Jessica
Nisén
University Research Fellow, INVEST Research Flagship Centre
Docent, Department of Social Research
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
Educational field, economic uncertainty, and fertility decline in Finland in 2010–2019 (2024)
European Sociological Review
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Declining fertility, human capital investment, and economic sustainability (2024)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Gendered parenthood-employment gaps in midlife: a demographic perspective across three different welfare systems (2023)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Gendered Relationship of Childbearing with Earnings Accumulated by Midlife in Two Nordic Countries (2023)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Fertility recovery despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland? (2022)
Finnish journal of social research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Syntyvyys kasvaa Suomessa – koronapandemian vuoksi vai siitä huolimatta? (2022)
THL-blogi
(Yleistajuinen artikkeli tai blogikirjoitus (E1))
Educational field, economic uncertainty, and fertility decline in Finland in 2010–2019 (2022)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Fertility recovery despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland? (2022)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Less Partnering, Less Children, or Both? Analysis of the Drivers of First Birth Decline in Finland Since 2010 (2022)
European Journal of Population
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))