Conferences, workshops and seminars
Upcoming conferences, workshops and seminars
Sustainability, Values and Higher Education — Early Findings
Monday 7 September 2026, 10.00am to 1.00pm
(Venue to be confirmed to attendees)The event will present early findings from the Sustainability, Values and Higher Education research project at LSE and Tsinghua University, followed by discussion and lunch. We are keen to open up the project to as many perspectives as possible and hope the event will provide an opportunity to connect and collaborate.
Beyond GDP Research and Policy Workshop
8 - 9 September 2026, London School of Economics and Political Science.This two-day workshop convenes academics, statisticians, policymakers, and experts from international organisations to compare the leading methodological options for Beyond-GDP headline measurement and to clarify what each can offer for policy. The aim is to replace competition among proposals with a collegial mapping of complementary strengths, and to feed substantive material into the post-2030 statistical architecture and the United Nations intergovernmental process on Beyond GDP.
12th ECINEQ Conference
28 - 29 October 2026 | Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Universidad de la República, MontevideoThe Latin American Chapter ECINEQ-LAC is a newer initiative aimed at extending that spirit of exchange across the region. After a very successful first conference in Mexico City in 2024, we are excited to continue building this community in Montevideo.
For more information, please visit the conference website.
Fiscal policy for sustainable development in the Global South
Friday 6 November 2026Keynote speaker: Professor François Gerard, University College London
On the occasion of SOUTHMOD’s 10th anniversary, the International Inequalities Institute and UNU-WIDER are organising an academic workshop on fiscal policy in the Global South. The workshop aims to bring together the leading academics working on fiscal policy in developing countries to highlight innovative methodological developments in distributive fiscal analysis and to promote dialogue between academia and policymakers in the Global South.
Interested applicants wishing to present original research at the workshop should complete the online application form by 20 September 2026, 23:59 UTC+3.
Equality of Opportunity and Social Mobility Policy Workshop
12-13 November 2026This event will bring together academics, policymakers, and practitioners to explore cross-sectoral responses to the challenges posed by inherited inequalities. Across a rich two-day programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science, policy insight, practical experience, and research-frontier knowledge will interweave to help shape the future of the field.
3rd III/LIS Comparative Inequality Conference on Economic Inequality
11 - 12 February 2027Keynote speaker: Paula England, NYU Abu Dhabi
The III and the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) welcome submissions from scholars at all levels of seniority who are working on comparative economic inequality, broadly interpreted. Topics might include (but are not restricted to) inequalities in income, wealth, debt, gender, race, class, space.
The deadline for submissions (working papers or extended abstracts no shorter than 2 pages) is 15 September 2026.
Previous conferences, workshops and seminars
14 July 2026
Speaker:
Dr Meghna Chotaliya, Subir Chowdhury Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellow, LSE III
Drawing on new evidence from Indian states and comparative international experiences, this seminar argues that the quality of banking institutions, how effectively they mobilize savings, allocate credit, and support productive investment, matters as much as, if not more than, financial inclusion itself.
Watch the event recordingGender Budgeting and the Political Economy of Inherited Inequality in Kerala, India
7 July 2026
Speaker:
Dr Ashraf Pulikkamath, Sir Ratan Tata Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellow, LSE III
In conversation with the literature on inherited inequality, this seminar explores whether gender-responsive public finance can sometimes operate through existing institutional inequalities across caste, gender, and marriage rather than transforming them.
Watch the event recordingWorld Inequality Conference
Co-sponsored by the International Inequalities Institute
4 - 6 June 2026
The International Inequalities Institute supported the the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, organised by the World Inequality Lab.
Multidimensional inequality in Latin America
3 June 2026
Speaker: Andrés Espejo, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations
This presentation examined multidimensional inequality in Latin America using harmonised household survey data from twelve countries in the region.
Capitalization of the world: global distribution of income from property
20 May 2026
Speakers:
Professor Branko Milanovic, Research Professor, Graduate Center at City University of New York (CUNY) and Visiting Professor, LSE III
Dr Marco Ranaldi, Assistant Professor in Economics, University College London and Director, UCL Centre for New Economic Transitions (CNET).
This seminar provides new global evidence on the evolution, distribution, and measurement of capital income, and highlights its implications for inequality analysis in contemporary capitalism.
12 facts about poverty and homelessness in the U.S.
28 April 2026
Speaker:
Professor Bruce D. Meyer, McCormick Foundation Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
This presentation summarizes the results of more than a dozen studies of the extent of poverty and homelessness in the U.S. The results are compared to public perceptions as recorded in a specially designed national opinion survey.
Watch the event recordingBeyond the Divide: Early-Career Conference on Political Dimensions of Urban and Rural Life
Co-hosted by the International Inequalities Institute and the Department of Government
23 – 24 April 2026
This conference was designed to support the development of early-career scholars (PhD students, post docs and assistant professors) working in political science, geography, sociology, urban studies, economics, and other related fields. The conference explored research examining urban politics, rural politics, or comparative analyses between contexts.
Climate Inequalities Mini-Conference
19 March 2026
The Economics of Environmental Inequality programme co-hosted the second Economics of Environment and Energy mini-conference on the topic of Climate Inequalities. Stephane Hallegate (the World Bank’s Chief Economic Advisor for Climate) gave a keynote presentation. The programme also included short student 'egg-timer’ presentations, offering an opportunity to receive feedback on research.
Speaker: Victoria Hünewaldt, PhD candidate, University of Siena
In a nationally representative online survey experiment with 4,000 respondents in Germany, we study how inflation narratives shape beliefs about the distributional consequences of inflation and attitudes toward mitigating policies.
Status mobility in China: past and present
4 March 2026
Speaker: Professor Steven Durlauf, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
This talk will describe intergenerational mobility in China for two distinct epochs: the last 120 years of the Qing Dynasty and the last 30 years for modern China. Novel Markov chain approaches to measuring mobility are employed which provide insights into transitional versus long run mobility patterns for the two periods.