Jonathan Mijs receives major grant for research project

assistant professor jonathan mijsCongratulations to Jonathan Mijs on receiving a major grant from the Volkswagen Foundation for a 4-year international research project, WealthTalks: The (re-)production of wealth inequality in everyday talk.

Jonathan will conduct the study with colleagues at the Freie Universitat Berlin, the London School of Economics, the University of Rio de Janeiro and the University of Cape Town.  Together, they will advance our understanding of the production and reproduction of wealth by examining how ordinary citizens discuss wealth and inequality in everyday conversations.