John Reginald Piggott

Professor John Reginald Piggott is a leading economist at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), serving as Scientia Professor of Economics and Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR). His career spans decades of influential work on retirement economics, pension policy, and fiscal sustainability, with significant contributions to public policy through advisory roles in Australia and international institutions.

• BA, University of Sydney
• MSc, London School of Economics
• PhD, University of London

His research focuses on the economics of population ageing, retirement provision, pension policy, and computable general equilibrium modeling. He has led major global initiatives, including co-chairing the G20 Think20 Task Force on Aging Population and serving on the US National Academy of Medicine’s International Commission on Healthy Longevity.

Key grants include an ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (2017-2024) and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency (2018). He has held leadership roles at UNSW, including Head of School of Economics (multiple terms) and Associate Dean Research for the Business Faculty (7 years).

• Established International Pension Research Association (IPRA) (2019)
• Advises governments on pension reform (Japan, Australia)
• Recipient of UNSW’s Staff Excellence Global Impact Award (2020)