NewsletterWhy is it important to discuss social inequalities today? The first and easiest answer would be because not only do they remain unresolved but are increasing every day. In fact, the 21st century has brought a resurgence of the unequal distribution of wealth. As the gap separating rich and poor continues to widen, so do the extent and dimensions from which it is studied. Gender, race, and ethnicity are now seen as critical variables in assessing social inequalities. However, how should social scientists address inequalities in order to effectively target these problems? In this episode, several scholars discuss this matter expanding the dialogues presented at this session of “At the Cutting Edges of Knowledge Production: Borders and Black Holes in Academic Dialogue”, an international conference held by CALAS, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and The Bielefeld University in late 2021.
Sighard Neckel is professor of Sociology at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg and spokesperson of the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability”. Before taking his chair at Hamburg University, he held professorships for sociological theory at the Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Vienna and was research director at the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research.
