Yann ALGAN
- Professor of Economics Sciences Po
- Adress : 28, rue des Saints-Pères, 75007 Paris
- Email : yann.algan(at)sciences-po.fr
- Complete CV
- Research interest: Public Economics, Political Economy, Experimental Economics, Macroeconomics
Current Position
- Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris
- Co-Director of the Master Economics and Public Policy (go there)
- Other Affiliations: CEPR, IZA and CEPREMAP (Co-head Macroeconomic program)
- Personnalité associée au Conseil Economique, Social et Environnemental (CESE)
News
- Book : La Fabrique de la Défiance (Albin Michel 2012, with Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg)
Visit the Book Website (go there)
Best Economic Book of the Year - Prix Lycéen (from High school students)
Press coverage: Le Monde, Liberation, Le Figaro, Les Echos, Challenges, L'Express, Le JDD, Alternatives Economiques, L'Expansion, Valeurs Actuelles, Economie Magazine, Le Nouvel Economiste, Entreprises et Carrières, Le Temps,La Croix
- Observatoire des politiques publiques: go there
En collaboration avec Challenges et les enseignants et étudiants du Master EPP
Education and Past positions
- Agrégation du supérieur Sciences économiques, 2004
- Assistant Professor University Paris I, 2002-2004
- Professor Paris School of Economics, University Paris Est, 2004-2008
- Visiting Professor at MIT (2007) and at Harvard (2008)
Awards and Grants
- European Starting Grant (ERC) 2010-2014 - Project "Trust"
- Best French Young Economist 2009
- Best French economic book and Best French Essay (LIRE) for "La société de défiance", 2009