Personal information
Born in 1982, French Citizenship
Current city: London
Current position:
Independent consultant
Impact Strategy & Measurement Specialist, Google DeepMind (contracted via YunoJuno)
Research Fellow at Centre for Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI)
Research Fellow at the Chair “Energy & Prosperity” (ENS, ENSAE, Polytechnique)
Past positions
Principal Researcher, Climate Change, Mathematica (2024-2025)
Director of Research at EDI Global (London Office) (2015-2024)
Associate Professor in Economics (tenured) (Maître de Conférences), CERDI, School of Economics, University of Auvergne (2010-2015)
Supervisor (with Pascale Combes) of the Master’s Degree Program “Economic Analysis and International Development -Sustainable Development in Developing and Transition Economies” (2010-2015)
Lecturer in Economics, Agrocampus Ouest/University of Angers (2008-2010)
Teaching Assistant in Economics, Agrocampus Ouest (2005-2008)
Education
2022 Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR)
2009 Ph.D. in Economics with highest honors - University of Angers/Agrocampus Ouest
2005 Research Master in Economic Analysis and Modeling: application to the environment and management of natural resources - University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
2004 Master's in International Economics - Paris Dauphine University
2003 Bachelor’s in Applied Economics - Paris Dauphine University
Countries of fieldwork experience
Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa
Other scientific activities
Editorial Board of the Working Papers and Policy Papers of the French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2014-…)
Ethics committee of the French Association of Development Economics (AFEDEV) (2022-...)
Appointed Member of the French National University Council (Conseil National des Universités) (2011-2015)
Associate in the Edulink project: Energy –Agro-food Synergies in Africa: New Educational Models for Universities (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania) (2014-2015)
Guest Editor for Special Issues in
"Explorations in the Environment–Development Dilemma", in Environmental and Resource Economics, 2014- 57(4)
"Climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing and transition countries", in Environment and Development Economics, 2015
Scientific committee of the journal Revue Francophone du développement durable (2013-2015)
Member of the: Meta-Analysis of Economics Research Network (2012-...), French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2013-...), Africa Evidence Network (2016-...), European Survey Research Association (2017-...), French association of Development Economists (2022-...)
Referee for academic journals: Agricultural Economics, Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment, BioMed Research International, Cities, Ecological Economics, Environment and Development Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Forest Policy and Economics, International Economics, International Journal of Development Issues, International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, Land Economics, Population & Environment, Revue Economique, Review of Development Economics, Revue d'Economie du Développement, Resource and Energy Economics, Review of Agricultural Food and Environmental Studies, Sustainability, The Extractive Industries and Society, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Water Resources and Economics, World Development
Member of the committee monitoring the project “Study of the benefits of plants on welfare and human health” Plante & Cité (2009-2010)
Visiting researcher : University of Cape Town, South Africa, June-July 2013; CREAM – University of Rouen, France, January 2013
Supervision
PhD students: Eliot Wendling (2022 - ...) "The effects of climate change on energy poverty"
Post-doctoral students:
Anaïs Lamour (2019-2021) "Economic impacts of natural disasters"
Eric Kéré (2013-2015)"Efficiency of protected areas in the fight against deforestation"
Member of Ph.D. committees:
Elizavetta Dorinet (Université Paris Nanterre, 2022)
Barry Mamadou Saliou (Paris Dauphine University - PSL, 2022)
Quentin Hounyonou (Mines Paris - PSL Research University, 2022)
Organizer of International Conferences and Seminars
[4] “3rd International Conference: Environment and Natural Resources Management in Developing and Transition Economies, with a preconference on climate policies in developing countries”, with Pascale Combes and Sonia Schwartz, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, 2014
[3] “2nd International Conference: Environment and Natural Resources Management in Developing and Transition Economies, with a preconference on migration and the environment”, with Pascale Combes, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, 2012
[2] “International Conference: Environment and Natural Resources Management in Developing and Transition Economies”, with Pascale Combes and Alexandru Minea, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, 2010
[1] Monthly seminar for doctoral students, Agrocampus Ouest, Angers, 2007-2008
Scientific committee
[23] "International Conference on Development Economics", Paris, 2023
[22] "Association for the Development of Research in Economics and Statistics" (ADRES) Conference, Paris, 2023
[21] 50th Anniversary of "Limits to growth" (1972 - 2022), Clermont-Ferrand, 2022
[20] "French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists" (FAERE) Conference, Grenoble, 2021
[19] "Association for the Development of Research in Economics and Statistics" (ADRES) Conference, Strasbourg, 2021
[18] "French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists" (FAERE) Conference, Grenoble, 2020
[17] 8th Workshop On Non-market Valuation , Center for Environmental Economics (CEE-M), Montpellier, 2020
[16] "Association for the Development of Research in Economics and Statistics" (ADRES) Conference, Lyon, 2020
[15] "Association for the Development of Research in Economics and Statistics" (ADRES) Conference, Marseille, 2019
[14] "Association for the Development of Research in Economics and Statistics" (ADRES) Conference, ENSAE/CREST, Palaiseau, 2018
[13] "Association for the Development of Research in Economics and Statistics" (ADRES) Conference, TSE, Toulouse, 2017
[12] Jury Member for the "Young Economist Best Paper FAERE Award", French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2016
[11] “Fourth Workshop on non-market valuation”, Bordeaux, 2016
[10] “3rd Workshop on non-market valuation”, Nancy, 2015
[9] “2nd FAERE Annual Conference”, French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Toulouse, 2015
[8] “3rd International Conference: Environment and Natural Resources Management in Developing and Transition Economies”, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, 2014
[7] “2nd Workshop on non-market valuation”, Aix-en-Provence, 2014
[6] “Global change adaptation: Impact of governance schemes on biodiversity and landscapes”, Clermont-Ferrand, 2013
[5] “Workshop on non-market valuation”, Nantes, 2013
[4] « Ecologie politique vs. Ecologie industrielle, Quelles stratégies pour le développement durable ? », IUFM Auvergne, 2013
[3] « Les représentations Nord – Sud du développement durable », IUFM d’Auvergne, 2012
[2] “2nd International Conference: Environment and Natural Resources Management in Developing and Transition Economies”, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, 2012
[1] “International Conference: Environment and Natural Resources Management in Developing and Transition Economies”, CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, 2010
Organizing committee
[5] « Journées de Microéconomie Appliquée 2010 » (“Applied microeconomics conference”), University of Angers and Agrocampus Ouest, 2010
[4] “International Conference on Landscape Economics”, European Consortium on Landscape Economics, Vienna (Austria), 2009
[3] « Journées Doctorales en Paysage » (“Doctoral Days in Landscape”), Agrocampus Ouest, Angers, 2008
[2] “3rd Workshop on Landscape Economics”, European Consortium on Landscape Economics, Versailles, 2008
[1] “1st Workshop on Landscape Economics”, European Consortium on Landscape Economics, Angers, 2006