About
Peter Fallesen is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, specializing in family demography, social inequality, and child welfare. He is also a Research Professor at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit and a research affiliate at the Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Previously, he held visiting positions at Yale University, UC Berkeley, and the European University Institute.
- Education: PhD in Sociology (2015) from the University of Copenhagen
- Research: Focuses on family dynamics, institutional persistence, and welfare policy impacts
His research explores family demography, social inequality, child welfare systems, and criminal justice intersections. Recent work examines welfare reforms, ADHD treatment efficacy, and intergenerational poverty transmission. Publications highlight cross-national comparisons and longitudinal analyses of family stability and child outcomes.
His recent articles address post-pandemic fertility trends, traumatic brain injury effects on adolescent behavior, and socioeconomic disparities in medically assisted reproduction. These studies span demography, public health, and family sociology, with subfields including gender equality, policy evaluation, and neurodevelopmental impacts.
He contributes to the Level-of-Living (LNU) research group, analyzing multidimensional inequalities, family structure impacts on child wellbeing, and welfare state dynamics in Nordic countries.
