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Aleksi Karhula

@aleksikarhula.bsky.social
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Research focusing on urban inequalities using register data. Associate Professor, Social and Public Policy, University of Helsinki. scholar.google.fi/citations?hl=fi&u…

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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Abstract submission to INVEST conference organized in the coming spring is now open. The conference is 7.-8.5.2026 in Turku. Research on welfare state from all angles, including urban studies. invest.utu.fi/conference/a...
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Abstract Submissions - INVEST Research Flagship Centre
Please send your abstract latest on 9th of February, 2026 Abstract submission Please note, that maximum length for the title...
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Otto Kyyrönen @ottokyyronen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Hallitus laskee valtion tukeman asuntotuotannon korkotukilainavaltuuksia 2,25 mrd. €:sta 0,5 mrd. €:oon vuosina 2024–2027. Leikkaus säästää valtiolta vain pari milj. €, mutta se heikentää rakentamista ja BKT:tä. ARA-lainat on sisällytetty julkiseen velkaan 2022–. Siksi hallitus leikkaa niitä nyt.
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Vieraskynä | Valtion tuki asuntorakentamiselle on investointi tulevaisuuteen
Valtion tukemaa asuntotuotantoa ollaan ajamassa alas vajavaisin tiedoin vedoten kustannuksiin, vaikka järjestelmä toimii hyvin.
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 04/08/2025
Two of the most underappreciated reasons why #Finland and its democracy survived WW2 are IMHO 1) Social reforms from the early 1920s to address the problem below, which greatly hampered earlier independence activists, and inequality in general; and 2) very effective military intelligence service.
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🎓 The more gender-equal a country is, the less likely women are to pursue STEM fields, as our PhD researcher @marcobal.bsky.social shows in his dissertation. Why? Read more 🔗 invest.utu.fi/news/doctora... 📍 Public defence 17.6. at 12 @utu.fi & Zoom #GenderEquality #Education #STEM #InvestResearch
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Doctoral Dissertation: The More Gender-Equal a Country, the Fewer Women Choose Natural and Engineering Sciences - INVEST
In more gender-equal countries, girls tend to avoid natural and engineering sciences more than girls in countries with lower levels...
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 09/06/2025
A parody news headline showing a photograph of a white man in a suit, holding a rifle, with the text "NRA Accidentally Forgets To Rise Up Against Tyrannical Government." 

The parody article had the following text: 

An embarrassed National Rifle Association says it totally forgot to do the one thing it has been saying for years it is solely there to do.  

“Our whole reason for lobbying for looser gun laws and amassing huge personal arsenals of weapons these past years was so that we could ensure the security of a free state and protect the people from an oppressive government. And then it actually happened, and the whole rising up against a tyrannical government thing just totally slipped our minds, which is a little embarrassing,” a sheepish NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said.

He said the morale around the NRA has been pretty low. “The guys feel pretty silly. We had our well regulated militia stocked up and ready to go, just waiting for the moment when the Government would turn on its own people. And then the government started shooting protesters and rolling tanks down the street, and we were like ‘guys this is the one we’ve been talking about, let’s go!’. But then something else came up and we forgot to do it. Damnit!”.

Observers were shocked that the NRA had missed their opportunity to defend their country. “I can’t believe it,” one analyst said. “It’s almost as if they weren’t worried about the government at all. It’s as if they were actually just scared of black people”.

Originally published 4 JUN 2020 in https://theshovel.com.au/2020/06/04/nra-accidentally-forgets-to-rise-up-against-tyrannical-government/
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Jossain määrin paradoksaalisesti tohtorikoulutuksen tärkein oppi on mielestäni alasta riippumatta tämän ymmärtäminen itsensä osalta. "Jossain määrin minä itse, tuo ikuisen viisauden airut, olen jos en nyt tyhmä, niin rajoittunut. Missään tapauksessa en kauhean ihmeellinen."
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The second INVEST Conference in history is underway! 🤩🤩 200 researchers from 27 countries have gathered to discuss our theme, Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies. #InvestConference @janierola.net
INVEST Conference info desk.INVEST leader Jani Erola & coordinator Vesa-Matti Paasivaara.
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Jani Erola @janierola.net · 15/04/2025
Hey postdocs, here’s an opportunity to develop your research plan with us - and eventually relocate to Turku with your own grant!
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SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Zing
Decaprio: I've done my research
Other person: I'd love to read it. Where is it published?
Decaprio: I posted it on SocArxiv.
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Kirjoitin blogikirjoituksen perintöverosta ja mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvosta. Tästä näkökulmasta perintöveron poisto näyttäytyy haitallisena ratkaisuna. Aihe kytkeytyy omiin tutkimusteemoihin ja FIRE-hankkeessa puuhattaviin Tilastokeskuksen valmisaineistoihin.
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Timo Kauppinen @timok.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New publication with @aleksikarhula.bsky.social! ”Contributions of Residential and Income Mobility in Different Life Stages to Increasing Low-Income Rates in Suburban Neighbourhoods” #segregation #segregaatio #lähiöt onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Contributions of Residential and Income Mobility in Different Life Stages to Increasing Low‐Income Rates in Suburban Neighbourhoods
Socioeconomic residential segregation has been increasing in many cities in Europe and globally. Selective migration is usually considered the main mechanism shaping the socioeconomic trajectories of...
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Sergi Vidal @svidal.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
• CALL FOR PAPERS –  2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course” Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard…
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• CALL FOR PAPERS –  2026 CPoS Special Issue “Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course”
Comparative Population Studies welcomes submissions to the 2026 special issue Migration Trajectories Across the Life Course, guest edited by Sergi Vidal (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Aude Bernard (University of Queensland), and Riccardo Valente (Autonomous University of Barcelona). The proposed special issue aims to leverage a trajectory-based approach that fully accounts for the multi-dimensional nature of migration across time and space, providing deeper insights into diverse migration trajectory patterns and their long-term individual and societal implications.
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Tapio Räsänen @tapiorasanen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Lukusuositus: USAID pääekonomisti kertoo tapahtumista omin sanoin. Btw, näissä tehtävissä valtiolla ja kolmannella sektorilla työskentelevät on useimmiten motivoituneita SEKÄ tyytyvät pienempään palkkaan kuin muilla sektoreilla työskentelevät - hyvä pitää mielessä Suomen järjestöleikkauksissa
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 09/02/2025
They told applicants from underrepresented groups to apply to a special math postdoc program, and *not* the regular program - then Trump canceled the minority program and they just shredded their applications. 🧵
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Väestöliitto @vaestoliitto.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Call for Articles! The Finnish Yearbook of Population Research is a peer reviewed, open access journal published by the Population Research Institute in collaboration with The Finnish Demographic Society and The Migration Institute of Finland. #FYPR #Demography #Population
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Call for Articles 2025: FYPR
We invite you to contribute to the 2025 volume of Finnish Yearbook of Population Research.
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Meillä on taas kaupunkitutkimustyöryhmä sosiologipäivillä, tervetuloa mukaan! Abstraktien DL on 31.1. We are again organizing an urban studies session in the Finnish Sociological conference. Welcome! Abstract DL is 31.1. sosiologipaivat.fi/tyoryhmat-20... sosiologipaivat.fi/working-grou...
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Työryhmät – Sosiologipäivät
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Tässä suomenkielinen tiivistys vasta ilmestyneestä artikkelistamme. En usein näin jyrkkää termiä käytä, mutta tämän tutkimuksen osalta sanoisin että asuinalueiden tulosegregaatio on monissa kaupungeissa radikaalisti lisääntynyt 2000-luvulla. sites.tuni.fi/corelab/ajan...
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Suomen asuinalueiden sosioekonominen segregaatio kasvaa | CoreLab | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö
Mitä asuinalueen rakennustyypit tai ikäperusteiset luokitukset kertovat segregaatiosta? Tampereen yliopiston, Helsingin yliopiston ja Turun yliopiston tutkijat tarkastelivat sosioekonomista ja etnistä...
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Congrats to Elina! Excellent choice from the university.
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I am looking for a doctoral student or someone close to finishing their Master's degree for a two year contract. The project focuses on socioeconomic segregation and uses register data. Excellent opportunity to start a phd in a top class phd program! Details here: ats.talentadore.com/apply/vaitos...
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Doctoral Researcher or Project Researcher
The Faculty of Social Sciences, INVEST Flagship Research Centre at at the University of Turku invites applications for contract-based, fixed term doctoral researcher or project researcher position fro...
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ylekov @ylekov.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Ministeri lupaa lisää ahdistusta – oksensi kolmesti
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Another pair of application submitted. Many thanks to my lovely spouse who took care of the kids and let me work. No thanks goes to the Academy of Finland and TIAS for deciding that 8th of Jan is a good DL. It is not. It is horrible. Please change this. I will give you feedback anywhere I can.
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
VTM Esa Karonen syventyi väitöstutkimuksessaan taloudellisten resurssien jakautumiseen eri sukupolvien kesken. Kaikki ikäryhmät ole olleet yhtä onnekkaita – tuore tutkimus nostaa esiin etenkin yhden sukupolven haavoittuvan aseman. #eriarvoisuus #väitös #sosiologia www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohta...
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Taloudellinen eriarvoisuus korostuu sukupolvien välillä – vanhemmat ikäryhmät paremmassa asemassa kuin nuoremmat (Väitös: Esa Karonen, 20.12.2024, sosiologia)
Taloudelliset resurssit eivät jakaudu tasaisesti eri sukupolvien kesken. Tuore väitöstutkimus nostaa esiin etenkin yhden sukupolven haavoittuvan aseman.
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Jani Erola @janierola.net · 20/12/2024
The last defence of the year, by Esa Karonen! Find the thesis ”Generational Economic Inequality” here: urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978... Opponent @juhoharkonen.bsky.social, custos @niemelamikko.bsky.social Five defences in a month, it has been an excellent end of year at @invest-flagship.bsky.social
PhD thesis, Esa Karonen: ”Generational Economic Inequality”Esa Karonen giving his opening speech in his defenceOpponent Juho Härkönen, custos Mikko Niemelä
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Juha Lipponen @juhalipponen.fi · 13/12/2024
In case you, or people near you ever wondered.
Eggs appeared in evolutionary tree millions of years earlier than chicken
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Our new article shows increasing levels of socioeconomic residential segregation in the Finnish cities. Developments on ethnic segregation are more complex. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Socioeconomic and ethnic segregation in Finland: A multi-scale analysis of diverse urban sizes
Rising residential socioeconomic segregation is a globally acknowledged phenomenon that also occurs in the Nordic welfare states. Our study provides a…
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🌍 Join us in May 2025 for the INVEST Conference: Uncertainty & Resilience in Changing Societies 📢 Abstract submissions open now! Don't miss the chance to present your work at a high-level, interdisciplinary forum bringing together experts from diverse fields & countries. invest.utu.fi/conference/
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Our new AJS article shows that high earning family and work life courses are remarkably similar in different countries, but differ much for low earners. This is related to country specific policies structuring especially the low-earning life courses. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Lives in Welfare States: Life Courses, Earnings Accumulation, and Relative Living Standards in Five European Countries1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 2
How do work and family life courses differ in welfare states with varying emphasis on the state, market, and family for welfare provision? The authors compare life courses until midlife in Denmark, Fi...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
Save the date! 📅 Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies Conference 14-16 May 2025 in Turku, Finland. Keynote speakers Mary Daly @universityofoxford.bsky.social & Michael Ungar (Dalhousie University). #AcadmicSky #reslience #conference Read more 👉 invest.utu.fi/conference/
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INVEST Conference 2025 - INVEST
Uncertainty and Resilience in Changing Societies 14-16 May 2025 Turku, Finland The INVEST Conference is an interdisciplinary, international and high-level...
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
Is there possibly something like a third law of grant applications stating that when ever you find something to cut, you will instantly find something of similar length that needs to be added? Feels like it.
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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
Post a meme made by you
American chopper meme. Two men are yelling st each other.

Text

Man 1: you should report marginal effects

Man 2: I reported the coefficient values. What more do you want?

Man 1: people have a hard time interpreting those values.

Man 2: minus means less and plus means more. That's good enough!

Man 1: interpreting g effe ts on the scale of interest is natural and beneficial
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
Somehow this is much too accurate.
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Nyyssi.fi @nyyssifi.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
[hs.fi] HS-haastattelu | Helsingin pormestari Juhana Vartiainen ehdottaa suuria muutoksia Helsingin kouluihin #nyyssifi
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HS-haastattelu | Helsingin pormestari Juhana Vartiainen ehdottaa suuria muutoksia Helsingin kouluihin
Kaupunginosien eriarvoistumisen ehkäiseminen vaatii pormestari Juhana Vartiaisen mukaan myös epäsuosittuja tekoja. Nyt Vartiainen haluaa puhua niistä.
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
If you were late, this call has been extended until February 15, 2024!
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 30/01/2024
Hi, Sociology
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 30/01/2024
We are organizing a Housing & urban studies session in the Finnish Annual Sociological Conference (again). If you have research fitting the theme feel free to submit an abstract! Submission closes already tomorrow. Presentations in English are also welcome! sosiologipaivat.fi/annual-confe...
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
Could someone recommend me a good book on the history of US residential segregation? I have read a lot about it in side notes of articles, but it would be great to read a more detailed description.
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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
Hei opiskelija! Haluatko syventyä maisteriopinnoissasi yhteiskunnalliseen eriarvoisuuteen ja tilastollisiin tutkimusmenetelmiin? Kansainvälisen MPInvest-maisteriohjelman haku avoinna 17.1. saakka.  Lisätietoa ja linkki tänään ke 10.1. klo 14 Q&A-infoomme utu.fi/mpinvest #sociology #MPInvest
Valokuva Eija Lindroosista ja teksti: Miksi hain MPInvestin maisteriopintoihin? 
Minua kiinnosti eriarvoisuustematiikka.

 Maisteriopinnot perehdyttivvät  substanssin osalta 
laaja-alaisesti eri teemoihin. Opintojen edetessä saatoin syventyä itsääni kiinnostaviin asioihin.

Se, että opiskelimme englanniksi, ei ollut vaikeaa, sillä lähes kaikille englanti oli vieras kieli, ja siksi esimerkiksi tilastokurssilla käsitteet selitettiin perinpohjaisesti.

INVESTin kautta pääsin harjoitteluun THL:ään ja myöhemmin yliopistolle tutkimusavustajaksi. Kun on aktiivinen, saa itsensä vaikka mihin mukaan.
Tutkittavaa kyllä riittää. 

– Eija Lindroos, MPInvest-maisteri
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Henrik Dobewall @hdobewall.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
My coauthors and I just uploaded a preprint "Nature’s Curriculum: Genes Linked to Educational Attainment and Adult Socioeconomic Status in a Nordic Welfare State" Full text osf.io/preprints/so... It would be great to get some feedback, below or privately via email henrik.dobewall@thl.fi .
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
Crisis? What Crisis? Sociology's Slow Progress Toward Scientific Transparency Sociology's epistemic & methodological fragmentation (+ ASA) preclude top-down initiatives, but weak core also sets stage for rapid, if delayed, diffusion across quant soc networks. hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/6oi846rx...
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STIG @stigvirallinen.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
Must read vuoden loppuun. Venäjä | Sofi Oksanen kirjoittaa: Venäjä tietää Suomen heikon kohdan ja iskee jatkossakin juuri siihen: www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...
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Venäjä | Sofi Oksanen kirjoittaa: Venäjä tietää Suomen heikon kohdan ja iskee jatkossakin juur...
Venäjä ei ole arvaamaton. Suomeen kohdistuvissa operaatioissa se hyödyntää rasismia, koska Suomi on rasistinen maa, kirjoittaa Sofi Oksanen vuodenvaihteen kirjailijapuheenvuorossa.
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
In short, for all the residents found no statistically significant effect on income, but positive effect on educational level. Additionally, within the pre-existing housing stock, a statistically significant reduction in the proportion of low-income households was observed.
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
New paper out! We studied the effects of a new subway line on the socioeconomic structure of the neighborhoods in Helsinki region. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Transit-induced socioeconomic ascent and new metro stations in Helsinki Metropolitan Area: Distinct ...
In recent years, transit-oriented developments have been studied from different angles in different countries. Question has been raised whether public…
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Antti Kouvo @anttikouvo.bsky.social · 16/12/2023
Borders, boundaries and encounters - The Annual #sociological Conference of the Westermarck Society @ UEF Kuopio Campus March 21-22. CFP is now open! DL for submissions January 31. sosiologipaivat.fi/working-grou...
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Working groups 2024 and call for papers – Sosiologipäivät
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Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
ECSR 2024 will take place in Barcelona 12-14 September @UPFBarcelona Call for papers is now out! Submission period: from December 1st, 2023 to January 31st, 2024. More info: ecsr2024.com
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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
New paper out! I think our most interesting finding is that even though population densities have increased, the car ownership rates keep going up in the biggest Finnish cities.
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Measuring sustainable urban development in residential areas of the 20 biggest Finnish cities - npj ...
npj Urban Sustainability - Measuring sustainable urban development in residential areas of the 20 biggest Finnish cities
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