Tag: Equality

How Does Economic Inequality Affect Children’s Development?

By Santiago Cueto | Published: March 2, 2017

It has been widely recognized that poverty is a key variable to explain why over 200 million young children from low- and middle-income countries do not develop at similar levels as their non-poor peers. Time and again, our research shows that being poor often is associated with many other health and social problems that make it hard to get out of poverty.

Posted in Public Policy, Research | Also tagged Young Lives | Leave a comment

Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Elizabeth Houghton

By Social Science Space | Published: December 15, 2015

Social Science Space is presenting 10 shortlisted essays written by young social scientists in an ESRC competition looking at how social science might change the world in the next half century. This week we present Elizabeth Houghton's examination of how more universal access to higher education could chip away at entrenched racial divides.

Posted in Career, Impact, Recognition | Also tagged ESRC, Racial discrimination | Leave a comment

Creating Equality in the Workplace Everyone’s Responsibility

By Suzanne Bouffard | Published: July 8, 2015

Call it the 'paradox of equality': Women are expected to lean in but it turns out there are barriers that are invisible until you smack your head on one. Who should be tasked with taking the tilt out of leaning in?

Posted in PIBBS, Research | Also tagged Gender Gap, Workplace | Leave a comment

Kate Pickett on the Case for Equality

By Social Science Bites | Published: July 1, 2013

Social epidemiologist Kate Pickett, co-author (with Richard Wilkinson) of The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, argues that inequality has bad social effects. She discusses her ideas with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast. Click HERE to download a PDF transcript of this conversation. The full text also appears […]

Posted in Audio, Impact, Interdisciplinarity, Interview, Resources, Social Science Bites | Also tagged Kate Pickett, Well-being | 2 Responses

Would Confucius have a Civil Partnership?

By sharifmowlabocus | Published: April 3, 2012

In a culture where one's identity is maintained through kinship networks and where the Confucian ideal of filial piety continues to structure family relations and everyday life, marriage is a very big deal.

Tag: Equality

How Does Economic Inequality Affect Children’s Development?

Social Science’s Impact on Society, Circa 2065: Elizabeth Houghton

Creating Equality in the Workplace Everyone’s Responsibility

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