Sonja Kosunen

817 total citations
40 papers, 477 citations indexed

About

Sonja Kosunen is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Kosunen has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 477 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Education, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Sonja Kosunen's work include School Choice and Performance (9 papers), Research in Social Sciences (8 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (8 papers). Sonja Kosunen is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (9 papers), Research in Social Sciences (8 papers) and Parental Involvement in Education (8 papers). Sonja Kosunen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Iceland and Sweden. Sonja Kosunen's co-authors include Piia Seppänen, Alejandro Carrasco, Venla Bernelius, Agnès van Zanten, Palle Rasmussen, Jaakko Kauko, Marianne Dovemark, Miina Porkka, Dennis Beach and Agnete Vabø and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Sociology of Education, Journal of Education Policy and Urban Education.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Kosunen

33 papers receiving 450 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonja Kosunen Finland 11 345 167 146 95 19 40 477
Lynn Bosetti Canada 12 296 0.9× 135 0.8× 70 0.5× 62 0.7× 26 1.4× 23 441
Daniel Tröhler Luxembourg 13 447 1.3× 230 1.4× 259 1.8× 54 0.6× 13 0.7× 123 586
Andrew Wilkins United Kingdom 12 301 0.9× 109 0.7× 188 1.3× 28 0.3× 11 0.6× 41 431
Georges Felouzis Switzerland 14 328 1.0× 429 2.6× 119 0.8× 50 0.5× 21 1.1× 56 614
Thierry M. Luescher South Africa 11 253 0.7× 91 0.5× 123 0.8× 27 0.3× 19 1.0× 58 409
Charles L. Glenn United States 11 316 0.9× 134 0.8× 88 0.6× 49 0.5× 28 1.5× 65 440
Małgorzata Kuczera France 9 297 0.9× 116 0.7× 107 0.7× 31 0.3× 37 1.9× 21 397
Juan Carlos Tedesco Argentina 11 324 0.9× 96 0.6× 80 0.5× 30 0.3× 25 1.3× 88 458
Aslam Fataar South Africa 14 309 0.9× 172 1.0× 162 1.1× 20 0.2× 23 1.2× 54 444
Jacky Brine United Kingdom 10 312 0.9× 171 1.0× 252 1.7× 41 0.4× 12 0.6× 21 462

Countries citing papers authored by Sonja Kosunen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonja Kosunen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonja Kosunen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sonja Kosunen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sonja Kosunen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sonja Kosunen. Sonja Kosunen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2026). Ecological perspective on teacher agency in segregated urban early childhood education and care. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood.
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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2026). Recruitment challenges and support for well-being and learning in early childhood education and care. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 1–16.
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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2025). Teachers’ (mis)recognition of pupils’ cultural capital and their navigation of schools’ middle-class normativity. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 70(2). 422–435.
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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2025). Finnish teachers as (de)constructors of the binary-gendered ideals of the teaching profession. Gender and Education. 37(7). 830–845.
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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2024). Conceptualizing Socialization, Qualification, and Subjectification as Purposes of Education†. Educational Theory. 74(3). 389–410. 1 indexed citations
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Isopahkala-Bouret, Ulpukka, et al.. (2023). Koulutus ja yhteiskuntaluokka. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 2 indexed citations
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Seppänen, Piia, et al.. (2023). Painotetun opetuksen oppilasvalikointi Suomen kaupunkikouluissa: valintakriteerit ja ideaalioppilaan normi. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 42(1). 38–55.
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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2022). Tarjonta ja kysyntä valmennuskurssimarkkinoilla opiskelijavalintauudistuksen aikana. 53(1). 63–78. 3 indexed citations
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Kosunen, Sonja. (2022). The homology between the private and the public fields in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 44(2). 276–290. 1 indexed citations
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Wolff, Charlotte, et al.. (2021). Inclusive education in the diversifying environments of Finland, Iceland and the Netherlands: A multilingual systematic review. Research in Comparative and International Education. 16(1). 3–21. 7 indexed citations
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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2020). Tutkijakoulutettujen lapsiluvun kehitys Suomessa 1987–2016. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 85(4). 425–433. 1 indexed citations
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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2020). Choosing private compulsory schools: A means for class distinctions or responsible parenting?. Research in Comparative and International Education. 15(2). 97–115. 8 indexed citations
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Kosunen, Sonja. (2016). Families and the Social Space of School Choice in Urban Finland. Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja. 25 indexed citations
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Kosunen, Sonja, Venla Bernelius, Piia Seppänen, & Miina Porkka. (2016). School Choice to Lower Secondary Schools and Mechanisms of Segregation in Urban Finland. Urban Education. 55(10). 1461–1488. 54 indexed citations
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Kosunen, Sonja, et al.. (2015). Valmennuskurssit ja mahdollisuuksien tasa-arvo yliopistokoulutukseen hakeutumisessa. Doria (University of Helsinki). 46(4). 334–348. 6 indexed citations
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Rinne, Risto, et al.. (2015). Yhteiskuntaluokat ja kouluvalinta. 325–369. 2 indexed citations

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