Catch up on our recent Inequalities Seminar with Clara Martinez-Toledano 💻️ She studies the relationship between the growth in private capital markets and the rise in economic inequalities over the last two decades in the U.S.

By communicating less effectively with poorer patients, doctors might be indirectly contributing to health inequalities. Our latest blog post by Rym Ghouma, Mylene Lagarde and Timothy Powell-Jackson discusses new research on hidden inequalities in Tunisia. #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/yvPm9UM

Inequality has a profoundly negative effect on health and wellbeing. This #WorldHealthDay, revisit our blog post by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett on the ways in which inequality slowly reshapes how people live, relate, and age.

"Taking the question of measurement seriously is not a mundane methodological issue. Rather, measurement can be a valuable tool for probing more deeply into the meanings of race and ethnicity" - Haley McAvay in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Inequality research is hampered by a lack of instruments to communicate the high level of prevailing inequality to the general public. This new working paper by Anthony Shorrocks offers a promising solution to this shortcoming. 🔗 buff.ly/FaF2JuM

To address ethnoracial inequality, important decisions must be made about categorisation, data and measurement. In our latest blog post, Haley McAvay argues that race-focused research, and the policies it informs, would benefit from a diversity of measurements. #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Last week, students from the MSc in Inequalities and Social Science organised the Inequality Talk Night! 🎉 This evening brought together academics and practitioners for honest discussions about the current state of inequality and how to tackle it.

“About half of all Spaniards believe that new technologies will destroy more jobs than they will create... In other words, we no longer fear Skynet – we fear self-checkout machines” – Raquel Sebastián, Pedro Salas-Rojo, Juan César Palomino and Juan Gabriel Rodríguez in our latest blog post

Policymakers need to be able to make interpersonal comparisons if they hope to target support towards the most vulnerable workers. This new chapter by Kirsten Sehnbruch and Mauricio Apablaza considers how different precarious and atypical employment situations can be compared. 🔗 buff.ly/xUT6U0k

We are joined by Jeanne Bomare for this term's final seminar! Her research uses the first wave of COVID-19 as a natural experiment to identify the scale and mechanisms of inheritance tax planning in the United Kingdom. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/4Vh1XUc 💻 Attend online: buff.ly/Rj4FPEw

Do technological advances complement human labour, boosting productivity and wages? Or do they lead to workers being displaced? Our latest blog post examines the net effect of technological change on wage growth – and who the winners and losers are. #LSEInequalitiesBlog

¿Complementan las nuevas tecnologías el trabajo humano, aumentando su productividad y salarios? ¿O, por el contrario, desplazan a los trabajadores? Nuestra última publicación de blog examina estas preguntas #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Around the world, people are increasingly looking into how they can get a second passport. In a new article for BBC Travel, Kristin Surak argues that the rise of dual citizenship is being driven by a growing sense of political uncertainty. buff.ly/FTK4V6K

“Categories are not neutral containers of meaning... they can constitute tools of political power that shape who and what becomes visible or invisible” – Annalena Oppel on the problem of intersectionality relying on stable categories in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/Sp0Updp

Despite extensive research on spatial inequality, the geography of wealth remains understudied. This new working paper explains why the spatial distribution of wealth differs from income, and how local advantages create self-reinforcing dynamics. 🔗 buff.ly/1rfdomW

Can archives catalyse change in Egypt? In the third episode of our podcast collaboration with @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social, AFSEE Fellow Diana Magdy and Prof Hoda Elsadda unpack the politics of archiving, revealing archives as spaces of power and resistance. 🎧 Listen to the episode: buff.ly/yJsj8JC

In what ways do floods drive inequality in South Africa? Annalena Oppel and Enrico Nichelatti will discuss how floods interact with South Africa's pre-existing spatial, racial, and economic disparities. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/4X5HQIp 💻 Attend online: buff.ly/5vUA0bC

Can Labour move beyond factions to build a pluralistic and cohesive vision of Britain? Our recent public event developed the idea of multicultural nationalism as a more inclusive framework that brings together both ethnic minorities and disaffected white working-class communities. Catch up now ⬇️

Developing countries are rightly concerned with generating enough jobs. However, socioeconomic sustainability and productivity also depend on job quality. This new paper by Kirsten Sehnbruch and co-authors measures poor-quality employment among wage-earners in Egypt. 🔗 buff.ly/2zKdJv5

Intersectionality points to how social identities – like age, race & gender – combine to create unique experiences of discrimination. But it treats the ‘protected categories’ themselves as distinct, stable facts. Annalena Oppel asks - is that a problem? #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Harshita Sinha argues that climate change and AI are creating parallel global disruptions that will lead to large-scale social and economic displacement, and that proactive state governance is necessary to manage these transitions blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

📆 Online event: Tuesday 17 March Kirsten Sehnbruch will discuss her forthcoming book 'Modern Labour Markets: An Employment Capability Framework for the Future of Work'. Register here ⬇️ buff.ly/0GNufmI

“Eco-social contracts are framed as ecological imaginaries... that call upon humanity to reimagine a world and way of living: not as a plunderer, but as a partner with nature” – Najma Mohamed in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Congratulations to Nousha Kabawat on joining the global community of Senior Fellows! 🎉 Nousha is a transitional justice expert. Her Fellowship Project was an educational toolkit for helping conflict-affected children process trauma and reclaim agency. ℹ️Learn more about Nousha: buff.ly/CyewViB

🧬📚 Join us for the launch of Dr Carrie Friese’s new book, A Mouse in a Cage — a deep dive into lab animals, humanitarianism & more‑than‑human sociology. 📅 Thursday 26 March | 🕕 6pm | 📍 LSE

📣 New III working paper by @brankomilan.bsky.social and @marcoranaldi.bsky.social They provide new global evidence on the evolution, distribution, and measurement of capital income, and the implications for inequality analysis in contemporary capitalism. 🔗 buff.ly/HHadHIv

It was a pleasure and a privilege to speak to Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed about my work on wealth @uomphilosophy.bsky.social and @lseinequalities.bsky.social and great to share the experience with Ryan Davey talking about debt www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Congratulations to Lucia Makamure for becoming an AFSEE Senior Fellow!🎉 Lucia is a fiscal justice campaigner. Her Fellowship Project examined the human cost of sovereign debt crises arguing that debt restructuring must centre lived experience and justice. ℹ️Learn more about Lucia: buff.ly/AbH7Kmr

Congratulations to Juan David Velasco Montoya on joining the global community of Senior Fellows! 🎉 Juan David is a political scientist & transitional justice advisor. His MSc Dissertation examined the emergence and impact of Ministries of Equality. ℹ️Learn more about Juan David: buff.ly/9qFKKtb

Congratulations to Sasha Jattansingh for joining the global Atlantic Fellows community!🎉 Sasha is a participatory environmental governance professional. Her Fellowship Project was a toolkit for assessing loss and damage in Caribbean small islands. ℹ️ Learn more about Sasha: buff.ly/KAURNpR

Congratulations to Kunsang Tsephel for becoming a Senior Fellow!🎉 Kunsang is an independent researcher & social justice activist. His MSc Dissertation examined how young Tibetan adults in London navigate identity formation in the context of diaspora. ℹ️Learn more about Kunsang: buff.ly/CxneBhr

Sam Taylor Hill, John Denham and Tariq Modood extend the idea of “multicultural nationalism". This political framework merges support for diversity and minority accommodation with a shared, inclusive national identity. 🎟️ Find out more in this evening's III event

How did technological change reshape access to opportunity during Britain's Second Industrial Revolution? At our next seminar, @hillaryvipond.bsky.social links micro-level job dynamics to patterns of social mobility. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/K94LyOL 💻 Attend online: buff.ly/R2B5gkZ

How do we reweave the bonds between people, power, and the planet? Najma Mohamed argues that eco-social contracts are a crucial tool for systemic change, connecting ecological interdependence, historical justice, and a plurality of worldviews. #LSEInequalitiesBlog

📣 Over 500 of the UK’s most economically influential individuals have been identified in a new analysis published by III researchers. It shows that many of those with the greatest economic power remain largely unseen by the wider public, thus avoiding public scrutiny. buff.ly/JW4FLQu

Congratulations to Solomon Atsuvia on joining the global community of Senior Fellows! 🎉 Solomon is a socio-legal scholar & human rights advocate. His Fellowship Project was a toolkit on eradicating conversion practices in Ghana. ℹ️Learn more about Solomon: buff.ly/iAqENuG

Congratulations to Dany Díaz Mejía and all our 2024-25 Fellows for joining the global Atlantic Fellows community!🎉 Dany is a storyteller & democracy advocate, whose Fellowship Project was an e-zine that challenged dominant narratives of development. ℹ️Learn more about Dany: buff.ly/sXfmyFe

What is the relationship between the growth in private capital markets and the rise in economic inequalities? @cmtneztt.bsky.social will assess this relationship over the last two decades in the U.S. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/AWbceur 💻️ Attend online: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Congratulations to Vardini M Sukumar for becoming an AFSEE Senior Fellow! 🎉 Vardini is an independent researcher. Her MSc Dissertation examined how performing nomadic tribes were misrepresented or excluded from the colonial census records. ℹ️ Learn more about Vardini: buff.ly/tq7UeYF

Ghana’s debt crisis highlights how fiscal policy that’s influenced by creditor priorities affects the basic rights of vulnerable citizens. What would a new approach – centred around human dignity, justice and accountability – look like? Lucia Makamure explores #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Coming up this Wednesday! @durlauf.bsky.social of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social will discuss intergenerational mobility in China for two distinct epochs: the last 120 years of the Qing Dynasty and the last 30 years for modern China. Register here ⬇️ events.ticketleap.com/tickets/iiil...

Congratulations to Judit Ignácz for becoming an AFSEE Senior Fellow! Judit is a human rights advocate & trainer. Her Fellowship Project offered recommendations for designing equitable professional development programmes. ℹ️: afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/fellows/2024...

Congratulations to Badrul Hisham Ismail on joining the global community of Senior Fellows!🎉 Badrul is an independent researcher & arts practitioner. His MSc Dissertation examined how an indigenous community navigates urban life in Kuala Lumpur. ℹ️Learn more about Badrul: bit.ly/3Oz9ft8

Congratulations to JiHye Jeong all of our 2024-25 Fellows for joining the global Atlantic Fellows community!🎉 JiHye is a journalist & gender equality specialist. Her Fellowship Project was a documentary examining how women in South Korea resist patriarchy. ℹ️ Learn more about JiHye: bit.ly/4rO5df9

“A country can have full enrolment of girls and boys in schools, yet still not be working towards broader gender equality or justice for women” – Rosie Peppin Vaughan and co-authors in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog @ioe.bsky.social

What does it take to effect meaningful change in our communities? Through our collaboration with @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social's Instant Coffee podcast, five AFSEE Fellows co-curated episodes highlighting the people & ideas shaping movements & change in the Middle East. ℹ️Learn more: buff.ly/75asaP5

From confronting authoritarianism in Central America to challenging patriarchal norms in South Korea, Fellows from our 2024–25 Cohort graduate to Senior Fellowship with renewed clarity, conviction, and community!🎉 ℹ️Learn more about the Fellows and their work: buff.ly/tiNa9HB

Congratulations to Giannis Efthymiou, who has been selected for the inaugural LSE-Tsinghua University Sustainability Research Fund! His project 'Building Sustainable Societies Through Fostering Engagement of Higher Education Students' is one of twelve projects selected for funding.

📢 Upcoming online seminar: Victoria Hünewaldt will discuss how inflation narratives shape beliefs about the distributional consequences of inflation and attitudes toward mitigating policies. Register here: buff.ly/ChxehRK

Why do people accept the very inequalities they claim to oppose? Mario D. Molina shows how people use moral judgment to assess procedural fairness but rely on experienced inequality to set standards for acceptable disparities. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/mJkuAjU 💻️ Attend online: buff.ly/2kwNNe8