Haley McAvay

Haley McAvay is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) within the Department of Sociology, based in room OLD.M2.09. Her research focuses on social inequalities impacting migrants and their descendants in European societies, utilizing quantitative methods to analyze migration, race/ethnicity, and spatial dynamics.

Her expertise spans inequality between native and immigrant-origin populations, ethnoracial classification and identity, residential segregation, neighborhood effects, political behavior, and citizenship. She employs survey and census data with emphasis on longitudinal analysis to examine how spatial contexts shape socioeconomic and political outcomes, particularly in French contexts where she investigates discrimination discrepancies and structural barriers to integration.

Recent publications (2018-2024) reveal consistent thematic focus across American Sociological Review, Journal of Politics, and Demography, with recurring examination of neighborhood effects on voter registration, citizenship trajectories, and ethnoracial segregation patterns. Her methodological approach emphasizes quantitative rigor in analyzing large-scale datasets to uncover trends in immigrant spatial incorporation and political disenfranchisement.

McAvay teaches Advanced Social Theory and Advanced Social Research Methods while supervising MSc Dissertations in the MSc in Inequalities and Social Science program. She actively seeks PhD candidates interested in migration and inequality, ethnoracial discrimination, and residential segregation research, providing methodological guidance in quantitative analysis of spatial and longitudinal data.