Miia

Degrees

• February 19, 2008: Ph.D. in Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden.

• September 21, 2015: Docent in Social Policy, Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Current Position and Employer

• 2019– : Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Previous Employers

• 2003–2008: Department of Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden.

• 2009–2010: Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.

• 2010–2012: Centre for Research on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Karlstad University, Sweden.

• 2012: Department of Social Studies, Karlstad University, Sweden.

• 2012–2015: Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway.

• 2015–2018: Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
  • 2016–2018: Research Professor

• 2018–2019: School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, Sweden.

Extended Research Visits

• 2005: STAKES, Finland.

• 2008/09: Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University, U.S.A.

• 2013/14: Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, Stanford University, U.S.A.

Editorial Assignments

• Member of the Associate Board, Sociology, 2016–2022.

• Member of the Editorial Board, Social Inclusion, 2017–2020.

• Member of the Editorial Board as Review Editor for Medical Sociology, Frontiers in Sociology, 2019–2024.

• Member of the Editorial Board, Sociology, 2022– .

Papers Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals with Impact Factors (IFs) when Greater Than 3 (see Google Scholar for citing statistics)

1. Welfare Problems and Social Exclusion among Immigrants in Sweden. European Sociological Review, 21, 73-89, 2005. (IF: 3.2)
2. Accumulation of Welfare Problems in a Longitudinal Perspective. Social Indicators Research, 88, 311-327, 2008, with Björn Halleröd. (IF: 3.1)
3. Increasing Inequality in Social Exclusion Occurrence: The Case of Sweden During 1979-2003. Social Indicators Research, 97, 299-323, 2010. (IF: 3.1)
4. Cumulative Disadvantage and Connections Between Welfare Problems. Social Indicators Research, 103, 443-464, 2011. (IF: 3.1)
5. Burned Out to Drop Out: Exploring the Relationship Between School Burnout and School Dropout. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 28, 511-528, 2013, with Katariina Salmela-Aro. (IF: 3.0)
6. Externalising and Internalising Problem Behaviour among Swedish Adolescent Boys and Girls. International Journal of Social Welfare, 24, 182-192, 2015.
7. Social Influence and the Matthew Mechanism: The Case of an Artificial Cultural Market. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 412, 113-119, 2014, with Mikael Bask. (IF: 3.3)
8. Accumulation and Persistence of Welfare Problems over Time. Social Indicators Research, 125, 757-770, 2016. (IF: 3.1)
9. Patterns of Psycho-Social Distress among Ageing Swedes. Journal of Population Ageing, 8, 261-278, 2015.
10. Cumulative (Dis)advantage and the Matthew Effect in Life-Course Analysis. PLOS ONE, 10 (11) e0142447, 2015, with Mikael Bask.
11. Psychiatric Diagnoses as Grounds for Disability Pension among Former Child Welfare Clients. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 8, 365-381, 2017, with Mika Gissler, Ari Hautakoski and Tiina Ristikari.
12. Growing Up in Economic Hardship: The Relationship Between Childhood Social Assistance Recipiency and Early Adulthood Obstacles. International Journal of Social Welfare, 30, 130-139, 2021, with Mika Gissler, Pasi Haapakorva and Tiina Ristikari.
13. Depressive Symptoms in Higher Education Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Containment Measures. European Journal of Public Health, 32, 481-487, 2022, with Veerle Buffel, Sarah Van de Velde and 12 Co-Authors. (IF: 4.4)
14. Political Stringency, Infection Rates, and Higher Education Students’ Adherence to Government Measures in the Nordic Countries and the UK During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak. Preventive Medicine, 164, 107245, 2022, with Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff and 11 Co-Authors. (IF: 5.1)
15. Factors Associated with Stability for Children in Family Foster Care: A Study of Case Files in Six Municipalities in Sweden. Forthcoming in Child and Family Social Work, with Ann-Sofie Bergman, Kristina Engwall and Ulrika Järkestig-Berggren.

Book Chapter

Pathways to Educational Attainment in Middle Adulthood: The Role of Gender and Parental Educational Expectations in Adolescence, with Lars R. Bergman, Laura Ferrer-Wreder and Katariina Salmela-Aro. Chapter 17 in Gender Differences in Aspirations and Attainment: A Life Course Perspective, edited by Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Ingrid Schoon. Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Academic Assignments

• Examining Committee, Ola Stjärnhagen’s Ph.D. Thesis Defense in Sociology (2015, Lund University, Sweden).
• Examining Committee, Jörgen Rosén’s Ph.D. Thesis Defense in Psychology (2019, Uppsala University, Sweden).
• Examining Committee, Pernilla Ågård’s Ph.D. Thesis Defense in Sociology (2020, Uppsala University, Sweden).
• Examining Committee, Anna Kahlmeter’s Ph.D. Thesis Defense in Sociology (2022, Stockholm University, Sweden).
• Assessment of 12 applicants for an Associate Senior Lectureship in Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden.
• Examining Committee, Jonas Söderqvist’s Ph.D. Thesis Defense in Economic History (2023, Uppsala University, Sweden).
• Examining Committee, Gustav Berry’s Ph.D. Thesis Defense in Sociology of Education (2023, Uppsala University, Sweden).
• Examining Committee, Tom Chabosseau’s Ph.D. Thesis Defense in Sociology (2023, Uppsala University, Sweden).

Current Ph.D. Students

• Karin Kristensson (main supervisor, Uppsala University, Sweden).
• Rejina Gurung (assistant supervisor, Uppsala University, Sweden).
• Simon Helperin (assistant supervisor, Uppsala University, Sweden).

Research Grants

• Länsförsäkringar Västerbotten and Föreningssparbanken Foundation for Economic and Social Research.
• Kempe Foundation.
• Finnish Konkordia Fund.
• Swedish Research Council.
• Chancellor’s Travel Grant (University of Helsinki).
• University of Bergen.
• Erasmus Lifelong Learning Programme.
• Meltzer Research Fund (2 grants).
• Örebro University.
• Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (2 grants; PIs: Mikael Bask respective myself).

Supervision of Bachelor and Master Theses

• 2008: 3 Bachelor Theses in Social Work, Umeå University, Sweden.
• 2011–2012: 10 Bachelor Theses in Social Work, Karlstad University, Sweden.
• 2013–2015: 5 Bachelor Theses in Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway.
• 2018–2019: 10 Bachelor Theses in Social Work and Sociology, Örebro University, Sweden.
• 2019: 1 Master Thesis in International Social Welfare and Health Policy, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.
• 2020– : 10 Bachelor Theses in Social Work and Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
• 2023– : 2 Master Theses in Euroculture, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Teaching Experiences

• Undergraduate Teaching in Social Psychology and Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden

Introductory Sociology (Comparative Social Policy; seminars): Fall 2007
Introductory Sociology (Comparative Social Welfare; seminars): Fall 2007
Introductory Sociology (Sociology A and Social Psychology A; lectures and seminars): Fall 2007, Spring 2008

Advanced Sociology (Master-level course; Living Conditions and Social Problems; lectures and seminars): Spring 2008

• Undergraduate Teaching in Social Psychology, Social Work and Sociology, Karlstad University, Sweden

Introductory Social Psychology (Introduction; lectures and seminars): Spring 2012
Introductory Social Psychology (Investigating Social Interactions; lectures, seminars and supervision): Spring 2012
Introductory Social Psychology (Methods; lectures, seminars and supervision): Fall 2011
Introductory Social Psychology (Understanding Social Interactions; lectures and seminars): Spring 2012

Introductory Sociology (Interaction in Everyday Life; lectures and seminars): Spring 2012
Introductory Sociology (Research Process; supervision): Spring 2012

Advanced Social Work (Quantitative Methods; lectures, data laboratories and supervision): Spring 2012

Advanced Sociology (Sociology and Social Psychology; Quantitative Methods; lectures and data laboratories): Spring 2011, Spring 2012

• Undergraduate Teaching in Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway

Introductory Sociology (Methods in the Social Sciences; censor): Fall 2014
Introductory Sociology (Social Science Perspectives; censor): Fall 2014
Introductory Sociology (Sociological Theory: Classical Perspectives; censor): Fall 2012, Spring 2013

Intermediate Sociology (Welfare and Inequality; lectures): Spring 2013

Advanced Sociology (Sociological Theory: Modern Perspectives; lectures): Fall 2012, Spring 2015
Advanced Sociology (Sociological Theory: Modern Perspectives; censor and lectures): Spring 2013

Advanced Sociology (Master-level course; Methods: Statistical Analysis; lectures and data laboratories): Spring 2015
Advanced Sociology (Master-level course; Welfare, Inequality and Life-Course; lectures): Fall 2014

• Undergraduate Teaching in Sociology, Örebro University, Sweden

Intermediate Sociology (Quantitative Methods; data laboratories): Fall 2017

• Undergraduate Teaching in Social Work, Örebro University, Sweden

First-Semester Course in Social Work (seminars): Fall 2018, Spring 2019

Fifth-Semester Course in Social Work (seminars): Fall 2018

• Undergraduate Teaching in Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Introductory Sociology (Quantitative Methods; seminars): Spring 2023
Introductory Sociology (Quantitative Methods; lectures and seminars): Fall 2019, Spring 2020

Intermediate Sociology (Methods; lecture): Spring 2023
Intermediate Sociology (Quantitative Methods; lectures, seminars and data laboratories): Fall 2019, Spring 2020

Advanced Sociology (Quantitative Methods; lectures and data laboratories): Fall 2019, Spring 2020

• Graduate Teaching in Sociology (Doctoral courses), Uppsala University, Sweden

Quantitative Methods (lectures, seminars and data laboratories): Fall 2021, Fall 2023

Theory of Science (one lecture and one seminar): Spring 2020, Spring 2022

• Undergraduate Teaching in Computational Social Science, Uppsala University, Sweden

Introduction to Computational Social Science (one lecture and one seminar): Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024

Selected Administrative Experiences

• Director of Undergraduate and Master Studies at Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
• Member of the Electoral College, Uppsala University, Sweden.
• Member of the Board at Swedish Sociological Association.

Experiences to Communicate with the Surrounding Society

• Appeared on Swedish TV.
• Appeared on Swedish radio.
• Interviewed in Canadian, Finnish and Swedish newspapers.
• Interviewed for a magazine by an international organization.