December 5, 2019
Middlesex University, UK
Symposium and a plenary session will be open to the public. If you would like to attend the plenary session, please book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-and-economic-inequality-tickets-76877274999
Plenary session, HG19, Middlesex University, Hendon, London.
5.30-6.30pm.
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in economics.
- Vince Cable, Lib Dem leader 2017-19.
- Ben Chu, economics editor, BBC's Newsnight.
Limited places are still available for the symposium; please email Sophie Knowles S.Knowles@mdx.ac.uk if you wish to book a place.
Symposium, Barn 1 and 2, Middlesex University, Hendon, London.
10am-4.30pm
Panel 1 Interrogating Economic Inequality.
10am-12pm
- John Hills, Professor, Social Policy, LSE.
- Robert Joyce, Deputy Director, Institute of Fiscal Studies.
- Carys Roberts, Head of Economic Justice, IPPR
- Duncan Exley, Author, The end of aspiration? Former Head of Equality Trust.
- Martin Schuerz, Head of Monetary Unit, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna.
Discussant: Steve Schifferes, Professor emeritus, City Uni
Panel 2 Representations of Inequality in the Press
1pm-2.30pm
- Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Author Poor News. Professor, Northwestern University, Qatar.
- Joanna Mack, Author, Breadline Britain. Open University.
- Peter Golding, Author of many titles including Public attitudes to poverty. Professor Emeritus, Northumbria University.
- Andrea Grisold, Professor, WU Vienna. Head of Institute for Institutional and Heterodox Economics.
Discussant: Anya Schiffrin, Director of Technology, Communications, Columbia University.
Panel 3 Political and Public Discourse on Inequality
3pm-4.30pm
- Mike Berry, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University School of Journalism.
- Aaron Reeves, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, LSE and Oxford.
- Elizabeth Clery, Research Director, Nat Cen.
- Jonathan Mijs, Associate Professorial Research Fellow, LSE and Harvard.
Discussant: Aeron Davis, Professor, Political Communication, Goldsmiths.