News & Events
New research, fresh perspectives, and opportunities to connect with our community.
Latest news
Our 2025–26 annual report is here
Our new annual report brings together a year of research, training, and intellectual community at the Stone Center.
Read the story →Fabiana Silva studies how race is seen, measured, and acted upon
Fabiana Silva examines how racial categories shape hiring, how Americans classify one another, and why civil rights appeals can backfire. By Nicole Bonomini.
Alexander Adames studies wealth, opportunity, and inequality
Alexander Adames examines how wealth shapes college completion, stock market participation, and opportunity across generations. By Nicole Bonomini.
More news from the Center
Justice after trauma? Race, red tape keep sexual assault victims from compensation
As wealth inequality grows, U-M steps up, advancing training for future scholars
Apply Now for the Stone Center Emerging Inequality Scholar Award
Births down, wages up: U-M study links historic birth rate drop to closing gender pay gap
Rich cities, broke neighbors: U-M study exposes metro-level wealth divide
Inequality Scholar Spotlight: Noura Insolera
Welcome Junior Professional Researcher Eunice Adjapong to Team CID!
Five Stone Faculty Receive Pilot Grant Awards
Stone Center Welcomes 2025-2026 Visiting Fellow Manuel Schechtl
Announcing our 2025-2026 Emerging Inequality Scholar Awardees
Reaffirming our values as a center: a message from Director Sasha Killewald
Apply Now for the Emerging Inequality Scholar Award
How do Government Policies Shape Inequality?
Declining Fertility Rates Key to Narrowing U.S. Gender Pay Gap, Study Finds
Presenting Pressing Issues of Social Inequality in a Short, Relatable Format
Tackling the Nexus of Inequality, Housing, and Policy
How do spatial inequalities impact the socioeconomic well-being of people? Jasmine Singington, a Stone Center Student Fellow and Emerging Inequality Scholar, has devoted her research career to answering that question. Jasmine is making significant strides in the study of spatial inequality, focusing on assisted housing policies, neighborhood quality and residential mobility, and the implications of heirs property.
Housing Market Appreciation Major Driver of Growth in White-Black Wealth Gap, New Study Finds
Disparity dynamics: Geographic Impact of Social Transfer Programs on Income Inequality
Visiting Scholar Sociologist Laila Schmitt: Studying Labor Markets and Inequality
Congratulations to the CID Student Next Gen 2024 Awardees
Stone Center Scholars Published in June Black Reparations: Insights from the Social Sciences Part II
Sasha Killewald to join American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Studying Credit Scores and Myth-making in Rural U.S. – Visiting Scholar David Distelrath Returns to his Roots
Visiting Scholar Kun Lee: How Demographic Changes Impact Public Pensions and Wealth Inequality
New Paper From Robert Manduca Explores Declining Income Mobility Around the World
Announcing the Stone Center 2024-2025 Emerging Inequality Scholars
Angelina Grigoryeva Inaugural Stone Center 2024-2025 Visiting Fellow
Q&A with Joe LaBriola: 5 Questions Answered on Research on Socioeconomic Gaps on Summer Parental Investment
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Sasha Killewald
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics Co Hosted New Methods to Measure Intergenerational Mobility Conference
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Nishaad Rao
Towards Equitable Housing as a Human Right in the U.S.
Stone Center 2022 Annual Report Now Available
Sasha Killewald New Director of Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Luis Flores
“Cap personal wealth at $1 billion”
Announcing our 2023-2024 CID Emerging Inequality Scholar Awardees
What Does U.S. Wealth Inequality Look Like?
Apply Now for CID Emerging Inequality Scholar Award
Have you visited CID? Take a virtual tour of the space
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Davon Norris
CID Looks Beyond Current Policies at Fall Retreat
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Sun Kyoung Lee
Stone Center 2021 Annual Report Now Available
“A Very Uneven Playing Field: Economic Mobility in the United States”
Carrie Jankowski Joins CID as Research Data Analyst
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Joe LaBriola
Congratulations to Our 2022 ISR Next Generation Awardees
Forging Connections: Visiting Scholar Andrea Pietrolucci
A Message from Center Director Fabian Pfeffer
Announcing our 2022-2023 CID Emerging Inequality Scholar Awardees
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Kathy Velikov
“Wealth As Control of the Future”
CID welcomes two new faculty members
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Lydia Wileden
“Latina/o Postsecondary Education: Trends in Racial/Ethnic Education Gaps and the Role of Citizenship in Access to Higher Education”
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Luciana de Souza Leão
Inequality Scholars Spotlight: Robert Manduca
New Postdoctoral Research Fellow Joins CID
Stone Center receives $4M grant to study wealth inequality and transmission in the U.S.
$4M Donation Launches Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics at Michigan
Research Scientist Pablo Mitnik Joins CID
Upcoming events
Jordan Conwell
A Great Equalizer for All? Race, Educational Attainment, and Income Mobility across Three Generations
Event details →David Brady
Health Insurance, the Affordable Care Act and Black-White Inequalities in Poverty
Event details →More upcoming events
Siwei Cheng joins the CID Speaker Series on January 21, 2027, 10–11:30 a.m., in ISR 6050 to discuss group boundaries and informal networks at academic conferences.
Who Talks to Whom? Understanding Group Boundaries and Network Hierarchies in Informal Interactions at Academic Conferences Using Thousands of Images
Event details →Nafeesa Andrabi joins the CID Speaker Series on February 4, 2027, 10–11:30 a.m., in ISR 6050. Talk details will be announced.
CID Speaker Series: Nafeesa Andrabi
Event details →Adina Sterling presents “This is Why I Leave: Race and Voluntary Turnover” on February 25, 2027, 10–11:30 a.m., in ISR 6050.
This is Why I Leave: Race and Voluntary Turnover
Event details →Lane Kenworthy presents “The Good City in the Good Society” on March 4, 2027, 10–11:30 a.m., in ISR 6050.
The Good City in the Good Society
Event details →Philip Garboden presents “American Landlord: Landlord-Tenant Conflict and the Absent State” on April 1, 2027, 10–11:30 a.m., in ISR 6050.
American Landlord: Landlord-Tenant Conflict and the Absent State
Event details →