Sociology: Emerging Inequalities

Education facts

Code: SOCN09

<p>Explore why inequalities grow in modern societies and uncover the social forces behind them. This course introduces you to key theories, current debates and real-world cases that show how inequality shapes everyday life across groups and places. </p><p>Sociology: Emerging Inequalities examines how different forms of inequality develop in contemporary Western societies, particularly in relation to economic structures, labour markets and welfare state transformations. You will study how inequalities appear across social classes, genders, age groups, and geographical areas - including contrasts between rural and urban settings. </p><p>The course combines theory, current data, and case studies, helping you understand how social and economic processes shape unequal conditions. You will learn how patterns of inequality evolve at different levels of society (macro, meso, and micro), and how these processes can contribute to marginalisation and exclusion in everyday life. Among the topics covered is the “Swedish model”, exploring how changes in the Swedish welfare state relate to multiple forms of inequality. </p>

Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires 90 credits in a social sciences subject comprising sequential courses. English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Sociology: Emerging Inequalities

  Lund University

  Lund

  Start date: 30 September 2026

  End date: 1 November 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %