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Politics of Inequality

This programme has now ended, but continues as a network. The III networks are former research programmes that continue to be active in research, collaboration, and impact in their subject area.

This network explores the practices of resistance, reproduction, mobilisation, and contestation which constitute a politics of inequalities from a bottom-up perspective. Research within this network has an international and comparative focus, adopting an intersectional lens to explore collective action and everyday resistance against various social, cultural, economic and political inequalities.

This network is co-led by Professor Armine Ishkanian and Professor Ellen Helsper

This research network draws together the expertise of LSE academics from different Departments and is committed to a cross-disciplinary approach. We also aim to work with international partners, including those in the global south. The network will support research collaborations, funding bids, as well as knowledge exchange activities. The network will be an open and inclusive space for researchers across LSE and beyond to forge new connections, knowledge, and practices in the politics of inequalities.

This network is linked to the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme, which is based in the International Inequalities Institute (III). Given that the AFSEE programme is committed to building a community of people who are "committed to using collective leadership to work towards social and economic justice for all", it is intended that research within this network will inform the teaching on AFSEE modules, the AFSEE Fellows’ projects and MSc dissertations, and that it will seek to engage with and to include the expertise of Fellows.