🧵 (1/16)

Important new paper by @amatysiak.bsky.social and Daniele Vignoli showing that the association between women's employment and fertility is no longer negative in most high-income countries as work-family reconciliation policies and practices have increased. doi.org/10.1111/padr...

New paper out in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social w @nancyfolbre.bsky.social! 🧵 What happens to U.S. inequality trends when you add the imputed $ value of household production to market income and consumption? Open access: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272726000186

Excited to share news about 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗗𝗲𝗺 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 together with amazing colleagues! 🤝 𝘼 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 🌈 Join us at our EPC pre-meeting and connect with researchers in queer demography! 📅 Wed 3 June ⏰ 13:00–17:00 📍 Room E Interested? 👉 forms.gle/HuKoSuZ63YUQ...

🚨 A defining moment for global health data. The termination of the #USAID-supported Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program has wide-ranging consequences. We reflect on the collapse and argue what should come next in a new PNAS: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… 📊 9,000+ studies

“Who ends up retracted depends not only on who makes mistakes, but on who occupies positions where mistakes are most likely to occur and most likely to be discovered” blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

I’m grateful to contribute a public-facing article to ASA's Contexts Magazine on how national contexts shape attitudes about abortion. Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @scholars.org @johnjaycjphd.bsky.social #PublicSociology #ComparativeResearch #ReproductivePolitics #ASA

hope to see your work, especially in the realm of caregiving and/or LGBTQ+ kinship!

New paper in Social Science Research 📄 Using expenditure data, we find same-sex couples are modestly more likely than different-sex couples to outsource housework. Much of this gap reflects higher education and paid work hours, though much is unexplained. Free access for 50 days: tinyurl.com/ssossr

I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq

📢 New dataset for researchers! The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024. 🔗 eplp-dataset.org

WelcomeWeeks@MPIDR We welcome Elena Pojman 👏👏👏. Before MPIDR, Elena was a dual-title Ph.D. candidate in sociology and demography at Penn State University. Her research focuses on social stratification & how it affects how people spend their time & money. https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/welcomeEP

The call for applications for the Summer Incubator 2026 at the @mpidr.bsky.social is open! Deadline: Jan 14, 2026. Topics/Teams: 1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production 2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities Check out the brand new website for information: www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de

Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life & Life Expectancy Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE

🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open! Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based. 👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F

hope to see your work, especially in the realm of caregiving and/or LGBTQ+ kinship!

Call for Papers! Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll. Deadline: 21 January 2026 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference

4 days left! Submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. Join demographers and social and health scientists at all career stages, from the US and abroad, next May in St. Louis, Missouri for #PAA2026. buff.ly/HoZlR1U

This new study from @nber.org analyzed the imapct of 2013 Texas abortion laws, finding bans cause “significant economic hardship” and widen income inequality, translating into higher rates of “financially motivated crime, such as theft and burglary.” www.nber.org/papers/w34245

👶 In 1960, most women had their first child by age 22. By 2023, the median was 27. Education plays a role: <HS = 20 yrs vs BA+ = 31 yrs. 📖 See the new @NCFMR Profile → doi.org/10.25035/ncf...

🚨New Publication🚨 In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I'm organizing Session 804 - Families and Inequalities. Looking forward to reading your excellent submissions!