Research themes

• • Participating in discussions regarding the emergence of new socio-ecological inequalities resulting from the climate crisis and its global responses involves exploring adaptation and mitigation strategies across both the Global North and South.
  • Joining the discourse on how colonial debt influences the dynamics of present-day financial markets and magnifies social-economic disparities, both on a national-state scale and individual level.
  • Delving into the complex interplay between social reproduction, capital accumulation, and the inequalities they perpetuate through an intersectional perspective, which offers a nuanced comprehension of systemic dynamics.
  • Participating in the economic-ecologic decoupling debate and its role in re-interpreting growth and inequality on a global scale.
  • Reflecting on heterodox economic methodologies addressing gender inequalities and socio-economic relations.
  • Structural change and Inequality: Understanding the relationship from structural transformation narrative.
  • Analyzing the institutional reforms in financing the Welfare State and the story of inequality.
  • Forging strategic partnerships with other YSI Working Groups centered on addressing inequality as a cross-cutting theme.

Research Questions

• Are rising rents and stagnant wages increasing the breach between capital owners and employees? What are the social dynamics observed as a response to the new, more unequal status quo?
• What would be the full impact of AI on white- and blue-collar jobs? Which career paths are safer in facing this revolution? Is the outlook dire, or is there potential for positive change?
• What would be the impact of a decoupling future with inequality? Which nations and individuals are more likely to transition, and which are not?
• Does Structural change affect income and non-income inequality?
• What is the role of new institutionalism in inequality?
• How does taxation affect regional inequality?
• How do adaptation and mitigation strategies to address the climate crisis differ between the Global North and South, and how do these differences contribute to the emergence of new socio-ecological inequalities?
• In what ways does colonial debt shape present-day financial markets, exacerbating social-economic disparities on both national-state and individual levels? How can these dynamics be mitigated?
• How does an intersectional analysis, incorporating the perspectives of subaltern groups, elucidate the intricate relationship between social reproduction and capital accumulation, which perpetuates inequalities?