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Current position:

Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University (2008-today): Assistant Professor of Economics, "Development and Globalisation'' research group .

Education:

Paris School of Economics (2007-2008): Post-doctoral fellowship (including a 3-month visiting scholarship at the Department of Politics at New-York University).
Ecole Polytechnique and CREST (Center for Research in Economics and Statistics) (2003-2007): PhD in Economics.

Title: "Ethical voting in various contexts of democracy. A contribution to the New Political Economy."
Dissertation committee: Rodolphe DOS SANTOS FERREIRA (University of Strasbourg I & BETA), Jon ELSTER (Columbia University), Marc FLEURBAEY (University of Paris V & CERSES), Jean-François LASLIER (Ecole Polytechnique -PhD superviser), Léonard WANTCHEKON (New-York University).

Paris School of Economics (2002-2003): Master APE (Analysis and Policy in Economics).

HEC-Paris (1998-2002): Master of Science in Management - Grande Ecole.

University of Cologne: Spring semester of the Master of Management, 1999-2000 (as one of the requirements for the CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) degree awarded in December 2002).
University Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV): Bachelor of Philosophy, 1999-2000.

Other affiliations:

Paris School of Economics (2011-today): Associate member.
Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) (2007-today): Senior affiliate.

Other professional experience:

OECD Development Centre (2002-2003): Consultant.
AsiaInspection (Hong Kong & Shenzhen) (04/2001-09/2001): Training period in accounting and marketing.

Société Générale (Paris La Défense) (09/2000-03/2001): Training period in investment banking.
French Trade Commission (Tripoli, Libye) (07/2000-08/2000): Summer internship.

Randstad (Paris) (07/1999-09/1999): Training period in temporary and contract staffing.

Other academic activities

Organization of academic events:

Organizer of the "Development & Globalisation" seminar (a biweekly event welcoming French and foreign scholars to present their ongoing research in Development Economics). To access the 2011-2012 program, click here.
Co-organizer with Sandra Poncet of the "D&G" PhD workshop (a seminar open to PhD students willing to present their work in progress). To access the 2011-2012 program, click here.

Membership in scientific committees/research groups:

Member of the scientific committee of the DIM (Domaine d'intérêt Majeur) Ile-de-France GID (Genre, Inégalité et Discrimination) since 2012.
Member of the ANR "Jeune Chercheur" MIGREN (Migration and Environment) conducted by Katrin Millock since 2009.

Referee reports:

in French for: Afrique Contemporaine, Cités, Revue d'Economie Politique.
in English for: The Handbook of the Economics of Migration, Mathematical Social Sciences, Theory and Decision.

Research project assessments:

Assessment of a "Blanc programme" for ANR (2011).

Research memos:

"Immigration and governance: the economic integration of immigrants in France" for ANR (2011).

Supervision of PhD students

Maria Kuecken (supervised jointly with Jean-Claude Berthélemy) since October 2011: "The determinants of education quality in developing countries".

Invited academic seminars and conferences

2012: Applied Economics Lunch seminar (PSE, Paris); INED (Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques) "Immigrés 2012" conference (INED, Paris); Seminar ANR MIGREN (Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris).
2011: Workshop on Discrimination and Segregation (Sciences Po, Paris); Seminar at Fédération TEPP-CNRS (University of Marne la Vallée, Champs sur Marne); IZA Workshop on Discrimination and Ethnicity (IZA, Bonn); Séminaire Politiques antidiscriminatoires (Sciences Po, Paris); General Assembly (Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Paris); Seminar at the Department of Institutional Analysis and Public Management (Bocconi University, Milan); Seminar at the Department of Politics (New York University, New York); Comparative Politics Seminar (Columbia University, New York); Seminar at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS, Washington DC).
2010: Seminar at the Department of Political Science (Stanford University, San Francisco).
2008: Seminar SIMA (Séminaire Interne de Microéconomie Appliquée) (Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Paris); Seminar at the Center for Experimental Economics (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen).
2007: ESOP Workshop "Perspectives on Equality and Welfare spending" (University of Oslo, Oslo); Seminar LEGOS (University of Paris Dauphine, Paris); Seminar EPEE (University of Evry, Evry).
2006: Conference "Poverty Reduction in Conflict and Fragile States" (USAID, Washington); Seminar at the Department of Politics (New York University, New-York); Seminar at the University of Innsbrück (Innsbrück); Seminar at the University of Munich (Munich); Seminar at HEC – Paris (Jouy-en-Josas); Seminar at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University (Paris).
2004: Seminar at the OECD Development Centre (Paris).

Other conference presentations:

2011: DIAL Development Conference "Shocks in developing countries" (University of Paris Dauphine, Paris).
2008: AFSE (Association Française de Science Economique) conference (Sorbonne University, Paris).
2007: AFSE (Association Française de Science Economique) conference (Sorbonne University, Paris); JMA (Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée) (Fribourg); Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Hamburg); ADRES (Association pour le Développement de la Recherche en Economie et en Statistique) doctoral conference (University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris); T2M (Théories et Méthodes de la Macroéconomie) conference (Campus Jourdan, Paris); ESHET (European Society of the History of Economic Thought) conference, Strasbourg.
2006: AFSE (Association Française de Science Economique) conference (Sorbonne University, Paris); Public Economic Theory conference (Hanoi); SED (Society for Economic Design) conference (Bodrum); Social Choice and Welfare conference (Istanbul); SOPHA (Society for Analytical Philosophy) conference (Aix-en-Provence); JMA (Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée) (Nantes); CSAE (Center for the Study of African Economies) conference (Oxford); ADRES (Association pour le Développement de la Recherche en Economie et en Statistique) doctoral conference (GREQAM, Marseille); Augustin Cournot Doctoral conference (Beta, Strasbourg).