Moundir LASSASSI is a researcher at the Research Centre in Applied Economics for Development (CREAD) in Algeria since 2006, division director of the Human Development and Social Sciences at CREAD since 2018 and director of CREAD since 2020. He obtained his Ph.D. in applied economics in 2014 from Aix-Marseille School of Economics and the National School of Statistics and Applied Economics (ENSSEA – Algeria). He specializes in the analysis of labour markets in MENA, with special expertise on youth and women’s economic participation. His research interests include labour economics, development economics and social economics.