Mathias Thoenig

Professor of Economics, University of Lausanne

Centenary Visiting Professor of PPE,  University of Oxford.

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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.