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How do we halt the intergenerational transmission of poverty?

In this British Politics and Policy blog post, Abigail McKnight reviews new evidence around the mechanisms of poverty transmission between generations. Read more...
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Debt, ethnicity and local area deprivation

New CASE research funded by the ESRC COLIF Fellowship programme, undertaken by Eleni Karagiannaki in partnership with StepChange Debt Charity maps how area deprivation & ethnicity intersects with household over-indebtedness in London. Read more...

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BBC Politics London interview on the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people

Ilona Pinter and her co-author Gersi spoke on BBC Politics London about the findings from the participatory study and subsequent report. Read more...
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The Insecure Lives research is reported in The Guardian

According to the project report, in 2022/23, 3.0 million UK adults were experiencing multiple insecurities and feeling constantly under strain more than usual. Read more...

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There's a problem with how we measure fuel poverty

In this LSE Politics and Policy blog post, Abigail McKnight argues that we need a better way of measuring fuel poverty if we are to tackle it. Read more...
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Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Building homes, communities, and neighbourhoods

Professor Anne Power presents her latest book, Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Building homes, communities, and neighbourhoods. Read more...

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CASE Social Exclusion Seminars
Rethinking prosperity and social value with and for communities: What can citizen-led metrics tell us about the ‘prosperity gains’ from urban regeneration?

In this seminar, Saffron Woodcraft will discuss the development of the Citizen Prosperity Index – an alternative framework for measuring the impact of London’s Olympic legacy that has been co-produced with citizen social... Read more...

Saffron Woodcraft (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity)

Wednesday 09 July 2025 12:00 - 13:00
CASE Special Events
A society free from poverty: how do we get there and what would it look like?

The event challenges the old adage, 'The poor will always be with us', by envisaging a future free from poverty. The speakers will identify the gains for children and for society as a whole from ending child poverty and ... Read more...

Abigail McKnight (CASE, LSE), Abby Jitendra (Joseph Rowntree Foundation), Thomas Stephens (LSE)

Monday 16 June 2025 13:00 - 14:00
CASE Social Exclusion Seminars
Estate Regeneration and Its Discontents: Public Housing, Place and Inequality in London

This seminar is based on a monograph, Estate Regeneration and Its Discontents: Public Housing, Place and Inequality in London (Policy Press, 2021) and related papers. This body of work provides an in-depth account of how... Read more...

Paul Watt (Department of Sociology, LSE)

Wednesday 11 June 2025 12:00 - 13:00
CASE Social Exclusion Seminars
Social Capital in the UK: Evidence from Six Billion Friendships

Social capital - the value of social networks and relationships - is widely believed to impact people's critical life outcomes such as their social mobility and subjective wellbeing. Yet studying these network effects at... Read more...

Martin Wessel (Behavioural Insights Team)

Wednesday 04 June 2025 12:00 - 13:00
CASE Social Exclusion Seminars
Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Building homes, neighbourhoods, and communities

Anne Power’s new book Beyond Bricks and Mortar presents a history of social housing in the UK, exploring the wider role that housing associations and councils have played in providing low-cost rented housing for low-inco... Read more...

Anne Power (CASE, LSE)

Wednesday 14 May 2025 12:00 - 13:00

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CASEbrief
Baking inequality in from birth: New analysis of the way the two-child limit and the benefit cap intersect with ethnicity

Justice Aina, Ruth Patrick, Aaron Reeves, Thomas Stephens and Kitty Stewart

This briefing paper contains new quantitative evidence on the way the twochild limit and benefit cap affect children from different ethnic backgrounds. Drawing on official statistics and our own analysis of the Family R...Read more...

Thursday 10 July 2025

CASEreport
Insecure lives and the policy disconnect: overview of the literature on measures, trends, impact and mechanisms for six dimensions of insecurity

Irene Bucelli and Stuart Henderson

The Insecure Lives project developed a novel understanding of the concept of ‘multiple insecurities’. Understood as both objective or subjective downside risks for people’s quality of life, multiple insecurities encompas...Read more...

Wednesday 02 July 2025

CASEreport
CASE Annual Report 2024

The 2024 CASE Annual Report includes an overview of our Centre’s work, updates from our staff, PhDs, visitors and associates, and summaries of publications and events from last year. It includes a set of articles showcas...Read more...

Wednesday 02 July 2025

CASEreport
Debt, ethnicity and local area deprivation in London

Eleni Karagiannaki

Drawing on Wave 13 of the UK Household Longitudinal Survey (Understanding Society) and anonymised client records from StepChange, this research explores household over-indebtedness in London and maps its intersections wi...Read more...

Tuesday 17 June 2025

CASEreport
Insecure lives: The growth and impact of multiple insecurities

Irene Bucelli, Irena Grugulis, Stuart Henderson, Laura Lane, Helen Lomax, Anita Mangan, Abigail McKnight, Jonathan Payne, Sally Pearse, Laura Sorvala, Rebecca Tunstall and Jonathan Webb

‘Multiple insecurity’ is insecurity in more than one important dimension of life, such as money, work, housing, food, health or care. This research explored the prevalence and impact of multiple insecurities, through lit...Read more...

Friday 06 June 2025

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CASE News
The Needs of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and Young People Living in London

New participatory study involving ‘experts by experience’ reveals that young asylum seekers living in London report confusion, delays, and harmful age assessments that hinder their integration, well-being and... Read more...

Wednesday 02 July 2025

CASE News
Debt, ethnicity and local area deprivation in London

New CASE research funded by the ESRC COLIF Fellowship programme, undertaken by Eleni Karagiannaki in partnership with StepChange maps how area deprivation and ethnicity intersects with household over-indebtedness in Lond... Read more...

Tuesday 17 June 2025

CASE News
New CASE research is reported in The Guardian today.

The report, Insecure Lives: The growth and impact of multiple insecurities reveals that millions of UK residents are experiencing insecurity in multiple important dimensions of their lives at the same time. For example, ... Read more...

Friday 06 June 2025

CASE News
LSE Festival 2025

The LSE Festival is an intellectually stimulating series of events, which engages a wide public audience with LSE research and expertise. It brings together global leaders, innovators and change makers to investigate how... Read more...

Tuesday 03 June 2025

CASE News
Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Building homes, communities, and neighbourhoods New Book by Professor Anne Power

Professor Anne Power presents her latest book, Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Building homes, communities, and neighbourhoods. Published by Policy Press, Beyond Bricks and Mortar presents a history of social housing in the U... Read more...

Monday 19 May 2025

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