I am a French economist. I am interested in non-monetary incentives and management practices in the workplace (incl. in the military) and their broader impacts on the economy and society, how information, opinion, and behaviours spread among people, and in the meta-science of economics (incl. open science). Trained as a theoretician, I also use causal inference, laboratory experiments, and computational methods (such as natural language processing) in my research.

I have resumed working on my PhD (more details here) at CEREFIGE at the University of Lorraine (Nancy, Lorraine, France). My PhD is funded by the ANR grant Wave (ANR-23-CE26-0021, ANR is the French National Research Agency) and is supervised by Patrice Laroche and Anne Stévenot.

I am also an adjunct professor in economics at the Department of Law, Economics, and Management at the University of Lorraine and a junior partner and the consulting editor at Standard Error Research Editors (Chicago, United States).

Finally, I am involved in local politics in Nancy with Mathieu Klein.

On my spare time, I enjoy hiking, photography, travelling, roller coasters and theme parks — among other things.


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I write about non-monetary incentives and management practices in the workplace, in the defence sector, and about the meta-science of economics.

Olivier Simard-Casanova

Economist / Économiste

The AEA has banned Larry Summers for life

On a statement released on social media, the American Economic Association has communicated that the association has banned Larry Summers for life:

Olivier Simard-Casanova
December 02, 2025

A second shot at a PhD

I have an unexpected and exciting professional news to share.

A second shot at a PhD
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September 21, 2025

The Financial Times quoted Bluesky posts published by economists

Bluesky is becoming an increasingly appealing social media platform for economists.

Olivier Simard-Casanova
March 02, 2025

Katalin Karikó, status in academia and the lost scientific discoveries

The status game in academia probably comes at a significant social cost.

Olivier Simard-Casanova
October 10, 2023

The most watched economics seminar in history?

A lot of people watched Florian Ederer’s presentation of his joint working paper on EJMR.

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August 22, 2023

Olivier Simard-Casanova

Economist / Économiste