Positions
Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum, pro tem - 2024 - ...
Professor of Teaching - University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC - 2022 - ...
Editor at International Review of Economic Education - 2023 - ...
UBC Okanagan Senate Member – 2020 – ...
Associate Professor of Teaching - University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC - 2020 - 2022
Senior Instructor - University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC - 2017 - 2020
Instructor - University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC - 2011 - 2017
Education
Ph.D. Economics - HEC Montréal - 2012
Visiting Ph.D. Student - University of Western Ontario - March - June 2010
M.Sc. Economics - Université de Montréal - 2006
B.Sc. Economics - Université Paris Dauphine - 2005
Publications
Picault, J. (2025), Authentic Group Projects for Upper-Level Economics Courses, Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, Ahead-of-print.
Picault, J. (2025), Learning by experimenting: An introductory course on experimental economics, Journal of Economic Education, Ahead-of-print.
Ben Abdesslem, A., Picault J. and Tudose E. A. (2025), Teaching Economics with Netflix, Journal of Economic Education, 56 (3), 264-265.
Islam, K.J., and Picault, J. (2025), From Balances to Behaviors: Insights into Credit Card Repayment Patterns among Canadian Households, International Journal of Bank Marketing 43 (7), 1468-1488.
Islam, K.J., and Picault, J. (2025), One Card Fits All? Exploring the Incidence, Intensity, and Extent of Credit Card Use in Canada (1999-2019), Journal of Financial Services Marketing 30, 5.
Geerling, W., Mateer, G. D., and Picault, J. (2024), Extreme Pricing Goes Viral: Lessons for Teaching Price Controls, Journal for Economic Educators 24 (1), 27-43.
Ben Abdesslem, A. and Picault J. (2023), Using Netflix Original Series to Teach Economics: a Diversity and Inclusion Approach, International Review of Economics Education 44, 100278.
Picault, J. (2023), A Strategic Approach to Managerial Compliance With Equal Pay Policies, SN Business & Economics 3 (8), 147
Ben Abdesslem, A. and Picault, J. (2023), Bounty Hunters Can Teach Microeconomics Illustrations from Netflix's Cowboy Bebop, Eastern Economic Journal, 49 (3), 349–367.
Picault, J. (2022), Inventories in GDP: A Classroom Learning Strategy, Journal for Economic Educators 22(2), 16-21.
Picault, J. (2021), Structure, Flexibility, and Consistency – A Dynamic Learning Approach for an Online Asynchronous Course, Applied Economics Teaching Resources 3 (4), 30-43.
Picault, J. (2021), Don’t Just Read the News, Write the News! – A Course about Writing Economics for the Media, Journal of Economic Education 52 (2), 114-127.
Picault, J. (2021), Looking for Innovative Pedagogy? An Online Economics Instructor’s Toolbox, Journal of Economic Education 52 (2), 174.
Picault, J. (2020), Patent vs. Open Source: A Classroom Activity Using Texas Hold’em Poker, International Journal of Management Education 18 (2), 100389.
Picault, J. (2020), Instructor’s Resource Manual for Principles of Economics, First Edition by Stevenson and Wolfers, Worth Publishers.
Also available for Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics.
Picault, J. (2019), The Economics Instructor’s Toolbox, International Review of Economics Education 30,100154.
Picault, J. (2018), Instructor's Manual for Macroeconomics, Second Canadian Edition by Hubbard, O'Brien, Serletis & Childs, Pearson.
Picault, J. (2017), Risk-Averse Managers, Labour Market Structures, Public Policies and Discrimination, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 17 (1).
Yang, F., Huang, S. and Picault, J. (2017), Is China's Demographic Dividend Over, Shandong Social Science 260 (4), 82-89. - In Chinese.
Picault, J. (2016), Inconsistencies in Textbook Presentation of Substitution and Income Effects, International Journal of Teaching and Education 4 (3), 7 - 15.
Picault, J. (2015), Introduction to Strategic Interactions, Duopolies and Collusion: A Classroom Experiment, Australasian Journal of Economics Education 12 (2), 12-29.
Picault, J. (2013), Unionization and Labour-market Discrimination: A Closer Look at Non-unionized Workers, Labour 27 (3), 272–287.
Op/Ed
"Monsieur Bayrou, la gouaille n’est pas moins française que le prix Goncourt" - joint with Renaud-Philippe Garner - Marianne - March 05, 2025
"Monsieur Macron, ayez le courage de remettre le référendum à l’honneur pour panser la plaie de 2005" - joint with Renaud-Philippe Garner - Marianne - July 19, 2024
"Le péril de nos démocraties ne vient plus des dictatures, mais du désenchantement populaire" - joint with Renaud-Philippe Garner - Marianne - February 16, 2024
Émeutes : "L’accusation de récupération politique est pire que la récupération elle-même" - joint with Renaud-Philippe Garner - Marianne - July 4, 2023
"Français, nous étions un peuple, nous sommes devenus une foule sans légitimité" - joint with Renaud-Philippe Garner - Marianne - March 24, 2023
We must start budgeting for the harm caused by climate disasters - joint with Justin Leroux, and Valérie Patreau - The Province - October 30, 2019
La qualité de la langue, un débat hors de propos dans notre contexte - Le Devoir - October 19, 2019
Telecommuting would fight climate change and mean happier workers - The Province - November 15, 2018
« Servons-nous du bac comme instrument de l’égalité républicaine » - Le Monde - October 27, 2017
Reports
Janmaat J., Picault J. and Cebry A. (2018), Social Costs and Benefits of a Group Environmental Farm Plan: Alderson Creek, BC, Farm Adaptation Innovator Program- Research Factsheet for Climate Action Initiative - Full report available here
Nelson L., Gebretsadikan T., Munro P., Voegel T., Jones M. and Picault J. (2018), Irrigation for Cherry Production Under Climate Change in British Columbia, Farm Adaptation Innovator Program- Research Factsheet for Climate Action Initiative - Full report available here - Slides
Referee Experience
Advances in Economics Education, Asian Journal of Economics and Banking, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Eastern Economic Journal, Economic Journal, Economics of Governance, International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, International Review of Economics Education, Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal for Economic Educators, L'Actualité économique, Studies in Higher Education.
Awards
2024 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation
2024 UBC Okanagan Outstanding Instructor Award
International Review of Economics Education Best Paper Award for 2020
Teaching
University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus - Department of Economics
Instructor: Principles of Macroeconomics (B.Sc. level course) - 2012 - 2025
Instructor: Women in the Economy (B.Sc. level course) - 2013 - 2024
Instructor: Benefit-Cost Analysis and the Economics of Project Evaluation (B.Sc. level course) - 2012 - 2024
Instructor: The Future, Nature, and Value of Work (B.Sc. level course) - 2023
Instructor: Industrial Organization (B.Sc. level course) - 2011 - 2023
Instructor: Cost-Benefit Analysis (Masters level course) - 2014, 2020, 2023
Instructor: Economics in the Media (B.Sc. level course) - 2018 - 2020
Instructor: Experiments in Economics (B.Sc. level course) - 2015 - 2019
Instructor: Economics of Industrial Relations (B.Sc. level course) - 2013 - 2016
Instructor: Economics of Developing Countries (B.Sc. level course) - 2013
Instructor: Labour Economics (B.Sc. level course) - 2011 - 2012
Instructor: Principles of Microeconomics (B.Sc. level course) - 2012
HEC Montréal - Institute of Applied Economics
Instructor: Microeconomic Analysis (B.B.A. level course) - 2007 - 2009
Teaching Assistant: Digital Economics (M.Sc. level course) - 2008
Teaching Assistant: Applied Econometrics (Ph.D. level course) - 2007
Université de Montréal - Economics Department
Teaching Assistant: Economics Principles (B.Sc. level course) - 2005 - 2006
Teaching Assistant: Economic Data Analysis (B.Sc. level course) - 2006
Conference and Presentations
Conference on Teaching & Research on Economic Education - Atlanta, GA, USA - 2024
Seminar at UNBC - Prince George, BC - 2023
Conference on Teaching & Research on Economic Education - Portland, OR, USA - 2023
Southern Economic Association - Presidential Sessions - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA - 2022
Conference on Teaching & Research on Economic Education - Chicago, IL, USA - 2022
Annual Teaching Economics Conference (with Amel Ben Abdesslem) - Online - 2022
Invited Panelist at the 10th Sri Lanka Economic Research Conference panel on the Role of Economics Education - Online - 2022
Invited Panelist at the 2022 ASSA/AEA Meetings panel "Updating Teaching and Learning Methods," organized by the National Association of Economic Educators - Online - 2022
Invited Lecture at Developments in Economics Education Conference - Online - 2021
Conference on Teaching & Research on Economic Education - St. Louis, MO, USA - 2019
ASSA Meetings (AEA Committee on Economic Education’s Poster Session), Atlanta, GA, USA - 2019
European Economics Education Conference - Copenhagen, Denmark - 2018
Seminar at UBC Okanagan - Kelowna, BC - 2018
Annual Teaching Economics Conference - Pittsburgh, PA, USA - 2015
Australasian Teaching Economics Conference - Christchurch, New Zealand - 2014
Conference on Teaching & Research on Economic Education - Washington DC, USA - 2014
Seminar at Fatih University - Istanbul, Turkey - 2011
Seminar at Shandong University - Jinan, China - 2011
Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro - Pescara, Italy - 2010
Canadian Economics Association Meetings - Quebec, Qc - 2010
Internal Labor Workshop at University of Western Ontario - London, On - 2010
Société Canadienne de Science Économique - Sainte-Adèle, QC - 2009
Student Conference on Business Research - Montreal, Qc - 2009
Les journées CIRPÉE étudiants - Quebec, Qc - 2009