LACIR (lacir.lse.ac.uk/en-GB) is a joint initiative of LSE Inequalities, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Yale University and IFS to understand why the region remains so unequal - and how to make it less so. This podcast is the first of many hosted by Ana María Ibáñez, with many of the scholars who took part. 👇🏾

💡In the latest issue of the LSE Public Policy Review, III acting director Kirsten Sehnbruch with colleagues Mauricio Apablaza and James Foster, explore poor-quality employment and deprivation in the labour market.
Read the article here 👉 ow.ly/XCFF50RiSmB

💡 Back in February, we had the pleasure of hosting The Labour Party's Liam Byrne MP to launch his new book 'The Inequality of Wealth: Why it Matters and How to Fix it' 📚 Now, LSE Review of Books has given it a great review.
Check it out here 👇
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…

Did you miss our co-hosted event 'The search for democracy in the world's largest democracy' with Alpa Shah, Christophe Jaffrelot, Tarun Khaitan, and AFSEE Fellow Priyanka Kotamraju?🇮🇳

📺Watch the video: bit.ly/3w7A7Hz
🎧Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/3Q2AQ3t

🔎 III acting director Kirsten Sehnbruch, and Andrés Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, introduce the latest issue of the LSE Public Policy Review, with a look at changing labour markets and the future of social protection
Read it here 👇
🔗 ppr.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31…

Does your background influence your career?

Lee Elliot Major from LSE Inequalities analyses the backgrounds of the UK's leaders, and how they affect voters’ lives 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2…

For human rights to survive, they must be far better understood by everyone.

At this year's The Wollstonecraft Society lecture, we are joined by Shami Chakrabarti, lawyer, parliamentarian and leading British human rights defender.

🔴Co-hosted by LSE Human Rights

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#Inequality bands: Seventy-five years of measuring income inequality in #LatinAmerica
Facundo Alvaredo Paris School of Economics, Francois Bourguignon Paris School of Economics NYU Abu Dhabi, Francisco H. G. Ferreira LSE Inequalities, Nora Lustig Commitment to Equity Tulane University
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In our latest blog post, Carlos J. Gil, Pedro Salas Rojo, Guillem Vidal-Lorda, & Davide Villani explore the missing link in understanding wealth inequality and class in European countries 👇 #LSEInequalitiesBlog

blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2…

Looking forward to this!

📣 We're delighted to have Baroness Chakrabarti speak at this year's The Wollstonecraft Society Lecture!

She will be joined by Conor Gearty, Bee Rowlatt & Alpa Shah in this LSE Inequalities & LSE Human Rights event.

In person and online. More details ⤵️ lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/05…

“Every PM who has attended an English university since the War went to Oxford”. Lee Elliot Major explains why the persistent social elitism at the top of British politics is problematic #LSEInequalitiesBlog

blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2…

We're delighted to announce the launch of Naila Kabeer's Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox as part of the #LSEFestival 🎉

In conversation with Monica Ali, Philip Hensher and Sarah Worthington

🔗Sat 15 June | 15.30 - 16.30 | lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Fes…

A new divide has emerged in higher education between students who commute and those who stay on campus.

Lee Elliot Major reports on new findings with LSE Inequalities to show that commuter students face financial struggle and a growing sense of isolation.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2…

More and more wealthy Americans are looking for exit options, largely due to the hyper-politicisation of US elections.

A new article in The Boston Globe discusses Kristin Surak's research on golden passports.

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🇦🇺 The III's Mike Savage will be delivering a lecture on The Racial Wealth Divide, Elites, and Tax Justice next Tuesday at the Australian National University!
Register here to attend in-person👇
events.humanitix.com/the-racial-wea…

🇨🇴 III acting director Kirsten Sehnbruch joined Roy Barreras, Jose Antonio Ocampo & Vanessa Rubio Márquez last month to discuss the geopolitical and economic opportunities for Latin America, focussing on Colombia, in a brilliant event from LSE School of Public Policy, Colombian Embassy UK & LSE Colombian Soc 👇

🏖 Why should politicians care about the plight of English seaside towns?

LSE Inequalities' Madeleine Bunting shares 5 factors to blame for the decline of English #seaside towns, and how they're involved in regional #inequality blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2…

How can we create spaces for marginalised voices?
AFSEE Fellow Ruby Hembrom was interviewed for an episode of the PCDN podcast titled 'A Career at the Intersection of Cultural Activism, Indigenous Rights, and Storytelling'.
🎧Listen here: bit.ly/3TU9LRs

💭 III acting director Kirsten Sehnbruch recently took part in LSE School of Public Policy's Beveridge 2.0 event, on changing labour markets and the future of social protection, alongside Centre for Economic Performance 's Stephen Machin & Anna Valero, The Labour Party MP Alison McGovern, and LSE SPP's Luis Garicano 🇪🇺🇺🇦👇