PhD Students
Thesis in progress
Doctoral fellow in economics, CY Cergy Paris Université / LIEPP affiliate
Julien Blasco is an INSEE administrator and a PhD Candidate in Economics at CY Cergy Paris Université under the supervision of Clément Carbonnier. His work focuses on monetary inequality, poverty and material deprivation in France and abroad. He also evaluates the impact of socio-fiscal policies and redistribution on these subjects. He was an intern at LIEPP during the summer of 2017, then joined LIEPP as a Junior Policy Fellow in July 2018. His current projects relate to the impact of consumption taxes on inequality around the world and to the dynamics of income inequality in France.
Doctoral fellow in economics, Université d'Orléans / LIEPP affiliate
Graduate from Sciences Po/Bocconi Double Degree and a Master Research in Economics at Paris Dauphine University, Montserrat is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Economics at the University of Orléans under the supervision of Alexis Direr. Her PhD dissertation studies wealth inequality through a demographics and fiscal approach.
Doctoral fellow in Sociology, OSC / LIEPP affiliate
After graduating from a research master in Sociology at Sciences Po, Célia joined the OSC and LIEPP laboratories in september 2018 for a PhD in Sociology under the supervision of Anne Revillard and Philippe Coulangeon. Her study focuses on the incidence of various impairments (motricity, sensorial, intellectual, psychological limitations) on the social position of adults who have experienced them since their childhood. This research adopts a mixed-method approach.
Doctoral fellow in Sociology, OSC / LIEPP affiliate
Mathéa Boudinet gets her master's degree in sociology at Sciences Po in 2019. She signs a doctoral contract with the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement in 2019, and starts her PhD under the supervision of Anne Revillard. Her thesis focuses on the way employment policies are aimed for and mobilised by disabled women in France. Mathéa Boudinet studies the construction of theses policies by street-level bureaucrats and the way they are perceived by disabled women. She uses both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Doctoral fellow in Economics, Sciences Po Departement of Economics / LIEPP affiliate
Edgard Dewitte is a PhD candidate in Economics at SciencesPo, working on a thesis entitled "Essays on the Economics of Democracy" under the supervision of Julia Cagé. His research interests include Political Economy, Economic History and Development Economics. He holds a master's degree in Anthropology & Development from the London School of Economics, and BAs in Business Engineering (Solvay), Philosophy and Anthropology from Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Doctoral fellow in Sociology, OSC / LIEPP affiliate
After graduating from the Master in Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento, Marta began her PhD in sociology at the OSC and LIEPP laboratories under the supervision of Carlo Barone. Her study focuses on the relationship between economic instability and early skills development. Using the longitudinal study ELFE, first, she will assess the descriptive patterns of this relation and how they differ by parental social position. Second, she will investigate the mechanisms that account for this link, in order to facilitate the design of future public policies.
Doctoral fellow in sociology, LIEPP/OSC
Graduated from the Master in Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi University in 2016, Federico joined the LIEPP and the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC) in September 2017, where he is pursuing his PhD in Sociology under the supervision of Emanuele Ferragina. In his dissertation, Federico explores the relations between labour market outsiderness and informal care regimes in Europe.
Doctoral fellow in Economics at KU Leuven / LIEPP affiliate
Hélène is a PhD in Economics candidate at KU Leuven. She is mainly interested in the interconnection between firms' structural organisation and productivity with a particular focus on the importance of management diversity for innovation and growth. Her thesis is jointly supervised by Prof. Jan de Loecker (KU Leuven) and Prof. Philippe Aghion (LSE, Collège de France).
Doctoral fellow in Sociology, OSC / LIEPP affiliate
After studies in social sciences at the ENSAE and the ENS Cachan, Olivier Monso joined the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, then in 2011 the Education Ministerial Statistical Department. He is expert in the analysis of educational inequalities. He is involved in several studies on the comparison between public and private sector, social segregation and territorial inequalities in education. He also works on building methodological tools for studying and managing the educational system.
Doctoral fellow in Economics, Sciences Po Departement of Economics / LIEPP affiliate
Elisa Mougin is a PhD candidate at the Department of Economics of Sciences Po under the supervision of Julia Cagé and Roberto Galbiati. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Public Policies from Sciences Po. She specialized in development economics and political economy ; her research focuses on the implications of the transformations of the media landscape on socio-political outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. In her projects, she studies the impacts of greater access to new media such as television or Internet on socio-political attitudes, or the effects of media liberalization of the production of information.
Doctoral fellow in sociology, LIEPP/CSO
Anne Moyal is a doctoral fellow in sociology, attached to the Center for the Sociology of Organizations and the LIEPP.
Doctoral fellow in political science, Université Paris 2 Panthéon Assas and Sciences Po / LIEPP affiliate
Titulaire d'un Master Recherche en Management des organisations et des politiques publiques (Ecole des Mines de paris/Ecole supérieure de commerce de paris/Université paris 10/Ecole polytechnique de Paris) obtenu avec la mention Bien, Eric Rene Tientcheu est actuellement doctorant en sciences politiques sous la co-direction d'Yves Surel, Professeur Université Paris 2 Panthéon Assas, et de Bruno Palier, directeur LIEPP.
Doctoral fellow in Political Science at Oxford University/Affiliated to LIEPP
Chloé Touzet is a PhD student at Oxford University.
Doctoral fellow in economics, Sciences Po Department of Economics / LIEPP affiliate
Camille Urvoy is a Ph.D. candidate from the Department of Economics of Sciences Po. Her research interests lie in the fields of political economy and public economics. She is interested in the distributive impacts of public policies. To understand why policies are enacted in the first place, she also studies how interests are represented in democratic systems.
Doctoral fellow in Economics, Sciences Po Departement of Economics / LIEPP affiliate
Pierre Villedieu is a PhD student in Economics at Sciences Po under the supervision of Pierre Cahuc. His research interests center mainly on labor economics and in particular on the study of discrimination in hiring. After joining the ENS of Cachan in the Economics and Management department in 2013, he continued his studies at the ENSAE, specializing in quantitative analysis methods. He holds an engineering degree from ENSAE as well as a master's degree in economics from the University of Paris-Saclay.
Doctoral fellow in political science, LIEPP/CEE
Paulus Wagner’s research at LIEPP-Sciences Po focuses on connections between changes in welfare regimes and voting for radical and populist political parties amongst « advanced liberal democracies » during the 2010s.
Thesis completed
PhD in sociology, LIEPP/CSO (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in September 2020)
Alexis Aulagnier has a PhD in sociology. He defended his thesis "Réduire sans contraindre. Le gouvernement des pratiques agricoles à l'épreuve des pesticides" under the supervision of Sophie Dubuisson-Quellier and Jean-Noël Jouzel in September 2020.
Postdoctoral research fellow at the Catholic University of Leuven.
PhD in sociology (thesis finaned by LIEPP and defended in December 2019)
Louise Caron defended her thesis in December 2019 and is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain.
Assistant professor at University of Cergy-Pontoise
Ph. D. in economics, (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in February 2017)
Guillaume Chapelle is an assistant professor at the University of Cergy-Pontoise.
Economist, Banque de France
PhD in economics, (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in October 2018)
Jean-Benoit Eyméoud is economist at Banque de France and fellow at LIEPP SciencesPo. He received his PhD in November 2018 from SciencesPo. His main research lies in urban and political economics with a focus on housing, labor and discrimination issues.
Education Policy Analyst and Project Manager at OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
Doctor in Economics (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in 2017)
Pierre Gouëdard obtained his thesis in economics in 2017 under the supervision of Denis Fougère and Etienne Wasmer. His work focuses on teacher pension reforms, and on positive discrimination in access to higher education.
PhD in Economics (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in 2020)
Julien Pascal is currently economist at the Central Bank of Luxembourg. He joined the LIEPP in 2016 to complete his PhD in Economics under the supervision of Jean-Marc Robin.
Postdoctoral research fellow at Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies, University of Chili, Santiago.
Ph.D. in Sociology, (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in November 2019).
Quentin Ramond is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies, University of Chile, Santiago.
Policy/Political Advisor, European Parliament
PhD in Economics, (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in October 2019)
Max Viskanic is a political adviser at the European Parliament. He obtained his thesis in economics from LIEPP and the Economics Department of Sciences Po in October 2019, under the supervision of Roberto Galbaiti and Sergeï Guriev.
