Public Outreach

Only in French - In the Sciences Echos conferences, AMSE researchers propose lectures on their research interests to students in their final year of high school, students in Preparatory Classes for Grandes Ecoles (CPGE) and undergraduate students. Registration is required.

From September 20 to 24 - Alice Fabre, Miriam Teschl, Alain Trannoy, will participate to the Festival Allez Savoir (only in French).

Only in French - An op-ed piece by Alain Trannoy (EHESS, AMSE) published in "Le Monde", on the work of Marcel Boiteux, who passed away at the beginning of September.

Does everyone have the same opportunity to succeed at school? While there is a certain consensus on the inequalities caused by social differences, a team of researchers demonstrates that the effort of each pupil is underestimated in explaining school results.

A column by Nicolas Berman, Mathieu Couttenier and Victoire Girard published on VoxEU/CEPR.

Heatwaves are often overlooked in the analysis of extreme weather events, particularly in terms of their economic impact. This lack of research and the population's low perception of risk limit the adoption of adaptation measures, despite the fact that the health effects of heatwaves are largely avoidable.

Only in French - In an Op-ed article published in "Le Monde" Gilles Dufrénot (AMSE/SciencesPo Aix/CEPII) discusses the issues at stake for African countries following the Paris summit for a new global financial pact.

Are we going to end up killing each other in the face of high temperatures? Without going that far, climate change is already having a serious impact on insecurity. Brazil, infamous for its crime rate, is on the front line of environmental disasters. According to economist Phoebe W. Ishak, between 1991 and 2015, Brazil's severe droughts not only affected farmers' incomes, but also increased the homicide rate.

How can ineffective ideas be imposed? Even when the elites who promote them are not able to impose them through their vested interests? Economists Murat Iyigun, Avner Seror and Jared Rubin propose an explanation that places the influence on the culture of the society as a central element.

Only in French | In this study published by DREES, Bérengère Davin-Casalena and her co-authors, including Bruno Ventelou (AMU/CNRS/AMSE), take stock of general practitioners' perceptions of the supply of general medicine in their area, and of changes in practices and conditions of practice. Here, we look at how GPs are adapting their practices to cope with the decline in medical demographics, for example, by taking on new patients as GPs.