Nicolas Brisset

I am currently a Maître de conférences (Associate Professor) in the History of Economic Thought at Université Côte d’Azur. I am a member of the REHPERE network and an associated member of the Centre Walras-Pareto (University of Lausanne). I obtained my PhD from the University of Lausanne and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. In 2022, I was awarded the Young Researcher Prize by the European Society for the History of Economic Thought.

My research adopts an approach grounded in the social history of economic ideas. It explores the evolution of economics as a scientific discipline, a form of political expertise, and a vehicle for ideological discourse, with a particular focus on the twentieth century. In my doctoral dissertation (2014), I investigated the notion of “performativity,” understood as the capacity of economic discourse to shape and transform the social world.

I am currently engaged, with Raphaël Fèvre, in a research project examining the role and contributions of French economists during the Front Populaire and Vichy regimes.

My curriculum vitae is available here.