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Structurally Unsound: social inequalities in the mid-2020s

08 October 2024, 9:30 am–10:45 am

Crack in a wall with a plaster over the crack

Five years ago, the Resolution Foundation and UCL collaborated on a project looking at the interactions between structural inequalities. Since then, the UK has experienced significant challenges, including a global pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis, so how have UK inequalities evolved?

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Ethne James-Souch

Location

Resolution Foundation
2 Queen Anne's Gate
London
SW1H 9AA
United Kingdom

The event, in collaboration with Resolution Foundation, will be held on Tuesday 08 October 09.30 - 10.45am. Register to attend in person or to receive an access link for online viewers.

The UK has made progress in addressing societal inequalities, but continues to be shaped by interlinked structural disparities. That includes those related to gender, race, class, sexuality, age and disability. Five years ago, the Resolution Foundation and UCL collaborated on a commission exploring the interactions between these inequalities. Since then, the UK has gone through significant challenges, including a pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis, so how have UK inequalities evolved?

How have disadvantaged groups been affected by recent economic shocks, and what structural barriers persist? How do the issues of health and disability – which have risen up the political and public policy agenda – interact with other inequalities? And how do structural inequalities fit into the new Government’s agenda, and what key policy challenges must they address?

The Resolution Foundation, in partnership with UCL, is hosting an in-person and interactive webinar to explore these important questions. After presenting the key findings from the Structurally Unsound report and new research on the changed landscape of structural inequalities in the UK, leading experts will discuss how to tackle persistent societal inequalities.

The event will be open for people to physically attend, alongside being broadcast via YouTube and the Resolution Foundation website. Viewers will be able to submit questions to the panel before and during the event via Slido.

Speakers:

  • Alesha De Freitas, Head of Policy, Advocacy and Research at the Fawcett Society 
  • Imran Rasul, Professor of Economics at UCL
  • Liz Sayce, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE
  • Olivia Stevenson, Deputy Director of Public Policy at UCL
  • Lindsay Judge, Research Director at the Resolution Foundation (Chair)