Christopher Pissarides

• Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

1974, PhD, London School of Economics. Since 1976, with London School of Economics; currently, Professor of Economics. Fellow of many learned societies, including: the British Academy; Academia Europeae; Academy of Athens. Recipient of awards and honours, including: jointly awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics. Expertise: the economics of labour markets with special emphasis on unemployment, and on macroeconomic policy.