He has undertaken research in historical sociology, political economy, nationalism and ethnic conflict, social theory.

He published widely on political economy, economic history, international relations, historical sociology, and world history.

It ranks among the most widely read journals in comparative historical sociology.

He works in the field of historical sociology.

His fields of research are work and family, gender equality and historical sociology.

Any adequate sociology of culture must, it seems, be an historical sociology.

He specialized in historical sociology and the sociology of developing countries.

He is a specialist on issues relating to globalization, collective memory studies, and comparative historical sociology.

Alapuro is an internationally known social scientist who has focused on historical sociology in Finland.

It houses a 27,000-volume library devoted to philosophy, philosophy of science, historical sociology and political theory.