1. We’d like to clarify the situation on the "code of conduct" presented to attendees of the ESSGN conference. This was an early internal draft that was prepared somewhat hastily. In retrospect, asking attendees to sign it was premature and has understandably raised concerns.
The @ESSGNetwork just refused to let me participate in their conference in May because, as a matter of conscience, I refused to sign their ethically & politically contentious statement of principles. I guess freedom of conscience does not exist in social science genetics in 2025.
3. Since the submission deadline, we’ve gone through several revisions of this code based on feedback from our members. We’re now taking time to reconsider whether it’s appropriate to ask conference participants to sign it in the future. We appreciate the honest dialogue!
🚨 Call for Papers: Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science 🧬📃
Exploring the broader impact, misinterpretations, and ethical implications of behavioral genetics research.
🔗 Submit a 300-word abstract by Jan 31, 2025! Full details here: link.springer.com/journal/10…
Abstract submission for #eshg2025 is open! The Scientific Programme Committee invites abstracts to be submitted for inclusion in the programme as posters or oral presentations until 30th January 2025. More information found on the conference website: 2025.eshg.org/abstracts/
📢 18th Winter School on Inequality and Social Welfare Theory (IT18) January 6-11, 2025 in Alba di Canazei 🇮🇹
✉️ @CESifoNetwork at University of Munich, the @dseunivr and @LISER_LC are glad to announce the 'Call for Applications' for the Eighteenth Winter School on #Inequality and #SocialWelfare Theory (IT18): Inequality and Big Challenges.
This year, the challenges include:
👉Genes-environment interactions and #humancapital
👉 Early environment, expectations, aspirations and #mobility
👉#Poverty across the globe
👉 Political economy and #policymaking
🔎 For more details and to apply, click on the following link: liser.lu/?type=news&id=2482
was great to attend #bga2024, as always, and catch up with friends and colleagues. Excited to have presented our @eagle_genetics work on social behaviour and honoured to hace received a BGA award in such a pretty building. made it feel extra special 🤍✨
Another new ESSGN publication! "An analysis of the accuracy of retrospective birth location recall using sibling data", by Stephanie von Hinke and @NicolaiVittnature.com/articles/s41467-0…
New ESSGN publication out in International Journal of Epidemiology: "Reweighting UK Biobank corrects for pervasive selection bias due to volunteering" academic.oup.com/ije/article…