Dr Maxime Borg joined the Social Policy Department as an LSE Fellow in 2024 after completing his PhD at the European University Institute (EUI). 

His work lies in the comparative political economy of welfare states and labour markets. His PhD dissertation investigates the increasing prevalence of precarious employment among high-skilled workers and its impacts on the welfare states in Europe. His research combines statistical analysis with case study approaches. Current topics include:

• The politics of social policies for platform workers
• The historical political economy of self-employment
• The distributional effects of the knowledge economy in the labour market
• The politics of family policy

Prior to joining the LSE, he held teaching positions at Sorbonne Nouvelle University and Lyon 2 University and was a visiting scholar at Sciences Po and the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated in Public Policy from Sciences Po Lyon and the College of Europe, and in Political Economy from the London School of Economics. He also gained experience in applied research at the polling institute Verian and the think tank Kantar Centre for the Future of Europe.