Wealth Distribution, Redistribution, and Predistribution | Fabian Pfeffer (LMU Munich)

16 September 2025 | 12:00 — 13:00

Hybrid/Mixed

FBK-IRVAPP is pleased to invite you to the following seminar: Wealth Distribution, Redistribution, and Predistribution.

With the participation of Fabian Pfeffer (LMU Munich)

Abstract

This talk begins with a brief description of the wealth distribution as a reminder of the extreme level of wealth inequality in Western countries. It then presents results from a real-utopian style proposal for wealth redistribution and discusses its promises and limits, ultimately leading to a push for a new perspective on wealth inequality, namely the question of wealth predistribution, or “what is owned”?

The seminar is held in English.

Speakers

Fabian Pfeffer - Guest Speaker

LMU Munich

Fabian Pfeffer is Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and founding director of the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (ISI). His research investigates social inequality, how it is maintained across time and generations, and how it may be changed. His particular focus is on the dynamics of wealth inequality.

Registration

Registration to this event is mandatory.

Registration closed on 16/09/2025.

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