Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Education information
Doctor of Social Sciences (PhD)
Description of research and teaching
Research
- Income Inequality: The focus is to reveal the developments of income inequality and the central factors influencing it in a long run utilizing especially tax statistics (1865-) in Finland.
- Social Mobility: The aim is to examine social mobility or intergenerational occupational persistence in Finland starting from the eighteenth century. The research base on mainly the data gathered from the genealogical records.
- Marriage Patterns and Homogamy / Heterogamy: The purpose is to investigate the marriage patterns and the rate of heterogamy marriages between spouses which have different / similar social status origin.
Teaching
2022
- Responsible teachear and lecturer: Quantitative methods (5 ECTS, spring), Bachelor's Programme in Society and Change, University of Helsinki
2021
- The Lecturer and planner of the course: Economic Inequality (advanced studies 5 ECTS, spring), Master's Programme in Society and Change, University of Helsinki. The course page: https://studies.helsinki.fi/courses/cur/hy-opt-cur-2021-4cf5310a-6859-4281-97f8-4a0db0e21a56/Taloudellinen_eriarvoisuus.
2020
- The Lecturer and planner of the course: Economic Inequality (advanced studies 5 ECTS, spring), Master's Programme in Society and Change, University of Helsinki. The course page: https://courses.helsinki.fi/fi/YMT-3502/129946567
2017
- The Lecturer and small group instructor for quantitative methods (intermediate course 5 ECTS, spring), Bachelor's Programme in Society and Change, University of Helsinki.
- The Lecturer and planner of the course: Economic Inequality (advanced studies 5 ECTS, autumn), Master's Programme in Society and Change, University of Helsinki, University of Helsinki.
2016
- The Lecturer and planner of the course: Economic Inequality (Free studies 5 ECTS, autumn), Economic and social history, University of Helsinki.
- Quest lecturer: Johdatus määrällisiin menetelmiin humanisteille (Introduction to the Quantitative Methods for Arts Students, autumn), University of Helsinki.
- The Lecturer and small group instructor for quantitative methods (intermediate course 5 ECTS, spring), Economic and social history, University of Helsinki.
2015
- Small group instructor for quantitative methods (5 ECTS, spring), Economic and social history, University of Helsinki.
Education/Academic qualification
Economic and Social History, PhD, Faculty of Social Science, University of Helsinki
31 Jan 2001 → 15 Mar 2022
Award Date: 15 Mar 2022
Economic and Social History, Master of Social Sciences
19 Jun 2013 → 14 Oct 2015
Award Date: 14 Oct 2015
Economic and Social History, Bachelor of Social Sciences
1 Sep 2012 → 19 Jun 2013
Award Date: 19 Jun 2013
Mathematics, Undergraduate in Philosophy, Faculty of Science
1 Sep 2009 → …
Award Date: 1 Sep 2009
Fields of Science
- 5202 Economic and Social History
- income inequality
- social mobility
- homogamy
- marriage patterns
- heterogamy
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Income inequality in Finland, 1865–2019
Roikonen, P., 2022, In: Scandinavian Economic History Review. p. 234-251 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access -
More or less equality? Facts, debates, and policies related to the Nordic model
Roikonen, P., Ojala, J. & Eloranta, J., 23 Apr 2021, The Nordic Economic, Social and Political Model: Challenges in the 21st Century. Koivunen, A., Ojala, J. & Holmén, J. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 62-90 29 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Patterns of Inequality: Income Inequality, Homogamy and Social Mobility in Finland, c. 1700–2019
Roikonen, P., 2021, Helsinki: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences. 247 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles
Open Access -
The Land of Opportunity? Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Finland, c. 1700–2000
Roikonen, P. & Häkkinen, A., 24 Mar 2021, (Submitted) 59 p.Research output: Working paper › Scientific
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A Kuznets rise and a Piketty fall: income inequality in Finland, 1865–1934
Roikonen, P. J. & Heikkinen, S., Feb 2020, In: European Review of Economic History. 24, 1, p. 46-79 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Work, Inequality, and Public Policy (WIP)
Roikonen, P. & Tuomala, M.
01/01/2016 → 04/02/2022
Project: Research project
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Patterns of Inequality: Income Inequality, Homogamy and Social Mobility in Finland, c. 1700–2019
01/01/2016 → 04/02/2022
Project: Research project
Prizes
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Best Master's Thesis Award, Economic and Social History, University of Helsinki
Roikonen, Petri (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Economic and Social History Seminar
Petri Roikonen (Speaker)
20 Jan 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Baltic Connections 2021: a Conference in Social Science History
Petri Roikonen (Speaker)
21 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The Stockholm Economic History Lab
Petri Roikonen (Speaker)
31 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Economic and Social History Graduate Seminar
Petri Roikonen (Speaker)
29 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The 1st Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History in collaboration with The 13th Swedish Economic History Meeting
Petri Roikonen (Speaker: Presenter)
10 Oct 2019 → 12 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars