Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington

Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science

Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington is assistant professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics. She studies the mutual influence of psychological and societal processes, with a focus on poverty, inequality and political attitudes. She is associate editor at the British Journal of Psychology.

Written by Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington

Photo of a child in a pink coat holding an adult’s hand in a room with crates containing canned goods.

Why we shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty

Living in poverty is not caused by a faulty mindset, it’s a response to scarcity and marginalisation

by Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington