We combine multi-disciplinary expertise to research and shape policies on today’s evolving social, economic, and technological inequalities.
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New and rapidly changing forms of inequality are reshaping the economic, cultural, and environmental foundations of human life. The Contemporary Inequalities Centre will harness multidisciplinary expertise to pursue collaborative, problem-driven research projects that can respond to these new realities more effectively and contribute towards an evidence base to shape new policy responses.
The past decades have seen an extraordinary increase in levels of wealth inequality. The social sciences have been slow to recognize that trend; and, when they did, their focus went straight to the ultra-rich. However, the growth of wealth inequality has had a profound impact on patterns of stratification in society at large. Researchers in this theme will investigate the causes and consequences of wealth inequality and rethink policy responses.
Theme lead: ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýMartijn Konings
Changing patterns of inequality have notably included shifts in the life course and the emergence of new intergenerational relationships. What specific challenges and opportunities do these shifts create, and what policy responses are suited to these new life courses? Researchers in this theme will explore how shifting life courses and intergenerational relationships are redefining inequality, and how innovative policy responses can help societies adapt to these new realities.Â
Theme lead: Associate ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýAarti Singh
A majority of people now live in cities, and this trend is set to continue. How do we respond to the primary challenges of sustainable development, reducing inequalities of access to safe and affordable housing, transportation, and infrastructure in urban and regional policy? Researchers in this theme will investigate the physical and spatial expressions of inequalities resulting from economic, social, and technological processes, and rethink policy for sustainable, equitable urbanism.
Theme lead: Associate ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýSomwrita Sarkar
