Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) is devoted to understanding patterns, causes, and consequences of social and economic inequality. CSI fosters new and cutting-edge research, trains undergraduate and graduate students, encourages the exchange of ideas among inequality researchers, and disseminates research findings to a broader public.
CSI Events
Inequality Discussion Group with Haowen Zheng
A Fireside Chat with Jake Rosenfeld
Jake Rosenfeld - Talking About Pay: Who Does It, Why Employers Hate It, and What it Might Mean for Inequality
CSI Events
Visiting and Colloquium Speakers
The Center for the Study of Inequality regularly sponsors and co-sponsors lectures and conferences that feature world-renowned scholars and that draw attention to the most pressing problems and controversies in the field. Unless otherwise noted, events are free and open to the public. Please feel free to contact us to inquire about support for your event. Current and forthcoming events can be viewed here.
Inequality Discussion Group
This biweekly discussion group brings together Cornell faculty and graduate students from around campus to discuss and improve their in-progress research.
Past Events
Review past events CSI has hosted or co-sponsored.
CSI News
Integrating STEM majors won’t end gender segregation at work
Only 36% of the gender segregation seen among college-educated workers is tied to their undergraduate degrees, a new study finds.
Read moreSame-race reviews reduce inequality in Airbnb bookings
White guests favor Airbnb properties with white hosts, but are more inclined to rent from Black or Asian hosts if they see featured reviews from previous white guests, Cornell research finds.
Read moreNexus Scholar applications open for summer 2023
The program matches undergraduate students with summer opportunities to work side by side with faculty from across the College.
Read moreCook-Gray Lecture Set for Sept. 29
Francine Blau, the ILR School’s Frances Perkins Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and a Cornell professor of economics, is the 2023 Alice Cook/Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture speaker.
Read moreNew book documents lives of unaccompanied minors
For six years, Klarman Fellow Chaira Galli helped youths from Central America navigate the United States’ labyrinthine asylum process while doing an ethnographic study.
Read moreWomen want to work, despite workforce precarity
Despite persistent gaps in workforce participation, when it comes to wanting to work, the gender gap has all but disappeared over the last 45 years, according to Cornell sociologist Landon Schnabel.
Read moreA&S sophomore earns spot in summer program in D.C.
Mar’Quon Frederick, a government major, will spend the summers of 2022 and 2023 in the Institute for Responsible Citizenship's Washington Program.
Read moreWhat's your IQ (Inequality Quotient)?
Our online quiz tests your knowledge of current data on wealth, income, and racial inequities in the U.S. When you’re done with the 12 questions, you'll see a histogram that shows how you fared relative to other quiz-takers.