Jessica Nisén
D.Soc.Sc. Docent in Sociology (especially Demography)
jessica.nisen@utu.fi +358 29 450 2629 +358 50 532 5030 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-0483 |
Areas of expertise
Fertility and family formation; Family demography; Quantitative sociology
Fertility and family formation; Family demography; Quantitative sociology
Research
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the INVEST Flagship, University of Turku. I currently work on my research project Low fertility in Europe in the beginning of the 21st century: patterns, causes, and consequences, funded by the Academy of Finland. I am also an active member of the FLUX consortium funded by the Strategic Research Council, as well as a guest researcher at the University of Helsinki and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Teaching
I am the responsible sociology teacher of the undergraduate course Disciplinary Approaches of Social Sciences.
Publications 
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- Declining fertility, human capital investment, and economic sustainability (2024) Myrskylä Mikko, Hellstrand Julia, Lappo Sampo, Lorenti Angelo, Nisén Jessica, Rao Ziwei, Tikanmäki Heikki
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Educational field, economic uncertainty, and fertility decline in Finland in 2010–2019 (2024)
- European Sociological Review
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Cross-sectional average length of life by parity: Country comparisons (2023)
- Population Studies
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Gendered parenthood-employment gaps in midlife: a demographic perspective across three different welfare systems (2023) Lorenti Angelo, Nisén Jessica, Mencarini Letizia, Myrskylä Mikko
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Gendered Relationship of Childbearing with Earnings Accumulated by Midlife in Two Nordic Countries (2023) Nisén Jessica, Erlandsson Anni, Jalovaara Marika
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Educational field, economic uncertainty, and fertility decline in Finland in 2010–2019 (2022) Hellstrand Julia, Nisén Jessica, Myrskylä Mikko
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Fertility recovery despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland? (2022)
- Finnish journal of social research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Finnish women not only have children later in their lives, but now also fewer (2022) Hellstrand Julia, Nisén Jessica, Myrskylä Mikko
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Less Partnering, Less Children, or Both? Analysis of the Drivers of First Birth Decline in Finland Since 2010 (2022)
- European Journal of Population
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Muuttuva perheenmuodostus – Syyt, seuraukset ja mahdolliset tulevaisuudet (FLUX) (2022) Jalovaara Marika, Lilja Erika, Nisén Jessica, Myrskylä Mikko, Gissler Mika, Helske Satu, Lammi-Taskula Johanna, Mannerström Rasmus, Moisio Pasi, Salmela-Aro Katariina, Tikanmäki Heikki, Österbacka Eva
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Pandemic babies? Fertility in the aftermath of the first COVID-19 wave across European regions (2022) Natalie Nitsche, Aiva Jasilioniene, Jessica Nisén, Peng Li, Maxi S. Kniffka, Jonas Schöley, Gunnar Andersson, Christos Bagavos, Ann Berrington, Ivan Čipin, Susana Clemente, Lars Dommermuth, Peter Fallesen, Dovile Galdauskaite, Dănuţ-Vasile Jemna, Mathias Lerch, Cadhla McDonnell, Arno Muller, Karel Neels, Olga Pötzsch, Diego Ramiro, Bernhard Riederer, Saskia te Riele, Laura Szabó, Laurent Toulemon, Daniele Vignoli, Kryštof Zeman, Tina Žnidaršič
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Suomalaiset naiset saavat lapsia sekä myöhemmin että vähemmän kuin aikaisemmin (2022)
- Flux - Tietoa päätösten tueksi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - Syntyvyys kasvaa Suomessa – koronapandemian vuoksi vai siitä huolimatta? (2022)
- THL-blogi
(Popularised article or blog post (E1)) - The effect of fertility timing on women’s earnings at midlife in the UK (2022) Nisén Jessica, Tassot Johanna, Iacoella Francesco, Eibich Peter
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - The gendered impacts of delayed parenthood: A dynamic analysis of young adulthood (2022)
- Advances in Life Course Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Cross-sectional average length of life childless (2021)
- Demography
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Educational Differences in Cohort Fertility Across Sub-national Regions in Europe (2021) Nisén Jessica, Klüsener Sebastian, Dahlberg Johan, Dommermuth Lars, Jasilioniene Aiva, Kreyenfeld Michaela, Lappegård Trude, Li Peng, Martikainen Pekka, Neels Karel, Riederer Bernhard, te Riele Saskia, Szabó Laura, Trimarchi Alessandra, Viciana Francisco, Wilson Ben, Myrskylä Mikko
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Less partnering, less children, or both? Analysis of the drivers of first-birth decline in Finland since 2010? (2021) Hellstrand Julia, Nisén Jessica, Myrskylä Mikko
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Not just later, but fewer: novel trends in cohort fertility in the Nordic countries (2021)
- Demography
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Regional variation in women’s education-fertility nexus in Northern and Western Europe (2021) Wood Jonas, Marynissen Leen, Nisén Jessica, Fallesen Peter, Neels Karel, Trimarchi Alessandra, Dommermuth Lars, Van Gaalen Ruben, Kolk Martin, Martikainen Pekka
(Published development or research report or study (D4))
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