Douglas Gollin is the Jason P. and Chloe Epstein Professor of Economics at Tufts University. An internationally recognized development economist, his research focuses on economic growth and development, particularly the structural transformation that accompanies the growth process. His work spans issues of agricultural productivity, technology adoption, labor markets, and the transition of economies from agriculture to more diversified sectors.
Before joining Tufts University in September 2023, Professor Gollin spent eleven years at the University of Oxford, where he served first as Professor of International Development and later as Professor of Economics. Prior to Oxford, he was a member of the faculty at Williams College for sixteen years, from 1996 to 2012.
Professor Gollin currently serves as Research Director of the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) programme, a major global research initiative funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He also serves on the Research Advisory Group for the UK’s international development programme. From 2012 to 2017, he chaired the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR, where he led independent evaluations of global investments in agricultural research and innovation.
He holds an A.B. degree from Harvard University, an M.A. in International Relations from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota, awarded in 1996.
Professor Gollin has published extensively in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Science, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. He is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).
Through his scholarship and policy engagement, Professor Gollin has made significant contributions to understanding how countries achieve sustained economic growth and structural transformation, particularly in developing economies.