CV

Research Interests

Applied Microeconomic Theory.

Political Economy.

Environmental Economics.


Positions

2018 -                   Associate Professor,  Institute of Economics and Econometrics University of Geneva.

2022 - 2024       Co-director of the 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

2024     Visiting researcher at the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona.

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

2024                    SNF Scientific Exchanges, "Social Cost of Minerals". 21.900 CHF.

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).


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