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Lotta
Lintunen
INVEST Research Flagship Centre
MSSc

Areas of expertise

Intergenerational inequality
disadvantaged background
secondary education
educational choices
protective factors
academic ability
peer networks

Research

Throughout the studies, I've developed an interest in inequalities that exist in modern societies, specifically in how the inequalities are constructed both socially and institutionally. Previously I have studied social assistance recipients and food aid receivers, and the intertwined intergenerational and cultural processes that affect in inheriting disadvantage. My more recent areas of interest are education as a key to social mobility and its effect on decreasing inequality in society. In my research, I concentrate on factors that could protect individuals from inheriting the disadvantages and thus, enable social mobility. 

  

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