Jef Van Gerwen sj Chair

Gaël Giraud is a French economist, specialized in general equilibrium theory, game theory, finance and energy issues. He is chief economist at the Agence Française de Développement, affiliated with University of Paris 1-Sorbonne Economic Centre (CES) and associated researcher at the Paris School of Economics (PSE). He is also member of the Scientific Committee of the “Laboratoire d’Excellence” devoted to financial regulation (LabEx ReFi) and member of the Steering Committee on the Energy Shift within the French government.

He has published fifteen research articles in Anglo-saxon academic reviews in economy, and four books including La théorie des jeux (Garnier-Flammarion, 2005), 20 propositions pour réformer le capitalisme (Édition Garnier-Flammarion, 2009), Le facteur 12, pourquoi il faut plafonner les revenus, with Cécile Renouard (Carnets Nord, Paris, March 2012) and Illusion financière (Les Éditions de l’Atelier, March 2013). Gaël Giraud is a Jesuit, living a spiritual and intellectual life dedicated to social justice.