Inequality is an issue that arises everywhere in the world today.<\/p>\n
Recent studies by economists such as Branko Milanovic<\/a> and Thomas Piketty<\/a> have looked at trends in economic inequality on a global scale. Social movements – such as Rhodes Must Fall<\/a>, Black Lives Matter<\/a> and Me Too<\/a> – as well as the COVID pandemic, have emphasised inequalities along lines of institutionalised racism, gender, wealth and health. All these highlight the unequal global power relations that continuously shape the world.<\/p>\n
This is why a research project<\/a>, at Aarhus University in Denmark, is exploring the intellectual history of global inequality. As part of the research team, I have been studying how…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n