Thomas Lambert

Associate Professor of Finance

Academic Director MSc in Finance and Investments

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

Curriculum Vitae
Thomas Lambert

Biography

Thomas Lambert is Associate Professor of Finance and Academic Director of the MSc in Finance and Investments at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. His research interests are in Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, FinTech, and Political Economy. His work has been presented at major conferences around the world, including the NBER Summer Institute, AEA, EFA, SFS Cavalcade and FIRS meetings, and published in leading academic journals, including the Economic Journal and Management Science. He received several grants, including a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Thomas holds a PhD degree in Finance from the Université catholique de Louvain, an MA in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain and has been a visiting scholar at the London Business School and HEC Paris. He was also awarded the 2016 Banque de France Foundation Prize for the best thesis in Monetary and Financial Economics and the 2020 ERIM Prize for Outstanding Performance by a Young Researcher.

Updates & News

Coming Seminars

I’ll present soon my work at the following departments: Queen’s University Belfast, SKEMA Business School, University of Essex, TU Dresden, ESCP (Turin).

Next in PolEconFin

I co-organize the next Stigler Center-CEPR Political Economy of Finance Conference in London on October 24, 2025. Keynote by Nobel Laureate Jean Tirole (TSE).

EFA Meetings

My paper “Local Bank Supervision” has been accepted for presentation at the EFA Meetings on August 20-23, 2025 in Paris (SKEMA campus).

Crowdinvesting Symposium

I’ll give the keynote speech at the 9th Crowdinvesting Symposium on September 19, 2025 in Dresden.

ENTFIN Conference

I co-organize the 9th Entrepreneurial Finance Conference in Rotterdam on July 2-4. Keynotes by Juanita González-Uribe (LSE) and Uli Hege (TSE).

Oxford Research Encyclopedia (ORE)

In “The Rise of Crowdfunding,” published in the ORE of Economics & Finance, I survey the economic literature on crowdfunding.
Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T08-40
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Phone number

+31 (0)10 408 1450


Email

[email protected]