LSE International Inequalities Institute

26/10/2026

Why has progress towards a fairer society stalled?

Join Richard Blundell for the inaugural John Hills Memorial Lecture as he argues that tackling inequality requires going beyond redistribution through the tax and benefit system. It demands a new approach to work, skills, and innovation, with a focus on policies that shape opportunities before inequalities take root.

📅 25 November 2026
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6:30pm Wed 25 Nov | Richard Blundell | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

22/10/2026

What harms can extreme concentrations of wealth cause to democracy, society, the economy and the environment?

Join us for an event to launch new research on the harms associated with excessive wealth concentration. Hear from Tania Burchardt, Catherine West, and Sunil Kapur, co-hosted by the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion.

📅3 November 2026

How much wealth is too much? Should it be possible for trillionaires to exist? And what are the consequences for the rest of society?

21/10/2026

How is privilege produced in Britain’s elite schools?

Join the LSE International Inequalities Institute and the LSE Department of Sociology, LSE for the book launch of 'An Elite Education: How Privilege is Produced in a Private School' by Emma Taylor, joined by Tiwa Adebayo, Annette Lareau, Lee Elliot-Major and Mike Savage.

Drawing on an in-depth ethnography of one of Britain’s most prestigious private schools, the book examines how advantage is reproduced through everyday interactions, traditions and expectations, cultivating what Taylor describes as a carefully nurtured sense of "audacity" that is often mistaken for merit.

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20/10/2026

Join Professor Kristin Surak for our next Inequalities Seminar Series, exploring how wealthy individuals use offshore financial structures to hold UK property and what this reveals about global wealth, financial secrecy and inequality.

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16/10/2026

How should we understand elite power in the 21st century?

Join the LSE Department of Sociology and the LSE International Inequalities Institute for the launch of the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites, with speakers Will Davies, Caroline Knowles, María Luisa Méndez, Annette Lareau, and Mike Savage, chaired by Aaron Reeves.

This event will examine the role of elites in shaping contemporary societies, from democratic governance and regional politics to the organisation of cities and economic power.

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6.30pm Thurs 22 October | Will Davies, Caroline Knowles, María-Luisa Méndez, Mike Savage and Annette Lareau mark the launch of the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites at LSE

13/10/2026

The World Values Survey is the leading dataset used to measure gender attitudes and norms: it’s the subject of news coverage and policy debates, and feeds into various global indices and academic research.

But what lies behind the answers that are submitted? New research by Sophie Legros surfaces confusions, ambiguities, and lived realities that are contained within survey responses. In our latest blog post, she explores the hidden assumptions contained within the questions themselves – as well as gendered differences in which questions are asked (or not).

Read the post here: https://buff.ly/Manqhz3

The confusions, ambiguities and lived realities contained within responses about gender norms in the World Values Survey

13/10/2026

Join Dr Malik Fervovic for our next Inequalities Seminar Series, exploring whether higher education can truly level the playing field, or whether elite public institutions continue to reproduce existing class inequalities.

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13/10/2026

“It is very unlikely that strong monopolies lead to more equality. Who is going to make nurses or hotel employees get good pay rises if AI increases the productivity of managers?” - Sir Christopher Pissarides

III programme co-lead Sir Christopher Pissarides was featured in a recent piece in the Financial Times on the impact of AI on the labour market.

Economists do not see a future without jobs, but they do see scope for rapid, disruptive change in the nature of work

12/10/2026

Applications are now open for the 2027-28 Cohort of the Atlantic Fellows for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme!

The AFSEE programme is an innovative fully-funded fellowship based at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The programme brings together mid-career policymakers, activists, researchers, artists, and practitioners from all around the world to explore and challenge inequality.

🗓️ Applications for the 2027-28 Cohort will close at 5.00pm GMT on 11 January 2027.

Find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/oOa3wwe