I am a Lead Researcher at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, and deputy director of the Complexity Economics programme. I am also an associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford, a member of the external faculty of the Complexity Science Hub, Vienna, and affiliated researcher at Macrocosm.

My main areas of research are in the economics of innovation and productivity, environmental economics, networks and complex systems, applied econometrics and forecasting.

Contact: francois.lafond at inet.ox.ac.uk
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NEWS

[25 March 2026] Our paper “Firm-level production networks: what do we (really) know?” is published by the Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control.

[14 February 2026] A short and digestible version of “Do common shocks drive changes in aggregate emissions intensity?” [full paper here] appears as a contribution to “Pathway to a productive and inclusive net zero” (2026), edited by CEP.

[13 February 2026] Our edited book The Economy as an Evolving Complex System IV is out, and can be downloaded here.

[9 February 2026] Updated paper: Do common shocks drive changes in aggregate emissions intensity?