Gender backlash
This presentation on gender backlash will argue that women feel more threatened by feminism than men …
Publications and Events
Societal implications of income inequality
This presentation on the roots of inequality will argue that, through our evolved psychology, material differences provide the foundations of class and status hierarchies.
This talk by Richard Wilkinson is the 1st session of the 2023-2024 DigClass seminar series.
Class and Unemployment
The purpose of this paper is to theoretically clarify and empirically analyse the link between social class and unemployment. After reviewing and justifying the criteria used to determine the class position of the unemployed…
Distributional and Financial Impact of Universal Inheritance in four European countries
The idea of a Universal Inheritance (UI) has been recently gaining weight amongst scholars concerned over increasing wealth inequality. A UI consists of a one-off public payment of an agreed sum to each citizen of young…
Social Classes in the Digital Age: 2022-2023 Seminar Series Highlights
This document summarises the highlights of the Seminar Series of the Social Classes in the Digital Age (DigClass) Project held between October 2022 and June 2023.
Real Utopias for a Social Europe: Redistributing Power and Workplace Democracy
The third online workshop in the series will focus on Redistributing Power and Workplace Democracy. This event will bring together specialists from diverse fields …
Policy Responses to Labour-Saving Technologies: Basic Income, Job Guarantee, and Working Time Reduction
Several studies argue that the latest advancements in technology could result in a continuous decrease in the employment level, the labour share of income and higher inequalities. This paper investigates policy responses to the rise of…
Deindustrialisation and political consequences
This talk by Anne-Marie Jeannet is the 9th session of the 2022-2023 DigClass seminar series …
Redistributing Power and Workplace Democracy
Real Utopias for a Social Europe: The third two-day workshop on Redistributing Power and Workplace Democracy.
Wealth and opportunity
This talk by Fabian Pfeffer is the 8th session of the 2022-2023 DigClass seminar series …