Simon Chapman
PhD
sinich@utu.fi Vesilinnantie 5 Turku : 252 |
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.
- The evolution of menopause in mammals and its unsolved mysteries (2025)
- INVEST blog
- Adaptation to paternal leave policies in Finnish municipalities: changing gender norms and cross-border policy legacies (2024) Pasanen, Tiia-Maria; Helske, Satu; Giuliani, Giovanni Amerigo; Chapman, Simon; Helske, Jouni
- Grandmother effects over the Finnish demographic transition (2024)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
- Heterogeneous workplace peer effects in fathers’ parental leave uptake in Finland (2024) Helske, Satu; Helske, Jouni; Chapman, Simon; Kotimäki, Sanni; Salin, Milla; Tikka, Santtu
- Menopause has not evolved as a general trait in mammals: A response to ‘Do mammals have menopause?’ (2024)
- bioRxiv
- Support or suppress: Father’s parental leave uptake in the workplace context in Finland (2024) Chapman, Simon; Kotimäki, Sanni; Helske, Satu; Hägglund, Anna Erika
- Grandmother presence improved grandchild survival against childhood infections but not vaccination coverage in historical Finns (2023)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Grandparental co-residence and grandchild survival: the role of resource competition in a pre-industrial population (2023)
- Behavioral Ecology
- Kolmen sukupolven perheet ja resurssikilpailu esiteollisessa Suomessa (2023)
- Väestöliitto : Tietovuoto
- Sex, age, and family structure influence dispersal behaviour after a forced migration (2023)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
- Meso-level contextual patterns of fathers' family leave uptake in Finland (2022) Chapman Simon, Kotimäki Sanni, Helske Satu
- Support for populist candidates predicted by declining social capital and an increase in suicides (2022)
- SN Social Sciences
- Fathers on family leaves: Who, when, and why? (2021)
- INVEST blog
- Offspring fertility and grandchild survival enhanced by maternal grandmothers in a pre-industrial human society (2021)
- Scientific Reports
- Will granny save me? Birth status, survival, and the role of grandmothers in historical Finland (2021)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Child volunteers in a women's paramilitary organization in World War II have accelerated reproductive schedules (2020)
- Nature Communications
- Context-dependence of grandmother effects & selection on post-reproductive life (2020) Chapman Simon
- Family dynamics and age-related patterns in marriage probability (2020)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans (2019)
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
- Limits to Fitness Benefits of Prolonged Post-reproductive Lifespan in Women (2019)
- Current Biology