Professor Lindsey Macmillan is Professor of Economics at UCL and Director of the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO). Her research focuses on the economics of education, labour economics and social mobility, with a particular interest in the role of education in shaping inequalities and opportunities across generations.

Her work examines issues including intergenerational mobility, educational inequalities, access to higher education and the relationship between education and labour-market outcomes. She has published extensively on social mobility and the factors influencing the transmission of economic advantage and disadvantage between generations.

Lindsey is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and has contributed to a range of research and policy initiatives examining education, inequality and social mobility in the UK. Her work combines rigorous economic analysis with a strong focus on informing public policy.

She has recently contributed to the Milburn Review: Young People And Work.