Cycles of poverty
How will income inequality deepen problems during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis? While some are relying on friends and neighbours to help them get groceries during the COVID-19 crisis, the poor may need to put themselves at risk of COVID-19 by…
Phys.org: Poor people experience greater financial hardship in areas where income inequality is greatest
A study co-authored by Jaideep Prabhu, Professor of Marketing at University of Cambridge Judge Business School, explores how income inequality will deepen problems during the COVID-19 crisis. The study shows that “hardship increases for low-income individuals by reducing their ability…
BBC Sounds: People fixing the world
Dr Lilia Giugni, Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and the co-founder and CEO of GenPol, was taking part in a podcast focusing on gender issues and discussing on how to get men involved in feminist work.…
Highly institutionalised myths
Inequality has emerged as one of the grand challenges for societies. It is often explained in terms of the intrinsic dynamics of capitalism or government policy. A new paper co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School argues that the role of…
Making the numbers count: supporting and engaging women at every career stage
Professor Sucheta Nadkarni and other researchers call for gender equality and career support for women in the workplace, and an end to "the doom and gloom narrative" over their limited numbers. Hiring more women into senior positions is the right…
Gender inequality in the workplace (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
Statistics show that gender inequality at the workplace is pervasive, with lower pay and under-representation at top levels for women. How does this harm business, and should governments intervene? In this episode, joining podcast series host Michael Kitson, University Senior…
A voice for equality
Kamal Munir, Reader in Strategy and Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, is selected as an Equality Champion at the University of Cambridge. Kamal Munir, Reader in Strategy and Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, has been selected as an…
Inequality (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
Since the early 1980s there has been widening income and wealth inequality in many industrialised countries. Why has this happened? Is it a problem? And if it is, what should we do about it? In this episode, joining podcast series…
Tackling inequality
The institutional and organisational arrangements that reinforce and perpetuate economic inequality over time need to be better understood in order to tackle this growing problem, argues Kamal Munir of Cambridge Judge Business School. While much attention has recently focused on…
How ‘frugal innovation’ can fight off inequality
Inequality is the defining social, political and economic phenomenon of our time. Just 1% of the world's population now holds over 35% of all private wealth, more than the bottom 95% combined. Bad as this may seem, trends suggest that…
