Godart was also interested in Social and Political Sciences and attended Trinity College, Cambridge in the United Kingdom, where he obtained MPhil in 2002.

[2] His PhD committee members were: Harrison White (supervisor), Peter Bearman, Karen Barkey, Joel Podolny, and Jean-Claude Thoenig.

Godart's main area of research centers on the impact of formal and informal social networks on creativity, as well as the role played by stylistic choices and brand dynamics in the formation of firms and customers’ identities.

[13][14] Godart has been featured in El País,[15] The Financial Times,[16] Forbes[17] [18] [19] and in Le Monde,[20] and is a frequent speaker at conferences and events.

[21][12][22][23][24][25] In November 2018, Godart joined the Intel-backed[26] and Austrian fashion intelligence firm IFDAQ, for which he serves as the Co-CEO and Head of Industry.