Institut de recherches économiques et sociales (IRES)

L’école des sciences économiques de Louvain (UCL) reconnue pour la qualité de sa recherche par IDEAS/RePEc

Ce classement prestigieux place aujourd’hui les économistes de l’UCL en tête en Belgique, devant leurs collègues de la Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). En outre, les économistes de l’UCL se situent à la 12ème place du classement européen, et la 33ème place du classement mondial.

On Saturday 31st, Isabelle Cassiers will become member of  the "Académie Royale de Belgique"

Since September, IRES has a new chairman. Vincent Bodart has been elected for 3 years to succeed to Bruno Van der Linden.
Frédéric Docquier will keep the responsibility of Research Director for the coming academic year.

Etienne Lehmann (CREST, INSEE and IRES research associate) has been nominated for the price of the best young French economist. You can find more about it in an article published in Le Monde Economie of Tuesday 24 May 2011. Copies are available at the IRES Library

Call for papers for the workshop on "Taxation, Transfers and the Labour Market"

Florian Mayneris was awarded the "Prix 2010 de la chancellerie des universités de Paris"

Friday April 29, 2011
Ghent University, Het Pand - Ghent
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