Events
Upcoming events
Workshop: Early Interventions and Human Capital
Friday 24 October 2025
This workshop offers a dynamic space to explore the latest research on the economics of education, with a focus on how EdTech can drive innovation and help close gender gaps in learning. Bringing together leading academics and key stakeholders, the sessions will highlight evidence-based strategies, from personalized technology-driven interventions to financial incentives and literacy programs designed to empower students.
Past Events
2025
Third Workshop on Gender and Education
The Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub (WISPPRH) at the LSE Social Policy Department co-organised the Third Workshop on Gender and Education alongside Collegio Carlo Alberto, the University of Turin, and the GRINS Foundation on 8 and 9 May 2025. Hosted at Collegio Carlo Alberto, a leading academic institution in Italy, the event brought together speakers from top universities and across disciplines—including economics, sociology, and education—to examine persistent and emerging inequalities in education.
The workshop, opened by WISPPRH Director Almudena Sevilla, focused on how societal norms and gender stereotypes shape early educational choices and contribute to long-term disparities in human capital and labour market outcomes. The programme featured Pilar Cuevas (WISPPRH Visiting Fellow) as a presenter and Ismael Sanz (WISPPRH Visitor) as a discussant, among a diverse line-up of scholars. This collaboration reflects the Social Policy Department’s strong presence in the field and shows how WISPPRH is helping to further foster its visibility and engagement with leading institutions across Europe. It also reinforces the department’s commitment to interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on gender inequality. Read more here.
Workshop: The Economics of Education: EdTech and Gender
Hosted by the Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub on 3 April 2025
This workshop offered a dynamic space to explore the latest research on the economics of education, with a focus on how EdTech can drive innovation and help close gender gaps in learning. Bringing together leading academics and key stakeholders, the sessions highlighted evidence-based strategies, from personalized technology-driven interventions to financial incentives and literacy programs designed to empower students.
Women and Work
Hosted by Hosted by the School of Public Policy and LSE Press on 18 March 2025
This panel event discussed some of the key policy issues pertaining women and work: from sexual harassment in the workplace, to the "motherhood penalty", to the way women in employment (and women "who quit") are represented in the media and policy discourse.
Speakers: Gabriel Leite-Mariante, PhD candidate in Economics, LSE; Shani Orgad, Professor of Media and Communications, LSE; Margaux Suteau, Fellow in the Department of Social Policy, LSE
Policy respondent: Dame Maria Miller, former Minister for Women and Equalities (2012-14), former Secretary of State for Culture (2012-14), Media and Sport and MP for Basingstoke (2005-24)
Chair: Almudena Sevilla,Professor of Economic and Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, LSE
Workshop: Gender Inequality: Navigating New Frontiers and Paradigm Shifts
Hosted by the Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub and co-sponsored by the AXA Gender Lab at Bocconi, and NYU Abu Dhabi on 12 March 2025
This workshop explored emerging policy challenges and cutting-edge research on gender inequality in a rapidly changing world. It examined how transformative forces like technology and climate change, alongside evolving issues such as fertility, labour participation, and caregiving, impact progress towards gender equality.
