I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Economic Research Unit of the IFC-World Bank Group. I obtained my PhD in Economics from Sciences Po Paris in June 2025, under the supervision of Benjamin Marx and Pierre-Philippe Combes.

My research interests are in development, urban and environmental economics. At a broad level, I am interested in the interactions of rapid urbanization with governance and state capacity in lower and middle income countries.

You can find my CV (here) and my research (here)

Email: leonard.leroux[at]sciencespo.fr