The conference venue

The conference will take place on the campus of the Toulouse Capitole Univerity, one of the world's oldest universities, founded in 1229. The university is renowned for its scientific excellence and offers some of the top degrees in France and Europe.
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The organizing institution

Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), with its 42-year history, is today a centre of academic excellence in the world of economic research. now identifies itself as a center of academic excellence in the global economic research landscape. Founded by Professor Jean-Jacques Laffont in 1981, it quickly gained international renown. Its building, a true architectural gem in the heart of the "pink city", was honored with the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. Every year, hundreds of researchers from top universities worldwide come to share their expertise. TSE ranks 3rd among European recipients of prestigious European Research Council grants. Simultaneously, it is ranked 16th globally among economics schools according to the 2024 Shanghai ranking and 8th according to REPEC. It annually welcomes over 2000 students from 90 different nationalities, attracted by the excellence of its teaching programs. In 2024, most of the graduates held senior management positions. TSE embodies primarily a collective adventure where all its members work together to advance economic science. As Jean Tirole, Nobel laureate in economics in 2014 and professor at TSE, expressed, "We owe our reputation to teamwork.