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The International Inequalities Institute drives integrated research and teaching on inequality at LSE. Home of @afsee-lse.bsky.social.
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialOn political representation: “Why not establish a mandatory quota for elected representatives from working class occupations?” – @vladimirbortun.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialHandcrafted products often carry labels that make individual artisans, skills and processes more visible.
But what about the pay and working conditions of the makers in question? @nazlialimen.bsky.social @rkdasgupta.bsky.social & Diviani Chaudhuri explore #LSEInequalitiesBlog
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialJoin the @lsesociology.bsky.social & the III for the launch of the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites, with speakers
@will-davies.bsky.social, @urbanmorph.bsky.social, María Luisa Méndez, Annette Lareau, & @mikesavagelse.bsky.social, chaired by @aaronreeves.bsky.social.
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialWhat 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, @wealtherty.bsky.social & @aaronreeves.bsky.social.
📅 14 October
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@lseinequalities.bsky.social“The key question is not whether someone once grew up working class, but whether they currently depend on selling their labour to make ends meet” - @vladimirbortun.bsky.social on the class backgrounds of our politicians in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialJoin 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
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@lseinequalities.bsky.socialWith examples ranging from Prada to Dior, @nazlialimen.bsky.social @rkdasgupta.bsky.social & Diviani Chaudhuri interrogate the stories and labels attached to craft products in the luxury fashion industry in Part II of their series on craftwashing #LSEInequalitiesBlog
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialJoin @edpenarth.bsky.social for our next Inequalities Seminar, exploring the story behind the campaign that transformed low pay in the UK and helped establish the Real Living Wage.
🎟️ Register: buff.ly/1mvMbSU
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialHow is privilege produced in Britain’s elite schools?
Join the III & @lsesociology.bsky.social for the book launch of An Elite Education by @emmaemmatay.bsky.social, joined by Tiwa Adebayo, Annette Lareau, Lee Elliot-Major & @mikesavagelse.bsky.social
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@lseinequalities.bsky.social“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
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialIs 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”
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialHow 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
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@lseinequalities.bsky.social🎉 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...
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialWho 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.
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@lseinequalities.bsky.socialBritain 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
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialBrands 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
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialAI-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
@lseinequalities.bsky.socialJoin Dr Cecilia Rikap for our next Inequalities Seminar Series, exploring corporate power in the age of AI and the cloud.
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@lseinequalities.bsky.socialJoin 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
@lseinequalities.bsky.social“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
