Social mobility in the Global South: Book Launch and Panel Discussion

6th Apr 2022 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Greenwich Campus

Stockwell Street, Room LT 004 SE10 9BD

In this panel discussion, organised by UNU-WIDER and the University of Greenwich, authors of the book Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants will discuss how their pathfinding work provides a platform for policy to enhance social mobility and move beyond poverty and inequality reduction goals towards the building of more equal and successful societies.

Chair: Francisco H G Ferreira, Amartya Sen Professor of Inequality Studies, London School of Economics

Panel:

• Prof Vegard Iversen, Professor of Development Economics, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich | The state of knowledge about social mobility in the developing world
• Divya Vaid, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University | Ethnographic insights on social mobility
• Kunal Sen, Director, UNU-WIDER | Directions for research practice, knowledge gaps, and policy support

Please note: this is an in-person event only, therefore please register using the Further Details link below.

BOOKING REQUIRED

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