Sociology of inequalities encompasses the study of how social hierarchies are produced, maintained, and challenged through interdependent economic, cultural, political, and historical processes.

Social inequality is bad for business. In an ideal world, we’d tackle social inequality just because it’s the right thing to do. But sometimes we can’t agree “on the right thing.” Putting values and ...

Inequality is nothing new, but it's also far from inevitable. That's the takeaway from a new study of more than 1,000 settlements around the world over the last 10,000 years. Archaeologists found that ...

Discover Stiglitz's insights on how COVID-19 exposed health and economic inequalities and the potential backlash against globalization in the post-pandemic world.

The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-Related Financial Disclosures (TISFD or the Taskforce) is a novel initiative, launched late in 2024, aimed at addressing the growing importance of inequality and ...

At almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the moment our smart phones wake us up, to our watch tracking our morning run, every time we use ...

“People are operating from a sense of fear … especially when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” is how author and journalist Clint Smith describes the climate in America. Smith, who wrote ...

Paula Sergeant and Doris Hanappi present the Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing Inequalities (LEARN) Project ...

Wealth league tables promise clarity, ranking countries by how fairly they share prosperity. Yet when those scorecards label the Netherlands and the USA as outliers, they often obscure more than they ...

ECOG-ACRIN EAZ171: Prospective Validation Trial of Germline Predictors of Taxane-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Black Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer We used data from the French prospective ...

A research consortium provides evidence that social behavior and social status are reflected at the molecular level of gene activation (epigenome) in juvenile and adult free-ranging spotted hyenas.