Toulouse Graduate School défis en économie et sciences sociales quantitatives

Since its start in December 2018 and during the latest year 2022-2023, EUR CHESS continued to advance on its long-term strategy following its three major objectives: (1) fostering the institution-building and international recognition of TSE and IAST; (2) strengthening TSE’s graduate programs; (3) enhancing world-class research in economics and quantitative social sciences including multidisciplinary approaches.

The major developments of the CHESS project since December 2018 were realization during the latest reporting period 2022-2023 in brackets): (1)  14 (6 in 2022-2023) junior faculty hires and 5 (2) senior hires at TSE, as well as 4  (1)permanent recruitments and 36 (6) research Fellows at IAST; (2) a high volume of 738 (120) articles in peer-reviewed journals and 206 (7) books and book chapters, as well as 426 (108) publications with PIA acknowledgement; (3) 133 journal articles in top journals in economics (rank 1 and 2) and 243 articles by IAST; (4) 122 international academic conferences, 869 academic visitors, and new online activities since the pandemic; (5) excellent position in worldwide rankings in economics: No. 8 (REPEc) and No. 21 (Shanghai) ; (6) 8 new ERC grants (3 in 2022-2023) and 17 ANR grants, expanding TSE’s place as the No.2 ERC grant recipient in Europe; (7) 60 awards and honorific nominations and about 25 editorial board memberships; (8) reinforced job market preparation in the PhD program; (9) strong placement record on the PhD job market with 8 positions at top-20 institutions; (10) a successful multi-disciplinary Summer School since 2021 organized by IAST and launch of two new multi-disciplinary Masters;  (13) significant increase in social media and media presence, with 666 media contributions, online public debates as well as the Common Good Summit since 2021; (14) new research partnerships and successful completion of second private fundraising campaign; (15) a strong financial position and spending from EUR CHESS on track.