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📄 The programme for the upcoming CPC-CG Symposium at the #UniversityofStAndrews is now available!
On 23-24 June, the symposium will bring together researchers from the #UK, #Europe, and beyond to explore #intergenerational change and support across a range of themes, including:
• #Household and #housing
• #Migration and #socialmobility
• #Community, #segregation, and #socialcohesion
• #Family and #fertility
• #Intergenerationalexchange
More info: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/1002/Centre_for_Population_Change__Connecting_Generations_Symposium_on_Intergenerational_Change_and_Support -
DATE: May 16, 2026 at 08:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Intelligence makes people more trusting, but early hardship cuts this benefit in half
Growing up in a disadvantaged environment not only hinders cognitive development but also weakens a person’s default willingness to trust others later in life. A recent study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin reveals that while higher intelligence generally makes people more trusting, early childhood adversity cuts this social benefit in half. These findings suggest that childhood hardships create long-lasting barriers to social mobility by preventing individuals from reaping the typical rewards of their cognitive skills.
Trusting strangers is a fundamental requirement for a functioning society. Generalized trust is the basic belief that other people are generally reliable and will not exploit you. Economists and psychologists view this kind of trust as a foundation for cooperation, economic prosperity, and overall well-being. People who trust others are more likely to build strong networks and succeed in their careers.
Previous research consistently links higher cognitive ability to higher levels of generalized trust. Researchers generally define cognitive ability as a person’s capacity for memory, reasoning, and problem-solving. People with stronger cognitive skills are often better at recognizing that cooperation pays off in the long run. They are also thought to be better at evaluating someone’s trustworthiness and suppressing emotional, gut-level feelings of suspicion.
At the same time, childhood environments play a massive role in shaping social attitudes. Growing up in a stable, resource-rich household encourages long-term planning and cooperation. Conversely, childhood stress and scarcity act as warning signals about a harsh world. In unstable environments, short-term survival strategies and heightened vigilance are more practical than trusting strangers.
Chris Dawson, a researcher at the University of Bath’s School of Management, wanted to understand how these two factors interact. Most previous studies assumed that intelligence and childhood background influenced trust independently of one another. Dawson suspected that the environment a child grows up in might change how their brainpower is eventually used. Specifically, he wanted to see if intelligence provides the exact same social advantages for everyone, regardless of their background.
Sociologists and psychologists have debated exactly how personal skills and childhood resources interact. One theory, known as resource substitution, suggests that intelligence can compensate for a lack of environmental support. Under this idea, a highly capable child from a poor neighborhood uses their brainpower to overcome their surroundings and figure out how to thrive.
Another theory proposes the exact opposite. The resource multiplication theory suggests that early advantages compound over time. A rich, supportive environment acts like a multiplier for intelligence, giving smart children endless opportunities to practice cooperation and see it rewarded.
To test which reality plays out in the real world, Dawson analyzed data from a massive, nationally representative survey in the United Kingdom. The sample included 24,140 adults with an average age of about 47. The survey gathered extensive information about household finances, personal attitudes, and cognitive performance. This rich dataset allowed the researcher to look for patterns linking early-life conditions to adult beliefs.
To measure generalized trust, the survey asked participants a standard question about human nature. Respondents had to choose whether most people can be trusted, whether it depends, or whether you cannot be too careful these days. While simple, this single question is a widely accepted tool that reliably captures a person’s long-term social outlook.
The survey also tested participants on five specific cognitive tasks. These included a delayed word recall test, a subtraction challenge, and an exercise where participants had one minute to name as many animals as possible. Other tests asked participants to fill in missing numbers in a sequence and solve practical math problems. Dawson combined the scores from these five tasks into a single measure of general cognitive ability, adjusting the final numbers to account for natural changes in brain function that happen as people age.
To measure childhood disadvantage, Dawson looked at four specific hardships participants might have experienced by age 14. These included living outside a two-parent household, having parents with no educational qualifications, and having parents who were unemployed. The final dimension was having parents who worked in routine, low-status jobs. Participants who experienced two or more of these conditions were classified as having a disadvantaged childhood.
The data revealed several distinct patterns. First, individuals who grew up with childhood disadvantage scored lower on adult cognitive tests. They were also much more likely to say that you cannot be too careful when dealing with other people. Both of these patterns held up even when the researcher controlled for current age, sex, and household income.
Next, Dawson examined the relationship between intelligence and trust. Among people from more advantaged backgrounds, higher cognitive ability was strongly associated with a greater likelihood of trusting others. For these individuals, intelligence seemed to unlock the social benefits of cooperation.
However, for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, this relationship was substantially weaker. An increase in cognitive ability still boosted trust, but the effect was only about half as strong as it was for the advantaged group. The protective and cooperative benefits of intelligence were essentially suppressed.
This pattern supports the resource multiplication theory, often referred to as the Matthew Effect. This concept describes how early advantages multiply over time, allowing privileged individuals to gain disproportionate rewards from their skills. In a stable environment with low crime and reliable institutions, a smart person easily learns that trust is rewarded.
For a child in a harsh environment, those same cognitive resources might be redirected toward survival. Disadvantaged settings often feature unreliable institutions and fewer opportunities to see cooperation pay off. Dawson explained this dynamic in a press release accompanying the study.
“We often assume that intelligence leads to positive social outcomes in the same way for everyone but these findings challenge that idea,” Dawson said. “People who grow up in difficult environments not only develop lower cognitive skills, but also those skills appear less likely to translate into trust and the wider benefits that come with it.”
“This matters, because trust helps people build relationships, succeed in organisations, and participate in society,” Dawson said. “If early disadvantage suppresses those benefits, it may reinforce inequality across generations.”
The physical and emotional toll of a difficult childhood might also play a direct role. Chronic stress and anxiety are common results of early adversity. “In those environments, intelligence may simply have fewer opportunities to translate into trust,” Dawson said. “Early adversity may also leave lasting effects of stress and anxiety that limit how cognitive abilities are expressed in social life.”
To see if these patterns held up on a global scale, Dawson also looked at international data. Using the Global Preferences Survey, he compared trust and math skills across different countries. In high-income nations, cognitive ability was strongly tied to higher trust. In low-to-middle-income countries, the relationship was substantially weaker.
Like all observational studies, this research has some limitations. The primary issue is that the survey measured cognitive ability in adulthood, long after childhood environments had already shaped the participants. Because adult intelligence is a mix of genetic potential and environmental influence, it is difficult to completely separate the two. A disadvantaged environment might prevent a person from reaching their genetic potential, or it might simply suppress the social expression of the intelligence they do develop.
Future research will need to untangle these specific biological and environmental threads. Scientists could use genetically informed study designs to see how human biology and neighborhood conditions interact. Researchers also want to know if childhood environments alter the benefits of other positive traits. For example, patience and a willingness to take healthy risks might also be stunted by early adversity.
Ultimately, the study highlights a hidden mechanism of social inequality. Society often views education and intelligence as the ultimate tools for upward mobility. However, this research shows that a harsh childhood can prevent a person from using those tools effectively. Policies aimed at reducing inequality may need to focus on emotional security just as much as academic success.
“If we want to improve life chances, we need to think beyond academic skills,” Dawson said. “Stable, secure and supportive childhood environments may be just as important in helping people realise their potential.”
The study, “What Childhood Leaves Behind: Cognitive Ability and Trust in Adulthood,” was authored by Chris Dawson.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #Trust #Cognition #Intelligence #ChildhoodAdversity #SocialMobility #GeneralizedTrust #ResourceMultiplication #MatthewEffect #EarlyLifeImpact #CognitiveAbility and Trust
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DATE: May 16, 2026 at 08:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Intelligence makes people more trusting, but early hardship cuts this benefit in half
Growing up in a disadvantaged environment not only hinders cognitive development but also weakens a person’s default willingness to trust others later in life. A recent study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin reveals that while higher intelligence generally makes people more trusting, early childhood adversity cuts this social benefit in half. These findings suggest that childhood hardships create long-lasting barriers to social mobility by preventing individuals from reaping the typical rewards of their cognitive skills.
Trusting strangers is a fundamental requirement for a functioning society. Generalized trust is the basic belief that other people are generally reliable and will not exploit you. Economists and psychologists view this kind of trust as a foundation for cooperation, economic prosperity, and overall well-being. People who trust others are more likely to build strong networks and succeed in their careers.
Previous research consistently links higher cognitive ability to higher levels of generalized trust. Researchers generally define cognitive ability as a person’s capacity for memory, reasoning, and problem-solving. People with stronger cognitive skills are often better at recognizing that cooperation pays off in the long run. They are also thought to be better at evaluating someone’s trustworthiness and suppressing emotional, gut-level feelings of suspicion.
At the same time, childhood environments play a massive role in shaping social attitudes. Growing up in a stable, resource-rich household encourages long-term planning and cooperation. Conversely, childhood stress and scarcity act as warning signals about a harsh world. In unstable environments, short-term survival strategies and heightened vigilance are more practical than trusting strangers.
Chris Dawson, a researcher at the University of Bath’s School of Management, wanted to understand how these two factors interact. Most previous studies assumed that intelligence and childhood background influenced trust independently of one another. Dawson suspected that the environment a child grows up in might change how their brainpower is eventually used. Specifically, he wanted to see if intelligence provides the exact same social advantages for everyone, regardless of their background.
Sociologists and psychologists have debated exactly how personal skills and childhood resources interact. One theory, known as resource substitution, suggests that intelligence can compensate for a lack of environmental support. Under this idea, a highly capable child from a poor neighborhood uses their brainpower to overcome their surroundings and figure out how to thrive.
Another theory proposes the exact opposite. The resource multiplication theory suggests that early advantages compound over time. A rich, supportive environment acts like a multiplier for intelligence, giving smart children endless opportunities to practice cooperation and see it rewarded.
To test which reality plays out in the real world, Dawson analyzed data from a massive, nationally representative survey in the United Kingdom. The sample included 24,140 adults with an average age of about 47. The survey gathered extensive information about household finances, personal attitudes, and cognitive performance. This rich dataset allowed the researcher to look for patterns linking early-life conditions to adult beliefs.
To measure generalized trust, the survey asked participants a standard question about human nature. Respondents had to choose whether most people can be trusted, whether it depends, or whether you cannot be too careful these days. While simple, this single question is a widely accepted tool that reliably captures a person’s long-term social outlook.
The survey also tested participants on five specific cognitive tasks. These included a delayed word recall test, a subtraction challenge, and an exercise where participants had one minute to name as many animals as possible. Other tests asked participants to fill in missing numbers in a sequence and solve practical math problems. Dawson combined the scores from these five tasks into a single measure of general cognitive ability, adjusting the final numbers to account for natural changes in brain function that happen as people age.
To measure childhood disadvantage, Dawson looked at four specific hardships participants might have experienced by age 14. These included living outside a two-parent household, having parents with no educational qualifications, and having parents who were unemployed. The final dimension was having parents who worked in routine, low-status jobs. Participants who experienced two or more of these conditions were classified as having a disadvantaged childhood.
The data revealed several distinct patterns. First, individuals who grew up with childhood disadvantage scored lower on adult cognitive tests. They were also much more likely to say that you cannot be too careful when dealing with other people. Both of these patterns held up even when the researcher controlled for current age, sex, and household income.
Next, Dawson examined the relationship between intelligence and trust. Among people from more advantaged backgrounds, higher cognitive ability was strongly associated with a greater likelihood of trusting others. For these individuals, intelligence seemed to unlock the social benefits of cooperation.
However, for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, this relationship was substantially weaker. An increase in cognitive ability still boosted trust, but the effect was only about half as strong as it was for the advantaged group. The protective and cooperative benefits of intelligence were essentially suppressed.
This pattern supports the resource multiplication theory, often referred to as the Matthew Effect. This concept describes how early advantages multiply over time, allowing privileged individuals to gain disproportionate rewards from their skills. In a stable environment with low crime and reliable institutions, a smart person easily learns that trust is rewarded.
For a child in a harsh environment, those same cognitive resources might be redirected toward survival. Disadvantaged settings often feature unreliable institutions and fewer opportunities to see cooperation pay off. Dawson explained this dynamic in a press release accompanying the study.
“We often assume that intelligence leads to positive social outcomes in the same way for everyone but these findings challenge that idea,” Dawson said. “People who grow up in difficult environments not only develop lower cognitive skills, but also those skills appear less likely to translate into trust and the wider benefits that come with it.”
“This matters, because trust helps people build relationships, succeed in organisations, and participate in society,” Dawson said. “If early disadvantage suppresses those benefits, it may reinforce inequality across generations.”
The physical and emotional toll of a difficult childhood might also play a direct role. Chronic stress and anxiety are common results of early adversity. “In those environments, intelligence may simply have fewer opportunities to translate into trust,” Dawson said. “Early adversity may also leave lasting effects of stress and anxiety that limit how cognitive abilities are expressed in social life.”
To see if these patterns held up on a global scale, Dawson also looked at international data. Using the Global Preferences Survey, he compared trust and math skills across different countries. In high-income nations, cognitive ability was strongly tied to higher trust. In low-to-middle-income countries, the relationship was substantially weaker.
Like all observational studies, this research has some limitations. The primary issue is that the survey measured cognitive ability in adulthood, long after childhood environments had already shaped the participants. Because adult intelligence is a mix of genetic potential and environmental influence, it is difficult to completely separate the two. A disadvantaged environment might prevent a person from reaching their genetic potential, or it might simply suppress the social expression of the intelligence they do develop.
Future research will need to untangle these specific biological and environmental threads. Scientists could use genetically informed study designs to see how human biology and neighborhood conditions interact. Researchers also want to know if childhood environments alter the benefits of other positive traits. For example, patience and a willingness to take healthy risks might also be stunted by early adversity.
Ultimately, the study highlights a hidden mechanism of social inequality. Society often views education and intelligence as the ultimate tools for upward mobility. However, this research shows that a harsh childhood can prevent a person from using those tools effectively. Policies aimed at reducing inequality may need to focus on emotional security just as much as academic success.
“If we want to improve life chances, we need to think beyond academic skills,” Dawson said. “Stable, secure and supportive childhood environments may be just as important in helping people realise their potential.”
The study, “What Childhood Leaves Behind: Cognitive Ability and Trust in Adulthood,” was authored by Chris Dawson.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #Trust #Cognition #Intelligence #ChildhoodAdversity #SocialMobility #GeneralizedTrust #ResourceMultiplication #MatthewEffect #EarlyLifeImpact #CognitiveAbility and Trust
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DATE: May 16, 2026 at 08:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Intelligence makes people more trusting, but early hardship cuts this benefit in half
Growing up in a disadvantaged environment not only hinders cognitive development but also weakens a person’s default willingness to trust others later in life. A recent study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin reveals that while higher intelligence generally makes people more trusting, early childhood adversity cuts this social benefit in half. These findings suggest that childhood hardships create long-lasting barriers to social mobility by preventing individuals from reaping the typical rewards of their cognitive skills.
Trusting strangers is a fundamental requirement for a functioning society. Generalized trust is the basic belief that other people are generally reliable and will not exploit you. Economists and psychologists view this kind of trust as a foundation for cooperation, economic prosperity, and overall well-being. People who trust others are more likely to build strong networks and succeed in their careers.
Previous research consistently links higher cognitive ability to higher levels of generalized trust. Researchers generally define cognitive ability as a person’s capacity for memory, reasoning, and problem-solving. People with stronger cognitive skills are often better at recognizing that cooperation pays off in the long run. They are also thought to be better at evaluating someone’s trustworthiness and suppressing emotional, gut-level feelings of suspicion.
At the same time, childhood environments play a massive role in shaping social attitudes. Growing up in a stable, resource-rich household encourages long-term planning and cooperation. Conversely, childhood stress and scarcity act as warning signals about a harsh world. In unstable environments, short-term survival strategies and heightened vigilance are more practical than trusting strangers.
Chris Dawson, a researcher at the University of Bath’s School of Management, wanted to understand how these two factors interact. Most previous studies assumed that intelligence and childhood background influenced trust independently of one another. Dawson suspected that the environment a child grows up in might change how their brainpower is eventually used. Specifically, he wanted to see if intelligence provides the exact same social advantages for everyone, regardless of their background.
Sociologists and psychologists have debated exactly how personal skills and childhood resources interact. One theory, known as resource substitution, suggests that intelligence can compensate for a lack of environmental support. Under this idea, a highly capable child from a poor neighborhood uses their brainpower to overcome their surroundings and figure out how to thrive.
Another theory proposes the exact opposite. The resource multiplication theory suggests that early advantages compound over time. A rich, supportive environment acts like a multiplier for intelligence, giving smart children endless opportunities to practice cooperation and see it rewarded.
To test which reality plays out in the real world, Dawson analyzed data from a massive, nationally representative survey in the United Kingdom. The sample included 24,140 adults with an average age of about 47. The survey gathered extensive information about household finances, personal attitudes, and cognitive performance. This rich dataset allowed the researcher to look for patterns linking early-life conditions to adult beliefs.
To measure generalized trust, the survey asked participants a standard question about human nature. Respondents had to choose whether most people can be trusted, whether it depends, or whether you cannot be too careful these days. While simple, this single question is a widely accepted tool that reliably captures a person’s long-term social outlook.
The survey also tested participants on five specific cognitive tasks. These included a delayed word recall test, a subtraction challenge, and an exercise where participants had one minute to name as many animals as possible. Other tests asked participants to fill in missing numbers in a sequence and solve practical math problems. Dawson combined the scores from these five tasks into a single measure of general cognitive ability, adjusting the final numbers to account for natural changes in brain function that happen as people age.
To measure childhood disadvantage, Dawson looked at four specific hardships participants might have experienced by age 14. These included living outside a two-parent household, having parents with no educational qualifications, and having parents who were unemployed. The final dimension was having parents who worked in routine, low-status jobs. Participants who experienced two or more of these conditions were classified as having a disadvantaged childhood.
The data revealed several distinct patterns. First, individuals who grew up with childhood disadvantage scored lower on adult cognitive tests. They were also much more likely to say that you cannot be too careful when dealing with other people. Both of these patterns held up even when the researcher controlled for current age, sex, and household income.
Next, Dawson examined the relationship between intelligence and trust. Among people from more advantaged backgrounds, higher cognitive ability was strongly associated with a greater likelihood of trusting others. For these individuals, intelligence seemed to unlock the social benefits of cooperation.
However, for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, this relationship was substantially weaker. An increase in cognitive ability still boosted trust, but the effect was only about half as strong as it was for the advantaged group. The protective and cooperative benefits of intelligence were essentially suppressed.
This pattern supports the resource multiplication theory, often referred to as the Matthew Effect. This concept describes how early advantages multiply over time, allowing privileged individuals to gain disproportionate rewards from their skills. In a stable environment with low crime and reliable institutions, a smart person easily learns that trust is rewarded.
For a child in a harsh environment, those same cognitive resources might be redirected toward survival. Disadvantaged settings often feature unreliable institutions and fewer opportunities to see cooperation pay off. Dawson explained this dynamic in a press release accompanying the study.
“We often assume that intelligence leads to positive social outcomes in the same way for everyone but these findings challenge that idea,” Dawson said. “People who grow up in difficult environments not only develop lower cognitive skills, but also those skills appear less likely to translate into trust and the wider benefits that come with it.”
“This matters, because trust helps people build relationships, succeed in organisations, and participate in society,” Dawson said. “If early disadvantage suppresses those benefits, it may reinforce inequality across generations.”
The physical and emotional toll of a difficult childhood might also play a direct role. Chronic stress and anxiety are common results of early adversity. “In those environments, intelligence may simply have fewer opportunities to translate into trust,” Dawson said. “Early adversity may also leave lasting effects of stress and anxiety that limit how cognitive abilities are expressed in social life.”
To see if these patterns held up on a global scale, Dawson also looked at international data. Using the Global Preferences Survey, he compared trust and math skills across different countries. In high-income nations, cognitive ability was strongly tied to higher trust. In low-to-middle-income countries, the relationship was substantially weaker.
Like all observational studies, this research has some limitations. The primary issue is that the survey measured cognitive ability in adulthood, long after childhood environments had already shaped the participants. Because adult intelligence is a mix of genetic potential and environmental influence, it is difficult to completely separate the two. A disadvantaged environment might prevent a person from reaching their genetic potential, or it might simply suppress the social expression of the intelligence they do develop.
Future research will need to untangle these specific biological and environmental threads. Scientists could use genetically informed study designs to see how human biology and neighborhood conditions interact. Researchers also want to know if childhood environments alter the benefits of other positive traits. For example, patience and a willingness to take healthy risks might also be stunted by early adversity.
Ultimately, the study highlights a hidden mechanism of social inequality. Society often views education and intelligence as the ultimate tools for upward mobility. However, this research shows that a harsh childhood can prevent a person from using those tools effectively. Policies aimed at reducing inequality may need to focus on emotional security just as much as academic success.
“If we want to improve life chances, we need to think beyond academic skills,” Dawson said. “Stable, secure and supportive childhood environments may be just as important in helping people realise their potential.”
The study, “What Childhood Leaves Behind: Cognitive Ability and Trust in Adulthood,” was authored by Chris Dawson.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #Trust #Cognition #Intelligence #ChildhoodAdversity #SocialMobility #GeneralizedTrust #ResourceMultiplication #MatthewEffect #EarlyLifeImpact #CognitiveAbility and Trust
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A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/16/social-class-working-upper-changed-attest-survey-uk #ClassIssues #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #HealthWellbeing #Politics
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A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/16/social-class-working-upper-changed-attest-survey-uk #ClassIssues #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #HealthWellbeing #Politics
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A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/16/social-class-working-upper-changed-attest-survey-uk #ClassIssues #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #HealthWellbeing #Politics
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A third of Britons believe they have changed social class, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2026/may/16/social-class-working-upper-changed-attest-survey-uk #ClassIssues #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #HealthWellbeing #Politics
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Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues
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Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues
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Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues
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Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/14/privately-educated-ceos-safer-bet-investors-class-bias-study #PrivateSchools #Education #Schools #Business #Ftse #FinancialSector #StockMarkets #SecondarySchools #Sociology #SocialMobility #Inequality #Society #UkNews #UsNews #WorldNews #ClassIssues
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2/4 These are fields - media and cultural studies and cultural theory - that are increasingly being framed as problematic, both ideologically and instrumentally. Yet they have played an important role in challenging the elitist tendencies of the mainstream, including those surrounding #socialmobility. If only either Seddon or Rajan had attended one of these institutions instead of having the disadvantage of studying for an undergraduate degree at #Oxford and #cambridge.
Still, we shouldn’t be surprised. This is, after all, a conversation on the #BBC between two Oxbridge-educated figures – albeit one is from South London the other West Yorkshire – taking about how social mobility might be used to include more people from #workingclass backgrounds in the system as it currently exists. It’s a social and educational system that was constructed in advance, although not by working-class people themselves, of course. A system that has in fact historically exploited and marginalised them.
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2/4 These are fields - media and cultural studies and cultural theory - that are increasingly being framed as problematic, both ideologically and instrumentally. Yet they have played an important role in challenging the elitist tendencies of the mainstream, including those surrounding #socialmobility. If only either Seddon or Rajan had attended one of these institutions instead of having the disadvantage of studying for an undergraduate degree at #Oxford and #cambridge.
Still, we shouldn’t be surprised. This is, after all, a conversation on the #BBC between two Oxbridge-educated figures – albeit one is from South London the other West Yorkshire – taking about how social mobility might be used to include more people from #workingclass backgrounds in the system as it currently exists. It’s a social and educational system that was constructed in advance, although not by working-class people themselves, of course. A system that has in fact historically exploited and marginalised them.
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2/4 These are fields - media and cultural studies and cultural theory - that are increasingly being framed as problematic, both ideologically and instrumentally. Yet they have played an important role in challenging the elitist tendencies of the mainstream, including those surrounding #socialmobility. If only either Seddon or Rajan had attended one of these institutions instead of having the disadvantage of studying for an undergraduate degree at #Oxford and #cambridge.
Still, we shouldn’t be surprised. This is, after all, a conversation on the #BBC between two Oxbridge-educated figures – albeit one is from South London the other West Yorkshire – taking about how social mobility might be used to include more people from #workingclass backgrounds in the system as it currently exists. It’s a social and educational system that was constructed in advance, although not by working-class people themselves, of course. A system that has in fact historically exploited and marginalised them.
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2/4 These are fields - media and cultural studies and cultural theory - that are increasingly being framed as problematic, both ideologically and instrumentally. Yet they have played an important role in challenging the elitist tendencies of the mainstream, including those surrounding #socialmobility. If only either Seddon or Rajan had attended one of these institutions instead of having the disadvantage of studying for an undergraduate degree at #Oxford and #cambridge.
Still, we shouldn’t be surprised. This is, after all, a conversation on the #BBC between two Oxbridge-educated figures – albeit one is from South London the other West Yorkshire – taking about how social mobility might be used to include more people from #workingclass backgrounds in the system as it currently exists. It’s a social and educational system that was constructed in advance, although not by working-class people themselves, of course. A system that has in fact historically exploited and marginalised them.
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2/4 These are fields - media and cultural studies and cultural theory - that are increasingly being framed as problematic, both ideologically and instrumentally. Yet they have played an important role in challenging the elitist tendencies of the mainstream, including those surrounding #socialmobility. If only either Seddon or Rajan had attended one of these institutions instead of having the disadvantage of studying for an undergraduate degree at #Oxford and #cambridge.
Still, we shouldn’t be surprised. This is, after all, a conversation on the #BBC between two Oxbridge-educated figures – albeit one is from South London the other West Yorkshire – taking about how social mobility might be used to include more people from #workingclass backgrounds in the system as it currently exists. It’s a social and educational system that was constructed in advance, although not by working-class people themselves, of course. A system that has in fact historically exploited and marginalised them.
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Calls for ‘student premium’ to support disadvantaged young people after GCSEs https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/28/calls-for-student-premium-to-support-disadvantaged-young-people-after-gcses #SocialMobility #Inequality #Schools #Education #UkNews #Teaching #DepartmentForEducation #SchoolFunding
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“We have allowed #inequalities to harden, #socialmobility to stall, and trust to erode, undermining #socialcohesion.”
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mhblgspyvc2i -
“We have allowed #inequalities to harden, #socialmobility to stall, and trust to erode, undermining #socialcohesion.”
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mhblgspyvc2i -
“We have allowed #inequalities to harden, #socialmobility to stall, and trust to erode, undermining #socialcohesion.”
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mhblgspyvc2i -
We need to build better and more equitable education systems. How rich you are born today influences way too much your chances at educational and professional success. Social mobility should be maximized!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wqduTqIGm1g
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility#SocialMobility #Equality #WealthInequality #Piketty #Inequality #Equity #Freedom #Democracy
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/334183/ New stats on wealth, income and social mobility should spark national debate on inequality: Observers #AnnualHouseholdIncome #AssociateProfessorTheseira #Business #ChristopherGee #Economy #Éire #IE #IncomeInequality #inequality #Ireland #NationalConversation #Singapore #SingaporeUniversity #Singaporeans #SocialMobility #WealthInequality
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There is a cynical pandering by mainstream Irish parties on issues of migration. It’s particularly notable in some of the stances taken by FG.
Rather that combatting disinformation, some have opted for a me too embrace of fear based xenophobic politics.
Its shameful stuff and a distraction from the glacial pace in governance addressing #affordability, the #HousingCrisis, physical and social #infrastructure, and #SocialMobility
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This looks set to be a brilliant event on understanding the needs of lower-income families, with many great speakers, including CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni, who will discuss how we should properly value both paid and unpaid work.
Register to attend in person or online on 10 Feb: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/unsung-britain-final-conference/
#demography #socialpolicy #socialscience #families #lowincome #costofliving #inequality #labourmarket #socialmobility #economy #livingstandards #poverty #welfare #caring #ageing #ukpolitics
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This looks set to be a brilliant event on understanding the needs of lower-income families, with many great speakers, including CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni, who will discuss how we should properly value both paid and unpaid work.
Register to attend in person or online on 10 Feb: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/unsung-britain-final-conference/
#demography #socialpolicy #socialscience #families #lowincome #costofliving #inequality #labourmarket #socialmobility #economy #livingstandards #poverty #welfare #caring #ageing #ukpolitics
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This looks set to be a brilliant event on understanding the needs of lower-income families, with many great speakers, including CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni, who will discuss how we should properly value both paid and unpaid work.
Register to attend in person or online on 10 Feb: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/unsung-britain-final-conference/
#demography #socialpolicy #socialscience #families #lowincome #costofliving #inequality #labourmarket #socialmobility #economy #livingstandards #poverty #welfare #caring #ageing #ukpolitics
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This looks set to be a brilliant event on understanding the needs of lower-income families, with many great speakers, including CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni, who will discuss how we should properly value both paid and unpaid work.
Register to attend in person or online on 10 Feb: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/unsung-britain-final-conference/
#demography #socialpolicy #socialscience #families #lowincome #costofliving #inequality #labourmarket #socialmobility #economy #livingstandards #poverty #welfare #caring #ageing #ukpolitics
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This looks set to be a brilliant event on understanding the needs of lower-income families, with many great speakers, including CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni, who will discuss how we should properly value both paid and unpaid work.
Register to attend in person or online on 10 Feb: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/unsung-britain-final-conference/
#demography #socialpolicy #socialscience #families #lowincome #costofliving #inequality #labourmarket #socialmobility #economy #livingstandards #poverty #welfare #caring #ageing #ukpolitics
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‘Immoral’: Cambridge college urged to drop private school recruitment drive https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jan/08/university-of-cambridge-trinity-hall-recruitment-private-schools #UniversityOfCambridge #OxbridgeAndElitism #PrivateSchools #Admissions #SocialMobility #AccessToUniversity #Students #HigherEducation #Universities #HigherEducationPolicy #Schools #Society #Education #UkNews
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"No wonder the American Dream took such a beating in the July 2025 Wall Street Journal-NORC at the University of Chicago poll. Just 25% of people surveyed believed they “had a good chance of improving their standard of living,” the lowest figure since the survey began in 1987. And according to 70% of respondents, the American Dream no longer holds true or never did. That figure is the highest in 15 years.
In full carnival barker mode, Trump is once again claiming “we have the hottest economy on Earth.” But the respondents to the Wall Street Journal-NORC poll aren’t buying it. Just 17% agreed that the U.S. economy “stands above all other economies.” And more than twice that many, 39%, responded that “there are other economies better than the United States.” It’s a hard sell when the inflation-adjusted weekly wages of nonsupervisory workers are still lower than what they had been in 1973, now more than half a century ago.
And economic worries are pervasive. Three-fifths (59%) of respondents were concerned about their student loan debt, more than two-thirds (69%) were concerned about housing, and three-quarters (76%) were concerned about health care and prescription drug costs.
Rising housing costs have hit young adults especially hard. The median price of a home in 1990 was three times the median household income. In 2023, that figure had reached nearly five times the median household income. And the average age of a first-time homebuyer had increased from 29 in 1980 to 38 in 2024."
https://www.dollarsandsense.org/the-american-dream-we-hardly-knew-you/
#USA #SocialMobility #Capitalism #Economy #PoliticalEconomy #Inequality
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NEXT WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov
🧑🏫 Ayse Guveli, Professor of #Sociology at the University of #Warwick, will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.
Register to join us online - all welcome: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/955/CPC_CG_Webinar__Ayse_Guveli
#demography #socialscience #immigration #geography #Turkey #socialinequalities #socialmobility #family #lifecourse
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NEXT WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov
🧑🏫 Ayse Guveli, Professor of #Sociology at the University of #Warwick, will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.
Register to join us online - all welcome: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/955/CPC_CG_Webinar__Ayse_Guveli
#demography #socialscience #immigration #geography #Turkey #socialinequalities #socialmobility #family #lifecourse
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NEXT WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov
🧑🏫 Ayse Guveli, Professor of #Sociology at the University of #Warwick, will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.
Register to join us online - all welcome: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/955/CPC_CG_Webinar__Ayse_Guveli
#demography #socialscience #immigration #geography #Turkey #socialinequalities #socialmobility #family #lifecourse
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NEXT WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov
🧑🏫 Ayse Guveli, Professor of #Sociology at the University of #Warwick, will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.
Register to join us online - all welcome: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/955/CPC_CG_Webinar__Ayse_Guveli
#demography #socialscience #immigration #geography #Turkey #socialinequalities #socialmobility #family #lifecourse
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NEXT WEEK - #CPCCGWebinar 27 Nov
🧑🏫 Ayse Guveli, Professor of #Sociology at the University of #Warwick, will discuss the consequences and long-term impact of #migration on #migrants using research from the 2000 #Families and The Third #Generation projects.
Register to join us online - all welcome: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/955/CPC_CG_Webinar__Ayse_Guveli
#demography #socialscience #immigration #geography #Turkey #socialinequalities #socialmobility #family #lifecourse
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There's an interesting paradox in the focus on social mobility in much education & social policy.
If status (which is what social mobility is partly about) is relative & is quite strongly related to income, then for people to rise up the ranks (to be socially mobile upwards) others, must surely be falling, either in absolute or relative terms.
(And for anyone about to quote the 'lump of labour' fallacy, this is why I focussed on relative status not absolute incomes.)
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Social success not about who you know – it’s about knowing who knows whom https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/20/social-climbing-stanford-university-research #Highereducation #Socialetiquette #Socialmobility #Lifeandstyle #Friendship #Worldnews #Education #Students #Society #Science
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"Our capital allocators – who, during the post-war, post-New Deal era were often drawn from working families – are now increasingly, relentlessly born to that role.
For the wealthy, this is the origin of the meritocracy to eugenics pipeline. If power and privilege are inherited – and they are, ever moreso every day – then either we live in an extremely unfair society in which the privileged and the powerful have rigged the game…or the invisible hand has created a subspecies of thoroughbred humans who were literally born to rule.
This is the thesis of the ultra-rich, the moral justification for rigging the system so that their failsons and faildaughters will give rise to faildestinies of failgrandkids and failgreat-grandkids, whose emergence from history's luckiest orifices guarantees them a lifelong tenure ordering other people around. It's the justification for some people being born to own the places where the rest of us live, and the rest of us paying them half our salaries just so we don't end up sleeping on the sidewalk.
"Hereditary meritocracy" is just a polite way of saying "eugenics." It starts from the premise of the infallible invisible hand and then attributes all inequality in society to the hand's perfect judgment, its genetic insight in picking the best people for the best jobs. If people of one race are consistently on top of the pile, that's the market telling you something about their genomes. If men consistently fare better in the economy than women, the invisible hand is trying to say something about the Y chromosome for anyone with ears to hear.
Capitalism's winners have always needed "a superior moral justification for selfishness," a discreet varnish to shine up the old divine right of kings."
https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/20/big-cornflakes-energy/#caliper-pilled
#Capitalism #Inequality #SocialMobility #Meritocracy #Eugenics
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#Homeownership #WealthInequality #SocialMobility #Housing
🏠 Who gets to own a home – and why?
New study by @jascha_draeger @nrmllr and @klauspforr shows:
➡️ #Inheritances & family gifts – even just expected – strongly influence who buys property. They account for up to 54% of homeownership gaps between social classes. Without these transfers, children from working-class families are far less likely to buy a home.
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Check out the newly published conference report “The Empire and I: Individuals in Empires and Postimperial Spaces”! The conference was organised by @GRK2571 at @unifreiburg (28–30 Nov 2024).
Written by Lara Forster & Kaja Plate, it explores personal perspectives on imperial frameworks.
🔗Read it here: https://t1p.de/conf-rep-24
@dfg_public @histodons @histodon #empires #histodon #histodons #conference #postimperial #academicpublishing #imperialbiographies #socialmobility #romanempire #ottomanhistory #habsburgempire #colonialhistory #genderedspaces #globalhistory #institutions #earlymodernhistory
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Check out the newly published conference report “The Empire and I: Individuals in Empires and Postimperial Spaces”! The conference was organised by @GRK2571 at @unifreiburg (28–30 Nov 2024).
Written by Lara Forster & Kaja Plate, it explores personal perspectives on imperial frameworks.
🔗Read it here: https://t1p.de/conf-rep-24
@dfg_public @histodons @histodon #empires #histodon #histodons #conference #postimperial #academicpublishing #imperialbiographies #socialmobility #romanempire #ottomanhistory #habsburgempire #colonialhistory #genderedspaces #globalhistory #institutions #earlymodernhistory
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Check out the newly published conference report “The Empire and I: Individuals in Empires and Postimperial Spaces”! The conference was organised by @GRK2571 at @unifreiburg (28–30 Nov 2024).
Written by Lara Forster & Kaja Plate, it explores personal perspectives on imperial frameworks.
🔗Read it here: https://t1p.de/conf-rep-24
@dfg_public @histodons @histodon #empires #histodon #histodons #conference #postimperial #academicpublishing #imperialbiographies #socialmobility #romanempire #ottomanhistory #habsburgempire #colonialhistory #genderedspaces #globalhistory #institutions #earlymodernhistory
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Check out the newly published conference report “The Empire and I: Individuals in Empires and Postimperial Spaces”! The conference was organised by @GRK2571 at @unifreiburg (28–30 Nov 2024).
Written by Lara Forster & Kaja Plate, it explores personal perspectives on imperial frameworks.
🔗Read it here: https://t1p.de/conf-rep-24
@dfg_public @histodons @histodon #empires #histodon #histodons #conference #postimperial #academicpublishing #imperialbiographies #socialmobility #romanempire #ottomanhistory #habsburgempire #colonialhistory #genderedspaces #globalhistory #institutions #earlymodernhistory
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Check out the newly published conference report “The Empire and I: Individuals in Empires and Postimperial Spaces”! The conference was organised by @GRK2571 at @unifreiburg (28–30 Nov 2024).
Written by Lara Forster & Kaja Plate, it explores personal perspectives on imperial frameworks.
🔗Read it here: https://t1p.de/conf-rep-24
@dfg_public @histodons @histodon #empires #histodon #histodons #conference #postimperial #academicpublishing #imperialbiographies #socialmobility #romanempire #ottomanhistory #habsburgempire #colonialhistory #genderedspaces #globalhistory #institutions #earlymodernhistory
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Being on social benefits...
... in the UK has some interesting disadvantages 🤨
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#Welfare #SocialBenefits #SingleParent #Disability #Poverty #PovertyTrap #SocialMobility
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Being on social benefits...
... in the UK has some interesting disadvantages 🤨
👇
#Welfare #SocialBenefits #SingleParent #Disability #Poverty #PovertyTrap #SocialMobility
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Being on social benefits...
... in the UK has some interesting disadvantages 🤨
👇
#Welfare #SocialBenefits #SingleParent #Disability #Poverty #PovertyTrap #SocialMobility
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Being on social benefits...
... in the UK has some interesting disadvantages 🤨
👇
#Welfare #SocialBenefits #SingleParent #Disability #Poverty #PovertyTrap #SocialMobility
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Being on social benefits...
... in the UK has some interesting disadvantages 🤨
👇
#Welfare #SocialBenefits #SingleParent #Disability #Poverty #PovertyTrap #SocialMobility