TODAY! ▶️"The EU Anti-Poverty Strategy: A Discussion with the European Commission and an Expert Panel." 2pm UK / 3pm CEST via Zoom as part of the INET Oxford Inequality Working Group. Join us to to discuss the Commission's new strategy to reduce poverty in the EU. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/the-e...

The EU Anti-Poverty Strategy: A Discussion with the European…

Afterward, two experts in European social policy – Bea Cantillon and Amílcar Moreira – will join Vila Nuñez for a discussion of the strategy. He…

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Last week to apply! It's shaping up to be an exciting event on inequality, bringing together perspectives across disciplines and beyond academia. Researchers, policy experts, civil servants and others working on inequality are all welcome.

Zach Parolin@zparolin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford). ▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, Janet Gornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor. 🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May. Join us in Oxford! Details here: atkinsonconference.github.io

My new article on the “Pig in the Python” argues that the demand for young workers will grow dramatically over the coming decades, likely leading to rising wages, stronger unions, and lower inequality. 1/28

Last 3 days for applying to #ESPANET conference in Lisbon!

Maria Vaalavuo@mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Remember to submit your abstract to #ESPANET conference by 17 May. We continue with our popular stream (#10) "New perspectives on poverty and economic inequality" with @zparolin.bsky.social @sbeduk.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social More info: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/24t...

Kids born in the austerity years after the Global Financial Crash much more likely to spend their early years in poverty. Worth clicking into the academic paper this Guardian article is based on. www.cambridge.org/core/journa... @suttontrust.bsky.social

📢 Remember to submit your abstract to #ESPANET conference by 17 May. We continue with our popular stream (#10) "New perspectives on poverty and economic inequality" with @zparolin.bsky.social @sbeduk.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social More info: www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/24t...

24th ESPANET Annual Conference

Resize? Restructure? The European Social Model under Pressure.Click Here to Submit Your AbstractDeadline for Submissions: 17th of May 2026The European Social model is under pressure, both from externa...

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The Atkinson Conference on Economic and Social Inequality will take place on 10-11 September at Nuffield College (Oxford). ▶️Plenaries: Philippe Aghion, Janet Gornick & roundable moderated by FT's Sarah O'Connor. 🚩CfP Deadline: 22 May. Join us in Oxford! Details here: atkinsonconference.github.io

NEW: Long-term childhood poverty in Britain rose sharply after austerity reforms 📈 The study, by @sbeduk.bsky.social (Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy) & Anna Yong found that more than 1 in 5 children born after 2013 experience poverty for at least half their childhood.

Two new positions open @politiquesupf.bsky.social 1. Quantitative Sociology of Work- Tenure Track @demosocupf.bsky.social www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... 2. Lecturer (Lector) Public Administration/Public Policy www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... Come join us! It's a great department!

Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in Quantitative Sociology of Work & Labor Markets - Departament | Facultat de Ciències Polítiques i Socials - UPF

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📣 New job at Oxford's Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM)! 📣 The Departments of Politics & IR (DPIR) and Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI) are hiring an Associate Professor of Causal and Experimental Methods. Come work with me and amazing Oxford peeps! Deadline NOON April 27th.

Consider joining our EPC pre-conference workshop "New Data and Tools to Study the Demography of Social Mobility" in Bologna on June 3. All welcome! More details here: www.deciphe.eu/news/new-dat...

This morning we got another release of the ONS's estimates of the differential impact of inflation - the Household Cost Indices (or HCIs) going up to the end of last year. The story here is inflation rates converging as differences in housing cost contributions continue to wane...

💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸

We're hiring for a Post-Doctoral Researcher! Are you... Close to the completion of / have completed a doctorate in a social science discipline? A specialist in inequality, social policy, or social mobility? Experienced in data management and analysis? If so, apply: https://ow.ly/Uzse50Y15Gz

NEW: A study led by @dspi-oxford.bsky.social finds that UK households see their income fall by 17% in the first year after job loss – a much sharper hit than in Nordic or continental countries. Read more ⬇️

UK families lose nearly a fifth of income after job loss, Oxford

A new study led by the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI) at the University of Oxford has found that UK households see their income slashed by 17% in the first year after job loss -

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Join our team at DSPI Oxford! What you’ll find here: - Fair workload with substantial time for research - Supportive colleagues - Motivated students - A vibrant research environment - Support for worker visa application Feel free to reach out with any questions.

Oxford Social Policy and Intervention@dspi-oxford.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Job alert! We're looking for a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy to deliver teaching, supervision and service on MSc and MPhil courses in Comparative Social Policy. Apply by 14 Nov More info: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

NEW research from @sbeduk.bsky.social finds that UK families lose nearly a fifth of income after job loss - far more than in other EU countries ⬇️ The findings suggest the need for stronger unemployment support.

Join us at INET Oxford (@inetoxford.bsky.social)! I'm hiring one post-doctoral researcher and three research assistants in the field of inequality, social policy, and social mobility to join our research team. Deadline: October 24. Read more and apply: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Vacancies

Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

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🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Kicking off our (15th) annual Low Pay Britain report, @nyecominetti.bsky.social starts with the really good news - (hourly) low pay has been virtually eliminated. It's fallen from a fifth of the workforce 15 years ago, to just 3.4% today (and 1% for workers aged 25 and over).

Next Wednesday 18 June at 5 pm I will be presenting Zero Poverty Society at the @dspi-oxford.bsky.social at @ox.ac.uk talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3e3...

Zero Poverty Society

During this seminar, Professor Marx will present some new findings from his book on the Zero Poverty Society, published by Oxford University Press (co-authored with Sarah Marchal), https://academic.ou...

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We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...

DIW Berlin: Researcher (f/m/x)

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Hurrah: write-up of my Ruggles Lecture (with @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social and @nyecominetti.bsky.social) now out in Review of Income and Wealth, Open Access at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... ICYMI: our companion report at www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

Public services are highly re-distributive to lower-income households. Households in the lowest income quintile receive an average of £15,900 per year in in-kind benefits. Read more ➡️ buff.ly/58qMKUI

Call for papers for ESPAnet #socialpolicy conference in Milan open until 24/4. We are chairing again a stream on #poverty and #inequality together with @zparolin.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social and @sbeduk.bsky.social. ✉️🖨️ www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...

The latest data suggests child poverty and food insecurity have been rising for three consecutive years. While there are some questions about the reliability of the data, the big picture trend and forecast also remain bad.

Re-upping this for we know so much about the harms of benefits cuts. Yet onto Labour-led ones.. The focus should be on abolishing the two-child limit and the benefit cap *for a start*, not on slashing PIP and Universal Credit. Hardship has social, economic and health costs. So much for "savings".

Cost of Living Blog@costoflivingblog.bsky.social · 2y ago

New blog post - "Adolescents struggle with their mental health: blame austerity, not parents" - @gmari.bsky.social argues that the blame for adolescents struggling with mental health should be on Tory-led slashing of benefit programs, not on parents #austerity www.cost-ofliving.net/adolescents-...

This morning the justice secretary pointed to a “huge rise in the welfare budget” as justification for targeting benefit spending to make fiscal savings. So how big has the rise in welfare spending been?

#SNAP is already globally unusual as an antipoverty program. Cash-like, just for non-prepared foods, at approved retailers. Evidence from cash transfer programs suggests there are easier ways to protect #foodsecurity. 🛟 🩺📊 🩺 #econsky #academicsky

Keeping SNAP in Line with Global Evidence on Food Security | NEJM

Proposals to introduce nutrition-based restrictions in SNAP ignore a global movement away from this kind of welfare program administration and toward systems that can more effectively improve health.

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Come do a fully-funded PhD with me in Denmark at Roskilde University! You’ll be part of a new exciting project looking at social care privatisation in Denmark with a larger team of researchers at both Roskilde and Oxford University. Deadline April 27: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD Fellowship – Mapping the role of civil society and non-profit organisations in delivering social services in Denmark

The Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, invites applications for a position as PhD of Social Science from September 1st, 2025, or a

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