Dr Katy Morris

Profile

I'm a quantitative sociologist interested in the social and political consequences of spatial inequality. My research explores how outcomes and beliefs - the jobs and wages we obtain, the things we tend to think or believe, and how we vote, for example - are shaped by the opportunities and the people around us.

After obtaining a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute, I was a Junior Lecturer within Centre LIVES at the University of Lausanne and then a Presidential Fellow at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University. I joined the School of Sociology and Social Policy as Lecturer in Quantitative Social Research in June 2026.

Prior to commencing my PhD, I worked in education, employment and skills policy in London-based organisations.

Responsibilities

• Programme Manager: MA Social Research & MA Social Research (Interdisciplinary)

Research interests

My research interests centre on the social and political consequences of spatial inequality, understood as the unequal division of opportunities and risks between different localities within a country. I investigate how local occupational structures have evolved over time, and how and why this and other dimensions of spatial inequality shape social stratification in the labour market, inequality beliefs, and political behaviour.

Qualifications

• PhD Political and Social Sciences; European University Institute
• MRes Politics; Birkbeck, University of London
• BA Geography; University of Cambridge

Professional memberships

• British Academy: Early Career Researcher Network
• British Sociological Association
• Political Studies Association
• Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility
• Understanding Society Data User Group