Elina Kilpi-Jakonen
elina.kilpi-jakonen@utu.fi +358 29 450 2335 +358 44 274 6613 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-0170 |
social inequality; education; children of immigrants; intergenerational inequality; quantitative methods
My research focuses on social inequalities in education and the labour market, in particular those related to ethnicity, gender and social origin. I'm also interested in the wellbeing of young people and its links to education and social stratification more broadly. I mostly use quantitative methods in my research.
Current research projects:
I lead the Young First project, which has received funding from NordForsk for the years 2025–27. The consortium includes researchers from the universities of Iceland, Helsinki and Aarhus.
I lead a work package in the SISU Sufficiency solutions for a resilient, green, and just Finland project, which has received funding from the Strategic Research Council (first cycle 2023–26).
I'm co-leader of a work package in the Children First project, which has received funding from NordForsk for the years 2023–26.
Previous research projects (most recent):
I was co-leader of a work package in the Mapping Inequalities through the Life Course (MapIneq) project, which received funding from Horizon Europe for the years 2022–25.
I was the PI of the "Contexts of Youths' Inclusion: Understanding social participation, belonging and civic engagement in the growth environments of culturally diverse youth" project, which received funding from the Turku Urban Research Programme for the years 2022–23.
I was Academy Research Fellow, PI of the project "Children of Immigrants, Language and Integration in Europe" which received funding from the Research Council of Finland for the years 2018–2024.
I generally teach courses related to advanced quantitative methods and social inequality, including courses related to ethnicity and migration.
In the academic year 2025–26, I co-supervise Master's students working on their thesis for the INVEST Master's program (leading one of the research seminars), I co-ordinate the research seminar for the INVEST doctoral program together with Claire Garandeau, I teach a course on register data with Jani Erola, and a course on migration and ethnicity with Kirsi Peltonen.
- Kahden korkeakoulun malli eriyttää oppilaita perhetaustan perusteella (2020)
- INVEST blog
(E1 Popularised article) - Kannattaako paluu opintoihin myöhemmällä iällä? (2020)
- INVEST blog
(E1 Popularised article) - Koulutuksen yhteys sosiaaliseen liikkuvuuteen vahvistuu (2020)
- Talous & yhteiskunta
(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 ) - The role of partnering and assortative mating by social origin for income inequality: The case of Finland, 1991–2014 (2020) Jani Erola, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Toward a gender-equal Europe: What can policymakers learn from the Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL) research?’ (2020) Abrams Fran, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Behind every successful (wo)man is a successful parent-in-law? The association between resources of the partner’s parents and individual’s occupational attainment. (2019)
- Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Conditions and Consequences of Unequal Educational Opportunities in the Life Course: Results from the Cross-National Comparative eduLIFE Project Bedingungen und Konsequenzen ungleicher Bildungschancen im Lebenslauf: Ergebnisse aus dem international vergleichenden eduLIFE-Projekt (2019)
- Kolner zeitschrift fur soziologie und sozialpsychologie
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Trust in science and the role of open access publishing (2019)
- Research On Finnish Society
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Ulkomaalaistaustaisten nuorten koulutuspolut (2019) Kotoutumisen kokonaiskatsaus 2019: Tutkimusartikkeleita kotoutumisesta Malin Maili, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
- SISU (jatko)01.10.2026 - 30.09.2029
- INVEST Research Flagship Centre
- YoungFirst01.11.2025 - 31.07.2027
- INVEST Research Flagship Centre
- SISU01.10.2023 - 30.09.2026
- INVEST Research Flagship Centre



