research

My research focuses on how economists categorize inequalities, distinguishing between legitimate differences and unjust discrimination. I explore how this distinction has evolved since the late 19th century and examines the implications of these perspectives. I wrote on the history of gender and racial discrimination in the United States in the postwar period and the history of equal pay in the United Kingdom from the 1880s to the 1940s.

I am also interested in the intertwined nature of epistemic, political, and ethical values, particularly how the concept of value-free knowledge is strategically used in court and in policy. I have explored these questions by analysing the work of economists as well as broader phenomena, including the rise of evidence-based policy, the role of expertise in court, and the politicization of science.

A complete list of my publications and research activities can be found in my CV (sept. 2025).

work-in-Progress

A History of Wages / with François Allisson / a blogpost on the project is available here / 2025

recent publications (selection)

[Article] ‘Economics is Not a Men’s Field’: A History of the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession / with Béatrice Cherrier & John Singleton / working paper / History of Political Economy / two related blogposts are available here and here / research mentioned in The Economist (9 January 2020) / 2025

[Article] Modelling Intervention: Barbara Bergmann’s micro-to-macro simulation projects / preprint / European Journal of the History of Economic Thought / with Aurélien Goutsmedt / 2025

[Article] Contested Values: Economic Expertise in the Comparable Worth Controversy, USA, 1979-1989 / Economy & Society / 2023

[Special Issue] The Computerization of Economics. Computers, Programming, and the Internet in the History of Economics / with Marcel Boumans, Pierrick Dechaux and Francesco Sergi / Œconomia: History| Methodology| Philosophy / 2023

[Annual Supplement] Women and Economics: New Historical Perspectives / with Evelyn Forget and John Singleton / History of Political Economy / 2022

interviews / podcasts

Episode 31 / Ceteris never paribus / 2023

Nurses’ pay, ambulance times and forgotten female economists / BBC 4,
More of Less: Behind the Stats / 2023

Où sont les femmes économistes ? Ni vues ni connues : portraits d’oubliées / France Culture, Entendez-vous l’éco, by Tiphaine de Rocquigny / 2022

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast, episode 46 / 2021