The Doctoral Research Group on Inequality and Social Mobility is an international forum of early stage researchers across different departments at the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. The initiative is housed within the International Inequalities Institute and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration on research for inequality and social mobility.
The group’s approach
- Comprehensive: Understanding social mobility as both: movements across social and economic positions, and sets of beliefs and narratives that shape the discourse around inequality.
- Pluralist: Integrating insights from various theoretical perspectives, methodological approaches, ranging across different disciplines including Sociology, Economics, Psychology, and Political Science.
- Comparative: Exploring insights from various settings around the world.
Activities
- Research workshops: Monthly workshops during which early stage researchers present their work in progress, share ideas, and give each other feedback in an atmosphere of trust and collaboration.
- International seminars: We are planning to host quarterly presentations where researchers writing in different languages can discuss their findings.
- Joint projects: If you are interested in collaborating with us, please reach out via email (a.i.butt@lse.ac.uk).
Members
Fiona Gogescu (Founder)
Department of Social Policy
Project title: Educational stratification and education-based meritocracy: A comparative perspective
Email: f.t.gogescu@lse.ac.uk
Asif Butt (Founder)
Department of Sociology
Project title: Social mobility into elite occupations and micro-class reproduction
Email: a.i.butt@lse.ac.uk
Anthony Miro Born
Department of Sociology | Cities Programme
Project title: Urban Marginality and the Ideal of Social Mobility [tba]
Email: a.m.born@lse.ac.uk
Benjamin Brundu-Gonzalez
Department of Sociology
Project title: Social Divisions in the Halls of Privilege
Email: b.brundu-gonzalez@lse.ac.uk