Research interests
Development economics
Development studies
Applied microeconomics
Mixed methods
Poverty, inequality and social stratification
Health, food and nutrition
Sustainable development
Latin America
China
Works in progress
A socio-economic exploration of Argentinean middle class' vulnerability, behaviour and expectations in hard times, with Sébastien Carrère, François Combarnous, Gabriel Kessler, Eric Rougier and Ariel Wilkis, R&R Journal of Latin American Studies.
La reconfiguration de l'espace urbain par la plateformisation à Santiago du Chili : révélateur de la ville néolibérale ?, avec Patrice Tissandier et Pablo Salinas-Kraljevich, soumis.
"Place matters": Environmental awareness and public support to transition policies in Latin America, with Sébastien Carrère, Sébastien Cuenot and Eric Rougier.
Natural disasters and obesity: Quasi-experimental evidence from the 2010 Chile earthquake, with Valentina Alvarez Saavedra and Pierre Levasseur.
Perceptions, behaviour, and expectations regarding environmental concerns is small and mid-size cities: Insights from a qualitative study in four Latin American countries, with Sébastien Cuenot, Sébastien Carrère and Eric Rougier.
Fear beyond the metropolis: Insecurity imaginaries and perception of security policies in Latin America's secondary cities, with Mathieu Bourret-Soto, Sébastien Cuenot, Thibaut Plassot-Sansans and Eric Rougier.
Research programs
2022-2025: European Union project (Horizon Europe), Sustainability, performances, evidence and scenarios (SPES)
2021-2029: University of Bordeaux project, HOPE, Understanding human well-being and behavior for better policies and societies, Principal Investigator, Coordinator of the Work Package "Inequality" and member of the executive committee.
2024-2026: Projet de la délégation de l'Union Européenne à Madagascar, Dynastimo, Dynamiques de développement dans le Grand Sud malgache.
2020-2022, French Development Agency (AFD) project, Middle classes in Argentina and Morocco (coordinator).
2019-2022, French National Research (ANR) project, TECHNOPE, Energy transition in China: New political and economic directions.
2018-2021, French Region "Nouvelle Aquitaine" project, PROTECT, Social protection in Madagascar.
2016-2018, ECOS international cooperation project, REDES, Social networks analysis on the Bogota's labour market.
2016-2017, French Development Agency (AFD) project, The consequences of the rise of middle classes in developing countries (co-coordinator).
2014-2015, Central Asia and Afghanistan research fellowship, Mentorship program.
2010-2012, French Region "Aquitaine" project, ASEMODE, Socio-economic analysis of models of development.
2009-2011, European Union project, ICATSEM, Trajectories of socio-economic models: Quantitative analyses.
Refereeing
African Development Review, Asian Development Review, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, China Economic Review, Cliometrica, Economics Bulletin, Economics and Human Biology, Frontiers of Economics in China, International Migration Review, International Social Security Review, Journal of African Economies, Journal of International Development, Review of Social Economy, Social Science and Medicine, World Development, Développement Durable et Territoires, Economie et Prévision, Economie Rurale, Mondes en Développement, Revue d’économie politique, Revue d’économie régionale et urbaine, Revue d’études comparatives est-ouest, Stateco, Travail et emploi.
Other information
Member of the Chinese Economists Society, French Association of Development Economics, French Economic Association, Third World Association