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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 13h
“Knowing that a product is genuinely handmade, or associated with a particular place and process, does not tell us how the people who made it were renumerated” – @rkdasgupta.bsky.social @nazlialimen.bsky.social & Diviani Chaudhuri on “craftwashing” #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/1edB8Xv
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Craftwashing: Misleading claims about artisanship, heritage or working conditions
Claims about artisanship, heritage and sustainability are used to justify premium prices. But are they verified - or is there a risk of “craftwashing”?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is UBI the answer to AI-driven job displacement? Sir Christopher Pissarides and Kirsten Sehnbruch suggest not: “the social and psychological benefits of work should not be underestimated and cannot be replaced by income benefits” #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/4U6YrXT
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AI and labour market inequalities: Three starting points for discussion
AI-driven disruptions demand a total rethink of public policies to deal with very sizeable labour market inequalities. Where to start in thinking this through?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How do history, race and identity continue to shape society today? Join Reni Eddo-Lodge, bestselling author of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, in conversation with Larry Kramer for a special Black History Month event at LSE. 📅 8 October 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/ob6qOhj
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In conversation with Reni Eddo-Lodge
6:30pm Thu 8 Oct | Reni Eddo-Lodge | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Jakob Dirksen and the @afsee-lse.bsky.social programme, both recognised as runner-up winners in this year's LSE Impact Prizes. Read more: info.lse.ac.uk/staff/servic...
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Who rules in unequal societies? Join Jenny Pearce, Juan David Velasco Montoya, @mikesavagelse.bsky.social and @cacrisalves.bsky.social for a discussion of Who Rules in Colombia? Elites, Power and Nation at the @afsee-lse.bsky.social event. 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/rTLmu3y
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Britain is facing deep and persistent inequalities. What would it take to build a fairer society? Join us for a discussion of The Fair Necessities book with Will Snell, CEO of @fairnessfdn.bsky.social & @aaronreeves.bsky.social. 📅 14 October buff.ly/XHvOvGC
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The fair necessities | How to build a more equal Britain
Britain faces deep inequality and a fractured social contract. Join academics, policy experts and civil society leaders to discuss practical pathways to a fairer future.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brands market garments as “handcrafted” or “traditionally made”, often to justify premium prices. But how are such claims verified and how are the proceeds shared? @rkdasgupta.bsky.social @nazlialimen.bsky.social & Diviani Chaudhuri on “craftwashing” #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/xIorT8d
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Craftwashing: Misleading claims about artisanship, heritage or working conditions
Claims about artisanship, heritage and sustainability are used to justify premium prices. But are they verified - or is there a risk of “craftwashing”?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI-driven disruptions to the labour market require us to completely rethink of the role of government. But where to start when thinking this through? Sir Christopher Pissarides and Kirsten Sehnbruch explore in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/4b9gWtL
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AI and labour market inequalities: Three starting points for discussion
AI-driven disruptions demand a total rethink of public policies to deal with very sizeable labour market inequalities. Where to start in thinking this through?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join Dr Cecilia Rikap for our next Inequalities Seminar Series, exploring corporate power in the age of AI and the cloud. 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/1mvMbSU
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join journalist and author Symeon Brown for a discussion of his new book, The Good, the Black and the Boujee, together with Clive Chijioke Nwonka and @baronesslolayoung.bsky.social. 📅 20 October 2026 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/2ZNbDUk
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The good, the black and the boujee | Losses and gains of class aspiration
6:30pm Tues 20 Oct | Symeon Brown, Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“The new AI divide is not simply the gap between those who can and cannot use AI – it's between those who control the infrastructure of prediction and those who are made legible through it” – Massimo Ragnedda & Maria Laura Ruiu in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/b7wT5DC
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AI inequality is not only about bias – it’s about who has the power to predict
AI debates often focus the bias in algorithms - but the deeper inequality concerns who controls the data, computing capacity and institutional power to predict
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do workers adapt when technology transforms an industry? Research by Hillary Vipond, III Visiting Fellow & @afsee-lse.bsky.social fellow, was featured in a @financialtimes.com article by @joelsuss.ft.com, examining the effects of mechanisation in bootmaking. www.ft.com/content/bf0a...
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The AI Shift: What can Victorian bootmakers tell us about AI disruption?
The industry transformed when sewing machines took off — but widespread unemployment wasn’t the outcome
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Who holds power, and how do elites shape society? Join Jenny Pearce, Juan David Velasco Montoya, @mikesavagelse.bsky.social and @cacrisalves.bsky.social for a discussion of Who Rules in Colombia? Elites, Power and Nation at the @afsee-lse.bsky.social event. 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/rTLmu3y
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI debates often focus on whether algorithms treat people fairly. But the deeper inequality concerns who controls the infrastructures through which people are classified, predicted and acted upon, argue Massimo Ragnedda & Maria Laura Ruiu #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/WHkI2NS
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AI inequality is not only about bias – it’s about who has the power to predict
AI debates often focus the bias in algorithms - but the deeper inequality concerns who controls the data, computing capacity and institutional power to predict
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join @joelsuss.ft.com for a seminar on new methods for measuring wealth inequality at local and neighbourhood levels across the United States. 📅 29 September 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/sswN9Km
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join us this Black History Month for a conversation with Reni Eddo-Lodge. Author of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge joins LSE President Larry Kramer to discuss race, identity, history and society. 📅 8 October 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/ob6qOhj
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In conversation with Reni Eddo-Lodge
6:30pm Thu 8 Oct | Reni Eddo-Lodge | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why do inequalities persist, and what would it take to build a fairer Britain? Join us for a discussion of The Fair Necessities book with Will Snell, CEO of @fairnessfdn.bsky.social, @profkepickett.bsky.social & @aaronreeves.bsky.social. 📅 14 October 2026 buff.ly/XHvOvGC
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The fair necessities | How to build a more equal Britain
Britain faces deep inequality and a fractured social contract. Join academics, policy experts and civil society leaders to discuss practical pathways to a fairer future.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seven lessons for engaging the public on topics around extreme concentrations of wealth, wealth inequality and wealth taxes – latest blog post from Milly Shotter of @patmillsuk.bsky.social following their viral campaign this summer #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/i3ZADGW
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How to talk to the public about wealth inequality
Seven learnings from a viral campaign
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We're pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding between @lseinequalities.bsky.social and @eclac.bsky.social, signed at @lsedatascience.bsky.social's Global Forum for AI and the Social Sciences. Read more: www.lse.ac.uk/global-ai-fo...
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why an Extreme Wealth Line? Because unchecked wealth harms democracy, society & the planet, says @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How do you engage the public on wealth inequality? Milly Shotter from @patmillsuk.bsky.social shares the thinking behind their “how much is too rich?” campaign, which has received more than 10 million views since the start of the summer #LSEInequalitiesBlog Read the post here: buff.ly/i3ZADGW
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📢 New research in The Lancet, co-authored by Xavier Jara Tamayo, explores how wealth redistribution policies could help offset the health impacts of international aid cuts. Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wealth redistribution policies to mitigate the impact of development assistance defunding: a retrospective evaluation and forecasting analysis up to 2030
The ongoing decline in funding for humanitarian and development assistance stands in stark contrast to the global rise in wealth concentration and wid…
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔓️ New open-access book This edited volume presents an innovative framework for Sustainable Human Development. Leading experts higlight how balancing human wellbeing and planetary boundaries requires moving beyond growth-focused horizons. Read it here ⬇️ buff.ly/7s6xpbF
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What do African policy leaders need from inequality research now? Join the public launch event for the African Inequality Review - a multi-country research initiative to advance understanding of inequality in Africa. 📆 15 Sept, 15:30-16:30 BST (16:30-17:30 SAST) 📍 Online buff.ly/LZa1p9x
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Public launch | African Inequality Review | University of Cape Town
What do African policy leaders need from inequality research now? The African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research at the University of Cape Town, the International Inequalities Institute at…
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We were incredibly pleased to co-host a two-day workshop at LSE examining how we can move beyond GDP. The event convened experts from academia, policy and international organisations to compare the leading methodological options and what they can offer for policy. @ophioxford.bsky.social
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What responsibility do British institutions have for slavery, colonialism, and their continuing effects? @ashaherten.bsky.social and co-authors argue that Afrikan Heritage Communities must shape the process of any public inquiry into reparatory justice #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/S0AjL2V
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Britain's inquiry into reparatory justice must be shaped by those most affected by slavery
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📢 "Inequality is a policy choice, and its extremes can be reversed" Larry Kramer and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social call on Andy Burnham to back an International Panel on Inequality—a proposal supported by leading academics from the III and beyond. Read their article in @prospectmagazine.co.uk ⬇️
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Why Andy Burnham must back an International Panel on Inequality
Inequality is a policy choice, and its extremes can be reversed
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Is the intensive, “mother-centred” model of childcare an immutable fact of human nature – or the result of social norms? The answer has radical implications for closing the gender pay gap, writes Camille Landais in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/Qt37PuX
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Why having children drives most of the remaining gender pay gap
In the world's richest countries, 80-90% of the remaining pay gap between men and women can be traced to the arrival of a first child. Can this gap be closed?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Most of the remaining gender pay gap can be traced to the arrival of a first child, argues Camille Landais. Can this gap be closed? It depends on whether the “mother-centred” model of childcare is a biological necessity or a more malleable social norm #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/Qt37PuX
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Why having children drives most of the remaining gender pay gap
In the world's richest countries, 80-90% of the remaining pay gap between men and women can be traced to the arrival of a first child. Can this gap be closed?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📢 Register now for the 2nd Michael Lipton memorial lecture with Professor Francisco H. G. Ferreira at @ids.ac.uk His lecture will discuss on inherited inequality in Latin America, examining persistence in both income and educational attainment across generations. 📆 17 November 2026, 3-5pm
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Michael Lipton memorial lecture with Francisco H. G. Ferreira - Institute of Development Studies
Join the Michael Lipton memorial lecture delivered by Professor Francisco H. G. Ferreira of the London School of Economics (LSE) who will speak on Inequality and Inclusive Growth.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Capitalism has generated extraordinary prosperity, yet it has also created deep and consequential inequalities” – @seamusapower.bsky.social on how to use our understanding of these two stories to imagine a third story #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Three stories of inequality
Capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty. But it has also produced extraordinary inequality of wealth and power. How do we reconcile these two statements?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“The demand is not simply for better treatment from those in power – it is for a different relationship to power altogether” – Harshita Sinha & Ritika Arora-Kukreja on India’s Gen Z protests and what it means to practice citizenship #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/jCxgMBo
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Art is often seen as playing a supporting role for research in the social sciences, but bringing the two together can generate new and productive relationships. Annalena Oppel and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social reflect on this process in a new post for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social buff.ly/RlQK1k1
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Putting art into dialogue with research can reframe approaches to wealth inequality - LSE Impact
Can bringing art and social science into dialogue place “research facts” and “artistic values” into new and productive relationships?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Across India, Gen Z protesters are asking: what does it mean to be a citizen in a state that positions itself as a democracy, yet remains distant from the grievances of its own citizens? Harshita Sinha & Ritika Arora-Kukreja explore #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/jCxgMBo
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India's Gen Z are making accountability a condition of citizenship
Using Gen-Z lingo, music and memes, the youth protests sweeping India are questioning what it means to practice citizenship in the world's largest democracy
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Capitalism has lifted billions of people out of poverty. But it has also produced deep and enduring inequalities. @seamusapower.bsky.social asks: how do we reconcile these two statements? And how might we imagine a more moral form of capitalism? #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Three stories of inequality
Capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty. But it has also produced extraordinary inequality of wealth and power. How do we reconcile these two statements?
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📢 Call for papers: Fiscal policy for sustainable development in the Global South On SOUTHMOD’s 10th anniversary, the III and @unu-wider.bsky.social are organising an academic workshop on fiscal policy in developing countries. 📆 Apply by 20 September 2026 🔗 buff.ly/8IGUTJQ
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The @afsee-lse.bsky.social programme is looking for a proactive, organised forward-thinking communications and marketing professional. The postholder will have responsibility for all the day-to-day AFSEE related internal and external communications. 📆 Apply by 21 August 🔗 buff.ly/gqZnG5J
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Forty prominent academics have urged Andy Burnham’s government to sign the UK up to help create a new International Panel on Inequality (IPI). The open letter was signed by III academics and associates including Francisco Ferreira, Naila Kabeer, Tania Burchardt, and @mikesavagelse.bsky.social.
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Top economists urge Burnham to sign UK up to UN initiative on global inequality
Open letter signed by 40 academics including Nobel winner Joseph Stiglitz and Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We tend to see the poor people who inject drugs in one of two ways: self-destructive, or passive victims of a broken system. But after years of fieldwork in San Francisco, @sarahbrothers.bsky.social found something else – see our latest blog post. #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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I met with the “hit doctors” who practice care without credentials
We see the very poor who inject drugs as either self-destructive or as passive victims of a broken system. But Sarah Brothers found something else.
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If heat-related deaths in 2050 are to be no higher than they are today, then heatwaves must be treated as both a housing and an inequality issue. - Philip Broadbent in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/Qoy9Rl6
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Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality
Extreme heat is a public health issue that's rooted in housing inequality. Poorer households, renters, older people and those in urban areas are most exposed
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
As the UK's fifth heatwave this year peaks, Philip Broadbent argues that the public health problems related to extreme heat should be treated as a year-round housing and inequality crisis, not just a seasonal weather event #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/EZvgD3i
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Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality
Extreme heat is a public health issue that's rooted in housing inequality. Poorer households, renters, older people and those in urban areas are most exposed
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The @afsee-lse.bsky.social programme is looking for a proactive, organised forward-thinking communications and marketing professional. The postholder will have responsibility for all the day-to-day AFSEE related internal and external communications. 📆 Apply by 21 August 🔗 buff.ly/gqZnG5J
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“For many children with disabilities in Nepal, the promise of education remains out of reach, not because of a lack of legal guarantees, but due to persistent failures in implementation” – Dev Datta Joshi in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog @afsee-lse.bsky.social buff.ly/lSwrZsc
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How to overcome the barriers to inclusive education in Nepal
For many children with disabilities in Nepal, the promise of education remains out of reach due to various systemic, institutional, and social barriers
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
📢 Watch Naila Kabeer's keynote presentation at the Development Studies Association conference She highlights the importance of feminist values and priorities in helping us navigate the transition to a new economy.
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Reimagining pathways to gender justice in an era of uncertainities: Naila Kabeer, LSE
Keynote at the Development Studies Association conference, DSA2026 at the Centre for Sustainable Development, University College Dublin. Professor Naila Kabeer, LSE speaks on: From growth to…
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
“Decisions are made *with* communities, not for them. Women are intentionally centred as agents of change because what transforms a woman transforms her children, and through them, the next generation” – Zainab Salbi in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/XTFAiJk
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Who gets ahead? In our recent seminar, Javier Terrero Dávila discussed new research across four countries exploring how income mobility differs depending on country, age, gender and education level. Watch it here ⬇️
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Who gets ahead? Cross-country evidence on intragenerational income mobility | LSE III Event
Part of the Inequalities Seminar Series at LSE 26 May 2026 Speaker: Javier Terrero Dávila, Economist, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Income mobility is often invoked as…
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change and biodiversity loss – but they are also leading the way when it comes to innovative solutions to the ecological crisis, writes Zainab Salbi on @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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How women are healing the planet from the ground up
Women are leading when it comes to innovative solutions to the ecological crisis, based on a relationship with nature grounded in care and stewardship
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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Via a survey experiment in the United States, we find: 1) Perceptions of position in the local (county) income distribution are just an inaccurate 2) Local income corrections have a more consistently robust effect on meritocracy beliefs & redistribution preferences than national corrections
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
📢 New III working paper by Kattalina M. Berriochoa, Katy Morris & Andrew McNeil This paper examines whether perceptions of local income position are more accurate than national perceptions, and whether correcting local misperceptions has a stronger effect on inequality beliefs. 🔗 buff.ly/EDGu7t4
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Catch up on our seminar with Miguel Artola Blanco 💻️ He explores how the transition from pre-WWII capitalism to welfare capitalism not only involved a decline in income inequality but also a realignment of capital and labour incomes at the top of the distribution.
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Capital and labour at the top: new evidence from the 1936 US income tax project
Part of the Inequalities Seminar Series at LSE 19 May 2026 This seminar explores how the transition from pre-WWII capitalism to welfare capitalism not only involved a decline in income inequality…
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