Aaron Reeves

Aaron Reeves is Professor of Sociology at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is a sociologist of inequality, and his research focuses in particular on the access to elite positions and health inequalities.

Aaron is an experienced speaker and has presented in a diverse array of settings, including the UK Civil Service, the RSA, the World Health Organization, the European Parliament, and Oxfam. He has led ministerial-level policy debates as well as been asked to comment on current affairs on national and international media, including the BBC (Radio 4 and 5), Sky News, and Canadian Television News. He engages with big questions on social class, health, and who runs the country.

Outside of academia, Aaron was chair of the New Economics Expert Group at the World Health Organization. He has published widely on social class, health inequalities and elites His new book (with Professor Sam Friedman) entitled Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite has been published in September 2024 with Harvard University Press. The book examines the British elite from the Victorian era to today: who gets in, how they get there, what they like and look like, where they go to school, and what politics they perpetuate.