Aleksei Opacic

Aleksei is a Linda G. Hammett Ory fellow at EdRedesign, a Ph.D. student in Sociology, and a Harvard Kennedy scholar. His research focuses on inequality in higher education, in particular, principles of allocation, accountability and equity in colleges that can promote upward mobility among disadvantaged populations. Before starting at Harvard, Aleksei worked as a policy researcher at a London-based think tank. He obtained a BA in Social and Political Science from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford.