Lars Calmfors received his Ph.D. in Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1978 and became an Associate Professor there in 1983. He is a Professor Emeritus of International Economics at the Institute of International Economics (Head 1995‒98), Stockholm University. He has held a number of Swedish and international assignments, being a member of the board of the European Economic Association 1991‒96, chairman of the Economic Council (Ministry of Finance) 1993-01, chairman of the EMU investigation (the Calmfors investigation) 1995‒96, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ economics prize committee 1996‒98 and 2003‒07, chairman of the SNS Scientific Council 1999-07, chairman of the European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo in Munich 2006‒08, chairman of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council 2007-11 and chairman of the Swedish Labour Policy Council 2015‒18. Lars is a member of both the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (board member 2001‒07) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. In 2007-12, he was a member of the Swedish Research Council’s board. He was a member of the Employment Committee in Norway 2018‒21 and of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Restart Commission in 2020. He is currently a member of the Minister for Finance's Economic Council, the Minister for Labour's Labour Market Policy Council, and the Public Employment Service's Scientific Council.
Among the questions that Lars Calmfors tries to answer with his research:
