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10.12.2025
Conference in honour of Ghazala Azmat
About this event
10 December 2025 from 08:45 until 18:00
Simone Veil Amphitheatre
28 rue des Saints-Pères, 75007, Paris
Ghazala Azmat is missed immensely by the profession and by her colleagues and students whom she inspired and supported. On December 10th economists from across the continent and overseas will gather at Sciences Po to pay tribute to Ghazala's remarkable contributions to economics.
Our humblest thanks to the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) for their invaluable assistance in helping bring this meeting together in the framework of its 2025 Paris Symposium. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF).
Organisers :
- Pierre Cahuc (Sciences Po and CEPR)
- Alan Manning (London School of Economics and Political Science and CEPR)
- Barbara Petronglo (Oxford University, Nuffield College and CEPR)
Overview :
This event reflects Ghazala Azmat's contributions to research, notably in CEPR programme areas to which she belonged, her commitment to supporting women in economics, and her teaching.
- One research session dedicated to her research on Gender Inequality with a focus on female representation in academics, notably in economics;
- Two research sessions related to Labour Economics;
- A final research session on the Economics of Education;
- Presentation of the first Ghazala Azmat Award to the best paper by a junior researcher in Ghazala's fields of interest, spanning the economics of discrimination, gender, education and organisational economics
Coffee and lunch will be offered on site, next to the conference venue.
Registration is mandatory: if you would like to attend, please fill out our online form.
*Please note that each presentation lasts 40 minutes*
8.45 - 9.15 am : Welcome Coffee
9.15 - 9.30 am : Opening Remarks
Emeric Henry, Head of Sciences Po's Department of Economics
Overview of Ghazala Azmat's contributions to economics
Session 1 : Gender Inequality
9.30 am - Introduction by Barbara Petrongolo (Nuffield College, Oxford)
9.35 - 10.55 am - Manuel Bagues (University of Warwick)
Women in Top Academic Positions: Is There a Trickle-Down Effect?
(with Milan Makany, Giulia Vattuone, and Natalia Zinovyeva)
10.15 - 10.55 am - Nagore Iriberri (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)
Women in Editorial Boards: An Investigation of Female Representation in Top Economic Journals
10.55 - 11.15 am : Coffee Break
Session 2 : Labour and Organisational Economics
11.15 am - Introduction by Alan Manning (LSE)
11.20 - 11.55 am - Heather Sarsons (Chicago Booth School of Business)
Measuring Gender Attitudes
(with Joshua Dean, Christine Exley, and Muriel Niederle)
11.55 am - 12.45 pm - Maria Guadalupe (INSEAD)
Norms at Work: Hyper-Competition, Well-being and Performance in Academia
(with Daisy Pollenne and Kaisa Snellman)
12.45 - 2.15 pm : Lunch Break
Session 3 : Labour Markets and Organisations
2 pm - Introduction by Maia Güell Rotllan (CUNEF Universidad)
2.05 - 2.50 pm - Radoslawa Nikolowa (QMUL)
Biased Promotions
(with Daniel Ferreira and Elena S. Pikulina)
Session 4 : Economics of Education
2.50 pm - Introduction by Gabrielle Fack (Paris Dauphine-PSL)
2.55 - 3.35 pm - Andrea Ichino (University of Bologna)
Do Test Scores Help Teachers Give Better Track Advice to Students? A Principal Stratification Analysis
(with Gustav Axen, Fabrizia Mealli, and Javier Viviens)
3.35 - 4.15 pm - Julien Grenet (PSE, CNRS)
Social Diversity at School: Evidence from a French Desegregation Experiment
(with Ghazala Azmat, Élise Huillery, Youssef Souidi, and Yann Algan)
4.15 - 4.45 pm : Coffee Break
Session 5 : Ghazala Azmat Award
4.45 - 5 pm - Presentation of the Laureate of the Ghazala Azmat Award
5 - 5.45 pm - Presentation of the Award-Winning Paper (by the laureate)
5.45 - 6 pm : Closing Remarks
Vicente Cuñat (LSE)
7 pm - Dinner (upon invitation)
