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
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland - Postdoctoral Researcher, Visiting scholar
- Population Research Unit (PRU)
Person: Visiting scholar, UH, Teaching and research personnel
Projects 2012 2022
CRIMCAR: Sociodemographic determinants of criminal careers in Finland 1987–2015
Aaltonen, M., Suonpää, K. E., Tyni, S. I. & Pitkänen, J. J. J.
01/09/2018 → 31/08/2022
Project: Research project
Population Research Unit
Sirniö, O. I., Moustgaard, H. L., Jalovaara, P. M., Nisen, T. J., Brandt, A. E., Mäki, N. E., Valkonen, Y. T., Silventoinen, K. T., Shemeikka, R. A., Metsä-Simola, N. S., Martikainen, P. T., Leinonen, T. A., Herttua, K. J. K., Einiö, E. K., Remes, H., Tarkiainen, L. H., Kilpi, F. C., Aittomäki, J. A. J., Aaltonen, S. S., Jelenkovic, A., Komp-Leukkunen, K. S., Mikkonen, J. M. K., Korhonen, A. K. & Yang, L.
01/01/2012 → …
Project: Research project
Health and Political Engagement
Mattila, V. M., Söderlund, P. J., Lahtinen, H. A., Wass, H. M. & Rapeli, L.
01/09/2013 → 31/08/2017
Project: Research project
Publications 2012 2019
Kirjeääni matkalla maailmalta: ulkosuomalaisten poliittisen osallisuuden toteutuminen
Peltoniemi, J. E. M., Lahtinen, H. A. & Wass, H. M., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Yhteiskuntapolitiikka. 2019, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
Living arrangements of older persons in 1987–2035 in Finland: trends by age, sex and educational attainment
Martikainen, P., Murphy, M., Moustgaard, H. & Mikkonen, J., Feb 2019, In : Ageing and Society. 39, 2, p. 358-380 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Association between birth weight and educational attainment: an individual-based pooled analysis of nine twin cohorts
Jelenkovic, A., Mikkonen, J., Martikainen, P., Latvala, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Vuoksimaa, E., Rebato, E., Sung, J., Kim, J., Lee, J., Lee, S., Stazi, M. A., Fagnani, C., Brescianini, S., Derom, C. A., Vlietinck, R. F., Loos, R. J. F., Krueger, R. F., Mcgue, M. & 13 others, Sep 2018, In : Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 72, 9, p. 832-837 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts
Piirtola, M., Jelenkovic, A., Latvala, A., Sund, R., Korhonen, M. T., Kaprio, J., Silventoinen, K. & collaboration group, CODAT., 12 Jul 2018, In : PLoS One. 13, 7, e0200140 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood: An individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project
Jelenkovic, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Hur, Y-M., Harris, J. R., Brandt, I., Nilsen, T. S., Ooki, S., Ullemar, V., Almqvist, C., Magnusson, P. K. E., Saudino, K. J., Stazi, M. A., Fagnani, C., Brescianini, S., Nelson, T. L., Whitfield, K. E., Knafo-Noam, A., Mankuta, D., Abramson, L. & 30 others, May 2018, In : Early Human Development. 120, p. 53-60 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Activities 2000 2018
Tukholman yliopisto
Pekka Martikainen (Visiting researcher)1 Sep 2018 → 30 Sep 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
University College London
Pekka Martikainen (Visiting researcher)12 Oct 2018 → 2 Nov 2018
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
International Journal of Obesity (Journal)
Karri Silventoinen (Reviewer)25 Apr 2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
The Social and Political Life of Methods
Liina Junna (Member of organizing committee)22 Oct 2018 → 23 Oct 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
[Pediatrics] (Journal)
Karri Silventoinen (Reviewer)22 Jan 2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press / Media
Eläkeläiset jyräävät nuoret aikuiset äänivallassa
11/01/2019
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Terveyden ja sairauden hämärä raja
Kari Aarne Olavi Tikkinen, Sirpa Rinta , Samuli Olli Ripatti & Karri Tapani Silventoinen
06/02/2015
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media