Laura
Heiskala
Senior Researcher, INVEST Research Flagship Centre
VTT / D.Soc.Sc.
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Areas of expertise
social inequality
educational inequality
intergenerational inequality
quantitative methods
Biography
I work as a senior researcher at the INVEST Research Flagship Centre. I successfully defended my PhD thesis in December 2024, focusing on intergenerational inequality in higher education in Finland.
Currently, I am involved in two research projects: Mapping inequalities through the life course (Mapineq) and Sufficiency solutions for a resilient, green, and just Finland (SISU).
In the academic year 2024–2025, I am involved in teaching the following methods courses in the Master’s Degree Programme in Inequalities, Interventions and New Welfare State: Panel Regression and Multilevel Modelling.
Publications
Economic circumstances of children living in higher and lower educated families and the contribution of household structure: Comparison of 11 European countries (2024)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )Change in human capital of the immediate family (2024)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )Opportunity, choice, and barriers: A Register-based study on social stratification in higher education in Finland (2024)
(G5 Artikkeliväitöskirja)Persistent university intentions: Social origin differences in stopping applying to university after educational rejection(s) (2023)
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Educational tracking and social inequalities in long-term labor market outcomes: Six countries in comparison (2023)
International Journal of Comparative Sociology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Educational tracking and social inequalities in long-term labor market outcomes: Six countries in comparison (2023)
International Journal of Comparative Sociology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Cyclic Educational Transitions and Social Inequality: Re-applications After Educational Rejections (2022)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Utbildningsnivån i arv från föräldrarna till barnen bland finsk och svenskspråkiga finländare (2022)
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))Lifetrack Policy Brief / Finland (2021)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Compensatory and Multiplicative Advantages: Social Origin, School Performance, and Stratified Higher Education Enrolment in Finland (2021)
European Sociological Review
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )