Irene Prix
irepri@utu.fi +358 29 450 3130 +358 50 433 8088 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku Office: 476 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)
- 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) - Kommentti: Tilastollisen merkitsevyyden korostaminen johtaa helposti vääriin johtopäätöksiin (2022)
- Ilmiö - sosiologinen media kaikille
(E1 Popularised article) - Koulutusalojen sukupuolisegregaatio ja sosiaalinen eriarvoisuus (2022) Eriarvoisuuden tila 2022 Prix Irene, Sirniö Outi, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kysely: suuri osa pitää lääkekorvauksia epäoikeudenmukaisina (2022)
- INVEST blog
(E1 Popularised article) - Not in a Class of One’s Own: Social Origin Differentials in Applying to Gender-(A)Typical Fields of Study across the Educational Hierarchy (2022)
- European Sociological Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Eriarvoisuus koulutuksessa (2020) Eriarvoisuuden tila Suomessa 2020 Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist Sanna, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Niemelä Mikko, Prix Irene
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Not in a class of one’s own: The role of social origins and destinations for entry into gender-atypical fields of study (2018) Irene Prix, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Resource Compensation from the Extended Family: Grandparents, Aunts, and Uncles in Finland and the United States (2018)
- European Sociological Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does death really make us equal? Educational attainment and resource compensation after paternal death in Finland (2017)
- Social Science Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does Donald need Uncle Scrooge? Extended family wealth and children's educational attainment in the United States (2017) Social Inequality Across the Generations. The Role of Compensation and Multiplication in Resource Accumulation Irene Prix, Fabian T. Pfeffer
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Does Death Really Make Us Equal? Educational Attainment and Resource Compensation after Parental Death in Finland (2016) Irene Prix, Jani Erola
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Does Donald Need Uncle Scrooge? Extended-family Wealth and Children's Educational Attainment in the United States. (2016) Irene Prix, Fabian T. Pfeffer
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - For Better or for Worse, for Nephews or for Nieces? Resource Compensation and Multiplication from Extended Family Members. (2016) Jani Erola, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen, Irene Prix, Hannu Lehti
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Limits of Meritocracy – How Fields of Study and Gender Segregation Affect Social Stratification in Finland (2014) Prix Irene
(G5 Article dissertation ) - More or different education? The joint impact of educational level and fields of study on earnings stratification in Finland, 1985-2005 (2013)
- Acta Sociologica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
