CV

General Information
| Full Name | Adrien Rougier |
| Current Position | Postdoctoral researcher, Computational Social Science (CSS) team |
| Institution | CREST — Institut Polytechnique de Paris / Hi! PARIS |
| Location | Palaiseau, France |
| adrien.rougier@ensae.fr | |
| Languages | French (native), English (fluent), Japanese (intermediate, JLPT-equivalent B2), Spanish (intermediate) |
Academic Positions
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2026 - 2028 Postdoctoral researcher in computational social science
CREST — Computational Social Science (CSS) team, Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Hi! PARIS program (HEC Paris — Institut Polytechnique de Paris — Inria)
- Co-organiser of the AI & Social Science seminar (CSS-IPP), since January 2026
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2019 - 2025 Doctoral researcher (joint PhD / cotutelle)
École doctorale d'économie, Université Lumière Lyon 2 & École doctorale en sciences politiques et sociales, Université libre de Bruxelles -
2019 - 2025 Teaching and research assistant, Department of Political Science
Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales, Université libre de Bruxelles - Research (50%) — Teaching / Administration (50%), 6-year appointment
Doctoral Thesis
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Différences et désaccords entre économistes. Le cas de l'après-crise de 2008 en France
Defended 24 September 2025 - Supervisors: Agnès Labrousse, Jean-Yves Pranchère
- Committee: Jean-Luc De Meulemeester, Étienne Ollion, Laurence Scialom, Mathieu Hauchecorne, Arthur Jatteau
Education
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2018-2019 Département de sciences sociales
École Normale Supérieure (Ulm) -
2016-2018 Département d'économie
École Normale Supérieure (Ulm) -
2018-2019 Master's in Political Theory (research), 2nd year
Sciences Po Paris -
2016-2017 Master's in Political Theory (research), 1st year
Sciences Po Paris -
2017-2018 Master's in Economics of Institutions, 2nd year
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales — Université Paris Nanterre -
2017 Research internship (2 months)
Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan) — Ministry of Science and Technology grant -
2013-2017 Master 1 in Public Law / Licence in Private Law / Licence in Economics
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne -
2015 Semester exchange
New York University
Selected Publications
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2025 Le localisme universitaire, nouvelles évaluations
with O. Godechot, R. Issiakou, Y. Renisio — La Vie des idées -
2024 Schoolness Effect and Academic Journals: The Case of the Revue de la Régulation (2007-2023)
Revue de la régulation. Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs -
2026 Academic inbreeding — new estimates
with co-authors — Books & Ideas -
Full publication list and work in progress
Research Stays & Training
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Jun-Sep 2025 Visiting researcher (ULB fellowship)
Institut français de recherche sur le Japon à Tokyo (UMIFRE 19, CNRS-MAEDI) -
Feb-Apr 2024 Visiting researcher (ULB fellowship)
Institut français de recherche sur le Japon à Tokyo (UMIFRE 19, CNRS-MAEDI) -
Dec 2026 - Mar 2027 Visiting researcher (incoming)
The Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo -
2022-2024 Japanese language certificate, level B2 (120h)
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) -
2023 Machine learning for social science (48h)
QuantiLille Summer School (CNRS) -
2019 4-year doctoral contract in political science (declined)
European University Institute
Teaching & Academic Responsibilities
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2025 Globalization Studies (POLI-D434), M1
Teaching Assistant — Université libre de Bruxelles -
2025 Final dissertation seminar, quantitative methods (POLI-D543), M2
Université libre de Bruxelles -
2025 Introduction to Research in Political Science, quantitative methods (POLI-D213), L2
Université libre de Bruxelles -
2023 Politique économique (POLI-D302), L2
Teaching Assistant — Université libre de Bruxelles -
2021-2023 International Political Economy (POLI-D445), M1
Teaching Assistant — Université libre de Bruxelles -
2019-2021 Histoire de la pensée politique I (POLI-D102), L1
Teaching Assistant — Université libre de Bruxelles -
2022 Économie (classes préparatoires ECT, L2/L3)
Le Rebours, Paris -
Aug 2023 - Sep 2025 Coordinator of political science student exchanges
Université libre de Bruxelles -
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025 Member, Faculty Ethics Committee
Faculté de Philosophie et Sciences sociales, Université libre de Bruxelles
Scientific Organisation
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2026 Co-organiser, open session « Histoire et sociologie des économistes »
15e congrès de l'AFEP, Saint-Brieuc -
since 2026 Co-organiser, AI & Social Science seminar
CSS-IPP -
2025 Co-organiser, open session « Histoire et sociologie des économistes » (11 speakers)
14e congrès de l'AFEP, Bordeaux -
2022 Organiser, closed session « Sociologie des économistes en France » (6 speakers)
11e congrès de l'AFEP, Amiens -
2022 Co-organiser, Doctoriales (26 speakers)
11e congrès de l'AFEP, Amiens -
2021 Organiser, open session « Pluralisme, orthodoxie et hétérodoxie » (21 speakers)
10e congrès de l'AFEP, Toulouse
Skills
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Programming languages
- R, Python
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IDE
- RStudio, Positron, VS Code
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Technical writing
- LaTeX, Markdown, Quarto
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Web scraping
- HTML/CSS, JavaScript, SPARQL
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Data cleaning
- OpenRefine
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Network analysis
- Gephi
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Collaborative environments
- Overleaf, GitHub
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Graphic editing
- Illustrator, Inkscape
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Annotation
- ActiveTigger