The Team

The EqualLives team is made up of researchers from the University of Essex in the UK, the University of Turku in Finland, Humboldt University in Germany, the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Its Principal Investigators are:

Professor Susan Harkness

Associate Director for Policy – ISER, University of Essex


Professor Jani Erola

Professor of Sociology – University of Turku


Prof. Dr. Anette Eva Fasang

Professor of Mico-Sociology – Humboldt Universität zu Berlin


Professor Mads Meier Jæger

Professor of Sociology – University of Copenhagen


Dr. Thomas Leopold

Associate Professor of Sociology – University of Amsterdam