Summer School : Inequality and Institutions

Economic, social, and political frictions

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Location: Paris

For: professionals, researchers and graduate students

Duration: 1 week

Dates: June 9 to June 13, 2025

Application: From January 15 to May 19, 2025

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Overview

Institutions and social frictions (associated with inequality and cultural polarization) have emerged as central themes in economics. This course takes stock of existing research and moves on to draw the outline of the current research frontier. What are the recent trends in global and regional inequality? How do these trends relate to political cleavages and institutions? How do understudied institutions, such as identities and customs, interact with formal institutions? And, how will the AI revolution impact the interaction between institutions and inequality?

The program approaches these questions by drawing on rigorous empirical research and theoretical insights in two core modules. “Global Inequality” presents global and regional trends in inequality based on the work of the World Inequality Lab at PSE. “Identity, Social Change and Institutional Dynamics” highlights how informal institutions interact with economic and social frictions. In addition, three shorter modules investigate how political cleavages, political institutions, and the rise of artificial intelligence interact with economic frictions. The objective of the program is to equip you with the background and tools you need as a researcher to contribute to this dynamic field.

Objective

The objective of this program is to offer new perspectives on economic inequality, its interaction with social and political frictions, as well as the role of political institutions.

Skills acquired

After completed the summer program, participants will specifically be able to work on:

Inequality
Political cleavages
Identity
Institutions
Culture
Corruption

3

ECTS credit which PSE validates
316

participants in 2023
70

nationalities

Prerequisites

Our summer school is aimed at graduate students, PhD students, young scholars and young professionals.

This program is aimed at graduates in economics with strong empirical and theoretical skills.

Exciting activities

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To be sure you make the most of your stay in Paris, PSE offers social events, such as a boat tour. It’s a wonderful way to balance your everyday studies with the chance to visit the must-sees of the City of Light.

For centuries, Paris has created and recreated itself as one of the most beautiful and charming cities in the world, thanks to its architecture, its restaurants and cafes, and its river banks. It is unique: contemporary without having sacrificed its classical features.