Torkild Hovde Lyngstad

Professor Torkild Hovde Lyngstad is affiliated with the University of Oslo's Department of Sociology and Human Geography, part of the Faculty of Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in Demography (2007) and a cand.polit. in Sociology (2002) from the University of Oslo. His academic interests span family sociology, demography, criminology, and quantitative methods, with a focus on genetic and environmental interactions in social stratification.

Research Interests: His work explores topics such as partnership dissolution genetics, socioeconomic status determinants, educational inequality, and the role of family networks in criminal behavior. He employs advanced quantitative methods and register-based data to analyze population-scale phenomena.

Publications: Recent work includes studies on genetic influences on educational outcomes, the weakening correlation between cognitive ability and education over birth cohorts, and the effects of income inequality on mortality. His research often integrates Scandinavian welfare-state contexts with global comparative frameworks.

Labs/Teams: He is part of research groups like 'Neighborhood Genetics' and contributes to projects such as EQOP and the CHARM initiative. His teaching focuses on family sociology, criminology, and statistical methods.