Autumn 2025

Inequality and Segregation: Theory and Measurement, 7.5 credits

Autumn 2025, Full-time, Norrköping

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Application period 17 Mar - 15 Apr

Starts: Autumn 2025

Start date: 18 August

End date: 21 September

Place of study: Norrköping

Pace of study: Full-time

Level: Second cycle

Teaching form: On-Campus

Education Time: Day-time

Education Language: English

Course offering id: LIU-46013

Number of Places: 7

Specific requirements

180 ECTS credits passed including 90 ECTS credits within one of the following areas humanities, social-, cultural-, behavioural-, natural-, computer-, or engineering-sciences
15 ECTS credits passed in one or several of the following subjects:
- Statistics
- Mathematics
- Computer science
English corresponding to the level of English in Swedish upper secondary education (Engelska 6)
Exemption from Swedish

Selection

Credits first cycle

Tuition fees

SEK 11100 - NB: Applies only to students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland.

If you have questions about the course, contact us

erik.liss@liu.se

Course syllabus

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This course engages with classical and contemporary research on inequality and segregation. The first part of the course explores the concepts and principles of segregation and inequality measurement. Issues related to comparisons across places and times are discussed. During computer laboratories, measures of inequality and segregation are calculated using empirical data and compared. The second part of the course reviews, evaluates, and synthesizes theories positing generative mechanisms underpinning segregation and inequality dynamics. Finally, the connection between inequality and segregation is explored. Special attention is paid to computational methods and their explanatory role in segregation and inequality research.

Course syllabus

Inequality and Segregation: Theory and Measurement