Laurent Weill is a Full Professor of Economics at the University of Strasbourg, where he is the Director of the university's research center in finance (LaRGE). His research interests include banking, corporate finance, and political economy, with a particular focus on emerging countries (China, Russia, Islamic finance). He has published about 130 papers, including in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Comparative Economics, World Development, and Public Choice. He has been a Research Fellow at the Bank of Finland, with which he has been regularly affiliated since 2008 and where he is currently a visiting researcher. He is a Visiting Professor at Charles University (Prague), Visiting Professor at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université Libre de Bruxelles), and a Senior Visiting Fellow at MGIMO University (Moscow). He has worked on research projects with Banque de France, Czech National Bank, and National Bank of Poland.
