CV

General Information

Full Name Alexandre Grellet
Position PhD Student, Department of Economics, Sciences Po
Email alexandre.grellet[at]sciencespo.fr
Languages French, English

Education

  • 2025 - 2028
    PhD in Economics (in preparation)
    Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
    • Specializing in the evaluation of public policies, with an expertise on education policies, particularly in France.
  • 2021 - 2023
    Master's in Economics (Cum Laude)
    Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
    • Certificate available online.
  • 2018 - 2021
    Undergraduate in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (MIASHS), with Highest Honours
    Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
    • Dual degree between Paris 1 and Sciences Po Paris (SMASS).
    • Courses
      • Real analysis, linear and bilinear algebra, probability and statistics (covering measure theory).
      • Coding (Python and SQL), methods in computer science (advantages and limits of classes of algorithms).
  • 2018 - 2021
    Bachelor, Economics and Societies Major
    Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
    • Dual degree between Paris 1 and Sciences Po Paris (SMASS).
    • Courses
      • Microeconomics, digital sociology, history of the welfare state, history of the XIXth and XXth centuries.
      • Political science, sociology.

Research Experience

  • Ongoing
    Researcher – Lalilo Project
    France
    • Principal Investigators C. Barone and E. Huillery.
    • Impact evaluation of an edtech aiming to help students learn how to read, currently running in 200+ schools.
  • Ongoing
    Researcher – Quantification of the Effects of School Evaluation in France
    France
    • Quantifying the effects of school evaluation guided by the Conseil d'Evaluation de l'Ecole.
    • Assessing whether evaluations induce meaningful improvement in students' learning outcomes.
    • Planning cost-benefit analysis to compare this intervention to other policies such as teacher inspections.
  • Ongoing
    Researcher – Mobility within the French Education System
    France
    • Co-author M. Gurgand.
    • Assessing the extent to which there is mobility in the French education system at primary and secondary school levels.
    • Estimating the joint distribution of early- and late-achievement and its policy implications.
  • Ongoing
    Researcher – ICC Project
    IDEE / J-PAL Europe, France
    • Compiled an open-source database of intra-cluster correlation coefficients in the field of education in France.
    • Coefficients are integrated into the IDEE power calculator.

Professional Experience

  • 2023 - 2025
    Research Associate – IDEE Program
    J-PAL Europe, Paris, France
    • Supporting researchers in the design of randomized controlled trials (randomization level, power calculations, statistical analyses).
    • Delivering methodological trainings for researchers and PhD students on power calculations, ITT vs LATE, encouragement designs, attrition, and GDPR compliance.
    • Delivering introductory trainings in impact evaluation to civil servants.
    • Leading the release of the IDEE power calculator.
  • 2022 - 2023
    Research Assistant
    Centre de Recherche en Economie et STatistiques (CREST), Palaiseau, France
    • Elaborating an RCT testing a gamified approach to improve self-efficacy of jobseekers, in partnership with France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi).

Teaching Experience

  • 2024 - now
    Teacher – Causal Statistics for Treatment Models
    ENS-PSL, Paris, France
    • Joint course for third-year undergraduate students in economics and first-year graduate students in cognitive science.
    • Topics covered
      • Rubin potential outcome framework, randomized controlled trials, instrumental variables.
      • Regression discontinuity designs, difference-in-differences.
      • Introduction to machine learning for estimation of conditional average treatment effects (causal trees and forests).
  • 2024 - now
    Teaching Assistant – Policy Analysis and Policy Evaluation
    Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
    • Course in the Master of Public Affairs, economics track. Lecturers Clément Imbert (fall) and Justine Knebellmann (spring).
    • Topics include linear regression, matching, RCTs, regression discontinuity design, difference-in-differences, and instrumental variables.
  • 2024 - 2025
    Teacher – Introduction to Statistics
    Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
    • Introductory course for first-year undergraduate students.
    • Topics covered
      • Standard measures (means, standard deviations, variance, quantiles), bivariate analysis, sampling.
      • Statistical tests (chi-2, t-test), confidence intervals, significance level, linear regression, data visualization.
  • 2024
    Teaching Assistant – Evaluating Social Programs
    J-PAL Europe, Rabat, Morocco
    • Week-long training on randomized evaluations, their design and implementation, and evidence-based policy applications.
  • 2019 - 2022
    Teaching Assistant – Introduction to Digital Culture and Skills
    University Paris 1, Paris, France
    • Course by Prof. Valérie Monfort.
    • Taught classes, proposed and graded in-class exams and homeworks, monitored final exams.