Welcome!
I am currently a Professor of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (IAE) of Nantes Université. In March 2023, I obtained the Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR). The title of my HDR thesis is:
Social Networks and Economic Behavior: Theory and Applications
The defense committee included Nizar Allouch, Frédéric Deroïan, Jean-Christophe Péreau, Benoît Sévi, Thomas Vallée, and Yves Zenou.
Previously, I completed my PhD at CIRAD after earning a Master's degree from Toulouse School of Economics, having spent all my post-bac studies in Toulouse.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Public Economic Theory, Economics of Social Networks, Environmental Economics.
POPULAR WRITINGS
"Dans la politique française, chaque acteur est convaincu que l'autre fléchira avant lui" (with D. Borie), Le Monde, print edition, Oct. 19-20, 2025, p. 27 (online version: "En France, la 'tragédie des communs' ne porte plus sur des ressources naturelles, mais sur la démocratie elle-même", Le Monde, Oct. 18, 2025).
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email address: lionel.richefort[at]univ-nantes.fr
Mailing address: IAE Nantes, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre, 44300 Nantes, France.