Jarmo Kallunki

Research interests: intergenerational transmission, cultural participation, reproductive medicine, social mobility, cultural mobility, cultural practices, cultural reproduction. 

Bio: Jarmo Kallunki is a postdoctoral research fellow in sociology at Tampere University. His research lies at the intersection of sociology, political science, and education, with a particular interest in the social stratification of lifestyles and culture. Additionally, Kallunki has extensive experience in studying education and education politics in Finland, and his research has covered the political history of education, policy networks in education politics, and use of knowledge in policymaking.

At the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Kallunki will examine how political and societal actors in contemporary polities can better understand and recognize working-class youth and their political concerns. Drawing from sociology, political science, and youth studies, he analyzes how Finnish working-class youth define their political concerns and how they experience their concerns being recognized in the Finnish polity.

Research summary: My research locates in cultural sociology, and intersects with sociology, political science, and education. I am particularly interested in studying the social stratification of lifestyles and culture. My dissertation in sociology (2023) addressed the intergenerational transmission of lifestyles. Recently, I have studied working-class culture and its evolution over time in Finland, and higher education policy networks in Finland and the European Union. In my current research project, Political Recognition of the Working-Class Youth, I study how young working-class people in Finland define themselves and articulate their political concerns, and how they experience themselves and their concerns being recognized by the Finnish political system. I use both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, including mixed-methods designs. By original training I am a high school teacher of mathematics, physics, and philosophy.

This information is accurate as of the affiliate year indicated. (last updated 12.28.2025)