The core research of CASE is divided between five inter-related strands: economic exclusion and income dynamics; social welfare institutions; family change and civil society; community, area polarisation and regeneration; and exclusion and society. Its aim is to understand the dynamic processes at work within its areas of study and to investigate the individual characteristics and social institutions which prevent exclusion, and promote recovery, regeneration and inclusion.
CASE subsumes the former LSE Welfare State Programme, and includes the research and consultancy group, LSE Housing. It houses a number of postgraduate research students working on topics connected with its core areas of interest.
CASE organises regular seminars on empirical and theoretical issues connected with social exclusion, and co-organises the monthly Welfare Policy and Analysis Seminar, supported by the Department of Social Security.
CASE was established in October 1997 with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It is located within the Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the London School of Economics and Political Science