Publications
Books and reports have their own page. Selected recent work first, then articles by year.
Current favourites
Rotkirch, A., & Berg, V. (2026). Fertility desires in the digital era. In K. Tammisalo, M. Danielsbacka, & A. Tanskanen (Eds.), Family Relationships in the Digital Era. Routledge.
Rotkirch, A. (2026). "Think about it all the time": reproductive cues in a late and low fertility setting. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 24(1), 1–13.
Rotkirch, A. (2025). The TikTok Baby Bust. Essay. Berlin Review, April 2025.
2026
Estévez, J. L., & Rotkirch, A. (2026). Fertility trends across migrant generations reexamined: insights from Finnish register data. European Sociological Review, advance article.
Tambellini, E., Danielsbacka, M., Tanskanen, A. O., Hämäläinen, H., & Rotkirch, A. (2026). Widowhood and grandchild care: a longitudinal study of European grandmothers and grandfathers. European Journal of Ageing.
Dávid-Barrett, T., Diaz, S., Rodriguez-Sickert, C., Behncke, I., Rotkirch, A., Bravo, L., & Kertész, J. (2026). In a society of strangers, kin is still key: identified family relations in large-scale mobile phone data. Journal of Social Physics, 1(1), 5.
2025
Tambellini, E., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Changes in subjective wellbeing during widowhood: gender differences and the buffering effect of the close social network. Journal of Family Research, 37, 141–162.
de Bel, V., Danielsbacka, M., Jokela, M., Rotkirch, A., & Tanskanen, A. O. (2025). Adult children's timing of entry into parenthood: parental investment, education, and gender. Human Nature, 36, 1–21.
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Kinship and friendship networks in Finland: a comparison between Swedish and Finnish speakers. Nordic Yearbook of Population Research, 58.
Mäki, M., Hägglund, A. E., Rotkirch, A., Kulathinal, S., & Myrskylä, M. (2025). Stable marital histories predict happiness and health across educational groups. European Journal of Population, 41(1), 12.
Jokela, M., Soini, E., Laakasuo, M., Parikka, S., Rotkirch, A., & Hämäläinen, H. (2025). Residential mobility and social capital: regional analysis in Finland. Population, Space and Place, 31(1), e2857.
Temkina, A., Shpakovskaya, L., Lavie-Ajayi, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Changes in ageing women's sexual subjectivity as seen from a life course perspective: security, caring, and desire. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 27(4), 479–494.
Tambellini, E., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2025). Both partnership history and current relationship quality are associated with life satisfaction in old age. Research on Aging, 47(3–4), 193–209.
2024
Bhattacharya, K., Roy, C., Takko, T., Rotkirch, A., & Kaski, K. (2024). Urban residential clustering and mobility of ethnic groups: impact of fertility. npj Complexity.
Artamonova, A., Sorsa, T., Berg, V., Hägglund, A. E., & Rotkirch, A. (2024). Social resources are associated with higher fertility intentions in contemporary Finland. Comparative Population Studies, 49.
Artamonova, A., Sorsa, T., Berg, V., Hägglund, A. E., & Rotkirch, A. (2024). Counting on parents or others? The role of social support for fertility intentions in Finland. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 57, 165–190.
Salonen, M., Lahdenperä, M., Rotkirch, A., & Lummaa, V. (2024). Fertility resilience varies by socioeconomic status and sex: historical trends in childlessness across 150 years. iScience, 27(7).
Rotkirch, A., Hägglund, A. E., Tanskanen, A. O., & Danielsbacka, M. (2024). Partnership histories shape the grandparenting happiness bonus. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 76(3), 443–466.
Hägglund, A. E., Sorsa, T., Berg, V., & Rotkirch, A. (2024). The first Generations and Gender Survey in Finland: data collection and data quality. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 107–126.
Jokela, M., Laakasuo, M., Parikka, S., Rotkirch, A., & Hämäläinen, H. (2024). Psychological and social wellbeing associated with regional population change in Finland. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 34(4), e2851.
Golovina, K., Nitsche, N., Berg, V., Miettinen, A., Rotkirch, A., & Jokela, M. (2024). Birth cohort changes in fertility ideals: evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Finland. European Sociological Review, 40(2).
2023
Tambellini, E., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2023). Do working and parenting trajectories influence retirement timing? Evidence from Spain using a sequence analysis approach and focusing on women. Work, Aging and Retirement.
Savelieva, K., Jokela, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2023). Reasons to postpone childbearing during fertility decline in Finland. Marriage & Family Review, 59(3), 253–276.
2022
Tammisalo, K., & Rotkirch, A. (2022). Effects of information and communication technology on the quality of family relationships: a systematic review. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(9), 2724–2765.
Nisén, J., Jalovaara, M., Rotkirch, A., & Gissler, M. (2022). Fertility recovery despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland? Finnish Journal of Social Research, 15.
Marois, G., Rotkirch, A., & Lutz, W. (2022). Future population ageing and productivity in Finland under different education and fertility scenarios. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 56, 137–160.
Ollila, H. M., Partinen, M., Koskela, J., Borghi, J., Savolainen, R., Rotkirch, A., & Laine, L. T. (2022). Face masks to prevent transmission of respiratory infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on face mask use. PLOS ONE, 17(12), e0271517.
Aarnio, K., & Rotkirch, A. (2022). Parental relationships and family functioning of Finnish children living with LGBTQ+ parents. NORA — Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 30(4), 249–263.
2021
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2021). Kin detection cues and sibling relationship quality in adulthood: the role of childhood co-residence duration and maternal perinatal association. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(6), 481–490.
Savelieva, K., Nitsche, N., Berg, V., Miettinen, A., Rotkirch, A., & Jokela, M. (2021). Birth cohort changes in fertility ideals: evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Finland. SocArXiv preprint.
2020
Rotkirch, A. (2020). The wish for a child. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 18.
Berg, V., Lawson, D. W., & Rotkirch, A. (2020). Financial opportunity costs and deaths among close kin are independently associated with reproductive timing in a contemporary high-income society. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1919), 20192478.
Berg, V., Miettinen, A., Jokela, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2020). Shorter birth intervals between siblings are associated with increased risk of parental divorce. PLOS ONE, 15(1), e0228237.
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2020). Grandparental investment in biological, adopted and step-offspring using large cross-national surveys. Evolutionary Psychology.
Rotkirch, A., & Berg, V. (2020). Ystävät. In M. Danielsbacka, H. Hämäläinen, & A. O. Tanskanen (Eds.), Suomalainen auttaminen. Tukiverkostot suurten ikäluokkien ja heidän lastensa elämässä (pp. 167–181). Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
De Kai, Morgunov, A., Goldstein, G.-P., Nanglia, V., & Rotkirch, A. (2020). Universal masking is urgent in the COVID-19 pandemic: SEIR and agent-based models, empirical validation, policy recommendations. arXiv preprint. (Popularised version, pdf)
2019
Miettinen, A., Rotkirch, A., Söderström-Anttila, V., & Suikkari, A.-M. (2019). Attitudes of anonymous and identity-release oocyte donors towards future contact with donor offspring. Human Reproduction, 34(4), 672–678.
Lynch, R., Lummaa, V., Panchanathan, K., Middleton, K., Rotkirch, A., Danielsbacka, M., O'Brien, D., & Loehr, J. (2019). Integration involves a trade-off between fertility and status for World War II evacuees. Nature Human Behaviour.
Ghosh, A., Berg, V., Bhattacharya, K., Monsivais, D., Kertész, J., Kaski, K., & Rotkirch, A. (2019). Migration patterns of parents, children and siblings: evidence for patrilocality in contemporary Finland. Population, Space and Place.
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2019). Grandparents look after biological, adopted and step-offspring: findings from SHARE and GGS. SHARE Working Paper Series 40-2019.
Dávid-Barrett, T., Carney, J., Rotkirch, A., & Behncke Izquierdo, I. (2019). Social network complexity in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. In Evolution and Popular Narrative (pp. 106–118). Brill Rodopi.
Lehtonen, N., van der Plas, R., van Duijn, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2019). Fraternity ties in later life. Research report.
2018
Tanskanen, A. O., & Rotkirch, A. (2018). Sibling similarity and relationship quality in Finland. Acta Sociologica, 62(4), 440–456.
Pettay, J. E., Lahdenperä, M., Rotkirch, A., & Lummaa, V. (2018). Effects of female reproductive competition on birth rate and reproductive scheduling in a historical human population. Behavioral Ecology, 29(2), 333–341.
Bhattacharya, K., Berg, V., Ghosh, A., Monsivais, D., Kertész, J., Kaski, K., & Rotkirch, A. (2018). Network of families in a contemporary population: regional and cultural assortativity. EPJ Data Science, 7, 9.
Rotkirch, A. (2018). Evolutionary family sociology. In R. Hopcroft (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology and Society (pp. 1–33). Oxford University Press.
2017
Rotkirch, A., & Miettinen, A. (2017). Childlessness in Finland. In M. Kreyenfeld & D. Konietzka (Eds.), Childlessness in Europe: contexts, causes and consequences (pp. 139–158). Springer.
Dávid-Barrett, T., Rotkirch, A., Ghosh, A., Bhattacharya, K., Monsivais, D., Behncke, I., Kertész, J., & Kaski, K. (2017). Peer relations with mobile phone data: best friends and family formation. arXiv preprint.
Danielsbacka, M., Tanskanen, A. O., & Rotkirch, A. (2017). The "kinship penalty": parenthood and in-law conflict in contemporary Finland. Evolutionary Psychological Science.
Präg, P., Sobotka, T., Lappalainen, E., Miettinen, A., Rotkirch, A., Takács, J., Donno, A., Tanturri, M. L., & Mills, M. C. (2017). Childlessness and assisted reproduction in Europe. FamiliesAndSocieties Working Paper 69.
Rotkirch, A. (2017). Emotional closeness predicted by relatedness. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
Rotkirch, A. (2017). Manipulative use of kin terminology. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
2016
Laakasuo, M., Rotkirch, A., Berg, V., & Jokela, M. (2016). The company you keep: personality and friendship characteristics. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(1), 66–73.
Pettay, J. E., Lahdenperä, M., Rotkirch, A., & Lummaa, V. (2016). Costly reproductive competition between co-resident females in humans. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., Jokela, M., Dávid-Barrett, T., & Rotkirch, A. (2016). Diluted competition? Conflicts between full- and half-siblings in two adult generations. Frontiers in Sociology.
Dávid-Barrett, T., Behncke Izquierdo, I., Carney, J., Nowak, K., Launay, J., & Rotkirch, A. (2016). Life course similarities on social networking sites. Advances in Life Course Research.
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., Jokela, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2016). Sibling conflicts in full- and half-sibling households in the UK. Journal of Biosocial Science.
Pearce, E., Launay, J., van Duijn, M., Rotkirch, A., Dávid-Barrett, T., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2016). Singing together or apart: the effect of competitive and cooperative singing on social bonding within and between sub-groups of a university fraternity. Psychology of Music, 44(6), 1255–1273.
Söderström-Anttila, V., Miettinen, A., Rotkirch, A., Nuojua-Huttunen, S., Poranen, A. K., Sälevaara, M., & Suikkari, A. M. (2016). Short- and long-term health consequences and current satisfaction levels for altruistic anonymous, identity-release and known oocyte donors. Human Reproduction, 31(3), 597–606.
Rotkirch, A. (2016). Sukupuolet evoluutioteoriassa. In M. Husso & R. Heiskala (Eds.), Sukupuolikysymys. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
Laakasuo, M., Berg, V., Jokela, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2016). Mistä on ystävyydet tehty? In M. Ylikangas (Ed.), Mielen salat. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
2015
Danielsbacka, M., Tanskanen, A. O., & Rotkirch, A. (2015). The impact of genetic relatedness and emotional closeness on intergenerational relations. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(4), 889–907.
Dávid-Barrett, T., Rotkirch, A., Carney, J., & Behncke Izquierdo, I. (2015). Mating strategies in Mozart's Figaro. Human Ethology Bulletin, 30(1), 83–98.
Miettinen, A., Lainiala, L., & Rotkirch, A. (2015). Does domestic gender equality predict childbearing? Evidence from the time use study among Finnish couples. Acta Sociologica.
Rotkirch, A. (2015). Jollei minulla olisi sinua. Parinvalinta ja rakkaus. In I. Hetemäki, P. Raento, H. Sariola, & T. Seppä (Eds.), Kaikkea sattuu (pp. 83–95). Helsinki: Gaudeamus & TSV.
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2015). More unintended injuries in half-sibling than full-sibling households in the UK. Journal of Individual Differences, 36(3), 177–182.
Dávid-Barrett, T., Rotkirch, A., Carney, J., Behncke Izquierdo, I., Krems, J., Townley, D., McDaniell, E., Byrne-Smith, A., & Dunbar, R. I. M. (2015). Women favour dyadic relationships, but men prefer clubs. PLOS ONE.
2014
Berg, V., & Rotkirch, A. (2014). Faster transition to the second child in late 20th century Finland: a study of birth intervals. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 49, 73–86.
Rotkirch, A., Lyons, M., Dávid-Barrett, T., & Jokela, M. (2014). Gratitude for help among adult friends and siblings. Evolutionary Psychology, 12(4), 673–686.
Rotkirch, A. (2014). Vallankumouksen uusi nainen, Aleksandra Kollontai. In A. Rosenholm, S. Suviniemi, & M. Sorvari (Eds.), Naisia Venäjän kulttuurihistoriassa (pp. 187–208). Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
Tanskanen, A. O., Jokela, M., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2014). Grandparental effects on fertility vary by lineage in the United Kingdom. Human Nature, 25(2), 269–284.
Jokela, M., Alvergne, A., Rotkirch, A., Rickard, I. J., & Lummaa, V. (2014). Associations between family size and offspring education depend on aspects of parental personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 58, 95–100.
Tanskanen, A. O., & Rotkirch, A. (2014). The impact of grandparental investment on mothers' fertility intentions in four European countries. Demographic Research, 31(1), 1–26.
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2014). Multipartner fertility is associated with lower grandparental investment from in-laws in Finland. Advances in Life Course Research, 20.
Rotkirch, A. (2014). Ihmisperhe evoluutiopsykologiassa ja -ekologiassa. In R. Jallinoja, H. Helve, & K. Jokinen (Eds.), Perhetutkimuksen suuntauksia. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
Regushevskaya, E., Hemminki, E., Klemetti, R., Rotkirch, A., Karro, H., Haavio-Mannila, E., & Miettinen, A. (2014). Postponing births: comparing reasons among women in St Petersburg, Estonia and Finland. Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 127–145.
Borozdina, E., Rotkirch, A., Temkina, A., & Zdravomyslova, E. (2014). How to use the maternity capital: citizen distrust of Russian family policy. European Journal of Women's Studies.
Miettinen, A., Rotkirch, A., Szalma, I., Donno, A., & Tanturri, M.-L. (2014). Increasing childlessness in Europe: time trends and country differences. Working Paper 5, Population Research Institute, Väestöliitto.
2013
Pettay, J. E., Rotkirch, A., Courtiol, A., Jokela, M., & Lummaa, V. (2013). Effects of remarriage after widowhood on long-term fitness in a monogamous historical human population. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Rotkirch, A. (2013). Baby fever and longing for children. In A. Buchanan & A. Rotkirch (Eds.), Fertility rates and population decline: no time for children? (pp. 249–266). Palgrave Macmillan.
Temkina, A., Rotkirch, A., & Haavio-Mannila, E. (2013). Sexual therapists in Russia: pleasure and gender in a new professional field. In K. Hall & C. Graham (Eds.), The cultural context of sexual pleasure and problems (pp. 220–248). Routledge.
2012
Rotkirch, A., Tkach, O., & Zdravomyslova, E. (2012). Making and managing class: employment of paid domestic workers in Russia. In S. Salmenniemi (Ed.), Rethinking class in Russia (pp. 129–148). Ashgate.
Courtiol, A., Pettay, J., Jokela, M., Rotkirch, A., & Lummaa, V. (2012). Natural and sexual selection in a monogamous historical human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Liu, J., Rotkirch, A., & Lummaa, V. (2012). Maternal risk of breeding failure remained low throughout the demographic transitions in fertility and age at first reproduction in Finland. PLOS ONE, 7(4), e34898.
Rotkirch, A., & Kesseli, K. (2012). "Two children puts you in the zone of social misery": childbearing and risk perception among Russian women. In H. Carlbäck, Y. Gradskova, & Z. Kravchenko (Eds.), And they lived happily ever after (pp. 145–164). Central European University Press.
Temkina, A., & Rotkirch, A. (2012). Здоровье, удовольствие и гендер в практиках сексологов. In A. Temkina & E. Zdravomyslova (Eds.), Zdorove i intimnaia zhizn. European University of St Petersburg Press.
2011
Rotkirch, A., Basten, S., Väisänen, H., & Jokela, M. (2011). Baby longing and men's reproductive motivation. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 9, 283–306.
Tanskanen, A. O., Danielsbacka, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2011). Do grandparents favor granddaughters? Biased grandparental investment in UK. Evolution and Human Behavior, 32, 407–415.
Danielsbacka, M., Tanskanen, A. O., Jokela, M., & Rotkirch, A. (2011). Grandparental child care in Europe: evidence for preferential investment in more certain kin. Evolutionary Psychology, 9(1), 3–24.
Miettinen, A., Basten, S., & Rotkirch, A. (2011). Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: evidence from Finland. Demographic Research, 24(20), 469–496.
2010
Jokela, M., Rotkirch, A., Rickard, I. J., Pettay, J., & Lummaa, V. (2010). Serial monogamy increases reproductive success in men but not in women. Behavioral Ecology, 21, 906–912.
Rotkirch, A., & Janhunen, K. (2010). Maternal guilt. Evolutionary Psychology.
Haavio-Mannila, E., & Rotkirch, A. (2010). Sexuality and family formation. In S. Immerfall & G. Therborn (Eds.), Handbook of European societies (pp. 465–498). Springer.
Rotkirch, A., & Kesseli, K. (2010). "The first child is the fruit of love": on the Russian tradition of early first births. In T. Huttunen & M. Kangaspuro (Eds.), Witnessing change in contemporary Russia (pp. 201–220). Kikimora.
2009
Haavio-Mannila, E., Majamaa, K., Tanskanen, A., Hämäläinen, H., Karisto, A., Rotkirch, A., & Roos, J. P. (2009). Sukupolvien ketju. Suuret ikäluokat ja sukupolvien välinen vuorovaikutus Suomessa. Helsinki: Kela, Sosiaali- ja terveysturvan tutkimuksia 107.
Hiidenheimo, S., Ritamäki, T., Lång, F., & Rotkirch, A. (Eds.) (2009). Me muut. Helsinki: Teos. Swedish edition: De andra. En bok om klass. Helsingfors: Söderströms.
2008
Rotkirch, A. (2008). What is "baby fever"? Contrasting evolutionary explanations of proceptive behavior. In T. Meleghy, P. Meyer, & H.-J. Niedenzu (Eds.), The new evolutionary social science. Boulder: Paradigm.
Rotkirch, A. (2008). Uusien venäläisten uudet palvelijat. In A. Rotkirch & S. Salmenniemi (Eds.), Suhteiden Venäjä. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
Rotkirch, A., & Kesseli, K. (2008). Chislo detej i ih mesto v zhiznennom tsikle. In E. Zdravomyslova, A. Rotkirch, & A. Temkina (Eds.), Novyj byt. European University of St Petersburg.
Rotkirch, A. (2008). Yksin kotona. In K. Janhunen & M. Oulasmaa (Eds.), Äidin kielletyt tunteet (pp. 72–85). Helsinki: Väestöliitto.
Rotkirch, A. (2008). Rakare, friare, friskare: Kollontajs vision för kvinnokroppen. In Y. Sørbye (Ed.), Revolusjon, kjærlighet, diplomati: Aleksandra Kollontaj og Norden (pp. 83–104). Oslo: Unipub.
2007
Rotkirch, A. (2007). "All that she wants is another baby?" Longing for children as a fertility incentive of growing importance. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 5(1–4), 89–104.
Rotkirch, A., Temkina, A., & Zdravomyslova, E. (2007). Who helps the degraded housewife? Comments on Vladimir Putin's demographic speech. European Journal of Women's Studies, 14(4), 349–357.
Temkina, A., & Rotkirch, A. (2007). Sovetskie gendernye kontrakty i ih izmenenia v sovremennoj Rossii. In A. Temkina & E. Zdravomyslova (Eds.), Gendernyj poriadok Rossii. European University of St Petersburg.
2005 and earlier
Rotkirch, A. (2005). Miten sosiologinen tieto kohtaa evoluutioteorian? In A. Meurman-Solin & I. Pyysiäinen (Eds.), Ihmistieteet tänään (pp. 62–90). Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
Rotkirch, A. (2005). "Sauver ses fils": migrations trans-européennes comme stratégies maternelles. Migrations Société, 17(99–100), 161–172.
Haavio-Mannila, E., Rotkirch, A., & Kontula, O. (2005). Contradictory trends in sexual life in St Petersburg, Estonia and Finland. In A. Štulhofer & T. Sandfort (Eds.), Sexuality and gender in postcommunist Eastern Europe and Russia (pp. 317–363). Haworth Press.
Roos, J. P., & Rotkirch, A. (2005). ¿Habitus, naturaleza o educación? Hacia un paradigma de la sociología evolutiva. In J. Monreal, C. Díaz, & J. J. G. Escribano (Eds.), Viejas sociedades, nueva sociología (pp. 87–100). Madrid: CIS.
Rotkirch, A. (2004). New woman with old feelings? Contrasting Kollontay's and Colette's writings on love. In E. Witt-Brattström (Ed.), The new woman and the aesthetic opening (pp. 137–154). Södertörn Academic Studies.
Rotkirch, A. (2004). "Besputnaia zhizn'": seks, sem'ia i sotsial'naia mobil'nost' v muzhskih avtobiografiah. In S. Oushakine (Ed.), Semia. Model dlia sborki (pp. 548–575). Moscow: NLO.
Haavio-Mannila, E., & Rotkirch, A. (2004). Ydin- ja versoperheet Suomessa ja Pietarissa. In I. Arminen & R. Alapuro (Eds.), Vertailevan tutkimuksen ulottuvuuksista. Helsinki: WSOY.
Rotkirch, A. (2003). "What kind of sex can you talk about?" Acquiring sexual knowledge in three Soviet generations and "Coming to stand on firm ground": the making of a Soviet working mother. In D. Bertaux, P. Thompson, & A. Rotkirch, Living through Soviet Russia (pp. 93–119, 146–175). Routledge.
Rotkirch, A. (2003). Naturligtvis? Moderskap, essentialism och evolutionsteori. Naistutkimus, 3/03, 33–47.
Rotkirch, A. (2003). Vem är rädd för städerskan? Globalisering och kvinnors autonoma migration. Sociologisk forskning, 2/2003, 11–18.
Rotkirch, A. (2003). Hva er tradisjonalisme? Utvidet moderskap og ekteskap i Aleksandra Chistyakovas livshistorie. Kvinneforskning, 2/2003, 31–46.
Haavio-Mannila, E., Kontula, O., & Rotkirch, A. (2003). Sexuelle Lebensstile in drei Generationen. Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung, 16, 1–17.
Temkina, A., & Rotkirch, A. (2002). Sovetskie gendernye kontrakty i ih transformatsiia v sovremennoi Rossii. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniia, 11, 4–15.
Rotkirch, A. (2002). Shame, promiscuity and social mobility in Russian autobiographies from poor milieus. In R. Humphrey & E. Zdravomyslova (Eds.), Biographical perspectives on Eastern European societies. Ashgate.
Rotkirch, A. (2002). Sovetskie kul'tury seksual'nosti. In E. Zdravomyslova & A. Temkina (Eds.), V poiskakh seksual'nosti (pp. 128–171). St Petersburg: Dmitrii Bulanin.
Rotkirch, A. (2002). "Nyt en aio lähteä minnekään…" Valittajan vahvuudet Aleksandra Tshistjakovan omaelämäkerrassa. In S. Apo, A. Koivunen, L.-M. Rossi, & K. Saarikangas (Eds.), Itkua ikä kaikki? (pp. 58–77). Helsinki: SKS.
Rotkirch, A. (2001). Emma Goldman. In M. Jolly (Ed.), Encyclopedia of life writing (pp. 385–386). Fitzroy Dearborn. Also five entries in C. Nechemias & N. Noonan (Eds.), Dictionary of the women's movement in Russia (2001).
Rotkirch, A. (2000). Loving with and without words: same-sex experiences in Russian women's autobiographies during late socialism. In M. Liljeström, A. Rosenholm, & I. Savkina (Eds.), Models of self: Russian women's autobiographical texts (pp. 229–245). Helsinki: Kikimora.
Rotkirch, A., & Haavio-Mannila, E. (2000). Gender polarisation and liberalisation: comparing sexuality in St Petersburg, Finland and Sweden. Idäntutkimus, 3–4/2000, 4–26.
Rotkirch, A. (2000). Pirstoutunut vanhemmuus. In J. P. Roos & T. Hoikkala (Eds.), 2000-luvun elämä (pp. 187–200). Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
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