Vita
Professor of Mathematics and Economics, I combine academic work with scientific advisory for the French government (service to the prime minister), Bruegel, and the private sector (tech: deep, med, clean). My main areas of interest are Technology, the Environment, and Health.
I am based in Paris, France.
CURRENT POSITIONS
Since 2024 : Full Professor of Economics, Paris Nanterre University, France
Since 2023 : Scientific Advisor at France Stratégie - service to the Prime Minister, France
Since 2021 : Senior Fellow at Bruegel, European think tank for economic policy, Brussels, Belgium - link to my profile
PAST POSITIONS & AFFILIATIONS
2020 – 2024 : Associate Professor of Mathematics, University Paris Dauphine - PSL, France
2014 – 2020 : Asssistant Professor of Mathematics, University Paris Dauphine - PSL, France
2020 – 2021 : Senior fellow at Esade EcPol, Spanish think tank for Economic policy (Madrid, Spain)
2019 : Visiting Professor, Yale University, USA
2019 : Research Fellow, CNRS
2013 – 2014 : Post-doctoral researcher, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2012 – 2013 : Teaching and Research assistant, University Paris - Saclay, France
2010 – 2014 : Lecturer, Sciences Po, Paris
EDUCATION & TITLES
2020 : Habilitation thesis (HDR), University Paris Dauphine - PSL
2009 – 2013 : Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics & Economics, Sorbonne University, France
2006 – 2009: B.A. Dramatic Arts, Conservatoire National de Région de Paris, France
2003–2006 : B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Mathematics (major) and Economics (minor), Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Paris , France
AWARDS & HONOURS
Since 2023 : Jury member for the Prize Rei Jaume 1 in Economics ( with E. Maskin, .C. Pissarides, E. Phelps)
2022 : Nominated to the Henrik Enderlein prize in Economic Sciences
2014 : PhD award, Jacques Hadamard Foundation “PGMO 2014”
2002 : Silver Medal, Iberoamerican Olympiad of University Mathematics
2001 : Honorable Mention, International Mathematical Olympiad, Washington, USA
2001 : Gold Medal, Spanish Olympiad in Mathematics, Murcia, Spain
2001 : Bronze Medal, Spanish Olympiad in Informatics, Madrid, Spain
PUBLICATION SUMMARY
30+ peer-reviewed articles, including
generalist journals (e.g., Nature, Lancet, Nature Communications, PNAS)
top field journals (e.g. Mathematics of Operations Research, Lancet Global Health, BMJ, Health Policy)
30+ policy contributions, including
French government (e.g., Conseil d'Analyse Economique, France Stratégie)
Book chapters (e.g. Penguin Random House, CEPR, Dauphine University Press)
international organisations (World Economic Forum, OECD, Bruegel, Terra Nova, Vox EU)
15 media columns published in 7 different EU countries (e.g., Le Monde, El Pais, La Repubblica)
50+ Media interventions (TV, Radio, and Press) including CNN, FT, NY TImes, France TV, Radio France, Spanish TVE, RAI 1
2 Academic dissertations: PhD thesis (Sorbonne University, 2013), and Habilitation thesis (Dauphine University, 2020)
MANAGEMENT
2023 – 2024 : Principal Investigator at Bruegel to work on a EU Commission proposal to revise environment legislation
2015 – 2018 : Dean of Students – 200 students, 35 teachers, 10 staff
2015 : Responsible for the international tour of the Artepo theater Company, 3 weeks in Russia (Moscow, Samara, Saratov) and 2 weeks in the Reunion Island
2007 –2009 : Co-founder and director, Artepo theater Company (including performances in Chaillot National Theater)
2006 –2007: Assistant Director – Compagnie Yves Beaunesne (including performances in La Colline National Theater)
INTERNATIONAL VISITINGS
2019 : Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain (1 month)
2019 : Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (1 month)
2018 : Columbia University, USA (1 month)
2018 : Universidad de Chile, Chile (1 month)
2013 : University of Bonn, Germany (3 months)
2010 : Universitat Autonoma de Bellaterra, Spain (2 months)
GRANTS
2023 – 2024 : Clean Air Fund / Bruegel project - Principal investigator
2022 – 2025 : French Research Agency Grant (ANR) on “Convergence of Zero-Sum Game Dynamics”
2020 – 2023 : Excellence Research Bonus (PEDR), University Paris-Dauphine
2018 – 2019 : Young researcher grant (PEPS)
2016 – 2021 : French Research Agency Grant (ANR) on “Communication and Information in Games and Networks”
2020 – 2021 : French Research Grant MOD COV19, French Institute of Mathematical Sciences Applications
2016 – 2019 : Excellence Research Bonus (PEDR), University Paris-Dauphine
2003 – 2006 : Ecole normale supériure de Paris Fellowship
2001 – 2003 : Excellence Scholarship, Universitat de Barcelona
REVIEWER
Econometrica, Nature Communications, Mathematical Programming, Mathematics of Operations Research, Games and Economics Behaviour, Dynamic Games and Applications, International Journal of Game Theory, etc.
TEACHING
Undergraduate courses
Ecological challenges of the 21st century - with Ivar Ekeland and Dominique Meda
Mathematics for Economists
Microeconomics: general equilibrium
Game theory
Probability theory
Introduction to Finance
Differential Calculus and Optimization
Theater and Politics
Graduate courses
Climate and Energy inequalities (forthcoming)
Value of biodiversity and ecosystems (forthcoming)
Climate risks (forthcoming)
Advanced microeconomics: Contract theory
Advanced Game theory
Covid-19 crisis management
Executive
Public speaking and storytelling
STUDENT SUPERVISION
Dean of undergraduate students
2015 – 2018 Dean of B.Sc. Mathematics and Economics, Paris-Dauphine University (200 students, 35 teachers, 10 staff)
Ph.D. supervision
2020 – 2024 : Luc Attia, Paris-Dauphine University (Jean-Pierre Aguilar scholarship, CFM foundation)
2021 – 2025 : David Lurie, Paris-Dauphine University (CIFRE), co-supervision
B.Sc & Master thesis supervision
2018 : Luc Attia, “The asymptotic value in finite zero-sum stochastic games”, Ecole Polytechnique
2018 : Thomas Jacquot, “Matching problems with and without transferable utility”, PSL University
2017 : Tom Monnier, “Bargaining theory for splitting a collection of items”, Ecole des Mines de Paris
2017 : Gabriel Flath, “Perturbed Markov chains”, initiation to research internship”, Paris-Dauphine
2017 : Victor Elie, “Social choice’s theory and Arrow’s impossibility Theorem”, PSL University
2016 : Julien Esnay, “Repeated zero-sum games with incomplete information”, ENS Lyon
2016 : Daniel Huynh, “Bargaining problems : from Nash to Kalai-Smorodinsky”, Paris-Dauphine
2016 : Marion Coll, “La participation aux bénéfices sur les contrats avec sortie en rente”, Axa Insurance
2016 : Lucile Maussion, “Tarification et apports des enquêtes INSEE sur la dépendance partielle”, Axa Insurance
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited talks in international conferences
Mediterranean Game Theory Symposium, Marseille, France (May 2024)
Alpine Game Theory Symposium 2023 (June 2023)
EU Commission expert consultation, ECDC, Stockholm, Sweden (June 2022)
7th Workshop on Stochastic Methods in Game Theory, Erice (May 2022)
Current Trends in Graph and Stochastic Games, Maastricht, Netherlands (April 2022)
OCDE & European Parliamentary Research Service seminar on Covid-19 pandemic experience (Feb 2022)
Semi-plenary at the 6th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Budapest (July 2021)
31st Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, USA (July 2020 - rescheduled to 2021)
30th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Long Island, USA (July 2019)
Workshop on “Variational and stochastic analysis”, Santiago de Chile, (March 2017)
28th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Long Island, USA (July 2017)
6th Workshop on Stochastic Methods in Game Theory, Erice, Italy (July 2017)
2nd French-Chilean Workshop on “Algorithms and Dynamics for Games and Optimization”, Santiago de Chile (Jan 2016)
26th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Long Island, USA (July 2015)
Conference in honour of Abraham Neyman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (June 2015)
20th Conference of the IFORS Barcelona, Spain (July 2014)
Conference “Mathematical Aspects of Game Theory and Applications”, Roscoff, France (July 2014)
4th Workshop on Stochastic Methods in Game Theory, Erice, Italy (Sept 2013)
International conference in honour of Sylvain Sorin “Games and Strategy in Paris”, France (June 2012)
Recent invited talks in national conferences and workshops
Games and Artificial Intelligence Multidisciplinary Workshop, Metz (June 2024)
AMSE Marseille (March 2024)
CFM keynote (Feb 2024)
Paris Dauphine University (Jan 2024)
ETH Zurich (Nov 2023)
Pasteur Institute workshop on Health Economics (Sept 2023)
Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Paris 1 (May 2023)
Marseille University seminar (May 2023)
EM Lyon (March 2023)
TSE seminar Mad Stat (March 2023)
LANGUAGES
Spanish, French & English (trilingual), Italian (fluent), Russian (basic)
Programming : Excel, Mathlab, Python (basic), C++