RESPGLOB ANR project 

• Our team of 6 economists received a 2024-2028 grant from the French ANR agency to work on firm responsibility

Michel Fioretti (Sciences Po)

Lionel Fontagné (University of Paris I, on leave at Banque de France)

Pamina Koenig (PI, University of Rouen and PSE, on leave at University of Paris I)

Christian Volpe Martincus (Interamerican Development Bank) 

Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier (Banque de France, on leave in Sciences Po) 

Sandra Poncet (University of Paris I and PSE)

Projects

• • 1. The rise of multinational sourcing in relation to firms' commitments

    2. firm outsourcing, deforestation, and trade

    3. How do consumers' preferences react to reputation shocks? 

    4. Conflicting requirements of consumers in different markets

    5. Firms' financial contracts and their environmental and sourcing commitments 

Hiring - General activities within the ANR Grant

• One pre-doc position PSE - University of Rouen: still recruiting !  Updated April 2025

• One post-doc position PSE - University of Rouen: this position was filled in March 2025.   

Contact  Pamina Koenig if you are interested. 

Project 1 The rise of multinational sourcing in relation to firms' commitments

• Yash Tyagi (PSE, M2 APE) worked with us as an R.A. on gathering CSR data . 

•  Historical database is being built on CASD. 

Project 2 Firm outsourcing, deforestation, and certification 

• Joint project between Michele Fioretti, Pamina Koenig, Johanna Isman, Christian Volpe Martincus. 

Project 3 How do consumers' preferences react to reputation shocks about firms? 

Sales Data being used to analyze whether consumers were reactive to the Rana Plaza shock.

• Jing Hang (PSE, M2 APE) working with us as an R.A. on the Factiva database until January 2025. 

Project 4 Conflicting requirements of consumers in different markets

• Recruiting a pre-doc 12 months to work on firm outsourcing cotton in China: see offer top of page.

• Anastasia Saroufim joined us until December 2025. 

• Jiancong Liu recruited as a postdoctoral fellow starting in September 2025

Project 5 Firms' financial contracts and their environmental and sourcing commitments

• recruited a R.A. to work at Sciences Po with Jean-Stéphane Mesonnier

• Clément Mazet joined us (assistant prof, Bocconi). 

• Christoph Oberthur joined us (M2 student, PSE).