Research Forum: The (Mis)Perception of Inequality: Do Institutions Matter?
The next Research Forum session of the academic year 2023-2024
The Department of Political and Social Sciences invites DCPIS members, PhD, and Master students.
It will be hosted by Jorge Rodríguez (UPF), Professor in the Department of Political and Social Science at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF).
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Presentation: The (Mis)Perception of Inequality: Do Institutions Matter?
Speaker: Simone Maria Schneider (UPF)
Chair: Jorge Rodríguez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Date: Thursday, February 15th, 2024
Time: 12pm - 1:30pm CEST
Room: 40.035 Sala de graus Albert Calsamiglia
Building: Roger de Llúria
This will be a hybrid event that you can attend in person or online.
Zoom Link: https://upf-edu.zoom.
Meeting ID: TBA
Abstract:
The rise of economic inequality in countries around the globe is causing societal and political concern. How individuals perceive and respond to inequalities and social policies varies between societies and social groups; yet its contextual causes are still underexplored. Drawing upon cross-national data, Simone Schneider will present an overview of her past and ongoing work on the public’s perception of inequality and justice, as well as institutional inequalities enshrined in social policy frameworks. In this context, she will introduce the PERGAP project which aims to advance knowledge on the societal causes leading to the (mis)perception of economic inequality by developing new instruments for the assessment and comparison of the institutional structure of welfare states and investigating their impact on perception and justification processes across different structural and cultural settings.
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