Highlights
PhD students, researchers, engineers, professors... Key players who have left their mark on the world of research through prizes and publications, and an inventory of recent projects and discoveries..
Notable discoveries
- NASA-style approach needed to prevent “bad science” influencing COVID policy, say researchersA new paper in Nature: Human Behaviour says behavioural science needs to undergo rigorous testing before it informs public policy on critical issues such as government responses to Covid-19. If no such testing can be do...Find out more
- How much will polar ice sheets add to sea level rise?Over 99% of terrestrial ice is bound up in the ice sheets covering Antarctic and Greenland. Even partial melting of this ice due to climate change will significantly contribute to sea level rise. But how much exactly? Fo...Find out more
Awards and honors
- AppointmentProfessor Virgile Chassagnon of Université Grenoble Alpes, one of three nominees for Best Young Economist of France 2020At the age of 38, Virgile Chassagnon, professor at Université Grenoble Alpes and founding director of the Institut de recherche pour l’économie politique de l'entreprise (Research institute for the political economy of b...Find out more
- Accolade/AwardThe 2020 Grands Prix of the Foundations of the Institut de FranceThe Grand Prix Scientifique of the Charles Defforey Foundation, on the theme "Exoplanets", was awarded to Jean-Luc Beuzit [1], Anthony Boccaletti [2], Gael Chauvin [3], Thierry Fusco [4] , Maud Langlois [5] and David Mou...Find out more
Published on October 7, 2020
Updated onOctober 7, 2020
Updated onOctober 7, 2020
