School of Social and Political Science

Background

Lukas Lehner is an Assistant Professor at the University of Edinburgh.

His research investigates social policies in a changing world of work with a focus on unemployment, inequality, and worker bargaining power.

He obtained his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2024. Previously, he worked for the OECD Chief Economist and the ILO.

His research was recognized by several awards including the Best Paper Award in Social Policy at the University of Oxford and the ESRC Prize for Outstanding Early Career Impact. His work has been featured by The New Yorker, Financial Times, CNN and Nature in print and by ARTE, ARD, and ZDF on TV.

For more information, please visit his website: https://lukaslehner.github.io/.

PhD Supervision

Lukas welcomes expressions of interest from prospective doctoral students and is available for supervision in the following areas:

• Labour markets, unemployment, and job search
• Wages, collective bargaining, and trade unions
• Welfare states, inequality, and poverty

If you are interested in being supervised by Lukas Lehner, please see the links below for more information:

• PhD in Social Policy
• MSc by Research

Research Assistance

Lukas also has periodic need for part-time pre-doctoral research assistants. If you are interested in labor markets and inequality, email him to see if there is a project to collaborate on.