WED

New WED Publication in Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites

felix — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:43:08 +0000

The WED collective has published a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Global Elites, edited by María Luisa Méndez, Mike Savage, and Annette Lareau.

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Quiet and Loud Elites

felix — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:11:12 +0000

A new article, based on WED data, studies the visibility of economic power in the UK. Mike Savage’s, Victoria Gronwald’s, Jonathan Inkley’s, Mina Mahmoudzadeh’s and Marta Pagnini’s paper is now published in the Socio-Economic Review. See also the new press release on the LSE Website. Picture: The Elizabeth Tower. Kate Krivanec on Unsplash…

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Izaura Solipa presents WED at AEA Conference!

felix — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:07:53 +0000

In the session on “Wealth, Wages and Power“, Izaura Solipa and her colleagues from the US team presented WED at this years’ conference of the American Economic Association in Philadelphia. It generated a lot of interest, praise, and questions from the audience!

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WED in the CNRS Journal

felix — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:01:57 +0000

WED is discussed in the Journal of the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. You can find the article here…

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WED at the German sociological association

felix — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:04:03 +0000

WED will be presented at the conference of the German sociological association in Duisburg, from 22 to 26 September 2025. Johanna Behr and Felix Bühlmann will present WED in the ad-hoc group “Disruptive Machteliten in Zeiten globalen Wandels. Aktuelle Großprojekte in der Elitenforschung” organised by Christian Schneickert (Magdeburg) and Lars Vogel (Leipzig).

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Welcome to Canada, Japan, Mexico, Serbia and Turkey!

felix — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:38:38 +0000

Four new countries have recently joined the World Elite Database: Canada, Japan, Mexico, Japan, Serbia and Turkey. This is a big step towards a better coverage of economically important and a higher diversity of countries (in terms of geographies and economic structures) . A warm welcome to our new colleagues! WED includes now 22 countries and 99 researchers. Learn everything about the WED…

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WED in the Media

felix — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:24:13 +0000

The WED research note in the British Journal of Sociology has triggered a huge media response. We have been discussed in the Financial Times (UK), the Financial Times China, El Diario (Argentina), La Repubblica (Italy), Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy), the Hindustan Times (India), Hotnews (Romania), Joutarnji list (Croatia), Weekendavisen (Denmark), Le Monde (France)…

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WED article discussed in the Financial Times

felix — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:22:48 +0000

The WED research note recently published in the British Journal of Sociology is discussed by Simon Kuper in the Financial Times.

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WED research note now out in BJS !

felix — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:41:16 +0000

Our collective research note “Varieties of Economic Elites? Preliminary Results from the World Elite Database (WED)” is now published in The British Journal of Sociology. You can find it here as an open access article.

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Mike Savage presents WED at ACEIR Webinar

felix — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:06:03 +0000

Prof. Mike Savage (LSE) gives talk on “Developing the comparative study of elites: Early insights from the World Elite Database project” at the African Centre of Excellence in Inequality Research. Register here for the webinar.

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