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Reflections from ECSR 2026 Dublin: Social Stratification Research in the Age of Big Data

Attending the ECSR 2026 Conference in Dublin was an important opportunity for me to reflect on current debates in social stratification research. One of the strongest moments of the conference was the keynote lecture by Professor Moris Triventi from the University of Milan , titled “Social Stratification Research in the Age of Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead". The keynote was not simply about big data. It was about what big data can do for social stratification research when it is u