Irene Prix
irepri@utu.fi +358 29 450 3130 +358 50 433 8088 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 353 Office hours: by appointment (send me an e-mail!). ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2995-7247 |
social stratification; social inequality; education; gender segregation
I graduated with a master's degree in sociology from the University of Graz, Austria, in 2004 and subsequently gained a second master's degree from the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University, UK. Prior to defending my Ph.D. thesis (Limits of Meritocracy. How Fields of Study and Gender Segregation Affect Social Stratification in Finland) in 2014 at the University of Turku, I worked as a junior researcher at the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education (RUSE). From 2014-2016, I was a senior researcher on the INDIRECT - project (Intergenerational Cumulative Disadvantage and Resource Compensation, PI: Jani Erola) at the Department for Social Research of the University of Turku. Subsequently, I joined the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) as a postdoctoral researcher (2017-2019), working on social class differences in gender-atypical educational pathways in Finland. From 2019-2022 I worked as a university lecturer in sociology at the University of Turku; a role to which I returned in August 2023 after spending the spring term of this year as a senior researcher in the INVEST Flagship and Research Centre.
In my current research, I am particularly interested in the ways that social inequality moderates the significance of gender in educational and occupational contexts. Furthermore, I have worked on questions of gender segregation in education, the links between educational and income stratification, as well as inter- and multigenerational social (dis)advantage.
Teaching:
- Quantitative research methods: regression models (in Finnish, master's programme)
- Interactions in statistical models (in Finnish, master's programme)
- Social Inequality (in English, bachelor's programme)
- Work, Gender, and Society (in Finnish, master's programme)
- From education to employment: gendered labour market outcomes across care and non-care fields in Italy and Finland (2026)
- Higher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Changing editors, evolving journal’s identity: Insights into editorial practice (2025)
- Finnish journal of social research
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal) - Gender, Education, and Work: Labour Market Outcomes in Care and Non-Care Fields in Italy and Finland (2025) Kulić, Nevena; Prix, Irene; Galos, Diana Roxana
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Taking back publishing ownership for academia through diamond Open Access (2025)
- Finnish journal of social research
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal) - Better close to home? Geographical and socioeconomic constraints on gendered educational transitions at the upper secondary level (2024)
- Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Koulutuksen etäisyydet: mahdollisuudet, haasteet ja kompromissit toisen asteen kynnyksellä (2024)
- INVEST blog
(E1 Popularised article) - Better close to home? Geographical and socioeconomic constraints on gendered educational transitions at the upper secondary level (2023) Prix Irene, Sirniö Outi, Saari Juhani
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Change and continuation (2023)
- Finnish journal of social research
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Sukupuolistereotypioiden rikkominen koulutusvalinnoissa: miten se liittyy ylisukupolviseen sosiaaliseen eriarvoisuuteen? (2023)
- INVEST blog
(E1 Popularised article) - Citizens’ opinions and experiences related to costs and reimbursements for medications in times of retrenchment: cross-sectional population surveys in 2015 and 2017 (2022)
- International Journal for Equity in Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



