François Lafond

Deputy Director of Complexity Economics, Institute for New Economic Thinking and Mathematical Institute at University Of Oxford

François is Deputy Director of Complexity Economics at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, and a senior research officer at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. He is also an associate member of Nuffield college, Oxford. He received his PhD from the United Nations University-MERIT at Maastricht University. His main areas of research are in the economics of innovation and productivity, environmental economics, networks and complex systems, applied econometrics and forecasting.

Latest contributions 

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VoxEU Column

Production networks and epidemic spreading: Re-opening the UK economy

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  • COVID-19
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  • Industrial organisation
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VoxEU Column

Predicting the supply and demand shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic: An industry and occupation perspective

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  • COVID-19
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  • Labour Markets
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  • Poverty and Income Inequality