Katy Morris
Contact
Name and title: Katy Morris
ORCID0000-0002-6541-8067 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: Swedish Institute for Social Research Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Universitetsvägen 10 F
Postal address Institutet för social forskning106 91 Stockholm
About me
I am a quantitative sociologist and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University.
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, intergenerational mobility, inequality beliefs, and political behaviour.
Prior to commencing my PhD at the European University Institute, I worked in education, employment and skills policy in the United Kingdom.
Oesch, D., Lipps, O., Shabazian, R., Bihagen, E. & Morris, K. (2025) Occupational Earning Potential: A new measure of social hierarchy in Europe and the United States. European Sociological Review; https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf035
Morris, K. (2025) A Tale of Two Cities: Occupational change in London 1991 – 2021. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 11; https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231251329409
Oesch, D., Morris, K. & Westenberger, G-J (2025). Polarised Upgrading: The changing class structure of British and German cities 1991 – 2021. Journal for Labour Market Research 59: 32; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-025-00420-2
Morris, K. & Oesch, D. (2025) Uneven Shifts: The geography of occupational change in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom 1992 – 2018. European Societies 27 (1): 4-30; https://doi.org/10.1162/euso_a_00015
Morris, K. (2025) Getting A Foot In The Door: Local labour markets and the school-to-work transition. Journal of Youth Studies 28(1): 137-157; https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2023.2248905
Morris, K. & Lampropoulos, D. (2024) The Progressive Place Paradox: Status-based health inequalities are magnified in more economically progressive Swiss localities. Health and Place 86: 103215; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103215
Morris, K. (2023) Where DESO Disappears: Spatial inequality and social stratification at labour market entry. European Sociological Review 39 (1): 85-103; https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcac027
[Winner: European Sociological Review Best Paper 2024 – Runner Up]
Morris, K., Bühlmann, F., Sommet, N. & Vandecasteele, L. (2022) The Paradox of Local Inequality: Meritocratic beliefs in unequal localities, British Journal of Sociology 73(2): 421-460; https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12930
Lee, N., Morris, K. & Kemeny, T. (2018) Immobility and the Brexit Vote, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 11(1): 143-163; https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsx027
[Winner: Understanding Society Best Paper Prize 2019]