CV
Research Interests
Applied Microeconomic Theory.
Political Economy.
Environmental Economics.
Positions
2022 - Co-director of the Institute of Economics and Econometrics, University of Geneva.
2018 - Associate Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics University of Geneva.
2012 - 2018 Assistant Professor, Institute of Economics and Econometrics, University of Geneva.
2010 - 2012 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Economics and Oeschger Center for Climate Change, University of Bern.
Other Affiliations
2022- Co-editor of the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics.
2019 - Member of the CEPR Research and Policy Network (RPN) on "Preventing Conflict: Policies for Peace".
Visiting Positions
2021 Visiting researcher at Aix-Marseille School of Economics.
2011 Visiting scholar at Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA).
Education
2005-2010 Ph.D in Economics, HEC Montréal (University of Montréal, Canada).
2003-2005 M.A in economics, HEC Montréal (University of Montréal, Canada).
2003-2005 M.A. (DEA) in political economics (distance education), Université Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble (France).
Teaching
2012- "Introduction to Microeconomics", "Introduction to Game Theory", "Environmental Economics and Climate Change".
2021- "Economics for challenging time" Master E4S (EPFL-IMD), with Mathias Thoenig.
2018-2020 "Business Economics" (MBA)
2011 "Topics in applied microeconomics", (Graduate Seminar), "Uncertainty in climate sciences and economics", (Graduate Seminar). University of Bern.
2010 "Risk & Uncertainty in the Mitigation of Climate Change", (Graduate Seminar), University of Bern.
Grants and Scholarships
2020-2022 SNF Grant "AGORA-where research meets the public" (Co-PI) on "A role-playing game on water management and conflicts". 45.000 CHF With Jérôme Kasparian.
2017-2022 SNF Grant (Co-PI) on "Multinational corporations: on the relation between the complexity of the knowledge base and the geographical organization of the business group", 625.000CHF, with Luisa Gagliardi and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud.
2017-2021 SNF grant (PI) on “New Tools to Prevent Civil Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications”, 525.000 CHF, with Mathieu Couttenier.
2011 Visiting grant from INRA for the project "Regulating a social risk", with Stefan Ambec.
2005-2009 Doctoral Scholarship (HEC Montréal and Cirpée).
2003 Graduate tuition scholarship.
Awards
2023 Swiss price for research in education ("Le Prix suisse de la recherche en éducation 2023").
2019-2022 Teaching award: best teacher of the Bachelor in Economics and Management (GSEM, University of Geneva).
2012 Finance and Sustainability European Research Award, "Best published Research Article" for "Environmental Policy, Innovation and Performance: New Insights on the Porter Hypothesis", with Paul Lanoie, Nick Johnstone and Stefan Ambec.
2006 Prize for the best master's thesis at HEC Montréal.
2005 “With great distinction” citation and scholarship (HEC Montréal).
Languages
English, French (native).