Jani Erola
jani.erola@utu.fi +358 29 450 2157 +358 40 512 5286 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 497 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-7032 |
Areas of expertise
socioeconomic inheritance, social moblity, social class, education, income, inequality, life course
socioeconomic inheritance, social moblity, social class, education, income, inequality, life course
Research community or research topic
INVEST Research Flagship
INVEST Research Flagship
Biography
Jani Erola is Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku and the director of INVEST Research Flagship Center (invest.utu.fi). His research interests include intergenerational social mobility and socioeconomic inheritance, social class and stratification, family formation, sociological research methods, welfare state attitudes and social scientific publication patterns. His publications on these topics have appeared in major social scientific journals such as Social Science Research, Social Forces, European Sociological Review, Sociology, Acta Sociologica, Journal European Social Policy and Demography. He is a former PI of ERC Consolidator Grant Project "Intergenerational Cumulative Disadvantage and Resource Compensation (INDIRECT)", the editor of Acta Sociologica and the president of the Westermarck Society, the Finnish sociological association. According to Prof. Erola, he originally started looking at intergenerational social mobility as an interesting side project within his PhD, but “questions of inheritance took over and became what really motivated me as a researcher".
Jani Erola is Professor of Sociology at the University of Turku and the director of INVEST Research Flagship Center (invest.utu.fi). His research interests include intergenerational social mobility and socioeconomic inheritance, social class and stratification, family formation, sociological research methods, welfare state attitudes and social scientific publication patterns. His publications on these topics have appeared in major social scientific journals such as Social Science Research, Social Forces, European Sociological Review, Sociology, Acta Sociologica, Journal European Social Policy and Demography. He is a former PI of ERC Consolidator Grant Project "Intergenerational Cumulative Disadvantage and Resource Compensation (INDIRECT)", the editor of Acta Sociologica and the president of the Westermarck Society, the Finnish sociological association. According to Prof. Erola, he originally started looking at intergenerational social mobility as an interesting side project within his PhD, but “questions of inheritance took over and became what really motivated me as a researcher".
Teaching
- Introductory course lectures on sociology
- Master thesis seminar
- Current topics in social inequality
- Introductory course lectures on sociology
- Master thesis seminar
- Current topics in social inequality
Publications
- Editorial note: On scientific expertise and research results (2011)
- Research On Finnish Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Kirjoituksia solidaarisuuden käsitteestä (2011)
- Kansalaisyhteiskunta
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Mitä kummaa: tutkimuksestako taloudellinen myös välttämättömyys yliopistoille? (2011) Erola Jani
(E1 Popularised article) - Perhetaustan vaikutus toisen polven maahanmuuttajien kouluttautumiseen Suomessa. - Mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvo stressitestissä? (2011)
- Yhteiskuntapolitiikka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ratkaiseeko raha? (2011) Erola Jani
(E1 Popularised article) - Editorial Note: Social Sciences and the Current Economic Downturn (2010)
- Research On Finnish Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Epävarmuus (2010) Tulevaisuuden voittajat - Hyvinvointivaltion mahdollisuudet Suomessa Erola J, Saari J
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Hyvinvointivaltio benji-köytenä (2010) Erola J
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Income Inequality and Generalized Trust - The Effect and the Cause? (2010)
- Research papers in economic sociology
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Johdanto (2010) Luokaton Suomi? Yhteiskuntaluokat 2000-luvun Suomessa Erola J
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)



