Events
Events Calendar 2026-2027
Putting a Price on Suffering: The Politics of Compensation for Contaminated Blood
Department of Social Policy seminar
Thursday 12 November 2026, 1.00pm-2.30pm, OLD 2.21 and online
Speaker: Rosemary Taylor
Chair: Professor Hakan SeckinelginEvaluating the privatisation of children’s homes in England
CASE seminar
Thursday 19 November 2026, 1.00pm-2.30pm, OLD 2.21 and online
Speaker: Dr Ben Goodair
Chair: Professor Tania Burchardt
Addressing the adverse consequences of inequality
John Hills Memorial Lecture, hosted by the International Inequalities Institute
Wednesday 25 November 2026, 6.30pm-8.00pm, In-person and online public event. Sheikh Zayed Theatre, CKK Building.
Speaker: Professor Sir Richard Blundell
Chair: Professor Francisco H G FerreiraIn many advanced economies, including the UK, progress towards a fairer society appears to have stalled. Deep structural forces – including weak earnings growth, rising wealth divides, regional disparities and declining social mobility – are reshaping life chances and fuelling political discontent. Drawing on the IFS Deaton Review of Inequalities, this lecture examines the dimensions of inequality spanning income, work, wealth, place and health.
The breadth of imprisonment
Mannheim Centre for Criminology seminar
Thursday 26 November 2026, 1.00pm-2.30pm, OLD 2.21 and online
Speaker: Dr Alice Levins
Chair: Dr Johann KoehlerEducation Reform and the Rise of Inequalities: Evidence from The Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Education Research and Policy Hub Seminar
Thursday 3 December 2026, 1.00pm-2.30pm, OLD 2.21 and online
Speaker: Dr Nidal Al Haj Sleiman
Chair: Dr Sonia Exley
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