in Economics and public policy from the Ecole Polytechnique, ENSAE and Sciences Po and pursues his scientific training at Imperial College London where he obtained an M.Sc.
He wrote his dissertation entitled "Essays on global income and pollution inequality" under the supervision of Thomas Piketty and obtained the special mention of the Jury at the Best PhD Thesis prize of Paris Sciences Lettres University.
He collaborates with modern artists, including Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen, on arts and social science projects related to inequality or the economy.
[citation needed] Lucas Chancel is an op-ed contributor to French newspapers Le Monde and Libération and intervenes in the international media to discuss economic developments and present his research findings.
[9] In 2018, he served as general coordinator of the World Inequality Report, published in a dozen languages and widely discussed in the global media.