LSE International Inequalities Institute

Extreme heat is often framed as a public health threat – but its impacts are deeply unequal.

As the UK's fifth heatwave this year peaks, Philip Broadbent argues that heat deaths in England and Wales are rooted in housing inequality. Poorer households, renters, older people and residents of dense urban areas are most exposed to overheating homes. As heatwaves intensify, the problems of extreme heat should be treated as a year-round housing and inequality crisis, not just a seasonal weather event.

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Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality Extreme heat is a public health issue that's rooted in housing inequality. Poorer households, renters, older people and those in urban areas are most exposed

The AFSEE programme is looking for a proactive, organised forward-thinking communications and marketing professional to join a dynamic team.

The postholder will have responsibility for all the day-to-day AFSEE related internal and external communications and will lead on the delivery of communications and marketing strategies, and activities to promote the AFSEE Fellowship programme.

📆 Apply by 21 August 2026

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Inclusive education is widely recognised as a cornerstone of an equitable society.

Yet for many children with disabilities in Nepal, the promise of education remains out of reach, not because of a lack of legal guarantees, but due to various systemic, institutional, and social barriers, writes AFSEE Senior Fellow Dev Datta Joshi in our latest blog post.

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How to overcome the barriers to inclusive education in Nepal For many children with disabilities in Nepal, the promise of education remains out of reach due to various systemic, institutional, and social barriers

📢 Watch Naila Kabeer's keynote presentation at the Development Studies Association conference

She highlights the importance of feminist values and priorities in helping us navigate the transition to a new economy.

Reimagining pathways to gender justice in an era of uncertainities: Naila Kabeer, LSE Keynote at the Development Studies Association conference, DSA2026 ...

Who gets ahead?

In our recent seminar, Javier Terrero Dávila discussed new research across four countries exploring how income mobility differs depending on country, age, gender and education level.

Watch it here ⬇️

Who gets ahead? Cross-country evidence on intragenerational income mobility | LSE III Event Part of the Inequalities Seminar Series at LSE26 May 2026Speake...

📢 New III working paper by Kattalina M. Berriochoa, Katy Morris & Andrew McNeil

People often misjudge their place in the national income distribution, but national distributions are composites of heterogenous local contexts.

Drawing on evidence that people tend to anchor to more immediate reference groups, this paper examines whether perceptions of local income position are more accurate and whether correcting local misperceptions has a stronger effect on inequality beliefs and policy preferences than correcting national misperceptions.

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Catch up on our seminar with Miguel Artola Blanco 💻️

He explores how the transition from pre-WWII capitalism to welfare capitalism not only involved a decline in income inequality but also a realignment in the composition of capital and labour incomes at the top of the distribution.

Capital and labour at the top: new evidence from the 1936 US income tax project Part of the Inequalities Seminar Series at LSE19 May 2026This s...

Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change and biodiversity loss – but they are also leading the way when it comes to innovative solutions to the eco-crisis, writes the renowned humanitarian leader, author, media host and co-founder of Daughters for Earth, Zainab Salbi in our latest blog post.

She asks: How do we collectively shift away from an extractive mindset? How, instead, can we build a relationship with the natural world that is based on care, stewardship, and a recognition of nature's vital connection to our own wellbeing?

Read the post here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2026/08/04/how-are-women-charting-a-new-course-for-people-and-planet/

How women are healing the planet from the ground up Women are leading when it comes to innovative solutions to the ecological crisis, based on a relationship with nature grounded in care and stewardship

In a new piece for The Conversation, Mike Savage reflects on how wealth inequality in the UK has changed in the past 25 years.

He points to the stark rise in the “wealth gap” between the top 10% of wealth holders and sizeable numbers of the British population with little or no wealth.

Britain’s quarter century: wealth and widening inequality How finances and the economy have changed over 25 years.

As workplaces and universities become more diverse, how do these differences shape performance or who feels able to contribute and be heard?

Valentina Contreras, Johann Koehler, Chiara Orsini and Berkay Ozcan explore these questions in the latest edition of LSE Research for the World

Gender and language diversity shape team performance | LSE Research An LSE study reveals how gender balance, language diversity and team structure influence performance and whether individuals feel heard, with insights for universities and workplaces