Elina Kilpi-Jakonen
elina.kilpi-jakonen@utu.fi +358 29 450 2335 +358 44 274 6613 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku |
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 mostly use quantitative methods in my research.
I'm co-leader of a work package in the Children First project, which has received funding from NordForsk for the years 2023–26.
I'm co-leader of a work package in the Mapping Inequalities through the Life Course (MapIneq) project, which has 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 has 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 2024–25, I co-supervise Master's students working on their thesis for the INVEST Master's program (lead 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. I'm also co-responsible for the internship part of the INVEST Master's program with Anna Hägglund.
- Ethnic differences in leaving home: The neighbourhood context in Finland (2025) Schwanitz, Katrin; Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina; Seger, Aleksi
- Influence of track placement and teachers' perceptions of children's academic schoolwork skills on the development of children's motivational self-beliefs and achievement (2025)
- Teaching and Teacher Education
- Intergenerational social mobility of cohorts born from 1951 to 1980 in Finland (2025)
- Acta Sociologica
- Parental involvement in elementary schools and children's academic achievement: A longitudinal analysis across educational groups in Finland (2025)
- Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
- Changes in inequalities related to the COVID-19 pandemic (2024) Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina; Tuominen, Minna; Ferrara, Alessandro; Borgonovi, Francesca
- Childbearing under different family policy schemes (2024)
- Journal of family research
- Economic circumstances of children living in higher and lower educated families and the contribution of household structure: Comparison of 11 European countries (2024) Heiskala, Laura; Tuominen, Minna; Erola, Jani; Kilpi Jakonen, Elina
- Introduction: The economic and sociological approaches to studying the intergenerational transmission of inequality : Similarities, differences and convergence (2024) Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality Blanden Jo, Erola Jani, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Macmillan Lindsey
- Nuorten osallisuuden ympäristöt: Haasteita ja kehittämisen mahdollisuuksia (2024)
- INVEST blog
- Osallisuuden ja kuuluvuuden ulottuvuuksia maahanmuuttotaustaisten nuorten elämässä (2024) Eriarvoisuuden tila Suomessa 2024 Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina; Alisaari, Jenni; Kimanen, Anuleena
- Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality (2024) Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Blanden Jo, Erola Jani, Macmillan Linsey
- Vähemmistönuoret osallistuvat yhteiskuntaan monipuolisesti, mutta tarvitsevat siihen myös tukea (2024) Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Alisaari Jenni, Kimanen Anuleena
- Building social capital in a new home country. A closer look into the predictors of bonding and bridging relationships of migrant populations at different education levels (2023)
- Migration Studies
- Educational attainment and family composition across generations, origin and place (2023) Lehti, Hannu; Tuominen, Minna; Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina; Erola, Jani
- Oppimiserojen kasvu pitää pysäyttää (2023) Erola Jani, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Lehti Hannu, Kaakinen Johanna
- Persistent university intentions: Social origin differences in stopping applying to university after educational rejection(s) (2023)
- Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
- Sukupuolistereotypioiden rikkominen koulutusvalinnoissa: miten se liittyy ylisukupolviseen sosiaaliseen eriarvoisuuteen? (2023)
- INVEST blog
- The Behavioral and Mental Health Benefits of Speaking the Heritage Language within Immigrant Families: The Moderating Role of Family Relations (2023)
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Addressing inequalities early in life (2022)
- Open Access Government
- Building social capital in a new home country. A closer look into the predictors of bonding and bridging relationships of migrant populations at different education levels (2022) Tuominen Minna, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, García-Velázquez Regina, Castaneda Anu, Kuusio Hannamaria