Paul Hufe

Paul Hufe is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Bristol, with affiliations at IZA, CESifo, IFS, and HCEO. His research bridges public, labor, and normative economics, focusing on equality of opportunity, intergenerational mobility, and fairness.

• Education: PhD from LMU Munich; visiting appointments at Cornell, Princeton, and FAIR at NHH Bergen.

Research interests include measuring unfair inequality, skill formation, and the role of genetic and circumstantial factors in life chances. Methodologically, he integrates regression trees and experimental evidence to advance inequality analysis.

His recent work spans multidimensional fairness in Europe, genetic lotteries in education, and parental wage impacts on child development. Articles often involve collaborations with leading economists.

• Awards: UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (GBP 1.6m, 2024-2028).
• Grants: Co-Investigator for European Social Science Genetics Network (Horizon Europe).