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Stefano NASINI is an Associate Professor at the University of Lille 3, specializing in Quantitative Methods within the Economics and Mathematics Sciences. He holds a HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) from the University of Lille 3 (2021), a Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2015), and a Master in Statistics (2011). His research focuses on optimization, complex networks, statistical inference, and microeconomic applications. He has held academic positions including a post-doctoral role at IESE Business School (2014–2016) and a visiting researcher role at the University of Lisbon (2014). His work spans scheduling optimization, network analysis, financial contagion modeling, and energy system planning. Key contributions include specialized algorithms for large-scale optimization problems and frameworks for decentralized portfolio management. He is a member of the LEM research group and teaches courses in optimization, econometrics, and social network analysis at the Grande École and MSc levels. Publications highlight interdisciplinary applications, including network-based diffusion models, multi-market financial strategies, and dynamic choice analysis. His research bridges theoretical advancements in operations research with practical challenges in economics, energy, and transportation systems. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided materials. His advising roles and grants are not detailed here, but his extensive publication record reflects active collaboration within academic and applied domains.

• Optimization
• Complex Networks
• Statistical Inference
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Bruno Deffains serves as Professor of Economic Sciences at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, where he directs the Master's program in Law and Economics, the Center for Research in Economics and Law (CRED), and the Digital Transformation of Law and Legaltech University Diploma. His academic leadership extends to the Yale-ESSEC-Paris 2 Summer School in Law and Economics and the Legal Security Index initiative. Affiliated with the Faculty of Law, he bridges economic theory with legal practice through extensive research and institutional engagement. Doctor of Economic Sciences (1991) Accreditation to Supervise Research (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, 1993) Deffains' research centers on the Economics of Law, examining how legal frameworks influence economic outcomes across diverse domains. His work in Public Economics investigates tax compliance and redistribution mechanisms, while Industrial Economics research analyzes competition policy and market regulation. Recent scholarship explores digital transformation's impact on legal practice, compliance systems, and the cognitive functions of law. He employs rigorous economic modeling to dissect liability rules, dispute resolution mechanisms, and the comparative performance of legal traditions, consistently linking theoretical insights to real-world policy challenges in antitrust, corruption, and judicial efficiency. His publication trajectory reveals deepening engagement with contemporary legal-economic intersections, evolving from foundational work on liability and legal origins toward cutting-edge analysis of digitalization and compliance. The consistent thread across his oeuvre is the application of microeconomic principles to institutional design, with increasing emphasis on behavioral dimensions and technological disruption in legal systems. Institut Universitaire de France Fellowship (2013) As academic director of the Law and Economics Master's program and CRED research center, Deffains oversees numerous doctoral theses and research initiatives. His role in the trilateral Summer School with Yale Law School and ESSEC cultivates international scholarly exchange, while leadership in the French Association of Law and Economics and European Association of Law and Economics demonstrates sustained commitment to field-building. External responsibilities include chairing the Commercial Practices Examination Commission and advising the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights, reflecting policy-relevant scholarship grounded in empirical economic analysis. Deffains leads the Center for Research in Economics and Law (CRED), a prominent research unit specializing in institutional analysis of legal systems. Through the Summer School in Law and Economics and Digital Transformation initiatives, he fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between economists, legal scholars, and practitioners. His directorship of the Legal Security Index project connects academic research with practical legal metrics development, while involvement with the Club des Juristes' digital pole positions him at the forefront of technology-law convergence debates.

• Economics of Law
• Public Economics
• Industrial Economics
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Sébastien MARCHAND is an Associate Professor in Economics (HDR) at the CERDI, Université Clermont Auvergne. He serves as Co-Director of the Master's in Economics and Territorial Transitions within the School of Economics. His research focuses on agricultural, environmental, and climate economics in emerging economies like China, Vietnam, and Brazil. Key themes include development economics, applied microeconomics, and institutional frameworks. He teaches Economic History, Macroeconomics, and Environmental Economics. His work has been published in journals such as Ecological Economics and Environment and Development Economics . He actively engages in policy-related research, addressing sustainability challenges and adaptation strategies in resource management. Recent publications highlight topics like log export bans' impact on employment, water pollution adaptation in China, and climate vulnerability assessments. His interdisciplinary approach bridges environmental science, policy analysis, and economic theory to address global sustainability challenges.

• Development Economics
• Agricultural Economics
• Climate Economics
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Sumitro Banerjee is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM), where he teaches strategic and international marketing, digital marketing, brand management, and product development. Previously, he held positions at ESMT Berlin and Syracuse University. He holds a PhD and MSc from INSEAD, an MBA from IIFT, and a Bachelor of Technology in Mining Machinery from IIT-ISM Dhanbad. His research focuses on new product development, innovation diffusion, market entry strategies, and salesforce incentives, employing microeconomic and game theory frameworks. He has published in journals like Production and Operations Management and serves on the editorial board of International Journal of Research in Marketing , where he received an award for editorial excellence in 2023. Before academia, he worked in international trade at Tata Steel and as an engineer at Jessop & Company. His executive education programs have served Fortune 500 clients, and he consults for organizations globally.

• Marketing Strategy
• Product Development
• Innovation Management
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Lionel WILNER is a senior researcher at CREST (Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique) and teaches economics at ENSAE Paris. He earned his PhD from Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and an accreditation to supervise research (HDR) from École Normale Supérieure (ENS). Affiliated with CESifo, he contributes to empirical industrial organization, social insurance economics, and policy evaluation methods. Education: PhD (Université Paris 1), HDR (ENS) His research spans empirical industrial organization (focusing on healthcare markets and demand estimation), social insurance economics (health, labor, pensions), and policy evaluation using microsimulation, reduced-form, and structural econometric models. Recent work includes analyzing child penalties, wealth accumulation, and fuel price inflation compensation mechanisms. He has published in top journals like ILR Review , Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , and Oxford Economic Papers . His studies often integrate empirical rigor with policy implications, influencing debates on gender disparities, public finance, and healthcare access. Scientific Awards: Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, International Journal of Industrial Organization (2015) WILNER actively engages in policy analysis, serving as a substitute member of France’s Conseil d'Orientation des Retraites (2018–2024). He is a referee for journals including American Economic Journal: Microeconomics and Journal of Health Economics , and participates in international workshops and seminars on topics like aging, taxation, and healthcare reform.

• Economics of Social Insurance
• Empirical Industrial Organization
• Public Economics
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Pierre Picard is a Professor of Economics at École Polytechnique , where he is also a member of the Haut Collège . He holds a PhD in Economics and is a graduate of HEC-Paris. His academic career includes leadership roles such as President of the Risk Theory Society (2005) and President of the European Group of Insurance Economists (EGRIE) (2009). Education: PhD in Economics, HEC-Paris Affiliations: CREST, Risk Theory Society, EGRIE His research focuses on insurance economics , risk management , and contract theory , with applications to catastrophic risks, health insurance, and parametric insurance. Recent publications analyze pandemic business interruption insurance, nuclear liability insurance, and optimal health insurance under ex post moral hazard. Key trends in his work include modeling insurance markets with adverse selection, designing parametric insurance for technology adoption in developing countries, and exploring the role of policy dividends in market equilibrium. He has co-authored multiple papers with A. Louaas, J.-M. Bourgeon, and J. Pinquet. Scientific Awards and Leadership: Junior member, Institut Universitaire de France (1991-1996) President, Risk Theory Society (2005) President, European Group of Insurance Economists (2009) Co-Editor, Annals of Economics and Statistics (past) Co-Editor, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (past) At École Polytechnique, he teaches courses in Corporate Finance , Microeconomics , and General Insurance at the Master’s level. He also instructs on Topics in Insurance Economics at ENSAE’s Engineering Cycle program.

• Insurance Economics
• Risk Management
• Incentive Contracts
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Grégoire Cauchie is an Associate Professor of Economics and member of the Economics Research Centre at EDHEC Business School. He earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Lille 1 - Sciences and Technologies in 2014. Discipline: Economics Expertise: Economics of Entrepreneurship, Human Capital Theory, Applied Econometrics His research focuses on the intersection of entrepreneurship and human capital, examining how founders' accumulated knowledge affects business outcomes. He has also contributed to public health economics through studies on smoking behavior and income effects. Dr. Cauchie has published in journals such as the Journal of Human Capital and Social Science & Medicine. His recent work explores innovative pedagogical approaches like flipped classroom methodologies in higher education. He is affiliated with EDHEC's Data Science, Economics & Finance faculty, actively applying econometric techniques to diverse research questions in economics and education.

• Economics of Entrepreneurship
• Human Capital Theory
• Applied Econometrics

Emmanuel COMBE is a Full Professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and holds a Professorship at SKEMA Business School. He previously served as Vice-Chairman (2012–2022) and Acting Chairman (2021–2022) of the French Competition Authority. His academic career includes roles at the University of Paris Est (2001–2005), University of Le Havre (1998–2001), and École Normale Supérieure (1987–1991). He earned a PhD in Economics (1994) and an Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (1995) from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. COMBE’s research focuses on competition policy, air transport economics, behavioral economics, and regulatory frameworks. His work bridges theoretical economic analysis with practical policy applications, particularly in cartel dynamics, managerial behavior, and antitrust compliance. Notable outputs include Précis d'économie (PUF), Competition Policy: An Empirical and Economic Approach , and peer-reviewed articles on airline industry hybridization and cartel sanctions. His academic contributions span 30+ years, with active roles in policy-making and academic leadership, including presidency of the Société d'Economie Politique (2021–2023) and jury member for the Banque de France economics prize. His research emphasizes globalization’s impact on competition policy and the interplay between public interest and market regulations.

• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics
• Competition Policy
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Dr Sabrina Bunyan is a Lecturer in Economics at Ulster University, serving as Course Director of Business Economics within the Department of Acc, Finance & Economics at the Ulster University Business School. She maintains affiliations with the Institute for Research in Social Sciences and contributes to Social Work and Social Policy Research. Dr Bunyan earned her Master's degree in Economics from University College Cork and completed her PhD at the University of Portsmouth. Her academic career includes previous positions at the University of Portsmouth and international teaching experience in China and the United Arab Emirates. Her research program centers on applied microeconomic issues of social exclusion and participation, with particular focus on exclusion from financial markets, digital economy exclusion, and social participation through voluntary activities. Her work frequently examines household-level economic behaviors and their policy implications, connecting economic theory with social outcomes. Dr Bunyan's publication trajectory shows evolution from microeconomic analyses of financial exclusion to broader macroeconomic studies of fiscal policy within the European Monetary Union, with recent work addressing Northern Ireland-specific social policy challenges related to poverty and economic hardship. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges economics, social policy, and urban studies. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy As Course Director of Business Economics, Dr Bunyan provides academic leadership in curriculum development and program administration. Her research profile suggests mentorship of students in microeconomic analysis, social exclusion studies, and policy evaluation, with her work receiving citations across multiple disciplines indicating interdisciplinary impact. Her ORCID (0000-0001-9069-4146) documents her scholarly contributions with an h-index of 4 and 57 total citations. Dr Bunyan contributes to the Institute for Research in Social Sciences and the Social Work and Social Policy Research group, with her work aligning with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to reducing inequality and promoting inclusive economic growth. Her research provides valuable insights for policymakers addressing economic exclusion and social participation challenges.

• Applied Microeconomics
• Social Exclusion
• Social Participation
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Tao Ran is an Associate Professor of Economics at NEOMA Business School in France. She specializes in applied microeconomics with research focusing on corporate social responsibility, public goods provision, charitable giving mechanisms, and gender dynamics in corporate governance. Her work employs both theoretical modeling and empirical analysis to examine how organizational and social factors influence economic decisions. Ran's research has been published in leading journals including the Journal of Business Ethics, International Business Review, and Corporate Governance: An International Review. Her current projects investigate the diffusion of CSR practices through director networks and the value implications of foreign experience among corporate board members. She teaches microeconomics courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, covering topics such as consumer behavior, market structures, and strategic decision-making in business contexts. Her teaching integrates contemporary research findings with practical business applications.

• Applied Microeconomics
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Public Goods Provision
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Laurent Linnemer is a Professor of Economics at CREST (Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique) within the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. His research focuses on Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, and Scientometrics, with notable contributions on signaling in markets, vertical integration, and competition policy. He has co-authored studies on topics such as double marginalization, nonlinear pricing, and asymmetric information in real estate markets. His work also includes methodological advancements in scientometrics, particularly in ranking research output via RePEc. Linnemer has held editorial roles at Annals of Economics and Statistics and contributed biographical studies of prominent economists like Jean-Michel Grandmont and Jean-Jacques Laffont. His research spans experimental economics, merger analysis, and policy evaluation, with a strong empirical focus. Education details are not explicitly stated, though his academic positions imply doctoral training in economics. His research interests are structured around core themes: market structures, information asymmetries, and institutional impacts. Recent publications emphasize the interplay between market design and economic theory, with applications to real-world scenarios like parking prices and tournament dynamics. He has received ADRES Best Young Paper Awards in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for impactful contributions. Collaborations include co-authors like Philippe Choné and Michael Visser, and he has led teams analyzing experimental auctions, viager markets, and chess player behavior. Linnemer’s work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical rigor, contributing to both academic discourse and policy recommendations.

• Industrial Organization
• Microeconomics
• Scientometrics
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Jean-Marc BOURGEON is a Senior Researcher at INRAE and an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE, affiliated with CREST (IPP-Ecole Polytechnique). His work bridges economics, law, and public policy through interdisciplinary research. Research Interests Public Policy: Analyzes collective decision-making and inequality dynamics. Environmental Economics: Investigates trade impacts on biodiversity and sustainability. Law and Economics: Studies insurance contracts, fraud mechanisms, and legal frameworks. Recent Publications 2025: Gender disparities in employer training provision 2025: Healthcare access and physician labor supply incentives 2023: Government architecture and citizen preferences 2020: Incomplete contracts in insurance law Teaching & Affiliations Adjunct Professor at Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE Senior Researcher at INRAE Affiliated with CREST (Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique)

• Economics
• Public Policy
• Environmental Economics
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Professor Sir Richard Blundell CBE FBA is the David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy at University College London and Co-Director and Senior Research Fellow at the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He is a leading figure in microeconometrics, labor economics, and public policy analysis with extensive contributions to understanding labor supply, taxation, consumption behavior, and inequality dynamics. His research interests span microeconomics, labor supply, tax policy design, public policy evaluation, income inequality, and consumer behavior. Blundell has developed innovative microeconometric tools for analyzing dynamic panel data models and nonparametric analysis of individual decisions. His work has significantly influenced tax and welfare policy reforms, particularly through the Mirrlees Review and the IFS-Deaton Review of Inequalities in the 21st Century. Blundell's extensive publication record shows a clear progression from foundational work on labor supply models to contemporary research on inequality dynamics, particularly in the context of the pandemic. His recent work focuses on consumption responses to income shocks, lifecycle earnings volatility, gender wage gaps, and the relationship between innovation and social mobility. The research demonstrates sophisticated econometric approaches combined with policy-relevant insights. CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) - 2006 Knighthood - 2014 Nemmers Prize As Principal Investigator on the Nuffield Foundation grant for the IFS Deaton Review, Blundell has led major efforts to understand inequalities in the 21st century. His work bridges academic research and policy impact, with significant contributions to tax system design through the Mirrlees Review. He has supervised numerous researchers and collaborated extensively with leading economists worldwide, shaping generations of empirical microeconomists. Blundell maintains active research programs examining the dynamics of inequality, labor market responses to policy changes, and the microeconomic foundations of public policy.

• Microeconomics
• Labor Supply
• Tax Policy
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Yukio Koriyama is a Full Professor at the Department of Economics, Ecole Polytechnique, part of the Institute Polytechnique of Paris. He is affiliated with CREST (Center for Research in Economics and Statistics). His research focuses on game theory, social choice, public economics, and institutional design, with particular emphasis on fair division, electoral systems, and collective decision-making mechanisms. He currently supervises three PhD students and teaches advanced courses in microeconomics, market design, and social choice theory at University Paris-Saclay and Ecole Polytechnique. His work explores theoretical and experimental approaches to understanding strategic behavior in political and economic contexts. Notable contributions include analyses of voting mechanisms, cognitive hierarchies in games, and the design of institutions to address collective action problems. He has published in top journals such as Theoretical Economics , Journal of Political Economy , and Games and Economic Behavior . Recent research highlights include experimental studies on electoral turnout dynamics and impossibility theorems linking Pareto efficiency with incentive compatibility. His writings also address practical policy issues like US presidential election reforms and participatory budgeting mechanisms.

• Game Theory
• Social Choice Theory
• Public Economics
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Gorkem Celik serves as Professor of Economics at ESSEC Business School since 2015, teaching PhD, advanced masters, and MBA programs. He concurrently holds a Research Fellow position at THEMA (CY Cergy Paris University and CNRS), focusing on economic theory with emphasis on institutional design under private information constraints. His academic credentials include: Ph.D. in Economics, Northwestern University (2002) B.A. in Economics with Highest Honors, Bilkent University (1997) Celik's research integrates Economics of Information, Microeconomic Theory, and Game Theory to analyze strategic behavior in mechanism design contexts. His work examines how institutions can achieve objectives when agents possess private information and conflicting interests, with applications spanning Industrial Organization, Positive Political Theory, and Law and Economics. He employs rigorous game-theoretic modeling to investigate information revelation dynamics and incentive structures. Publication trends reveal sustained contributions to mechanism design theory, with recent work addressing dispute resolution protocols (2025), organizational information aggregation (2023), and public goods provision (2021). His scholarship consistently bridges theoretical innovation with institutional applications, appearing in premier journals like Journal of Economic Theory and RAND Journal of Economics. Key recognitions include: Marie Curie Reintegration Grant (2011) SSHRC Standard Research Grant (2006) Robert Eisner Graduate Fellowship (2000) Top of Class at Bilkent University (1997) Celik advises doctoral candidates including FAZELI N. (2020 thesis on Industrial Organization) and serves on multiple thesis committees. His research program receives support from European Commission and Canadian funding bodies, while his academic service encompasses conference organization (e.g., Workshop on Voting Theory), journal reviewing for 20+ publications, and committee roles at LabEx MME-DII. He maintains active collaboration networks through visiting positions at Humboldt-Universität (2023-2024) and previous appointments at Tor Vergata University. As head of ESSEC's Economics track (2017-2021) and THEMA laboratory member since 2010, he contributes to research infrastructure development while leading projects on information economics and strategic manipulation in institutional settings.

• Economics of Information
• Microeconomic Theory
• Game Theory
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