16^th June - NYU and PSE to announce global partnership

New York University (NYU) and the Paris School of Economics (PSE) announce a global partnership that will create a faculty exchange program between the two institutions. In addition to facilitating faculty and research collaboration between the schools, the partnership will bring members of the PSE faculty to teach courses in NYU’s global network, beginning at NYU Abu Dhabi this fall.

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The exchange program will allow for sponsored research visits, ranging in length from two weeks to two months, enabling faculty to move between NYU’s New York campus and PSE, and providing them with the opportunity to collaborate on topics of shared interest. In Abu Dhabi, PSE faculty will teach both individually and jointly with NYU faculty.

“We are very excited to bring together two of the world’s leading economics faculties, and we are hopeful that this partnership will not only lead to outstanding collaborative research, but also provide undergraduates at NYU Abu Dhabi with the opportunity to learn from some of the field’s leading minds” said NYU Provost David McLaughlin.
PSE Director François Bourguignon said: “NYU and PSE share a common vision for developing an integrated worldwide network of research and teaching in Economics. We are really proud to work hand-in-hand with NYU to push the knowledge frontier and to give a cutting-edge economics training to the next generation of global leaders”.

The agreement will be formalized during a signing ceremony at NYU New York on Friday, June 17, 2011, at 12 pm. NYU Provost David McLaughlin and NYU Abu Dhabi Senior Vice Provost Ron Robin, will be joined by Francois Bourguignon, the director of the PSE, and Pierre-Andre Chiappori, president of the PSE’s Scientific Council.

Media wishing to attend the ceremony should contact Josh Taylor (josh.taylor at nyu.edu).

• NYU/NYUAD Contacts
  Josh Taylor, 917.544.3273, josh.taylor at nyu.edu
  John Beckman, 212.998.6848, john. beckman at nyu.edu

• PSE Contacts
  Sylvain Riffé, sylvain.riffe at parisschoolofeconomics.eu

About New York University
Founded in 1831, NYU is one of world’s foremost research universities and a member of the selective Association of American Universities. The first Global Network University, it has degree-granting university campuses in New York and Abu Dhabi, and has announced a third in Shanghai; has a dozen other global academic sites; and sends more students to study abroad than any other U.S. college or university. Through its 18 schools and colleges, NYU conducts research and provides education in the arts and sciences, law, medicine, business, dentistry, education, nursing, the cinematic and performing arts, music and studio arts, public administration, social work, and continuing and professional studies, among other areas.

About NYU Abu Dhabi
NYU Abu Dhabi consists of a highly selective liberal arts and science college (including engineering), and a world center for advanced research and scholarship — all fully integrated with each other and connected to NYU in New York. Together, NYU New York and NYU Abu Dhabi form the backbone of a unique Global Network University, with faculty and students from either New York or Abu Dhabi spending “semesters away” at one or more of the numerous study abroad sites NYU maintains on five continents.

About Paris School of Economics
Created on the 21^st of December 2006, the Paris School of Economics is a French research and teaching institute of international standing in Economics. It stands, at the forefront in several research areas in economics and ranks among the top 5 economic research institutions in Europe. It runs highly selective graduate teaching programmes, from masters to PhD. With a little more than 130 faculty and research fellows, regular research seminars in most leading research areas and an intensive visitor program, PSE has become an international hub in economic research.