The dynamics of inequality: what have we learned?

May 3, 2022
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In the final episode of the DIAL podcast we’re looking at what’s been learned from DIAL projects about how and when inequality manifests in our lives and what its longer term consequences might be. We’re joined by Elina Kilpi-Jakonen from the University of Turku in Finland. Elina is the Scientific Coordinator for DIAL and, as … Read more

A level playing field for children: why it matters in tackling inequality over the lifecourse

May 2, 2022
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In Episode 5 of Series 4 of the DIAL Podcast we’re in conversation with Andreas Peichl, Professor of Macroeconomics and Public Finance at the University of Munich and Principal Investigator of a DIAL project looking at the impact of childhood circumstances on individual outcomes over the life-course (IMCHILD). 

Pre-term children: how do they get an equal chance to thrive?

May 2, 2022
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In Episode 4 of Series 4 we’re talking to Professor Sakari Lemola from the University of Bielefeld and formerly from the University of Warwick. Sakari is one of the Principal Investigators of the DIAL project PremLife, which has been looking at what factors can provide protection and increase resilience for preterm children’s life course outcomes.  Transcript Christine Garrington  … Read more

Tackling inequalities in adolescence and working life

April 27, 2022
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In Episode 3 of Series 4 of the DIAL Podcast, we are in discussion with Richard Blundell. Richard is the Ricardo Professor of Political Economy at UCL, director of the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the principal investigator of a DIAL project looking at … Read more

The long-term effects of school closures

April 1, 2022
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by Alexander Ludwig and colleagues This blog was first published by VOXeu. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis in the spring of 2020, politicians around the world closed schools and child-care centers together with businesses in an effort to contain the virus. According to the World Bank, around 1.6 billion school children were affected … Read more

How has Covid-19 affected the lives of older nurses?

March 14, 2022
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by Maggie O’Neill, National University of Ireland, Galway The effects of COVID19 have challenged societies and healthcare systems across the world. And that impact has been especially pronounced for the working lives of nurses, who work in front-line roles, a new study reveals. “I feel that we’re still basically seen as the handmaidens of the … Read more

Sharing housework in the pandemic: what changed and for how long?

December 20, 2021
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In Episode 5 of Series 2 of our podcast, we talk to Alejandra Rodríguez Sánchez from the University of Berlin and Susan Harkness from the University of Bristol about research from the DIAL funded Equal Lives project on the gendered division of housework during lockdown and whether or not changes that happened were temporary or … Read more

Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course (DIAL) is a multi-disciplinary research programme consisting of thirteen European projects. The projects examine the sources, structures and consequences of inequalities in contemporary societies. The programme is funded by NORFACE for the period 2017–2021.

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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 724363

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