John Piggott

John Reginald Piggott is an Australian economist. He is the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) at the University of New South Wales, Australia, where he is Scientia Professor of Economics. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Education and career John Piggott graduated with a PhD in Economics from the University of London. He has held continuous full-time academic appointments since graduation. He is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) and Scientia Professor of Economics at the University of New South Wales, Australia. In 2011, he was awarded a UNSW Scientia Professorship in recognition of his international research stature. In that same year he was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Professorial Fellowship and began his term as the Director of CEPAR. He holds Research Fellowships with both CESifo and IZA Institute of Labor Economics. He holds an on-going Visiting Professor position at Zhejiang University, and was Visiting Scholar with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 2008-2010. He has held a range of academic management positions at UNSW Sydney, including two terms as Head of the School of Economics, and seven years as Associate Dean Research.