2023 Inaugural Lecture and the Welcome sessions

The Inaugural lecture and the welcome sessions will take place in the presence of Mathias Vicherat, Director of Sciences Po, Professor Sergei Guriev, Provost of Sciences Po, Professor Pierre François, Dean of the School of Research, Heads of studies and the team of the School of Research.

We look forward to meeting you all and welcoming you >at the School of Research!

• Date: Thursday 31 August 2023 from 3:45pm, Reception from 3:30pm
• Place: Amphithéâtre Simone Veil, 28 rue des Saints Pères – 75007 Paris.

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Esther Duflo

Esther Duflo is an economist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, holds an associate degree in economic and social sciences and a doctorate in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology . A specialist in development and micro-credit, she is recognized for her innovative working methods and experiences in the field.

She has received several academic awards and distinctions, including the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in honor of Alfred Nobel, awarded jointly with Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer in 2019. In 2022, Esther Duflo was appointed Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair of Poverty and Public Policy.

Esther Duflo's work focuses on the fields of development economics and in particular health, education or access to credit in developing countries. It uses the random experiment approach, which involves assessing the effects of a particular economic policy measure on a randomly selected group of individuals in relation to another group of individuals to whom it is not applied.

For example, thanks to the results of her work, many countries have decided to fund important preventive health actions and more than 5 million children in India have benefited from school support programmes.

Good economics for warmer times

Climate change is not just about getting the right technology. It is also about changing behavior and policies. And it is not (only) about the end of the world: it is also about the damage it does, today, mainly to poor people around the world.  In this lecture, Professor Duflo will discuss some of what we know about the impact of climate change on poor countries, and what we know and what we do not know about changing behavior and policies.

The inaugural lecture will be held in English, and will be followed by a questions and answers session both in French and in English. It is exclusively reserved for first-year Masters students at the School of Research and Sciences Po's new doctoral students.

Meetings for incoming masters students:     

This first discussion will be followed by a meeting for your master's programme specifically, organized by your Head of Studies.

From 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm     

• Economics - Professor Pierre-Philippe Combes: 28, Rue des Saints-Pères - Room H405
• History - Professor Marion Fontaine: 13, rue de l’Université - Room J208
• Sociology - Professor Jérôme Pelisse:  13, rue de l’Université - Room J211

From 4:45 pm to 5:15 pm

• Political Science - Professor Thierry Balzacq : Amphithéâtre Simone Veil, 28, rue des Saints Pères

Followed by a meeting for each track:  5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

• General Track -  Professor Colin Hay: 27, rue St-Guillaume- Room A12
• International Relations - Professor Thierry Balzacq: 27, rue St-Guillaume - Room A15
• Comparative Politics - Professors Laurence Louër and Jan Rovny: 27, rue St-Guillaume - Room A21
• Political Behavior - Professor Romain Lachat: 27, rue St-Guillaume - Room A23
• Political Theory - Professor Frédéric Gros: 27, rue St-Guillaume - Room A13
• Public Policy - Professor Philippe Bezes: 27, rue St-Guillaume - Room A24

Meetings for incoming PhD students:   

From 5:15 pm to 6pm   

Meeting with Dean Pierre François: 27 rue St-Guillaume - Room Eugène d'Eichtal

Welcome reception of the School of Research

From 6:30pm onwards: 27 rue St-Guillaume, Garden

PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE BY USING THIS FORM

REMINDER: Classes will start on Monday, September 4 2023