Upcoming conferences and workshops co-organized by Thema

Thema will (co-)organize several conferences this spring, bringing together international scholars to discuss major economic challenges ranging from inequality and climate policy to the growing role of artificial intelligence in […]
New article in the Review of Economic Studies by Régis Renault

Regis Renault has just published with Simon Anderson a new paper in the Review of Economic Studies entitled “Search Direction: Position Externalities and Position Auction Bias”. The paper is about […]
Thema researchers in the media: New forms of employment and technological change

As digital platforms and artificial intelligence reshape labor markets, Thema researchers are contributing to public debates on the regulation and economic consequences of these transformations. Recent media interventions by Cynthia […]
An article of Cynthia Srnec on research about platforms workers

In a article for The Conversation, Cynthia Srnec and her co-authors explores the controversies surrounding social dialogue for platform workers in France. Classified as self-employed, these workers are in principle […]
Policy report on appartment certification by Guillaume Chapelle

In a new policy report, Guillaume Chapelle analyzes the spread and economic effects of apartment certification in the French private housing market. Using an original dataset combining information on apartment […]
Thema PhD Defenses Janaury-March 2026

Thema is pleased to announce the defense of the following dissertations: Mahaut de Villeneuve Bargemon, Three Essays in Environmental MicroeconomicsSupervised by: Wilfried Sand-ZantmanJanuary 13rd, at 2pm in Salle T001, ESSEC […]
Economic consequences of vertical mismatch – Thepthida Sopraseuth

Thepthida Sopraseuth, together with Pietro Garibaldi and Pedro Gomes, has recently published in open access her new research on vertical mismatch in Quantitative Economics. Vertical mismatch occurs when high-skilled workers […]
The Economics of Inequality and the Environment – Lutz Sager

Lutz Sager has recently published a new paper in the Journal of Economic Literature entitled “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment”. Distributional tensions around environmental policy are now hard […]
L’IA et l’emploi – Grégory Verdugo

Grégory Verdugo, professor at CYU and member of the THEMA has just published a new book in French about AI and employment. The book has been covered by Le Monde […]
Nicolas Woloszko awarded the 4th Prize in Economics by the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris.

We are delighted to announce that Nicolas Woloszko, a former PhD student at THEMA supervised by Guillaume Chapelle and Laurence Jacquet, has been awarded the 4th Prize in Economics by […]