LSE International Inequalities Institute

25/09/2026

How do workers adapt when technology transforms an industry?

Research by Hillary Vipond, III Visiting Fellow and Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Senior Fellow, was featured in a recent Financial Times article written by Joel Suss, III Visiting Fellow, examining the effects of mechanisation on Britain’s bootmaking industry and what it can tell us about technological change and employment.

Read more:
https://www.ft.com/content/bf0a5ab4-6f85-4ff8-9707-9e9c9fddc6ab?accessToken=zwAAAaDYDPNckdO_Clq0b4VP-NOXB56cn93Gqw.MEYCIQDuE1tgGNi3WQB1PlKF5gWV-ybNI9oJ2XBCyV_XQhtkFQIhAJ59yPS3UkQ5souPxpj3cvvxh6vjhsyA3-U0ePRXeMgp&sharetype=gift&token=5350e91e-b284-4083-a422-4e8ce4ee7404&syn-25a6b1a6=1

The industry transformed when sewing machines took off — but widespread unemployment wasn’t the outcome

24/09/2026

Who rules in unequal societies, and how do elites shape power?

Join Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity for a discussion of Who Rules in Colombia? Elites, Power and Nation, a new book by Professor Jenny Pearce and Juan David Velasco Montoya. Professor Mike Savage and Dr Carolina Alves will join as discussants, with the conversation chaired by Professor Armine Ishkanian.

Using Colombia as a starting point, the event will explore how elite groups form, exercise power and influence social, political and economic outcomes, and what this can tell us about inequality in a changing global order.

📅 Tuesday 6 October 2026
Register: https://buff.ly/rTLmu3y

23/09/2026

The debate about artificial intelligence often asks whether algorithms treat people fairly. But the deeper inequality concerns who controls the data, computing capacity and institutional authority that turn predictions into consequential decisions, argue Massimo Ragnedda and Maria Laura Ruiu in our latest blog post.

“The new AI divide is not simply the gap between those who can and cannot use AI – it's the division between those who control the infrastructure of prediction and those who are made legible through it”

Read the post here: https://buff.ly/WHkI2NS

AI debates often focus the bias in algorithms - but the deeper inequality concerns who controls the data, computing capacity and institutional power to predict

22/09/2026

Join Dr Joel Suss, Data Journalist at the Financial Times and Visiting Fellow at LSE's International Inequalities Institute, for a seminar introducing a new approach to measuring wealth inequality at local levels across the United States.

📅 Tuesday 29 September 2026
🎟️ Register: https://buff.ly/sswN9Km

22/09/2026

How do race, identity and history continue to shape the world we live in today?

Join us this Black History Month for a special conversation between acclaimed author, journalist and podcaster Reni Eddo-Lodge and Larry Kramer, President and Vice Chancellor of LSE.

📅 Thursday 8 October 2026
🎟️ Register:

6:30pm Thu 8 Oct | Reni Eddo-Lodge | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

21/09/2026

Why do inequalities persist, and what would it take to build a fairer Britain?

Join us for a public event exploring the ideas behind The Fair Necessities, the new book by Will Snell, Founding Chief Executive of the Fairness Foundation. Together with Kate Pickett and Aaron Reeves, the discussion will examine how inequality shapes life in contemporary Britain and what reforms could help create a more equal society.

📅 Wednesday 14 October 2026
📍 LSE campus and online

https://buff.ly/XHvOvGC

Britain faces deep inequality and a fractured social contract. Join academics, policy experts and civil society leaders to discuss practical pathways to a fairer future.

18/09/2026

We are pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding between the LSE International Inequalities Institute and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), signed at the LSE Data Science Institute's Global Forum for AI and the Social Sciences.

This collaboration will support joint research and knowledge exchange on social mobility, multidimensional inequality, the impact of AI on labour market inequalities, and educational inequalities.

Read more: https://www.lse.ac.uk/global-ai-forum/announcements/iii

18/09/2026

16/09/2026

How do you engage the public on the topic of wealth inequality?

Patriotic Millionaires UK’s first video for their “how much is too rich?” series received over 2 million views on Instagram within the first few days. Across platforms, the series has now attracted more than 10 million views since the start of the summer.

In our latest blog post, Milly Shotter shares the thinking behind this campaign and offers seven lessons for how to make topics like wealth inequality, extreme wealth and wealth taxes engaging to a wide audience.

Read the post here: https://buff.ly/i3ZADGW

15/09/2026

📢New research published in The Lancet examines the potential impacts of cuts to international development assistance and explores how wealth redistribution policies could mitigate resulting health consequences.

Co-authored by H. Xavier Jara, the study finds that wealth taxation could play a significant role in reducing mortality associated with the current global aid funding crisis.

🔗 Read the paper: https://buff.ly/FcwU2lr