Rasmus Landersø is Director of Research at the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit. His research includes work on social mobility, the role of cognitive and noncognitive skills, and the origins of criminal behavior over the life-course.

Landersø received his B.A. and M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Copenhagen in 2008 and 2010, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Aarhus University in 2015.