«Growth mindset and socioeconomic inequality in academic achievement across seventy-three PISA countries» by Joan E. Madia, Rob J. Gruijters, Isabel J. Raabe & Nicolas Hübner
A new analysis of PISA 2022 data from 73 countries shows that having a growth mindset, which means believing that abilities can develop with effort and practice, has only a minimal effect on achievement differences. It accounts for about 3 percent of the socioeconomic gap in academic performance. This means that mindset plays a very minor role, and changing students’ beliefs on its own will not substantially reduce educational inequality.
Simon Jantschgi is named Rising Star in Market Design
The University of Tokyo Market Design Center names Simon Jantschgi as one of three Rising Star in Market Design. As a winner of the award, he holds an online workshop on «Competitive Combinatorial Exchange» on December 1st, at 1:00 am CET (Switzerland). Congratulations!
«The biosocial origins of health and disease: Critique, collaborations, interventions» - Seminar with Luca Chiapperino on Nov 18th, 2025.
Anna Mann and Gabriel Scheidecker would like to invite for the third talk of their series «Ethnographic Interventions. Engaging with the sciences of maternal and child health»:
Luca Chiapperino's talk plunges into the moral paradox of the epigenetic study of the developmental origins of health and disease: a science born out of evidencing structural, life-course determinants of multigenerational health effects which are routinely translated into individualized parental behaviour change and controversial maternal responsibilities.
Valentina Petrović veranstaltet vier Workshops zur politischen Bildung
Die Fachstelle Diversität, Integration, Antirassismus DIA der Stadt Zürich vergab Dr. Valentina Petrović einen Integrationskredit, um Workshops auf Bosnisch, Kroatisch und Serbisch zur Förderung von politischer Bildung und Partizipation zu veranstalten.
Valentina Petrović & Çiğdem Akyol an der Langen Nacht der Kritik zu studentischem Aktivismus
An der langen Nacht der Kritik am 13. November sprechen Dr. Valentina Petrović (SUZ) & Çiğdem Akyol (WOZ) über «Studentischer Aktivismus im Widerstand gegen autoritäre Entwicklungen» um 18:15 Uhr in den farbigen Containern (SOE) neben dem Hauptgebäude.
«Mechanisms of Social Mobility» – ECSR thematic conference grant for Prof. Dr. Per Block and team, to be held May 11-12th, 2026.
🎉 Prof. Dr. Per Block and his team are very pleased to have been bestowed a grant by the European Consortium for Sociological Research for a thematic conference on Social Mobility. The conference will take place at University of Zurich on May 11-12th, 2026, with keynote speaker Florencia Torche from Princeton University.
Bericht: «Anfeindungen gegen Parlamentsmitglieder in der Schweiz» von Lea Stahel und Sarah Bütikofer
🏫 Eine Untersuchung des Soziologischen Instituts im Auftrag des Eidgenössischen Justiz- und Polizeidepartements zeigt, dass fast alle Bundesparlamentarier:innen und drei Viertel der Kantonsparlamentarier:innen von Hassrede, Drohungen oder gar Gewalt im Zusammenhang mit ihrem Amt berichten.
Der Bericht von Lea Stahel und Sarah Bütikofer erschien in einer Medienmitteilung der UZH am 21.10.2025.
