Nicolas Lambert's research is in microeconomic theory, and spans the areas of information economics, contract theory, market design, and decision making under uncertainty. In recent papers, he investigates how to elicit information on uncertainty from experts, examines the type of information that can be procured in contingent claims markets, and studies the properties of auctions used in social lending.

Nicolas Lambert is an Assistant Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches Managerial Economics in the first year of the MBA program. His research interests are in microeconomic theory, with a focus on information economics. His recent work explores the questions of pricing and evaluating information goods in single-agent settings and market environments. He received a MSc in mathematics and economics from Ecole Polytechnique (France), and a PhD in computer science from Stanford University. He is an alumnus of the Corps des Mines (France).