Biography
Nhat An is a Research Officer at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention and a Research Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Her research focuses on trends, causes, and consequences of social inequality from an intra- and intergenerational perspective. She is interested in examining how advantage and disadvantage emerge within the family, develop over the life-course, and are transmitted from parents to children. Ongoing work investigates how social class structures earnings trajectories, the role of parental gifts and inheritances for wealth inequality, and social mobility among children of immigrants.
Previously, Nhat An was a research fellow at the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt University Berlin. She holds a DPhil in Social Policy from the University of Oxford (2022). Her doctoral research was funded by the German National Academic Scholarship Foundation.
Nhat An's work has been published in leading international journals including European Sociological Review, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Journal of Social Policy, Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, and more. For her personal website, please visit https://natrinh.github.io/.
Recent Publications
in Socio-Economic Review
Nhat An Trinh
in European Sociological Review
Bastian A. Betthäuser , Nhat An Trinh , Anette Eva Fasang
in European Sociological Review
Caspar Kaiser , Nhat An Trinh
in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
Bastian A. Betthäuser , Caspar Kaiser , Nhat An Trinh
Recent Events
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INET Oxford Summer Research Meeting 2024
The event is open to all INET Oxford researchers, staff, visitors, and associate members
In Person Event
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"Class Origin, Intergenerational Transfers, and the Gender Wealth Gap" - Nhat An Trinh (EEG)
INET Researcher Seminar (HYBRID event)
Hybrid Event
