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Outi Sarpila

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An economic sociologist currently working as a professor of sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. Research interests: appearance, beauty, social inequalities, consumption.

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Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · May 23

How do attractiveness and expectations of appearance in different occupations relate to each other? We examine this connection with Aki Koivula and Iida Kukkonen in this paper
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Appearance and Social Inequalities: Physical Attractiveness as a Part of Occupation-Congruent Appearance - Outi Sarpila, Aki Koivula, Iida Kukkonen, 2024

Appearance-based inequalities are gaining increasing interest in sociology. This article is the first to systematically examine the extent to which attractivene...

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Satu Helske @satuhelske.bsky.social · Aug 27

Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake.

#research #hiring

INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Aug 25

We’re hiring!

Join @utu.fi & INVEST Research Flagship Centre as a #SeniorResearcher ( #postdoc ) or #DoctoralResearcher in the #SHARELEAVE project on parental leave and social inequality. 🌍👶

🗓 Apply by Sept 22 at 4 pm (Finnish time) 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...

#hiring #openvacancies

Senior researcher or doctoral researcher

The Faculty of Social Sciences, INVEST Flagship Research Centre at the University of Turku invites applications for contract-based, fixed term senior researcher or doctoral researcher position from 1....

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Eva Zschirnt @evazschirnt.bsky.social · Aug 11

@bramlancee.bsky.social and I are organising the 3rd AMCIS Workshop on "Survey Experiments in the Social Sciences", 1-2 October 2025 in Amsterdam.
We are looking for Papers and/or Research Designs. Please email your submission to me and Bram, submission deadline is 27/08/2025.

@aissr.bsky.social

Call for Papers and/or research designs for a workshop on "Survey Experiments in the Social Sciences" at the University of Amsterdam in October.

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Giselinde Kuipers @giselinde.bsky.social · Jul 21

The windmill gave us feudalism, the steam mill gave us industrial capitalism, but what does the content mill bring us?

Riffing on Marx, Kobe De Keere discuss this question with Rachel O'Dwyer and Ashley Mears in this new episode of the Culture and inequality Podcast:
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Culture & Inequality Podcast

How does culture feed into inequality? And the other way around? In Culture and Inequality, cultural sociologists from universities across the world explore these topics in-depth from various perspect...

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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · Jun 27

Suomen Akatemia tuomitsee jyrkästi tutkijaan kohdistuvan häirinnän ja vihapuheen.

”In Finland, academic freedom is a core value. Researchers must be able to explore, question and share knowledge openly.”

”Let’s protect the freedom to do science, and the people who make it possible.”

Suomen Akatemian LinkedIn-päivitys:

The Research Council of Finland firmly condemns the harassment and hate speech that RCF-funded researchers have recently faced online.

This kind of targeting behaviour is highly inappropriate and dangerous. It threatens academic freedom, narrows public debate, and undermines trust in science and the people behind it.

𝗜𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲. Researchers must be able to explore, question and share knowledge openly. The RCF funds research through open competition and international peer review, and our staff work to ensure the 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 of the process.

Debate and disagreement are part of a healthy democracy. But there is a line that is crossed when the conversation turns into personal attacks or intimidation.

We call on everyone to help keep that line clear. 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, and the people who make it possible.

In 2023, we released a statement on the online targeting of researchers: https://lnkd.in/dbRrUDBu

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Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · May 22

Linkki koko julkaisuun otos.stat.fi/server/api/c...

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Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · May 22

Kirjoitimme Anna Grahnin kanssa Tilastokeskuksen tänään julkaisemaan ”Ajan jäljet” -teokseen ulkonäkötyöstä. Ulkonäkötyö on merkittävä osa sukupuolittunutta palkatonta työtä. Syystä tai toisesta se kuitenkin tavallisesti jätetään vastaavissa määrällisissä tarkasteluissa huomioimatta.

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Vera Mikkilä @veramikkila.bsky.social · Apr 16

Are you a professor or assistant professor level researcher in the US or elsewhere outside of Finland? Looking for new opportunities in an inspiring and well-connected research environment? Finland might be just the place for you.

Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.

Finland invests in research excellence – new funding call by Research Council of Finland to support recruitment of international talents

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has launched a funding call to improve universities’ ability to recruit international experts to Finland. In line with the RCF’s strategy, the call wi...

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Lena Näre @lnare.bsky.social · Apr 11

Ajatuksiani tieteen autonomian uhista ja puolustamisen tärkeydestä
(valitettavasti maksumuurin takana)
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Tiede | Suomessa on meneillään vaarallinen kierre, ja se osuu nyt tutkijoihin

Uhkailua, häirintää ja naisvihaa. Valepornoprofiileja. Tutkijat ovat Suomessakin nyt ennennäkemättömien vaikuttamisyritysten kohteena.

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Tomas Sjöblom @tomassjoblom.bsky.social · Apr 8

Itse ajattelen, että eri silottajavoiteiden hämmästelevän kehumisen sijaan voisi olla paikallaan kyseenalaistaa, miksi meidän kulttuuri on sellainen, että ikääntymisen merkkejä pitää peitellä. (Eri asia, jos on jokin lääketieteellinen syy käyttää vastaavia tuotteita)
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Testi | Hittivoide silotti toimittajan ihon kolmessa kuukaudessa – lähikuva paljastaa tuloksen

Toimittaja testasi ihonhoidon hittiainetta kolmen kuukauden ajan ja hämmästyi tuloksista. Retinolin tehosta on myös tutkimusnäyttöä.

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Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · Apr 4

Toisessa jaksossa puhutaan kestävästä työelämästä. Keskustelijoina Suvi Salmenniemi, @eevahoutbeckers.bsky.social ja Timo Räikkönen

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Kestävä työelämä

Sosiologian ääni · Episode

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Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · Apr 4

Jokaisen jakson yhteydessä suositellaan myös aiheeseen liittyvää lisälukemistoa. Eli jaksoja voi hyödyntää myös opetuksessa!

Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · Apr 4

Olemme Turun yliopiston sosiologian oppiaineessa tuottaneet viisijaksoisen podcast-sarjan ”Sosiologian ääni”. Sarjassa tutustutaan yksikössä tehtävään tutkimukseen yleistajuisella otteella. Minun & Minttu Rantasen jakso kuunneltavissa täältä👇
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Ulkonäkö ja eriarvoisuus

Sosiologian ääni · Episode

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INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Apr 1

🔍 Interested in #inequality, #interventions, or the future of the #WelfareState? The Spring 2025 call our #Fellowship Programme is open! Check out our five research themes — is there a good match with your own work.

✈️ Travel covered, grant provided, housing arranged

👉 invest.utu.fi/fellowships/

Text: INVEST Fellowship Programme Spring Call 2025 is now open! DL 30 April, 2025

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Jani Erola @janierola.net · Mar 27

My US-based colleagues, FYI:

Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland.

By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.

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Giselinde Kuipers @giselinde.bsky.social · Mar 24

"What happens to the self when surgery is embraced for the purpose of political conformity, consciously or otherwise?" Insightful article on the "brutal" beauty standards of the MAGA right>>

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA

Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?

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H-P Ontto-Panula @hplehk.bsky.social · Feb 15

I made a comic about beauty as a capital in my first year of studying social sciences. It's 11 pages (+sources) this this will be a thread. Nowadays my view on my looks isn't as negative but I'm still insecure about it.

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Comic. Person looks tired. Text: I look this tired every day. This might surprise you but I'm very uncomfortable with my looks. I avoid looking in the mirror when I go to toilet. Covid was a great reason to not think of my looks.

Comic, person does make up. Text: I bought a concealer serum. It makes me feel better. But I have to admit I dream of having money for fillers. I try to be body neutral. Positive is too much. Such intense love for one's body seems fake. I know I'm smart, funny and kind. I like my body. I'm strong and my shoulders are nice and wide... but my face.

Text: my face exists. If I don't think about it I'm ok. But recently I've had to think about it a lot. I started studying and I'm older than most others. They keep commenting.
Comic, blonde young woman says "Wow, you don't look 35!" Text: it's a compliment.

Comic, person with no face. Text: but it makes me feel horrible because it reminds me of the fact that people see me. I don't want to be seen. I used to make youtube videos, but I stopped. When trying to continue, I can't do it. People say "nobody cares about uour looks". They're right and wrong. 1) yes, people who care about me don't care. 2) but I care. 3) research says looks determine a lot of how you're treated in our society. Let's look into the research.

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Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · Jan 29

Hear hear, but then what is your own recommendation? It seems that all of the systems have their own problems either with regard to usability or data security

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Hanna Ylöstalo @hannaylostalo.bsky.social · Jan 27

Vielä tämä viikko aikaa hakea 2-vuotista tutkijatohtorin paikkaa populaarifeminismiä käsittelevässä tutkimushankkeessa Tampereen yliopistossa:
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Uutiset - FEMTIE

Hakuilmoitus: Projektitutkija (postdoc, apurahatutkija) populaarifeminismiä käsittelevään tutkimushankkeeseen Tampereen yliopiston yhteiskuntatutkimuksen yksikössä, sukupuolentutkimuksen oppiaineessa ...

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Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · Jan 25

Joo tällaiset ovat aina säännöllisesti pinnalla😅

Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · Jan 24

Oman kokemuksen mukaan kestoaiheita mm. äänestäminen (nostaa päätään aina, kun pahvinaamat ilmaantuvat katukuvaan).

Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · Jan 24

Hei mitä iältään noin 7-9-vuotiaiden olisi hyvä tietää (suomalaisesta) yhteiskunnasta tai mikä heitä oman kokemuksesi mukaan yhteiskunnallisissa teemoissa kiinnostaa? Itseni ja @ericaaberg.bsky.social puolesta kyselen.

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Irene Prix @ireprix.bsky.social · Sep 26

Haku auki vielä ma 30.9. asti:
Vakituinen yliopisto-opettajan pesti Turussa! Tehtävään kuuluu myös kanditason määrällisten menetelmien opetus.
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Sosiaalitieteiden yliopisto-opettaja

Turun yliopiston yhteiskuntatieteellisen tiedekunnan sosiaalitieteiden laitoksella on haettavana sosiaalitieteiden yliopisto-opettajan toistaiseksi voimassa oleva tehtävä. Työsuhde alkaa 1.1.2025 tai ...

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Outi Sarpila @outisarpila.bsky.social · Sep 25

This is an interesting result at a time when obtaining ethical approval for field experiments is not a straightforward matter (at least in Finnish universities). Causing an incentive to move towards the implementation of factorial survey experiments.

Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · Sep 24

NEW: Andrea G. Forster, Martin Neugebauer, "Factorial Survey Experiments to Predict Real-World Behavior: A Cautionary Tale from Hiring Studies"

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Giselinde Kuipers @giselinde.bsky.social · Sep 5

Maybe not entirely common sense in the field (yet), but it should be:

Men tend to benefit more from good looks than women.

Don't believe me? Read this:

doi.org/10.1080/1461...

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