Academic Profile

Zachary Parolin is Professor of Social Policy, Inequality & Opportunity in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and Director of the Economics, Inequality and Opportunity (EIO) Programme at INET Oxford. Parolin researchers the measurement, causes, and consequences of poverty, inequality, and social mobility across the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union.

Parolin’s scholarship appears in leading journals on public policy, economics, sociology, demography, and industrial relations. Moreover, his research has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, The Economist, The Atlantic, CNN, in a U.S. presidential debate, and in other outlets. Parolin published his first book, Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19, in September 2023. In 2025, Parolin was awarded the David N. Kershaw Award and Prize for his “significant contributions to the field of public policy analysis and management before the age of 40.”