Simon Chapman
PhD
sinich@utu.fi Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 252 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2342-3383 |
parental leave; evolutionary biology; altruism; post-reproductive life; menopause; demography
I am a senior researcher in the INVEST Flagship (Department of Social Research), studying parental leave uptake effects on the life-course and how the extended family associates with educational outcomes. Previously, I worked in the Department of Biology on the context-dependence of grandmother effects in pre-industrial Finland.
My current work focuses on life-course outcomes of couples based on their parental leave uptake and following parental leave reforms in Finland (as part of the PREDLIFE project within INVEST). I also have a project working on educational outcomes and how the extended family may influence these. Additionally, I am working on further context-dependence in grandmothering, from evolutionary and demographic angles.
In my curent position, I teach Introduction to R and Event History Analysis course for INVEST. I have previously taught on the Human Evolution and Advanced Evolutionary Biology courses given by the Department of Biology.
- Grandmother effects over the Finnish demographic transition (2024)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Grandmother presence improved grandchild survival against childhood infections but not vaccination coverage in historical Finns (2023)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Grandparental co-residence and grandchild survival: the role of resource competition in a pre-industrial population (2023)
- Behavioral Ecology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Kolmen sukupolven perheet ja resurssikilpailu esiteollisessa Suomessa (2023)
- Väestöliitto : Tietovuoto
(Other (O2)) - Sex, age, and family structure influence dispersal behaviour after a forced migration (2023)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Meso-level contextual patterns of fathers' family leave uptake in Finland (2022) Chapman Simon, Kotimäki Sanni, Helske Satu
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Support for populist candidates predicted by declining social capital and an increase in suicides (2022)
- SN Social Sciences
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Fathers on family leaves: Who, when, and why? (2021)
- INVEST blog
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Offspring fertility and grandchild survival enhanced by maternal grandmothers in a pre-industrial human society (2021)
- Scientific Reports
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Will granny save me? Birth status, survival, and the role of grandmothers in historical Finland (2021)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Child volunteers in a women's paramilitary organization in World War II have accelerated reproductive schedules (2020)
- Nature Communications
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Context-dependence of grandmother effects & selection on post-reproductive life (2020) Chapman Simon
(Doctoral dissertation (article) (G5)) - Family dynamics and age-related patterns in marriage probability (2020)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans (2019)
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Limits to Fitness Benefits of Prolonged Post-reproductive Lifespan in Women (2019)
- Current Biology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Maternal age at birth shapes offspring life-history trajectory across generations in long-lived Asian elephants (2019)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Grandmotherhood across the demographic transition (2018)
- PLoS ONE
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Limited support for the X-linked grandmother hypothesis in pre-industrial Finland (2018)
- Biology Letters
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Predictors of Grandparental Investment (2018) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science Chapman S., Tanskanen A.O., Danielsbacka M.
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 (2017)
- Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))