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Alexandra Roulet

Associate Professor of Economics and Political Science

Alexandra Roulet

Alexandra Roulet is an Associate Professor of Economics at INSEAD. She is also a CEPR Research Fellow and co-directs the CEPR Research Policy Network on "Growth, Innovation and Social Model in Europe".

Alexandra’s research focuses on labour economics and has been published in leading academic journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics or the Journal of Public Economics. She is the co-winner of the 2017 Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award. In 2024 she was named the best French economist under 40 by Le Cercle des économistes and the newspaper Le Monde.

Alexandra worked as economic advisor to President Macron and Prime Minister Borne from June 2022 to September 2023. She is currently a member of the French Council of Economic Analysis.

She graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, and earned her PhD in Economics at Harvard University in 2017.





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Technology & Innovation

What the Next AI Revolution May Look Like

Alexandra Roulet

Move aside, large language models. Smarter, more controlled world models are the future, says prominent AI architect Yann LeCun.

Leadership & Organisations

The Courage to Tackle Fear as a Leader

Alexandra Roulet

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Economics & Finance

Consumers’ Green Conscience Fosters Clean Innovation

A. Roulet, P. Aghion

It’s not cheap talk; when market competition is fierce, the effect of consumers’ values on green innovation can be as strong as a large fuel price increase.

Economics & Finance

Bridging Prosperity and Need

Alexandra Roulet

A country's overall economic figures don't always speak to the difficulty of life for many people. Even Singapore needs a food bank.

Career & Development

Why Not Enough Women Are Senior Leaders

A. Roulet, A. Lawson

True parity in the workplace is still a distant goal. INSEAD faculty outline why women aren’t advancing and the role gender stereotypes play.

Responsibility

Why We Haven’t Fixed Gender Inequality at Work

Alexandra Roulet

Research by Claudia Goldin, the 2023 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, offers ground-breaking insights about a long-standing problem.