Articles – Sociological Science

Matthew Conrad, Conrad Hackett Sociological Science February 3, 2026 10.15195/v13.a5 Abstract Academic and popular interest in nonreligion has risen in parallel with the growth of religiously unaffiliated populations. In many countries, census and survey questions used to measure religion have been modified to better capture nonreligious identities. Little attention has been given to how these ch…

Carly R. Knight, Adam Goldstein Sociological Science January 27, 2026 10.15195/v13.a4 Abstract Sociologists have long argued that the cultural construction of organizations as social actors underpins public expectations of corporate accountability. In recent decades, however, the unified bureaucratic structures that once sustained this construction have given way to increasingly fragmented and op…

AJ Alvero, Dustin S. Stoltz, Oscar Stuhler, Marshall A. Taylor Sociological Science January 20, 2026 10.15195/v13.a3 Abstract Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has garnered considerable attention for its poten- tial utility in research and scholarship, even among those who typically do not rely on computational tools. However, early commentators have also articulated concerns about how G…

Omar Lizardo Sociological Science January 13, 2026 10.15195/v13.a2 Abstract This article updates the empirical picture of categorical tolerance (CT), namely, the pattern of refusing to report dislikes across cultural genres, for the third decade of the twenty-first century in the United States. Analyzing recent survey data from two platforms, I find that CT has continued its march among Americans…

Martin Eiermann, Maria Fitzpatrick, Katharine Sadowski, Christopher Wildeman Sociological Science January 6, 2026 10.15195/v13.a1 Abstract Algorithmic risk scoring tools have been widely incorporated into governmental decision making, yet little is known about how human decision makers interact with machine-generated risk scores at the street level. We examined such human–machine interactions in …

Ely Strömberg, Per Engzell Sociological Science December 11, 2025 10.15195/v12.a36 Abstract We investigate the impact of analytical choices on country comparisons in intergenerational educational mobility using a multiverse approach. A literature survey gives rise to 2,880 plausible ways of measuring educational mobility, which we apply to European Social Survey data from 16 countries. Although s…

Ian Lundberg Sociological Science December 9, 2025 10.15195/v12.a35 Abstract Segregation—whether across schools, neighborhoods, or occupations—is regularly invoked as a cause of social and economic disparities. However, segregation is a complicated causal treatment: what do we mean when we appeal to a world in which segregation does not exist? One could take societal contexts as the unit of analy…

Josef Brüderl, Ansgar Hudde, Marita Jacob Sociological Science December 4, 2025 10.15195/v12.a34 Abstract In life course research, it is common practice to analyze the effects of life events on outcomes. This is usually done by estimating “impact functions.” To date, most studies have estimated yearly impact functions. However, Hudde and Jacob (2023) (hereafter H&J) pointed out that most panel da…

Ramina Sotoudeh, Ginevra Floridi Sociological Science November 25, 2025 10.15195/v12.a33 Abstract In the United States, the financial and co-residential dependence of young adults on parents has increased for decades. This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of economic support trajectories, their contextual, family, and individual determinants, and temporal relation to other transiti…

Mariano Sana Sociological Science November 21, 2025 10.15195/v12.a32 Abstract I investigate whether the political ascent of Donald Trump, an adamant immigration restrictionist, during the 2016 presidential campaign was accompanied by decreasing support for the legalization of undocumented immigrants. Compiling survey data from 2012 to 2016, I show consistent support for legalization throughout th…