Theme in the Politics of Inequality research programme
This project examines the reproduction and resistance to inequalities in everyday life or from below within the context of the (unequal) digitisation and datafication of societies. This research develops and improves theoretical models and measures of people’s access, skills, and outcomes related to engagement with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) mapping these onto social and regional inequalities. It does so across generations, with the work under the umbrella of the From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes (DiSTO) and REthinking MEdia and DIgital Skills in Europe (REMEDIS) projects focussing on global research amongst the general population and the youth skills (ySKILLS) project focussing on young people and adults in Europe. In addition, the research looks at representations of inequalities around the world in the A Communication Crisis: Media Representations of COVID 19 inequalities project.
A multi-method comparative approach is central to this research: using qualitative interviewing and observation methods, quantitative survey research, the mapping of social and digital resource data at the regional and neighbourhood level, as well as visual and textual analyses of media representations.
Lead investigator and co-ordinator at LSE:
Research assistants working on this project:
Publications can be found on the DiSTO and ySKILLS websites.