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Social Policy Association’s Tax and Social Policy Group Inaugural Conference – Wealth Inequality, Tax and Social Policy
January 16 @ 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
The Social Policy Association’s Tax and Social Policy Group is holding its inaugural in person Conference on Wealth Inequality, Tax and Social Policy in the New Year.
Registration is via Eventbrite:
The event is free, and participation is not confined to group or SPA members.
The conference will take place on:
Date: Thursday 16th January 2025
Time: 10.30am to 3.45pm (10.30 arrival for a 10.45m start)
Venue: Marshall Building – Room 2.10
London School of Economics
44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LY
Morning Speakers:
Mike Savage, Professorial Research Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, and lead for the Wealth, Elites and Tax Justice theme at the London School of Economics.
Rajiv Prabhakar, Senior Lecturer in Personal Finance at the Open University. His research has included wealth taxation and financial inclusion and he is author in 2021 of the book Financial Inclusion: Critique and Alternatives (Policy Press).
Afternoon Panel contributors include:
Andy Morrison, Director of UK National Audit Office, Newcastle
Andy Summers, Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Taxation and Associate Professor in Law, London School of Economics. Andy’s research focuses on the evaluation and design of tax policies, particularly those affecting top earners and wealthy individuals.
Sarah Kerr, Research Fellow, International Inequalities Institute, and member of the Wealth, Elites and Tax Justice theme at the London School of Economics
The conference examines:
- the ways in which taxes in the past and in the present have contributed to unequal wealth holdings
- how taxes could tackle wealth inequality
- why governments of any political persuasion find this a difficult policy area
- and knowledge gaps requiring further research (or what a research agenda in this area must address).
The conference will be of particular relevance to you if:
- you are interested in the inequality and the relationship between wealth and poverty
- you are interested in the role of taxes in delivering social outcomes
- you are interested in knowledge gaps which hinder the delivery of more just social policies.
The event is funded by the Social Policy Association and lunch and refreshments will be provided. Financial assistance towards the cost of travel for PhD students is available.
The room is accessible by wheelchair. If you have any dietary requirements, please contact Sarah Kerr at S.Kerr1@lse.ac.uk .
For other queries and to ask about financial assistance for PhD student travel, please contact Sally Ruane at sruane@dmu.ac.uk.
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