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Jessica
Nisén
Docent, Department of Social Research
University Research Fellow, INVEST Research Flagship Centre
D.Soc.Sc. Docent in Sociology (especially Demography)
Fertility and family formation; Family demography; Quantitative sociology; Life course, gender, and stratification; Comparative research
Areas of expertise
Fertility and family formation
Family demography
Quantitative sociology
Teaching
I am the responsible sociology teacher of the undergraduate course Disciplinary Approaches of Social Sciences.
Research
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the INVEST Flagship, University of Turku. I currently work on my research project Low fertility in Europe in the beginning of the 21st century: patterns, causes, and consequences, funded by the Academy of Finland. I am also an active member of the FLUX consortium funded by the Strategic Research Council, as well as a guest researcher at the University of Helsinki and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Publications
Declining fertility, human capital investment, and economic sustainability (2024)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )Gendered Parenthood-Employment Gaps from Midlife: A Demographic Perspective Across Three Different Welfare Systems (2024)
European Journal of Population
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Yhteiskunnan kestävyys on tärkeämpää kuin ”aitosuomalaisten” määrä (2024)
Helsingin Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Educational field, economic uncertainty, and fertility decline in Finland in 2010–2019 (2024)
European Sociological Review
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Yhteiskunnan kestävyys ratkaisee – ei ”aitosuomalaisten” määrä (2024)
Turun Sanomat
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))