Scientific article
14. FEB 2018
14. FEB 2018
Jens-Peter Thomsen
Children, Adolescents and Families
Daycare, School and Education
Children, Adolescents and Families, Daycare, School and Education
Key Expertise:
- Inequality and social heritage,
- Education,
- Families,
- Social class,
- Youth,
- Intergenerational mobility,
- Higher education
Jens-Peter Thomsen's main research interests lie in the areas of social stratification and the sociology of education. He is particularly interested in how socialization processes, child-rearing techniques and educational strategies in families with different cultural, social and economic resources shape educational opportunities. He uses a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods and he is experienced in working with registry data, and with exploratory and confirmatory statistical methods. Futhermore he has extensive experience in conducting field observations and interviews. Jens-Peter Thomsen is a highly experienced project leader, having managed three major research projects at the Danish Center for Social Science Research.
Selected publications
Scientific article
17. SEP 2017
17. SEP 2017
Andrade, S. B., & Thomsen, J. P. (2017). Micro-educational reproduction. Social Forces, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/sox062
Scientific article
2015
2015
Thomsen, J. P. (2015). Maintaining inequality effectively? Access to higher education programmes in a universalist welfare state in periods of educational expansion 1984-2010. European Sociological Review, 31(6), 683-696. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcv067
Scientific article
25. NOV 2016
25. NOV 2016
The Social Sector
Daycare, school and education
The Social Sector, Daycare, school and education
Thomsen, J. P., Hedman, J., Helland, H., Bertilsson, E., & Dalberg, T. (2016). Higher education participation in the Nordic countries 1985-2010: A comparative perspective. European Sociological Review, 33(1), 98–111. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcw051
Scientific article
21. JUN 2016
21. JUN 2016
- The Social Sector, Daycare, school and education
Thomsen, J.-P. (2016). Test-Based Admission to Selective Universities: A Lever for First-Generation Students or a Safety Net for the Professional Classes? Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038516653097
Scientific article
2. FEB 2023
2. FEB 2023
Thomsen, J.-P. (2023). Social class and approaches to shaping educational expectations. The British Journal of Sociology, 74(2), 131-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12998
Scientific article
MAY 2022
MAY 2022
Children, Adolescents and Families
- The Social Sector, Children, Adolescents and Families, Daycare, school and education
Thomsen, J.-P. (2022). The social class gap in bachelor’s and master’s completion: university dropout in times of educational expansion. Higher Education, 83, 1021-1038. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00726-3
Selected research projects
