Celebrating 10 years of the International Inequalities Institute
Upcoming events
18-19 December 2025, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito
The second international workshop of the network on Welfare & Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (WAPLAC) aims to bring together scholars and practitioners throughout LAC countries and international partners to take stock of recent research on fiscal and welfare policies, inequality, wellbeing, labour market dynamics, mobility, and support for redistribution and democracy in LAC.
Past events
The III at 10: New Directions in Inequality Research
18 - 19 September 2025, LSETo celebrate our 10th anniversary, we are organising a two-day research conference that aims to bring together current examples of important and forward-thinking research on inequality from across the social sciences.
We invite submissions of innovative research papers on any aspect of inequality, especially (but not exclusively) those related to the III’s main research programmes.
Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality
25 - 27 June 2025, IPEA Brasília, BrazilApply now to attend the the Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality, in partnership with the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality.
Featuring leading scholars tackling inequality research from the lens of economics, sociology, and public policy, the Summer School seeks to provide the next generation of researchers with the multidisciplinary underpinning necessary for effective research on inequality dynamics.
Conference on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality
23 - 24 June 2025, IPEA Brasília, BrazilThe Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality, LSE International Inequalities Institute, and the Institute for Applied Economic Research invite submissions of complete papers or extended abstracts for consideration to be included in a conference on inequality and mobility.
International Research Workshop on Perceptions of Inequality
Workshop organised by the Perceptions of Inequality Research Programme at the IIITuesday 20 May 2025, 9.00am - 5.45pm. LSE Fawcett House, FAW9.05.
The Perceptions of Inequality research programme at the International Inequalities Institute is delighted to announce an in-person workshop on perceptions of inequality. Papers that are presented at the workshop will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization.
Please contact Jakob Dirksen (j.t.dirksen@lse.ac.uk) for further information.
Drivers of ill being: crafting feminist pathways to the well-being economy
Workshop organised by the Gender Justice and the Wellbeing Economy Research Programme at the III1 - 2 May 2025, in-person workshop held at LSE.
2nd III/LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference 2025
27 - 28 February 2025, Luxeumbourg
This event was hosted at the Coque and Helix venues, and featured an array of distinguished speakers, thought-provoking keynote lectures, and engaging parallel sessions.The conference covered critical topics, including:
- Earnings, gender, and global inequality
- Intergenerational mobility and wealth distribution
- The role of policies in addressing inequality and poverty
- Innovations in inequality measurement and methods