Thierry Warin

Thierry Warin is a Full Professor of Data Science for International Business at HEC Montréal, directing the Department of International Business. He holds the Professorship in Data Science for International Business and is a Principal Investigator at CIRANO, leading the World Economy theme. His roles include affiliations with Harvard Business School’s Microeconomics of Competitiveness program and the International Trade and Finance Association presidency (2020-2022).

Education: PhD from ESSEC Business School (France, 2000). Professional development includes the Harvard Business Analytics Program (2018-2020) and GIS training at Harvard.

Research Interests: Data science applications in global economic transformations, including network theory, natural language processing, and computational methods. Focus areas: algorithmic collusion, platform economies, and metadata-driven analyses. He develops open-source tools like the statcanR package and advocates for reproducible research.

Articles Trends: Recent work explores AI regulation, algorithmic competition, climate transition plans, and central bank speech analysis. Methodologies span structural topic modeling, social media analytics, and entropy-based frameworks.

Awards: Honored with the Highly Commended Paper Award (2017-2018) and Emerald Literati Award (2018) for reverse innovation research. Recognized for contributions to computational social science and regulatory frameworks.

Advising & Grants: Supervised 16 master’s projects since 2019, focusing on data science applications in global business challenges. Active in interdisciplinary initiatives like the St. Lawrence–Great Lakes corridor data hub.

Labs & Philanthropy: Founded quantum simulations and leads Ed’Haîti, an NGO addressing education in Haiti. Collaborates on Science des données au féminin en Afrique, empowering 200 African women with data science skills.