Douglas Gollin is the Jason P. and Chloe Epstein Professor of Economics at Tufts University. His research focuses broadly on economic development and growth, with an emphasis on the structural transformations that accompany the growth process. He has particular interests in agricultural productivity and technology, from a micro scale to macro scale. Professor Gollin joined Tufts in September 2023 after spending eleven years at Oxford University, initially as Professor of International Development and subsequently as Professor of Economics. He previously spent sixteen years on the faculty of Williams College, from 1996-2012.
Professor Gollin currently serves as Research Director for a major global program of academic research on Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG), funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. From 2012-17, he chaired the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR. In that role he designed and led independent assessments of global public investments in agricultural science. He currently serves on the Research Advisory Group for the United Kingdom’s aid program.
Professor Gollin holds an A.B. degree from Harvard University and an M.A. in international relations from Yale University. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Minnesota in 1996. He has published in numerous academic journals including Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Science, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, and American Journal of Agricultural Economics. He is a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).
