Conference
The III at 10: New Directions in Inequality Research
We are delighted to announce a two-day conference to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the International Inequalities Institute, taking place on 18-19 September 2025 at LSE.
The aim of the conference is to bring together current examples of innovative and important research on inequality from across the social sciences and to help chart a path forward for interdisciplinary research on inequality.
The conference will feature two Keynote Lectures, as well as a panel discussion.
Keynote 1: If not Government, then What? A Three-Part Typology of Redistributive Preferences
Thursday 18 September 2025, 9.30 - 10.30am. In-person event. CBG Auditorium, Centre Building.
Speaker: Leslie McCall, Stone Center, City University of New York
Panel Discussion: New Directions in Inequality Research
Thursday 18 September 2025, 17.30 - 18.45pm. In-person event. CBG Auditorium, Centre Building.
Speakers: Facundo Alvaredo, Professorial Research Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics; Steven Durlauf, Director, Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Chicago; Larry Kramer, President and Vice-Chancellor, London School of Economics; Anne Phillips, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government, London School of Economics
Chair: Armine Ishkanian, Executive Director, Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity, London School of Economics
Keynote 2: Global inequality in historical and comparative perspective
Friday 19 September 2025, 3.30 - 4.30pm. In-person and online event. Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building
Speaker: Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics
Questions about the conference may be addressed to iii.anniversary@lse.ac.uk.