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Blog highlight COVID-19 has made us more averse to both income and health inequalities
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Research news Political beliefs shape whether we notice social inequality
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LSE IQ Scroungers versus Strivers: the myth of the welfare state

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Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative What direction should the world be taking after the crisis?

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Research for the World magazine
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Online article Inside the mind of a voter
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Online article Shining a light in the dark: coronavirus and care homes
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Research film Is Perfectionism an Illness?

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Research impact Creating a safer world for children at risk

Professor Eileen Munro's research led to a radical overhaul of child protection services in England
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Looking for an LSE expert? Search through our staff of world-renowned researchers
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Research Excellence Framework LSE ranks top in the UK for social science research
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Research and Innovation News, support and funding assistance
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Are you an aspiring researcher? Graduate programmes at LSE
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PhD Academy Dedicated space and services hub for doctoral candidates
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Centre for Economic Performance
Centre for Macroeconomics
Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
Centre for the Analysis of Time Series
Centre for Women, Peace and Security
Financial Markets Group
Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa
The Grantham Research Institute
IDEAS
International Growth Centre
Latin America and Caribbean Centre
LSE Cities
Middle East Centre
South Asia Centre
Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre
Spatial Economics Research Centre
STICERD - Economics and Related Disciplines
Systemic Risk Centre
United States Centre
What Works Centre for Local Economics Growth
Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies
Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation
Centre for International Studies
Centre for Vocational Education Research
Contemporary Turkish Studies
Crisis States Research Centre
Global Health Initiative
Hellenic Observatory
India Observatory
LSE London
LSE Public Policy Group
LSEE - Research on South Eastern Europe
Mannheim Centre for Criminology
Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship
Migration Studies Unit