Richard Breen is Professor of Sociology and a Fellow of Nuffield College. He works in the areas of inequality, mobility, and quantitative methods.
During his career he has been William Graham Sumner Professor of Sociology at Yale (2007-15), an Official Fellow of Nuffield College (2001-2006), and Professor of Sociology at the European University Institute (1997-2001) and at Queen's University, Belfast (1991-97). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a Member of Academia Europaea.
Research Areas: Social Inequality, Social Stratification, Quantitative Methods
