Zachary Van Winkle

Zachary Van Winkle is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology & Social Demography at the University of Oxford, Department of Sociology, and a Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. He is also an Associate Member at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in the Research Group Demography and Inequality and was previously a Research Associate at Humboldt-University Berlin.

His research lies at the intersection of sociology and demography, with a focus on family dynamics, social inequality, welfare state policies, and life course analysis. He investigates how demographic processes such as family formation, employment transitions, and intergenerational support shape economic and social outcomes across the life span.

His recent publications analyze trends in in-work poverty, family trajectory complexity, and employment instability across Europe and the United States. His work combines advanced quantitative methods with cross-national comparative data to understand structural inequalities by gender, race, and cohort.

He is actively engaged in several research projects examining grandparental influence on education, parenthood wage penalties, and wealth accumulation across generations. His methodological expertise includes longitudinal data analysis and life course modeling.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford
• Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
• Associate Member, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
• Former Research Associate, Humboldt-University Berlin

While no formal teaching or advising roles are mentioned, his research output and institutional affiliations indicate a strong presence in academic sociology and demography. He collaborates with leading scholars such as Prof. Anette Fasang, Dr. Elisabetta Struffolino, and Dr. Helmut Zagel.