Sciences Po Lille is happy to welcome Professor Xavier Landes from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga for a class on “The Economics and Politics of Happiness"

Xavier Landes is assistant professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. After studying economics, political science and philosophy, Landes got his Ph.D. in philosophy from Université de Montréal in 2008.

He worked at various institutions such as Université de Montréal (CRE), University of Toronto (Centre for Ethics), University of Copenhagen, Université Catholique de Lille, Institut d'Études Politiques de Lille..

His fields of specialization are political philosophy and normative economics with an emphasis on business ethics, happiness and the welfare state.