The Francophone Mobility Chairs are awarded to international researchers who are recognized as specialists in the Francophonie in various fields and who are conducting research at the University of Ottawa. Four new chairs have been awarded to the following researchers. [ + ]

Jean Tirole, Professor of Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, has been appointed by Emmanuel Macron to head a commission of experts on major economic challenges. Christian Gollier, Director of TSE, will lead the climate component. [ + ]

Nour Meddahi, Professor of Economics (Toulouse School of Economics and UT Capitole) has been elected Fellow of the Econometric Society, the most prestigious learned society in the field of economics. [ + ]

Marianne Andries (Toulouse School of Economics) and Guillaume Vuillemey (HEC) won the 4nations cup 2018. [ + ]

Aurore Gaillet, researcher- lecturer at IRDEIC (Toulouse Capitole University) has been appointed junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) for a renewable five-year term starting on October 1st 2018. Her research work deals with the following topic : « The German rule of law and the Federal Constitutional Court : an intellectual and political contextualization ». [ + ]

The FNEGE has just awarded two ex-aequo prizes for the 2012 best book in Management Studies. [ + ]

Michel Leroy and Marc Iwanesko were awarded the 2012 Legal book prize of the year at the "Place au Droit" fair for their book : "Clause bénéficiaire en assurance-vie" (Life insurance beneficiary clause) [ + ]

The Kuhmo Nectar annual conference of the International Transportation Economics Association (ITEA) about transportation economics brings together international researchers working on all aspects of transportation economics, including infrastructures and rural and urban planning. [ + ]