Estelle Cantillon Organizes Belgian Environmental Economics Day (BEED 2025)

ECARES member Estelle Cantillon organized the Belgian Environmental Economics Day (BEED 2025), a key event for environmental economists in Belgium. The day brought together experts , and researchers to discuss pressing environmental issues through an economic lens. The event featured a series of presentations and discussions on various topics within environmental economics, providing a platform …

ECARES Welcomes Nobel Prize Laureate Jean Tirole for a Seminar

On February 6th, ECARES (Economics and Computing Research School) had the honor of welcoming Jean Tirole, the Nobel Prize-winning economist of 2014, for a prestigious seminar. Tirole, renowned for his groundbreaking work in industrial organization and market regulation, shared his insights on contemporary economic challenges. His presentation focused on his recent paper titled Engineering Commonality, …

Short Course on Functional Data Analysis – February 18-19, 2025

Short Course on Functional Data Analysis – February 18-19, 2025Join us for a two-day short course on Functional Data Analysis, featuring a seminar by Jan Almond Stöcker from EPFL. Seminar – February 17, 2025 Speaker: Jan Almond Stöcker, EPFLTitle: Functional Additive Models for Forms of Plane Curves and Their VisualizationTime: 14:00 – 16:00 Abstract:In many …

Conference honoring Gérard Roland’s career

We are very pleased to announce that ECARES will hold a special one-day conference to honorGérard Roland on April the 3rd, 2025, at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).Confirmed speakers at this stage are Philippe Aghion, Patrick Bolton, Sergei Guriev, EricMaskin, Torsten Persson, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Richard Portes, André Sapir, Monika Schnitzer,Guido Tabellini, Guntram Wolff, Chenggang Xu, …

New Book Release :Inégalités en Belgique. Un paradoxe?

ECARES is proud to announce the release of a book, Inégalités en Belgique. Un paradoxe?, authored by : André Decoster, Koen Decancq, Bram De Rock, and Paula Gobbi. This book tackles the complex question: Are inequalities in Belgium as significant as they appear? Contributors include Ella-Marie Assal, Bart Capéau, Micael Castanheira, Laurens Cherchye, Gerard Domènech-Arumí, Sarah Kuypers, …

ECARES Welcomes New Director: Paula Gobbi

We are excited to announce that Paula Gobbi has officially taken on the role of Director of ECARES as of October 2024. With her impressive academic background and years of dedication to the institution, Paula brings a wealth of experience. We are convinced that the first female director in our history will bring a fresh …