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A Message from Center Director Fabian Pfeffer
The Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics has been selected to host the 2023 summer conference of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), an international gathering of...

Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Kathy Velikov
Kathy Velikov is a designer, an academic, and an architect. As Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice at U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban...

Announcing our 2022-2023 CID Emerging Inequality Scholar Awardees
We're pleased to announce our inaugural CID Emerging Inequality Scholars. Congratulations to Catalina Anampa Castro, a joint doctoral student in the departments of Sociology and Public Policy, and...

Discussion Paper Series: “Wealth As Control of the Future”
CID faculty affiliate Robert Manduca published “Wealth as Control of the Future” in CID’s discussion paper series last month. He sat down with CID to discuss his inspiration and process.CID: What is...

CID welcomes two new faculty members
This summer, CID will welcome two new faculty members to the team. Research Assistant Professor Joe LaBriola will arrive July 1, and Research Assistant Professor Sun Kyoung Lee will be joining...

Discussion Paper Series: “Latina/o Postsecondary Education: Trends in Racial/Ethnic Education Gaps and the Role of Citizenship in Access to Higher Education”
CID student affiliates Shauna Dyer and Giovanni Román-Torres published “Latina/o Postsecondary Education: Trends in Racial/Ethnic Education Gaps and the Role of Citizenship in Access to Higher...

Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Lydia Wileden
How do people choose where to live? What goes into determining which geographical areas to invest in? How are regional inequalities fueled by neighborhoods and housing? Urban sociologist Lydia...

Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Luciana de Souza Leão
Scholars studying inequality often analyze socio-economic gaps by geography, gender, age, or race and the policies devised to address them. Political sociologist Luciana de Souza Leão, assistant...

Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Robert Manduca
Why is San Francisco so much richer than Detroit? What are the trends in upward mobility and why are they changing? What are the economic consequences of living in one part of the United States...

Research Scientist Pablo Mitnik Joins CID
Pablo A. Mitnik joined the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics (CID) as Assistant Research Scientist this past fall. His research focuses on intergenerational mobility, economic inequality, labor...