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This lecture is part of the Doctoral Lecture Series on Cross-Border Labor Mobility 2025-2026
The Doctoral School of Economics, Finance and Management (DSEFM) and the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) are happy to invite you to the 1st lecture of the 2025/2026 edition of our Doctoral Lecture series on Cross-Border Labor Mobility.
The lecture “Migration and Conflicts” will be given by Mathias Thoenig from the HEC Université de Lausanne.
A lunch will be served at 12.00 upon invitation only (LISER/UNI participants attending onsite are automatically enrolled).
Abstract:
To be communicated soon
About Mathias Thoenig:
Mathias Thoenig is a Professor of Economics at the School of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne and a CEPR Research Fellow in the international trade, macroeconomics and political economy programs. He is a Distinguished Research Scholar at IMD Business School and the first recipient of the Centenary Visiting Professor of PPE at Oxford University, in association with University College and Queen’s College. This visiting professorship marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) degree.
Mathias Thoenig received his Ph.D. from University Paris-1 Sorbonne and his B.A. in engineering from Ecole Polytechnique. He has held visiting and statutory appointments at International Monetary Fund, MIT, Oxford University, Queen Mary University of London, SciencesPo Paris, University of British Columbia and University Pompeu Fabra. He also served on the editorial boards of Journal of European Economic Association and International Economics.
His research interests include development, international trade, geoeconomics and political economy of conflicts and migration. He has published and forthcoming papers in several international journals, including, among others: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Harvard Business Review, Journal of European Economic Association. He has been awarded an ERC Grant in 2013 for his work on the role of distrust and grievances in ethnic conflicts.
Language: English
This is a free lecture. Registration is mandatory.
This is a hybrid event, a Webex link will be shared one week prior to the event.
Contact:
Supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) (PRIDE19/14302992) and (RESCOM/25/19439574)
