Katharina Hecht

Katharina Hecht is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northeastern University and a Visiting Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute (III) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She holds a PhD in Sociology from LSE, completed during her doctoral research on perceptions of top incomes and wealth. Her work explores income and wealth inequality perceptions, temporal aspects of wealth, and social mobility into high-status occupations. Previously, she held fellowships at the University of Konstanz and the University of Pennsylvania.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Research Interests:

• Perceptions of income and wealth inequality
• Temporal dimensions of wealth and social mobility
• Conceptualizations of richness and geographic mobility
• Economic elites and class structure

Her research has been featured in Socio-Economic Review, Sociology, and Journal of Social Policy, alongside media outlets like The Guardian and BBC. She has co-authored studies on public consensus around wealth distribution and elite social mobility patterns.

Grants & Awards: None explicitly mentioned in the text.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the International Inequalities Institute (III) at LSE.