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Aleksi Karhula

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Research focusing on urban and intergenerational inequalities using register data. Research Fellow @INVEST, University of Turku. DSocSci, kaikenmaailmandosentti. https://scholar.google.fi/citations?hl=fi&user=MGofGgwAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · Nov 25

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...

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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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · Aug 4

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.

Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · Aug 4

And as many poor people remarked, it was fine that the “lords and ladies” now asked help from the poor when they needed to defend the fatherland, but they did not have any fatherland to defend.

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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Jun 13

🎓 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

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 · Jun 9

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 · Jun 3

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."

Jani Erola @janierola.net · May 31

Kun meikäläisellä alkaa taas nousta se päähän, muistuttakaa Lipastin sanomasta:

”Ja tärkein yliopiston oppi oli, että jopa professorit, nuo ikuisen viisauden airuet, ovat lopulta melko, jos eivät nyt tyhmiä, niin rajoittuneita. Missään tapauksessa eivät kauhean ihmeellisiä.”

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Roope Lipastin kolumni: Koulun tärkeimmästä oppiaineesta ei järjestetä oppitunteja

Moni valmistuva nuori pohtii nyt epävarmana tulevaisuuttaan. Huoli pois, elämä on pitkä ja järjestyy kuitenkin miten sattuu, Lipasti lohduttaa.

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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · May 15

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 leader Jani Erola & coordinator Vesa-Matti Paasivaara.

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Jani Erola @janierola.net · Apr 15

Hey postdocs, here’s an opportunity to develop your research plan with us - and eventually relocate to Turku with your own grant!

INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢 Planning to apply for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025? We offer a fully funded short-term visit to co-develop your MSCA proposal with top researchers in social & behavioral sciences at the INVEST Research Flagship in @utu.fi.

Read more & apply by 18 May👉
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...

Call for MSCA PF Candidates for INVEST Research Flagship of Inequalities, Interventions and New Welfare State (HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01)

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SocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · Apr 16

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 · Apr 7

Kirjoitin blogikirjoituksen perintöverosta ja mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvosta. Tästä näkökulmasta perintöveron poisto näyttäytyy haitallisena ratkaisuna. Aihe kytkeytyy omiin tutkimusteemoihin ja FIRE-hankkeessa puuhattaviin Tilastokeskuksen valmisaineistoihin.

INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Apr 7

#INVESTblogissa erikoistutkijamme @aleksikarhula.bsky.social haastaa miettimään, miten perintöveron poisto ja varallisuuden kasautuminen vaikuttaisivat yhteiskunnalliseen eriarvoisuuteen ja mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvoon.

Lue kirjoitus 👉 blogit.utu.fi/invest/2025/...

#perintövero #tasa-arvo

Perintöveron poisto todennäköisesti heikentäisi mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvoa

Aleksi Karhula Risto Murron työryhmän esittämä perintöveron poisto on herättänyt vilkasta yhteiskunnallista keskustelua. Esitystä on perusteltu erityisesti perheyritysten sukupolvenvaihdosten helpotta...

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Timo Kauppinen @timok.bsky.social · Mar 12

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....

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 · Feb 27

• 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…

• 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 · Feb 27

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

NPR @npr.org · Feb 26

He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.

Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned on Tuesday

He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Feb 9

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. 🧵

Trajan Hammonds @starlord37.bsky.social · Feb 8

Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

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Väestöliitto @vaestoliitto.bsky.social · Jan 30

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

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 · Jan 22

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...
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Työryhmät – Sosiologipäivät

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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · Jan 21

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.

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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 · Jan 20

Congrats to Elina! Excellent choice from the university.

INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Jan 20

Marjo Kaartinen, the Rector of the University of Turku, has appointed Elina Kilpi-Jakonen as a Professor of Sociology. Her research focuses on social inequalities in education and the labour market.

Congratulations @elinakilpi.bsky.social 🌹

👉 invest.utu.fi/news/elina-k...

#AcademicSky #sosiology

Elina Kilpi-Jakonen Appointed Professor - INVEST

Marjo Kaartinen, the Rector of the University of Turku, has appointed Elina Kilpi-Jakonen as a Professor of Sociology. Kilpi-Jakonen works...

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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · Jan 16

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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ylekov @ylekov.bsky.social · Jan 15

Ministeri lupaa lisää ahdistusta – oksensi kolmesti

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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · Jan 8

The last week of filling out the applications has reminded me of this Herzog film clip:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjjn...

"The Birds here are in misery. I don't think they sing, they just screech in pain. [...] It's not that I hate it, I love it very much. But I love it against my better judgement."

Werner Herzog on Nature...

YouTube video by KubrickIsAGod

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Aleksi Karhula @aleksikarhula.bsky.social · Jan 8

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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Tim Gill @timgill924.bsky.social · Dec 30

Lebron and I are both are 40 years old, and we both are from Northeast Ohio.

But here’s the thing…

His career is ending, while mine is just beginning.

He chose to “play ball” while I went and earned a Ph.D. in Sociology.

My choice wasn’t “sexy” but it was the honest one.

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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Dec 17

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...

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 · Dec 20

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 defence

Opponent Juho Härkönen, custos Mikko Niemelä

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Juha Lipponen @juhalipponen.fi · Dec 13

In case you, or people near you ever wondered.

Eggs appeared in evolutionary tree millions of years earlier than chicken

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