Conferences, workshops and seminars
Upcoming conferences, workshops and seminars
Multidimensional inequality in Latin America
Wednesday 3 June 2026, 12.30 to 1.30pm. In-person seminar. 20 Kingsway, G.01.
Speaker:
Andrés Espejo, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United NationsThis presentation will examine multidimensional inequality in Latin America using harmonised household survey data from twelve countries in the region. Moving beyond traditional income-based approaches, it analyses inequality through the combined dimensions of income, education, and housing, while also exploring how disadvantages accumulate within the same households. The presentation will highlight recent regional trends, cross-country differences, and the evolving structure of inequality, providing new evidence and methodological tools for understanding inequality in a more comprehensive and policy-relevant way
World Inequality Conference
Co-sponsored by the International Inequalities InstituteThursday 4 June - Saturday 6 June 2026. Paris School of Economics.
The International Inequalities Institute is supporting the the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, organised by the World Inequality Lab. The conference will be structured around three pillars:
1. Release of the Global Justice Report: The report will explore what a just distribution of socioeconomic and environmental resources could look like at the global level from 2026 to 2100 – both between and within countries – in a way that is compatible with planetary boundaries.
2. Keynote Sessions: Speakers will include academics, policymakers and writers.3
3. Paper Presentations: Accepted submissions will be organized into parallel theme-wise sessions.Please note that the call for papers is now closed and won't be accepting any further submissions.
General public registration is now fully booked, having reached capacity due to high demand. Join the waitlist.
Previous conferences, workshops and seminars
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.