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 Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne / LIEPP affiliate
Graduated with a master’s degree from ENSAE Aurélien Boyer worked as a research assistant on the beneficiaries’ trajectories of the French guaranteed minimum income, RSA. The research investigates COVID-19 crisis’ effects on this specific topic but also aims at going further by studying the trajectories in employment and with other minimum incomes in the long run.
Doctoral fellow in Sociology, CRIS / LIEPP affiliate
After 8 months as a research assistant at the LIEPP during her gap year, Laudine resumes her Master 2 in Cognitive Sciences at ENS (PSL) in 2020-2021. The same year, she obtains a doctoral contract at the Centre de Recherche sur les Inégalités Sociales (Sciences Po). Since her undergraduate studies, she has been passionate about transdisciplinarity and is currently working on a thesis between Sociology and Cognitive Sciences under the supervision of Carlo Barone (CRIS, Sciences Po) and Coralie Chevallier (LNCC, ENS). Her research focuses on inequalities in access to daycare centers, their link with public policies and their impact on the cognitive development of young children. 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 explores issues at the crossroad of Political Economy and Economic History, with insights from Behavioral and Environmental 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, CRIS / 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 political science, CEE / LIEPP affiliate
Arno Lizet is a PhD student at the CEE, affiliated to LIEPP, since September 2022 after having obtained a master's degree in political science at Sciences Po. His thesis, under a CIFRE agreement with the 1 000 cafés association and under the supervision of Laurie Boussaguet and Florence Faucher, analyses the reception of proximity devices, such as the 1 000 cafés, in rural areas. The aim of this research is to understand the political effects of localized social innovations stemming from the Social Solidarity Economy. To do so, he uses qualitative methods (comparative ethnography, interviews, documentary analysis) and quantitative methods (text-as-data on press corpus and documentary resources).
Doctoral fellow in Sociology, CRIS / 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 Sociology, CSO / LIEPP affiliate
Noémie Morize is PhD candidate in Sociology au Centre de sociologie des organisations, at Sciences Po, and at Irdes. She works on two french healthcare policy experiments aiming at finding new ways of remunerating primary care professionals, especially general practitioners. She is conducting this research using qualitative methods.
Doctoral fellow in Sociology, CRIS / LIEPP affiliate
After completing a bachelor in mathematics and social sciences, followed by a dual master’s program at HEC and Sciences Po, Julie worked for a few months as a consultant at UNESCO. Fascinated by the fields of education and culture, and advocate of evidence-based public policies, she obtained in 2020 a doctoral contract at the Center for Research of Social Inequalities (CRIS) to deepen her expertise in these areas. There, she began a thesis under the supervision of Philippe Coulangeon, on the evaluation of artistic and cultural education policies. Using mixed methods, she conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation of the "Un violon dans mon école" program, engaging with sixty schools and over 2,000 children over a span of 4 years. Her research sits at the crossroads of culture and education, and includes questions about philanthropy and impact measurement methodologies within these domains.
Thesis completed
Deputy Head of Local Taxation and Endowments, Finance and Purchasing Department at the City of Paris
PhD in political science (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in January 2017)
Camille Allé is currently Deputy Head of Local Taxation and Endowments, Finance and Purchasing Department at the City of Paris
Postdoctoral Fellow, APCLIMPTER project, Centre Emile Durkheim
PhD in sociology, LIEPP/CSO (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in September 2020)
Alexis Aulagnier has a PhD in sociology. He was a doctoral fellow at LIEPP/CSO from 2015 to 2018 and 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.
Research fellow at the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED)
PhD in sociology (thesis finaned by LIEPP and defended in December 2019)
Louise Caron has a PhD in sociology. He was a doctoral fellow at LIEPP/OSC from 2015 to 2018 and she defended her thesis "De l’immigration permanente aux migrations circulaires. L’expérience de la (re)migration dans les trajectoires individuelles en France" under the supervision of Mirna Safi in December 2019.
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.
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 is currently an analyst at the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills.
PhD in sociology, LIEPP/CRIS (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in November 2022)
Graduated from the Master in Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi University in 2016, Federico joined the LIEPP and the Centre for Research on social InequalitieS (CRIS) in September 2017, where he is pursuing his PhD in Sociology under the supervision of Emanuele Ferragina. In his dissertation, Federico explores the evolution of labour market protection and family policy in high-income countries from 1990 to 2020, with a particular focus on Italy and France.
Postdoctoral fellow, ANR project Organizations in Crisis (CrisOrg) at CSO
PhD in sociology, LIEPP/CSO (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in March 2021)
Anne Moyal has a PhD in sociology. She was a doctoral fellow at LIEPP/CSO from 2015 to 2018 and she defended her thesis "Une liberté sous contraintes ? Rationalisation des pratiques des professionnels libéraux de soins primaires en maisons de santé pluriprofessionnelles en France" under the supervision of Henri Bergeron in March 2021.
Economist at the Central Bank of Luxembourg
PhD in Economics (thesis financed by LIEPP and defended in 2020)
Julien Pascal is currently economist at the Central Bank of Luxembourg. He has a PhD in sociology. He was a doctoral fellow at LIEPP/Département d'économie de Sciences Po from 2016 to 2019 and he defended his thesis "The Dynamics of Wage Inequalities: a Search-And-Matching Approach" under the supervision of Jean-Marc Robin in June 2020.
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. He was a doctoral fellow at LIEPP/OSC from 2014 to 2017 and he defended his thesis "Trajectoires résidentielles et choix scolaires des classes moyennes. Statut d’occupation du logement, ségrégation et action publique locale dans la métropole parisienne" under the supervision of Marco Oberti in November 2019.
