Landes Xavier
Xavier Landes is Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. After studying economics, political science and philosophy, Landes got his Ph.D. in philosophy from Université de Montréal in 2008. He worked at various institutions such as Université de Montréal (CRE), University of Toronto (Centre for Ethics), University of Copenhagen, Université Catholique de Lille. He is also a lecturer at Stradins University and Sciences Po Lille.
His fields of specialization are political philosophy and normative economics with an emphasis on business ethics, happiness and the welfare state. His current focus is on climate change issues, through course development and a book to be published in 2022 on geoengineering.
He published in diverse academic journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Res Publica, Public Health Ethics, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, The Ethics Forum, Revue Philosophique de Louvain, Journal of Social Philosophy. He is co-editor of the book series Key Issues in Climate Change and Sustainability: Ethics, Politics and Policy at Rowman and Littlefield.
He has also been a regular contributor to various medias in Denmark, France and Latvia (e.g. Slate, Satori). He is an advisor for The Happiness Research Institute, a Copenhagen-based think tank devoted to promote well-being and quality of life.
Education
Ph.D. philosophy, 2008 (Université de Montréal)
Master philosophy, 2003 (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne)
BA philosophy, 2001 (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne)
Diploma political sciences, equivalent Master (Institut d’Études Politiques de Toulouse)
B.Sc. economics (Université d’Aix-Marseille II)
Selected publications
Landes, Xavier and Pierre-Yves Néron, ‘Morality and Market Failures: Asymmetry of Information’, Journal of Social Philosophy, 49:2 (2018): 564-588
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/josp.12260
Landes, Xavier, ‘Consensus and Liberal Legitimacy: From First to Second Best?’ The Ethics Forum/Les Ateliers de l’Éthique, 12:1 (2017): 107-123
https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ateliers/2017-v12-n1-ateliers03284/1042279ar/
Nielsen, Morten E.J. and Xavier Landes (2016) ‘Fighting Status Inequalities: Non-domination vs Non-interference’, Public Health Ethics, 9:2, pp.155-163
http://phe.oxfordjournals.org/content/9/2/155.abstract
Landes, Xavier and Pierre-Yves Néron (2015), ‘Public Insurance and Equality: From Redistribution to Relation’, Res Publica, 21:2, pp.137-154
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11158-015-9269-y
Landes, Xavier (2015) ‘Why Taxing Consumption: Justifications, Objections and Social Cooperation’ in Helmut P. Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak (eds), Philosophical Explorations of Justice and Taxation: National and Global Issues, New York, Springer, pp.101-117
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-13458-1_7
Landes, Xavier (2015) ‘Building Happiness Indicators: Some Philosophical and Political Issues’, Les Ateliers de l’Éthique, 10:2, pp.4-37
http://www.erudit.org/revue/ateliers/2015/v10/n2/1035325ar.html?vue=resume
Landes, Xavier (2015) ‘How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?’ Journal of Business Ethics, 128:3, pp.519-533
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-014-2120-0
Landes, Xavier, Martin Marchman and Morten E.J. Nielsen (2013), ‘Should We Equalize Status in order to Equalize Health?’ Public Health Ethics, 6:1, pp.104-112
http://phe.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/1/104.short
Landes, Xavier, Martin Marchman and Morten E.J. Nielsen (2012), ‘The Academic Rat-Race: Dilemmas and Problems in Academic Competition’, Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 5:2, pp.73-90
http://www.berghahnjournals.com/abstract/journals/latiss/5/2/latiss050205.xml
Landes, Xavier and Morten E.J. Nielsen (2012), ‘Intra-Family Inequality and Justice’, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review, 51:1, pp.1-30
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/dialogue-canadian-philosophical-review-revue-canadienne-de-philosophie/article/intra-family-inequality-and-justice1/76A0072832A360AA8D088F4045724003#
Membership in professional organisations
Centre for Advanced Migration Studies (AMIS), University of Copenhagen
Nordic Network in Political Theory
Network Philosophy-Economics
Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN)
Expert at the Academy of Sciences of Latvia: politics, philosophy
Grants and awards
Postdoctoral Grant, Danish Research Council for Independent Research (Humanities) (2010-2012)
Postdoctoral Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) (2008-2010)
Excellence Grant, J.A. de Sève Fondation (2007)
Project Grant, Canadian Centre of German and European Studies (University of Montreal) (2006)
Project Grant, Institute for European Studies (McGill University/ University of Montreal) (2005)
Excellence Grant, Department of Philosophy, University of Montreal (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)