Christian Gollier holds a Ph.D in Economics, and a M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Louvain. He is currently Director of the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), one of the best European department of economics. Prior to TSE, he held positions at the University of California at San Diego (postdoc in 1988-89), and at HEC Paris (assistant then associate professor, 1989-1994). He holds an advanced grant of the ERC entitled "Evaluation and management of collective long-term risks". He is recognized as one of the best international specialists of the economics of climate change.