Why do some people keep smoking, even when a loved one has become seriously ill because of tobacco? A new study questions the effectiveness of prevention policies.

Raouf Boucekkine, AMU professor and AMSE member, has been appointed senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), starting October 1st, 2026.

Meet Céline Gimet (Sciences Po Aix / AMSE) on May 29, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Jardins d’Haïti!

Alain Trannoy (EHESS/AMSE) received the Édouard Bonnefous Foundation Prize - Institut de France for his body of work.

Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) is very proud to announce that the 2026 Carine Nourry Thesis Prize has been awarded to Tanguy Le Fur (University of Lille, CNRS, IESEG School of Management). His award-winning article, titled "Fighting for Resources: A Unified Growth Model of the Great Divergence", was published in the Journal of Economic Growth and co-authored with Etienne Wasmer.