Who said that economists don’t care about art? Alumni meeting in the birthplace of Dada
At this year’s forum, alumni gathered for a conversation with PSE President Esther Duflo.
She gave a whirlwind tour of her career to date and shared her insights on interacting with policymakers, how not to steer a transition from a state-run economy, the legacy of Daniel Cohen, and the future of PSE.
When a London pub starts speaking French, you might as well blame PSE alumni…
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Ben Bernanke (ex-President of the Federal Reserve System), Douglas Diamond (University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business) and Philip Dybvig (Washington University in Saint Louis) for their work on banks and their necessary bailouts during financial crises. They demonstrate the importance of preventing the widespread collapse of banks.
Discover below the video dedicated to them:
Meeting on January 11, 2024 under the interim chairmanship of Jean-Michel Charpin, the Board of Directors unanimously elected Esther Duflo as President of the Paris School of Economics.
She succeeds Daniel Cohen, President of PSE between July 2021 and August 2023, who left a profound mark on the institution after founding it in 2006 with Thomas Piketty.
Esther Duflo holds the Poverty and Public Policy Chair at the Collège de France, and is Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is co-founder and co-director of J-PAL, the Poverty Action Laboratory, whose European branch “J-PAL Europe” is based at PSE.
Esther Duflo graduated in history and economics from the École normale supérieure – PSL (ENS – PSL) and from PSE. She obtained her doctorate in economics from MIT in 1999.
Esther Duflo has received numerous academic awards and honors, including the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (jointly with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer). She is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a corresponding member of the British Academy.
This five-year mandate is designed to consolidate PSE’s position as Europe’s leading economics department, and 6th in the world. PSE and its project of excellence in economics open to other disciplines attracts the best international students and researchers to Paris. The School offers a diversified and international range of post-graduate courses, structured around generalist and thematic programs, with outlets all over the world.
“It is with great emotion that I take over the presidency of PSE, a unique institution that has transformed the face of economics in Paris, in a house where I grew up and discovered economics. A great deal has already been achieved to ensure that, from the six founding institutions, a coherent whole has emerged, with remarkable power in teaching, research and public life. Together with the management team, I hope to be able to preserve and bring this ensemble to life, and continue to anchor it in the higher education and research landscape in France and around the world.”
Esther Duflo , President of the Paris School of Economics
PSE’s mission is to extend academic research into the analysis of public policy, thanks in particular to the role of the Institut des politiques publiques (IPP), J-PAL Europe, the World Inequality Lab (WIL) and the EU Tax Observatory. PSE feeds public debate and citizen information through rigorous, quantified studies.
PSE’s development is also supported by a growing partnership program, with 13 research chairs currently hosted by PSE.
The 2023-2024 PSE Job Forum took place on November 30th, 2023 at the Jourdan Campus. 253 students were able to talk to 26 companies throughout the day about the different opportunities offered by their career.
The Job Forum was also an opportunity to welcome PSE Alumni representing their companies.
Students from PSE’s four master programs (Analysis and Policy in Economics, Public Policy and Development, Sustainable Impact Analysis and Economics and Psychology) had the chance to participate in several 20-minute networking sessions, which allowed them to learn about the career paths and experiences of the speakers, get to know more about their companies, or learn about the internship or job offers available to them.
More about Key numbers of the PSE 2023-2024 Job Forum and participating companies and institutions
If you would like to have more information on the event or attend the next edition (November 2024), please contact the Administrative officer – master.office@psemail.eu.
Title of the thesis: Three Essays on Climate and Air Pollution Mitigation Policies
(Paris School of Economics, University Paris 1, CIRED)
The EAERE Award for Best Doctoral Dissertations in Environmental and Resource Economics is given to encourage and recognize outstanding and innovative academic achievement in the field of Environmental and Resource Economics.
You can read Marion’s doctoral dissertation here
Paris School of Economics organizes a conference on global issues each year. The aim of the 2022 conference, entitled “For a Systemic and Humanist Environmental Transition”, will be to launch the PSE – Environment Initiative, which mobilizes all the school toward new research, teaching and public outreach on the environmental transition.
PSE wishes to engage in a multi-dimensional economic approach to environmental issues, which integrates more strongly the behaviors of households and firms, with a focus on an international context, and which takes into account the political constraints and principles of equity that condition the range of possible choices. This implies to commit to covering both the “efficiency” and “equity” aspects of environmental transition. These dimensions cannot be separated in the presence of externalities and constraints on policies linked to the behavior and motivations of individuals and economic actors.
Major themes will be addressed like Sustainable Cities and Sustainable Mobility, Development and Globalization, Energy and Climate, Ethics and Inequality, Political economy and Regulation, Finance and Insurance.
Dates: From May 11th to 13th, 2022
Venue: PSE – Paris School of Economics
48 boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
Registration to the “For a Systemic and Humanist Environmental Transition” conference via this link (compulsory)
This event has been funded by a French government subsidy managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche under the framework of the Investissements d’avenir programme reference ANR-17-EURE-0001.
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has created a new reality on the ground, in Europe and in the World. What will be the macroeconomic impact of the war for Europe? Can sanctions on Russia, or on its oligarchs, be effective? What type of aid does Ukraine need now, and later, when the time of reconstruction comes? How should we handle the issue of refugees?
Paris School of Economics organized a roundtable on the economic perspectives of the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, April 6th.
The roundtable gathered Ukrainian, Russian, French, Italian and German economists who reflected on their recent research to gain insights on the current events.
6:00 pm – 7:20 pm > Speakers’ presentations
Moderator: Daniel Cohen, President of PSE’s Board of Directors
Yuriy Gorodnichenko (UC Berkeley – online): “How to revisit the deterrence doctrine in response to Putin’s threat”
Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po): “On the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia”
Massimo Morelli (Bocconi – online): “Power in the pipeline”
Tymofiy Mylovanov (Kiyv School of Economics – online): “What Ukraine needs now and after the war”
Theresa Neef (EU Tax Observatory, PSE): “Effective sanctions against oligarchs and the role of a European asset registry”
Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics): “On the allocation of Ukrainian refugees across EU member states”
Moritz Schularick (SciencesPo) : “The macro impact for Germany of an embargo on Russian oil and gas”
7:20 pm – 8:00 pm > Questions from the audience and general discussion
Location: Paris School of Economics – Campus Jourdan – 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris or via Zoom
Language: English
Convener: Hillel Rapoport (PSE), PSE Director of International Relations
The fourth PSE Job Forum took place on January 27th, 2022. For the second time, due to the global health crisis, the event took place 100% online. More than 120 students participated in the event and had the pleasure of meeting 37 speakers from 16 different companies. Students from PSE’s four master programs (Analysis and Policy in Economics, Public Policy and Development, Sustainable Impact Analysis and Economics and Psychology) had the chance to participate in several 15-minute networking sessions, a good opportunity for them to learn about the career paths and experiences of the speakers, get to know more about their companies or learn about the internship or job offers available to them.
Prior to the Job Forum the students also had the chance to attend a Workshop on how to write a good CV, animated by a lecturer from JRD Experiences.
Many thanks to all the speakers and students who participated in the fourth PSE Job Forum.
If you would like to have more information on the event or attend the next edition (to be confirmed : November 24th, 2022), please contact Megan Devayres – megan.devayres psemail.eu – and Homa Soroosh – homa.soroosh psemail.eu
ADE – Analysis Group – Banque de France – Barings – Behavioural Insights Team – Bpifrance – Busara Center for Behavioral Economics – CITIZING – Compass Lexecon – Deloitte – Frontier Economics – Google – Policy Center for the New South – RBB Economics – Direction générale du Trésor – Veltys
Who said that economists don’t care about art? Alumni meeting in the birthplace of Dada…
At this year’s forum, alumni gathered for a conversation with PSE President Esther Duflo.She gave a whirlwind tour of her career to date…
When a London pub starts speaking French, you might as well blame PSE alumni……
