GGP Best Master Thesis Award Winner 2025

The Generations and Gender Programme is delighted to announce that the Best Master Thesis Award 2025 goes to Yuting Li (University of Turku) for the thesis:

“Housing Tenure, Housing Satisfaction, and Fertility Intentions in the Nordic Context of the Early 2020s” conducted under the supervision of Jessica Nisén and Mirkka Danielsbacka.

This year’s competition was exceptionally strong, and the evaluation jury — Prof. Dr. Aat Liefbroer (NIDI-KNAW and University of Groningen) and Dr. Petra Međimurec (University of Zagreb) — was impressed by the quality and originality of all submitted theses, making the final decision very challenging. Yuting Li’s work stood out for its timely and relevant research question, cross-national design using GGS-II data, strong empirical execution, interesting approach of combining subjective and objective measures, and valuable insights into how housing conditions intersect with fertility intentions in Nordic societies.

As part of the award, Yuting Li will receive sponsored attendance to the 8th GGP User Conference (15–17 October 2025, Tallinn University, Estonia), a certificate of recognition, and the opportunity to present the research during the award ceremony.

We warmly congratulate Yuting Li on this achievement and extend our sincere appreciation to all applicants for their excellent contributions to the GGP research community!