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 
5 of 15
- Lifetrack Policy Brief / Finland (2021) Heiskala Laura, Erola Jani
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Sibling Similarity in Education Across and Within Societies (2021)
- Demography
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Child's age at parental death and university education (2020)
- European Societies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eriarvoisuuden periytyminen (2020) Eriarvoisuuden tila Suomessa 2020 Eskelinen Niko, Jani Erola, Aleksi Karhula, Lucia Ruggera, Outi Sirniö
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - From Generation to Generation: The Role of Grandparents in the Intergenerational Transmission of (Non-)Voting (2020)
- Political Research Quarterly
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kahden korkeakoulun malli eriyttää oppilaita perhetaustan perusteella (2020)
- INVEST blog
(E1 Popularised article) - Koronakriisin vaikutukset lasten ja nuorten oppimiseen, koulutukseen ja hyvinvointiin pitkällä aikavälillä (2020)
- INVEST Policy brief (Politiikkasuositukset)
(E1 Popularised article) - Koulutuksen yhteys sosiaaliseen liikkuvuuteen vahvistuu (2020)
- Talous & yhteiskunta
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Lasten päivähoitovalintojen yhteys PISA-menestykseen: Ristiriitaisia tuloksia ja tulkintoja (2020)
- Yhteiskuntapolitiikka
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Left Behind? The impact of geographical mobility on children´s educational attainment in Finland and Germany (2020) Patricia McMullin, Aleksi Karhula, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Jani Erola
(D4 Published development or research report or study )
UTU Research Portal