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 (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
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Muuttuva perheenmuodostus – Syyt, seuraukset ja mahdolliset tulevaisuudet (FLUX) (2022)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Finnish women not only have children later in their lives, but now also fewer (2022)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Pandemic babies? Fertility in the aftermath of the first COVID-19 wave across European regions (2022)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Regional variation in women’s education-fertility nexus in Northern and Western Europe (2021)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Cross-sectional average length of life childless (2021)
Demography
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Not just later, but fewer: novel trends in cohort fertility in the Nordic countries (2021)
Demography
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))