Nic Spaull is an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at Stellenbosch University. His research centres on education policy in South Africa with a focus on inequality and early grade literacy and numeracy. He has published numerous books and academic articles, most recently South African Schooling: The Enigma of Inequality published by Springer in 2019 and two books on early grade reading and mathematics published by Oxford University Press in 2022. He also advises local and international philanthropies and policy makers and comments regularly in the media. His research and commentary are available on his website nicspaull.com
