The Sociology Study Programme, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University
Invitation to Honorary Doctor Lecture by Mike Savage: ”The Return of Inequality”
Campus Aalborg
Auditorium B, Fibigerstræde 15, the canteen area, 9220 Aalborg East
07.04.2022 Kl. 12:30 - 14:15
English
On location
Campus Aalborg
Auditorium B, Fibigerstræde 15, the canteen area, 9220 Aalborg East
07.04.2022 Kl. 12:30 - 14:1507.04.2022 Kl. 12:30 - 14:15
English
On location
The Sociology Study Programme, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University
Invitation to Honorary Doctor Lecture by Mike Savage: ”The Return of Inequality”
Campus Aalborg
Auditorium B, Fibigerstræde 15, the canteen area, 9220 Aalborg East
07.04.2022 Kl. 12:30 - 14:15
English
On location
Campus Aalborg
Auditorium B, Fibigerstræde 15, the canteen area, 9220 Aalborg East
07.04.2022 Kl. 12:30 - 14:1507.04.2022 Kl. 12:30 - 14:15
English
On location
Professor Mike Savage, London School of Economics, will be appointed honorary doctor this April at a ceremony at Aalborg University. A day before the ceremony Savage will conduct a guest lecture.
The title of the lecture will be “The return of Inequality”, and it is related to his new book.
Mike Savage has conducted research within a wide range of sociological fields. The Professor has had a continuous focus on social class, social inequality, social stratification and class identity throughout his career from it took off in 1984 with his PhD thesis titled "The Social Bases of Working Class Politics: The Labour Movement in Preston 1890- 1940".
Mike Savage has done significant research on globalization, localities, social transformation, different forms of capital including social capital, mobility, voluntary associations and different methodological issues related to the study of class and social transformation.