Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation Profile
The Population Research Unit (PRU) is a section in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki in Finland.
The research of the unit covers a wide range of topics from the analyses of mortality, health and ageing to family demography, social mobility and social exclusion. In addition to studies focusing on the Finnish society many studies are conducted in international collaboration with colleagues from other European countries, East-Asia and the United States. The Population Research Unit focuses on quantitative research and uses extensively Finnish longitudinal register data as well as survey questionnaires, clinical data and their different combinations from various countries.
The unit collaborates with doctoral seminar Population, Health and Living Conditions (a sub-programme of the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences) that focuses on advanced quantitative social research. The unit forms an integral part of the cross-disciplinary Centre for Population, Health and Society that received the highest recognition in the latest research and doctoral training assessment exercise at the University of Helsinki. The head of the Population Research Unit is Pekka Martikainen, Professor of Demography.
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Profiles
Sari Aaltonen
- Population Research Unit (PRU)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Senior Researcher, Visiting scholar
Person: Visiting scholar, U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
Projects
CRIMCAR: Sociodemographic determinants of criminal careers in Finland 1987–2015
Aaltonen, M., Suonpää, K., Tyni, S. & Pitkänen, J.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Research project
Terveystapojen ja unen yhteydet - pitkittäistutkimus
Piirtola, M., Kaprio, J., Hublin, C., Latvala, A., Silventoinen, K., Ropponen, A. & Svedberg, P.
01/09/2017 → …
Project: Research project
Protestant Roots of Finnish National Identities
Sinnemäki, K., Portman, A., Nelson, R., Karlsson, F., Pirttilä-Backman, A., Sumiala, J., Knuutila, J., Laine, E., Laine, T., Saarinen, R., Pessi, A. B., Lauha, A., Stenius, H., Meinander, H., Pihlström, S., Helkama, K., Hakkarainen, M., Slotte, P., Ahlholm, M., Kivistö, S., Räsänen, A., Saarikivi, J., Tolonen, M., Kantola, A., Martikainen, P., Hurri, S., Finell, E., Mangeloja, E., Tilli, J., Markkola, P., Ketola, K., Rentto, J., Partti, H., Huhta, I., Niemi, H., Kuningas, J., Huttunen, N., Ahonen, P. & Ihalainen, P.
19/08/2014 → …
Project: Research project
Sisällissodan pitkäaikaiset ja ylisukupolviset vaikutukset
Liski, V., Santavirta, T., Myrskylä, M. & Jokipii, I.
01/07/2014 → …
Project: Research project
Population Research Unit
Sirniö, O., Moustgaard, H., Jalovaara, M., Nisén, J., Mäenpää, E., Mäki, N., Valkonen, T., Silventoinen, K., Shemeikka, R., Metsä-Simola, N., Martikainen, P., Leinonen, T., Herttua, K., Einiö, E., Remes, H., Tarkiainen, L., Kilpi, F., Aittomäki, A., Aaltonen, S., Jelenkovic, A., Komp-Leukkunen, K., Mikkonen, J., Korhonen, K. & Yang, L.
01/01/2012 → …
Project: Research project
Publications
A closer look at labour market status and crime among a general population sample of young men and women
Ramakers, A., Aaltonen, M. & Martikainen, P., Mar 2020, In : Advances in Life Course Research. 43, 10 p., 100322.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
All-time low period fertility in Finland: Demographic drivers, tempo effects, and cohort implications
Hellstrand, J. I. S., Nisén, J. & Myrskylä, M., 12 May 2020, In : Population Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
A tale of two professions in elections: Party choice among diaconal and social workers
Kallio, J., Lahtinen, H. & Wass, H., 2020, In : Diaconia. The Journal for the Study of Christian Social Practice .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Changes in Socioeconomic Differences in Hospital Days With Age: Cumulative Disadvantage, Age-as-Leveler, or Both?
Hu, Y., Leinonen, T. A., Myrskylä, M. & Martikainen, P. T., 2020, In : Journals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Cognitive impairment in the U.S.: Lifetime risk, age at onset, and years impaired
Hale, J. M., Schneider, D. C., Mehta, N. K. & Myrskylä, M., 31 Mar 2020, In : SSM - Population Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Activities
Behavior Genetics (Journal)
Karri Silventoinen (Reviewer)9 Apr 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (Journal)
Karri Silventoinen (Reviewer)30 Jan 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases (Journal)
Karri Silventoinen (Reviewer)10 Mar 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics (Journal)
Karri Silventoinen (Reviewer)14 Feb 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
International Journal of Cardiology (Journal)
Karri Silventoinen (Reviewer)10 Feb 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Prizes
Vuoden liikuntalääketieteellinen tutkimus 2019
Sari Aaltonen (Recipient), 13 Nov 2019
Prize: Prizes and awards
Press / Media
Forskare: Unga marginaliserade väljare kan radikaliseras
05/10/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Kuka äänestää ja kuka ei? Yhteiskuntaluokkien kärjistyvä ero yllätti tutkijan
30/09/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Suomalaisen yhteiskunnan luokkajako elää ja voi yhä hyvin
27/09/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Din klassbakgrund påverkar om du röstar i val, visar forskning
26/09/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Väitöskirja: Matalasti kouluttautuneiden laiska äänestyskäyttäytyminen periytyy – ”polttava yhteiskunnallinen ongelma”
25/09/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media