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Welcome to my webpage. I am a tenured Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of Clermont Auvergne University, CERDI. I am also an elected member of the Steering Committee of the French Association of Development Economists (AFEDEV).

You can find my CV here.

I am an economist whose research revolves around economic development and political economy. My current work focuses on understanding how (formal and informal) institutions can address the main challenges of our century: economic development, democratization and fight against climate change and pandemics.

In a first stream of my research, I study how formal institutions interact with informal institutions (e.g. culture, traditional norms) in shaping the well-being, health and empowerment of vulnerable groups such as women in developing countries.

In a second stream of my research, I study how technological shocks such as the arrival of social media affects political institutions and the political representation of underrepresented groups such as women and small ethnicities in developing countries.

In a third stream of my research, I study the influence of public/legal institutions and their interactions with non-state actors in the fight against climate change.