CREST is a proudly international and unique center for scientific research at the cross-section of economics, finance, quantitative sociology and statistics with an ambitious graduate program in each discipline at the Master and PhD levels.
Our primary location is in the ENSAE Paris building on the Palaiseau campus of Institut Polytechnique de Paris in the outskirts of the French capital with a secondary location on the Bruz campus of ENSAI in the outskirts of the city of Rennes.
CREST recruits at the international and French job markets in each of its four disciplines. We offer competitive conditions for positions at the Postdoctoral, Assistant and Associate Professor levels.
Every year CREST promotes and supports a line-up of highly trained and ambitious doctoral candidates able to compete for the premium academic, public and private sector positions.
Contacts
Economy:
Gregory Corcos (Hiring Committee Coordinator)
Arne Uhlendorff (Hiring Committee Coordinator)
Philippe Choné (Job Placement Coordinator)
Finance:
Jean-David Fermanian
Sociology:
Ivaylo Petev
Statistics:
Alexandre Tsybakov
Postdoctoral researcher
GENES
The successful candidate will join a team conducting research on information imperfections in labour markets, as part of the INASHI project (ERC-2022-COG Number 101087581). A key objective of the project is to generate new empirical evidence on the information frictions that hinder employers’ hiring processes, in collaboration with the French public employment service, France Travail. The successful candidate will work directly with Roland Rathelot, PI of the project.
The position does not require teaching. It is available starting June 2024 (with the possibility to start later) and can extend up to three years, subject to performance. Benefits include paid annual leave, flexible working hours, funds to attend workshops or seminars, and the opportunity to work on novel research data within the framework of the project.
Responsibilities include:
- Being an integral member of the research team.
- Working with data servers to manage large datasets and conduct econometric analyses.
- Contributing to the preparation of data reports, research papers, and policy briefs.
- Participating in meetings with policymakers, PES IT experts, employers, HR officers, and other stakeholders in the French labour market.
Providing support to junior research team members, including research assistants and PhD students.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- You have recently obtained, or are about to complete, your PhD in economics.
- You have a keen interest in labour markets, as well as a strong academic background in labour economics and applied econometrics, evidenced by a pipeline of high-quality research. Proficiency in computational methods, such as machine learning and structural modelling, will be considered an advantage.
- Proficiency in R is required. Additional coding expertise in Python and SQL will be considered beneficial.
- You must be fluent in either French and English, and proficient in the other language in both spoken and written forms.
- You are thorough, inquisitive, and able to make autonomous decisions; you understand when to discuss ongoing issues collaboratively.
As a collaborative team member, you enjoy engaging with fellow economists as well as with policymakers.
Post Doctorate Position (ERC INASHI)
Application deadline: March 31st, 2024
The successful candidate will join a team conducting research on information imperfections in labour markets, as part of the INASHI project (ERC-2022-COG Number 101087581). A key objective of the project is to generate new empirical evidence on the information frictions that hinder employers’ hiring processes, in collaboration with the French public employment service, France Travail. The successful candidate will work directly with Roland Rathelot, PI of the project.
Responsibilities include:
- Managing data sets and producing summary statistics and data reports.
- Supporting principal investigators in econometric analysis.
- Helping in the preparation of research papers, and policy briefs.
Maintaining tight relationships with policymakers, PES IT experts, employers, HR officers, and other stakeholders in the French labour market.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- You have recently obtained, or are about to complete, a master’s degree in economics (or equivalent).
- You have a keen interest in labour economics and applied econometrics. Proficiency in machine learning methods will be considered an advantage.
- Proficiency in R is required. Additional coding expertise in Python and SQL will be considered beneficial.
- You must be fluent in either French and English, and proficient in the other language in both spoken and written forms.
- You are thorough, reliable, and attentive to detail, inquisitive, eager to learn, with the discernment to make autonomous decisions and the understanding of when to discuss ongoing issues collaboratively.
- As a collaborative team member, you enjoy engaging with fellow economists as well as with policymakers.
Research Assistant Position (ERC INASHI)
Application deadline: March 31st, 2024
Assistant, Associate and Full Professorships
ENSAI
At the level of Assistant Professor, the position is for an initial three-year term renewable for another three years before the tenure evaluation. At the level of Associate Professor, the position is tenured. Salary is competitive according to qualifications. The teaching duties are reduced compared to French university standards. At the appointment, knowledge of French is not required but it is expected that the appointee will acquire a workable knowledge of French in a reasonable time. The school offers resources to learn French.
Ref: ENSAI/2024/ST1
CANDIDATE PROFILE
PhD in Statistics or related fields. All the areas of statistics are welcome.
Applicants will have demonstrated strong ability to teach Master level courses in Applied Mathematics and Statistics for the engineers and to supervise projects in Applied Statistics.
At the Associate Professor level, the candidate will have an outstanding research record and is expected to supervise PhD students.
Applications at the Associate Professor level are encouraged.
ENSAI recruits, employs, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability or age as required by applicable law.
Applications (in French or in English) should be submitted by email to recruitment@ensai.fr until February 18, 2024 with reference ENSAI/2024/ST1 as the object.
Assistant or Associate Professor in Statistics
Application deadline: February 18, 2024
At the level of Assistant Professor, the position is for an initial three-year term renewable for another three years before the tenure evaluation. At the level of Associate Professor, the position is tenured. Salary is competitive according to qualifications. The teaching duties are reduced compared to French university standards. At the appointment, knowledge of French is not required but it is expected that the appointee will acquire a workable knowledge of French in a reasonable time. The school offers resources to learn French.
Ref: ENSAI/2024/ST2
CANDIDATE PROFILE
PhD in Statistics, research experience on topics related to statistics for life science or environmental science.
Applicants will have an outstanding research record and will have demonstrated strong ability to teach Master level courses in Applied Mathematics and Statistics for the engineers and to supervise projects in Applied Statistics.
At the Associate Professor level, the candidate is expected to supervise PhD students.
Applications at the Associate Professor level are encouraged.
ENSAI recruits, employs, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age as required by applicable law.
Applications (in French or in English) should be submitted by email to recruitment@ensai.fr until February 18, 2024 with reference ENSAI/2024/ST2 as the object.
Assistant or Associate Professor in Statistics with research experience in life science or environmental science
Application deadline: February 18, 2024
CANDIDATE PROFILE
The candidate will participate in the teaching at the Bachelor/Master level and research activities of the lab. She/he is expected to hold strong expertise in computational and algorithmic aspects of “Machine Learning”.
The candidate must hold a PhD in some related field (e.g., Statistical Learning, Optimization, Signal Processing, Deep Learning, etc.) and is expected to supervise PhD students.
The candidate will have a strong publication record in their field of expertise.
Applications (in French or in English) should be submitted by email to recruitment@ensai.fr by February 18, 2024, with reference ENSAI/2024/ST4 as the subject. ENSAI recruits, employs, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age as required by applicable law.
Associate Professor in Data Science
Application deadline: February 18, 2024
The position is for an initial three-year term renewable for another three years before the tenure evaluation. The salary is highly competitive and the teaching duties are reduced as compared to French university standards.
Ref: ENSAI/2024/ST3
CANDIDATE PROFILE
The candidate will participate to the teaching at Bachelor/ Master level and research activities in the lab. She/he is expected to hold a strong expertise in computational and algorithmic aspects of “Machine Learning”.
The candidate must hold a PhD in some related field (e.g., Statistical Learning, Optimization, Signal Processing, Deep Learning, etc.) with a strong publication record in its field of expertise.
Applications (in French or in English) should be submitted by email to recruitment@ensai.fr until February 18, 2024, with reference ENSAI/2024/ST3 as the subject. ENSAI recruits, employs, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age as required by applicable law.
Assistant Professor in Data Science
Application deadline: February 18, 2024
ENSAE PARIS
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- PhD in Statistics or Machine Learning.
- Outstanding research, including subjects in high-dimensional statistics and machine learning.
- Publications in leading international journals in Statistics and leading outlets in Machine Learning.
- Demonstrated ability to teach courses in Mathematics, Statistics and Machine Learning for engineers and to supervise projects in Applied Statistics and Machine Learning. The successful candidate is expected to supervise projects in Applied Statistics or Machine Learning, and to teach a course in applied mathematics or introductory statistics at the undergraduate level.
Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Statistics and Machine Learning
Application deadline: March 10, 2024
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- PhD in Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Statistics or Actuarial Studies.
- Publications in leading international journals in Financial Econometrics, Quantitative Finance and/or Statistics.
- Ability to teach Quantitative Finance or Econometrics (particularly Time Series) at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to supervise student projects in these areas
Position in Statistical Modelling for Finance
Application deadline: March 15, 2024
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- PhD in Finance, Mathematical Finance, Applied Mathematics, Actuarial Studies or Statistics.
- Publications in leading international journals in Quantitative Finance, Actuarial Studies, Applied Probability, Econometrics and/or Statistics.
- Ability to teach Quantitative Finance and/or Actuarial Science at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to supervise student projects in these areas
Position in Quantitative Finance
Application deadline: March 15, 2024
Administrative positions
Engineering Positions
Administrative positions
Le poste est à pourvoir en mobilité interne du CNRS uniquement.
MISSION
Coordonner et/ou réaliser de manière autonome, des activités de gestion administrative, financière et de ressources humaines d’un laboratoire de recherche.
ACTIVITÉS
Activités principales :
- Coordination du travail de 5 gestionnaires administratifs ;
- Suivre l’évolution des règles, directives et procédures financières et/ou comptables ;
- Contribuer à l’élaboration du budget et des budgets rectificatifs correspondant aux prévisions de recettes et de dépenses ;
- Établir, à partir du système d’information de l’établissement, les états et bilans comptables et/ou financiers et les tableaux de bord nécessaires au suivi de l’activité ;
- Supervision des tâches administratives liées à l’organisation des évènements scientifiques (séminaires, colloques, conférences, soutenances de thèse).
Activités secondaires :
- Assister la direction du laboratoire dans la préparation des réunions du conseil du laboratoire et de l’assemblée générale ;
- Rédiger des comptes rendus des réunions ;
- Participer à la documentation des procédures.
Adjoint(e) du secrétaire général du laboratoire
Application deadline: January 31, 2024
Post-doctoral position
Discover the 2024 CREST Job Market Placement
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MICHELE FABI Primary field: Microeconomics Secondary field: Financial Economics JMP 1: A theory of Crowdfunding Dynamics JMP 2: Blockchain design with transmission delays |
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MYRIAM KASSOUL Primary fields: Financial Econometrics, Market Microstructure Secondary fields: Financial Networks, Financial Contagion, Systemic Risk, Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies JMP: Market Microstructure of Uniswap |
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MARGARITA KIRNEVA Primary Fields: Microeconomic Theory Secondary Field: Game theory, Political economy, Social choice JMP: Informing to divert attention |
Placement Officer
2023:
Léa Bou Sleiman (Post-doc National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) then Assistant Professor, Lee Yuan Yew School of Public Policy of National University of Singapore)
Pauline Carry (Post-doc Becker Friedman Institute of University of Chicago then Assistant Professor Princeton, USA)
Germain Gauthier (Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy)
Etienne Guigue (Post-doc KU Leuven then Assistant Professor LMU Munich, Germany)
Martin Mugnier (Post-doc University of Oxford then Assistant Professor Paris School of Economics, France)
Elio Nimier-David (Post-doc Chicago Booth then Assistant Professor Cornell University, USA)
2022:
Julien Monardo (Assistant Professor, Bristol U.)
Pierre-Edouard Collignon (Assistant Professor, Laval, Canada)
Gwenn-Jiro Clochard (Post-doc University of Chicago then Assistant Professor, Osaka, Japan)
2021:
Antoine Ferey (Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximilian U., Münich)
Bérengère Patault (Assistant Professor, U. of Amsterdam)
Emilie Sartre (post-doc, Brown U.);
Jérémy Hervelin (post-doc, Cergy-Pontoise U.)
2020:
Clémence Tricaud (Assistant Professor, UCLA, Anderson)
Ao Wang (Assistant Professor, U. of Warwick)
Anasuya Raj (Assistant Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University, Münich after post-doc at University of Zürich)
Alfonso Montes (Post-Doc at Thema, Cergy-Pontoise University)
Antoine Bertheau (Post-doc at Copenhagen University)
Yannick Guyonvarch (Post-doc at Telecom-Paris)
2019:
Claire Montialoux (Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley)
Tomas Jagelka (Post-doc, Bonn)
Reda Aboutadjine (Young Professional Program (YPP), World Bank)
2018:
Daphné Skandalis (Economist, Fed New York)
Alicia Marguerie (YPP, World Bank)
Victor Lyonnet (Assistant Professor, Ohio State)
Hugo Molina (Post-doc, KU Leuven, CR INRA October 2019)
Julie Pernaudet (Post-doc, Chicago)
Sandra Nevoux (Economist, Banque de France)
Sebastian Franco-Bedoya (economist, World Bank)
2017:
Jeanne Commault (Post-doc EUI, now Assistant Professor, SciencesPo)
Robert Somogyi (Post-doc CORE, now Assistant Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
Arnaud Goussebaille (Post-doc, ETH Zurich)
A selection of previous years’ PhD students who received a CREST scholarship and did their PhD time at CREST:
Pauline Rossi (2016, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, now tenured)
Thomas Le Barbanchon (2015, Assistant Professor, Bocconi, now Associate Professor with tenure, received an ERC starting grant)
Arnaud Philippe (2015, Post-doc IAST-TSE, 2018 Assistant Professor, Bristol)
Antonin Macé (2014, Assistant Professor, Aix-Marseille, 2015 CR CNRS AMSE, now PSE)
Rafael Treibich (2014, Assistant Professor, University of Southern Denmark, now Associate Professor)
Roland Rathelot (2014, Assistant Professor, Warwick, now Associate Professor with tenure)
Jordan Roulleau-Pasdeloup (2013, Post-doc Lausanne, now Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore)
Isis Durrmeyer (2012, Post-doc Mannheim, now Assistant Professor TSE, just received an ERC starting grant)
Sophie Osotimehin (2012, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, now at UQAM)
Arnaud Maurel (2011, Assistant Professor, Duke)
And not to mention Stéphane Bonhomme (2005, Professor Chicago).