His research focuses on the determinants and impacts of Chinese economic engagement abroad. More specifically, he researches the political and economic determinants of China's development finance and investment flows in the developing world, and how these in turn affect development. At Duke Kunshan, he teaches in the fields of international development and international political economy.
His academic work has been published in Energy Policy and Resources Policy, and he has contributed to multiple World Bank reports as a consultant. He has also published opinion pieces in Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times, the Washington Post, and the Globe and Mail.
Landry has a B.A. in international development from McGill University, an M.Sc. in global governance and diplomacy from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, where he also taught international trade.