Publications of the Chair

Thesis: Three essays on the economics of the green transition

2025
Authors :
Chloé Saurel

The energy transition is a worldwide endeavor that most countries have come to acknowledge, thanks to the work of scientists all over the world. The use of fossil fuels in our energy-intensive economies for the past centuries has dramatically increased global warming (+1.5 degrees Celsius since preindustrial times), and public policies play a key...

Thèse : La finance solidaire en france : quelle évaluation extra-financière de la création d’utilité sociale chez les institutions financières ?

2025
Authors :
Philippe Devin

Cette thèse analyse l'évolution de la finance solidaire en France à travers l'essor des fonds d'investissement solidaires. Elle met en lumière les tensions entre logique financière et l'objectif solidaire initial, en s'appuyant sur trois cas. 

Thèse : Au-delà de Pigou : politiques et leviers comportementaux pour réguler les externalités environnementales liées à la viande

2025
Authors :
Maxence Gérard

Cette thèse s'intéresse à la régulation des externalités environnementales liées à la production et la consommation de viande. Elle vise à la fois à proposer des instruments de second rang lorsque les politiques pigouviennes ne peuvent pas être mises en place par le régulateur, et à comprendre comment mobiliser les normes morales et sociales pour...

Thesis: Competing green technologies : The case of low-carbon hydrogen

2025
Authors :
Albin Kasser

This dissertation investigates the economic competition among green technologies in the context of the energy transition, with a particular focus on low-carbon hydrogen. Beyond the classic "grey-to-green" paradigm that models cleaner technologies replacing fossil-fuel-based alternatives, this work emphasizes the increasingly relevant competition within green technologies.

Thesis: Designing scenarios for assessing the economic and systemic consistency of low carbon mobility innovations

2025
Authors :
Ariane Bousquet

This thesis explores the major challenges of decarbonizing the transport sector, with a focus on the French automobile market. It highlights the limitations of poorly targeted subsidies and recommends more effective policies, such as support for used electric vehicles and standards for the size of new electric vehicles.

Thèse : Mining in Africa at a Crossroads: Development, Environmental Stress, and Conflict Dynamics

2025
Authors :
Mboundor DIOUF

Mboundor DIOUF a soutenu sa thèse “Mining in Africa at a Crossroads: Development, Environmental Stress, and Conflict Dynamics” le 17 octobre 2025 à 13h30 Sujet de thèse :...  

Thèse : Essais sur l’évaluation économique du déploiement de l’hydrogène vert pour la neutralité carbone industrielle

2025
Authors :
Maryam Sadighi

Maryam Sadighi a soutenu sa thèse le 16 juin 2025 à Paris Saclay. Cette thèse examine les conditions économiques dans lesquelles l’hydrogène vert peut être efficacement déployé pour...  

Thesis – Overcoming the challenges of securing secondary resources in circular economy projects : The case of anaerobic digestion

2024
Authors :
Farah Doumit

This thesis mainly contributes to the literature on the circular economy by providing a strategic vision of the process of securing secondary resources in circular projects. The thesis also has managerial implications by offering insights into the governance mechanisms, territorial dynamics, and market arrangements that underpin successful circular economy initiatives.

Electrification, Environment, and Economic Development in Developing Countries

2023
Authors :
Alpha Ly

This thesis highlights the complex relationships between electrification, deforestation, and economic development in developing countries.

From Price Stability to Climate Stabilization? The Political Economy of Green Central Banking

2023
Authors :
Jérôme Deyris

This PhD thesis focuses on a recent and rapidly spreading, but highly diverse phenomenon: the integration of climate and environemntal issues by central bankers. To do so, the author draws from different approaches in order to understand what drives (some) central banks to embrace this issue, why they do so and...