BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/the-sociology-of-el ite-power-today-introducing-the-oxford-handbook-of-the-sociology-of-global -elites/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5fddf5b9-8612-4d02-b40f-eab4b6db66fb SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261021T105017 DTSTART:20261022T173000 DTEND:20261022T190000 SUMMARY:The sociology of elite power today: introducing the Oxford Handboo k of the Sociology of Global Elites LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (Hong Kong The atre\, Clement House) DESCRIPTION:Thursday 22 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersProfessor Will Da viesProfessor Caroline KnowlesProfessor María-Luisa MendezProfessor Mike SavageProfessor Annette LareauChairProfessor Aaron ReevesThis event will b ring a range of eminent speakers together to reflect on the nature of elit e power in the 2020s.The panel will highlight cutting-edge scholarship rec ently published in the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites. A key focus will be on the challenge that elites pose to democratic politi cal regimes\, and what elites do to control multiple spheres from the shap e of cities to regional politics.Students\, academic researchers and wider public audiences who are concerned about elites and changing forms of pow er today will find the event of great interest. No prior knowledge of the handbook is expected.Meet our speakers and chairWill Davies is Professor o f Politics at Goldsmiths\, University of London. He is a sociologist and p olitical economist whose research covers neoliberalism\, happiness science \, environmental politics\, and anti-expert politics. Uniting this diverse body of work is an interest in the relationship between knowledge and pow er\, drawing on the ideas of Michel Foucault\, Luc Boltanski\, and Max Web er. He is Co-Director of the interdisciplinary Political Economy Research Centre and convenes the BA in Politics\, Philosophy and Economics programm e.Caroline Knowles is a Honorary Professor at the School of Society and En vironment\, Queen Mary University of London. A non-fiction writer based in London\, her work explores how cities are made\, how questions of spatial justice shape urban life\, and how migration transforms places across the world. Drawing on sociology\, anthropology and geography\, her research a nd writing examine how cities can become fairer and more inclusive. She is also Professor Emerita at Goldsmiths\, University of London and previousl y directed the British Academy’s Urban Infrastructures of Well Being and Cities and Infrastructures programmes\, leading interdisciplinary researc h on urban sustainability\, climate change and migration across the Global South.María-Luisa Mendez is a Professor at the Institute of Urban and Te rritorial Studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Direc tor of the Nucleus Millennium Insecurity and Urban Cohesion (NUMIC) . A so ciologist whose research focuses on social mobility\, social stratificatio n and urban conflict\, she examines the lived experiences of inequality an d socio-spatial change. Her work explores the subjective dimensions of cla ss\, place attachment and social cohesion\, and she is the author of Upper Middle Class Social Reproduction (Palgrave\, 2019)\, The Politics of the Elite (Routledge\, 2023) and co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of the Socio logy of Global Elites (OUP\, 2026).Mike Savage is a Professorial Research Fellow at LSE’s International Inequalities Institute. Mike played a form ative role in the creation of the III\, as founding co-Director with the l ate Prof John Hills. Between 2015 and 2020\, he was Director of LSE’s In ternational Inequalities Institute. He played a key role in securing the A tlantic Fellows programme to be a flagship of the III. This is the largest global programme in the world devoted to challenging inequalities\, and h e was its founding Director in 2016-17. Since 2019\, he has convened the I II’s Wealth\, Elites and Tax Justice research theme\, which has enjoyed major policy and academic impact.Annette Lareau is the author of the award -winning books Unequal Childhoods\, Home Advantage\, and Listening to Peop le. With Blair Sackett\, she also authored We Thought It Would be Heaven: Refugees in an Unequal America. She is one of the editors (with Maria Luis a Méndez and Mike Savage) of The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Glob al Elites. She is writing articles and a book on wealthy families using qu alitative data from 80 racially-diverse US families in the top 1% of the U S. She is Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Sociology at the Unive rsity of Pennsylvania. This term she is a Visiting Professor in the Depart ment of Sociology at LSE.Aaron Reeves is Professor of Sociology at LSE. Hi s work studies the causes and consequences of social inequality\, with a f ocus on the political economy of health\, welfare reform\, and processes o f elite formation. His research has been published in the American Sociolo gical Review\, American Journal of Sociology\, The Lancet\, British Medica l Journal\, and Socio-Economic Review.From time to time there are changes to event details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event you check back on this listing on the day of the event.Whilst we are hosting this listing\, LSE Events does not take responsibility for the ru nning and administration of this event. While we take responsible measures to ensure that accurate information is given here this event is ultimatel y the responsibility of the organisation presenting the event.LSE holds a wide range of events\, covering many of the most controversial issues of t he day\, and speakers at our events may express views that cause offence. The views expressed by speakers at LSE events do not reflect the position or views of the London School of Economics and Political Science. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/events/2026/the-sociology-of -elite-power-today END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR