Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality at the University of British Columbia

Admit-only training for advanced Ph.D. students and early career faculty led by a roster of multidisciplinary leading scholars.
One-Time Event | Training
Location University of British Columbia, 6200 University Blvd, Vancouver, British Colombia
Organizers Steven Durlauf, David Green
Featured Speakers Dionissi Aliprantis, Marcella Alsan, Marie Connolly, Steven Durlauf, Bhash Mazumder, Nathan Nunn
Research Areas Income, Methodology, Mobility

The Summer School on Socioeconomic Opportunity and Inequality seeks to provide the next generation of scholars with the multidisciplinary underpinning necessary for effective research on inequality dynamics. It will feature leading scholars tackling inequality research from the lens of economics, sociology, and public policy, to foster cross-disciplinary approaches to inequality research and public policy evaluation regarding long-term inequality issues. It will also train advanced M.A. and Ph.D. students, policy professionals, and early-career faculty through immersive lectures on state-of-the-art methods for inequality research, one-on-one and small-group meetings with senior researchers, and presentation opportunities for summer school students where they can receive input on their early-stage research from the research community. The summer schools are designed to yield long-term benefits in creating lasting intellectual links that can be pursued long after the conclusion of the meetings.

Applications Open in Spring 2026.

Summer School Schedule

Wednesday, August 12

Start Time
End Time
Session
Session Leaders
Session I
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Welcome Presentation: Empirical Labour Economics and Distributive Justice David Green
10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Intergenerational Mobility Bhash Mazumder
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch/Office Hours
Session II
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Student Presentations
2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Break
Session III
3:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Health Inequality Marcella Alsan
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Office Hours

Thursday, August 13

Start Time
End Time
Session
Session Leaders
Session I
10:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Residential Segregation and Access to Opportunity Dionissi Aliprantis
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch/Office Hours
Session II
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Student Presentations
2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Break
Session III
3:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Intergenerational Income Mobility Marie Connolly
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Office Hours

Friday, August 14

Start Time
End Time
Session
Session Leaders
Session I
10:00.m. 12:30 p.m. Historical and Dynamic Process of Economic Development Nathan Nunn
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch/Office Hours
Session II
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Student Presentations
2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Break
Session III
3:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Meritocracy Steven Durlauf
5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Office Hours

This program is jointly supported by the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality at the University of Chicago and the Vancouver Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at the University of British Columbia.