Established in 2006 as a Foundation for Scientific Cooperation (Fondation de Coopération Scientifique) by the CNRS, the EHESS, the École des Ponts ParisTech, the École normale supérieure (ENS-PSL), the INRAE and the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, the Paris School of Economics comprises a community of 135 researchers and 166 doctoral candidates.
The PSE conducts research and teaches economics courses at the highest international level. It actively encourages exchanges between economic analysts and the other social scientists, contributes to economic policy debates and makes its scholarly research accessible via its Partnership Programme and its actions “Economics for everybody”.
It ranks first in Europe and fifth in the world among economics departments according to the RePEc rankings.
Esther Duflo was elected President of PSE in January 2024.
