Luc Boltanski

Luc Boltanski is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Social Sciences. Within these domains, their work focuses on subfields including Finance, Urban Studies, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Demography.

The main topics addressed in Boltanski's research include Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism; Community Development and Social Impact; Social Sciences and Governance; French Urban and Social Studies; Economic and Social Issues; Microfinance and Financial Inclusion; and Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies.

Boltanski has published recent papers on various aspects of social impact and finance, urban transformation, and environmental issues. Key publications include:

• The fabrication of environmental intangibles as a questionable response to environmental problems (2021), Journal of Cultural Economy
• Social Finance and Impact Investing. Governing Welfare in the Era of Financialization (2020), Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
• So what is assetization? Filling some theoretical gaps (2023), Dialogues in Human Geography
• Impact finance: how social and environmental questions are addressed in times of financialized capitalism (2023), Review of Evolutionary Political Economy
• Special Issue: Social Impact Bonds and the Urban Transformation (2020), Journal of Urban Affairs

Boltanski has coauthored papers with several researchers, including Lisa Knoll, Antoine Missemer, Antonin Pottier, Laure Célérier, and Anne Jeny, each with multiple collaborations.

Frequent publication venues for their work include the Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Cultural Economy, Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences), and Dialogues in Human Geography.

In addition to articles, Boltanski has contributed to book publications, notably through Presses des Mines eBooks with the book Faire l'économie de l'environnement published in 2020.