Simon Chapman
PhD
sinich@utu.fi Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Työhuone: 252 ORCID-tunniste: 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 current 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.
- Do Workplace Structures Limit Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave? (2026)
- Social Policy Blog
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Heterogeneous Effects of Parental Leave Reform on Partnership Stability: Examining the Role of Parental Education (2026) Akter, Sumia; Chapman, N. Simon; Helske, Satu; Salin, Milla; Schwanitz, Katrin.
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys ) - Support or suppress: Father’s parental leave uptake in the private-sector workplace context in Finland (2026)
- Journal of Social Policy
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Adaptation to paternal leave policies in Finnish municipalities: changing gender norms and cross-border policy legacies (2025)
- European Societies
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - The evolution of menopause in mammals and its unsolved mysteries (2025)
- INVEST blog
(E1 Yleistajuinen blogikirjoitus ) - 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
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys ) - Grandmother effects over the Finnish demographic transition (2024)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Heterogeneous workplace peer effects in fathers’ parental leave uptake in Finland (2024) Helske, Satu; Helske, Jouni; Chapman, Simon; Kotimäki, Sanni; Salin, Milla; Tikka, Santtu
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys ) - Menopause has not evolved as a general trait in mammals: A response to ‘Do mammals have menopause?’ (2024)
- bioRxiv
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Support or suppress: Father’s parental leave uptake in the workplace context in Finland (2024) Chapman, Simon; Kotimäki, Sanni; Helske, Satu; Hägglund, Anna Erika
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )
- SHARELEAVE01.09.2025 - 31.08.2029
- INVEST tutkimuskeskus ja lippulaiva
- PREDLIFE01.09.2020 - 31.12.2024
- sosiologia



