I am a Senior Economist at the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, leading several initiatives on the inclusion of LGBTIQ+ individuals and visible minorities. Prior to assuming this role, I have contributed to the OECD’s work on gender equality and youth employment, as well as to the OECD’s support to developing countries. I was also responsible for organizing the International Diversity Forum, an OECD conference on the inclusion of marginalized groups, in 2018. In 2022, I received the “LGBT+ Role Model Ally – Leader” award by L’Autre Cercle, the French leading NGO advocating for LGBTIQ+ inclusive workplaces.

My academic background includes a doctorate from the Ecole Polytechnique and an “Habilitation to Supervise Research” (HDR) from Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University, a qualification in France that demonstrates capacity to lead high-level scientific projects. Additionally, I hold three Master’s degrees: a Master “Analysis and Policy in Economics” from the Paris School of Economics, a Master of Science in Management (Grande Ecole) from HEC Paris and, following my studies at the University of Cologne (Germany), a CEMS Master in International Management. I further obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University.

Prior to joining the OECD in 2016, I dedicated eight years to research and teaching at both Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University and the Paris School of Economics, where I continue to serve as an Associate Professor. My research primarily revolves around labour market discriminations and development economics and has been featured in top-tier journals like the Economic Journal, PNAS, World Bank Economic Review, and World Development. The key findings of my research on anti-Muslim discrimination in Christian-heritage countries, in collaboration with Claire L. Adida and David D. Laitin, were published in the book "Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies" by Harvard University Press in 2016. In 2018, together with Stéphane Carcillo, I published with Sciences Po Press the book "Les discriminations au travail" which addresses a broad spectrum of discrimination grounds in the labour market. The book received the 2019 Turgot Prize-Honourable Mention, as well as the 2020 Prize for the Best Book on the World of Labour by Le Toit Citoyen.

We will publish in May 2025 at MIT Press a more comprehensive book on labour market discrimination entitled "Invisible Barriers. Understanding and Overcoming Discrimination in the Workplace". Fore more information, see https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262552134/invisible-barriers/.

I joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2018.