🎧 What really drives inequality?

Discover our new episode of Crossing Channels podcasts!

In this new episode, Richard Westcott talks to Jack Newman, Angie Acquatella and Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg about the forces that shape inequality today.

Tune in here: https://pod.pulse.ly/k8l3rpixoq 🤝

Headline Research : Et si la montée du populisme en Europe n’était pas qu’une question de colère, mais plutôt une crise de représentation ? 🔍

Découvrez deux études menées à ce sujet par Laurenz Guenther chercheur à l'IAST.

👉 Pour en savoir plus : https://tse-fr.pulse.ly/smba00v47i

Découvrez le dernier article de @jfbonnefon.bsky.social publié dans @france.theconversation.com sur le sujet des effets inquiétants de l'IA sur nos comportements et les risques accrus de malhonnêteté de ses utilisateurs. 📝

👇 Article complet à lire ci-dessous :

https://lnkd.pulse.ly/jfkgvdw9uv

IAST extends its warmest congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics, for their pioneering work on growth and innovation ! 👏

Joel Mokyr served on IAST Scientific Board from 2015 to 2024.

@jfbonnefon.bsky.social

🎧 Are universities ready for the age of AI?

Discover our fifth season of Crossing Channels podcasts!

🎧 Season 5, episode 1 - Tune in here: https://pod.pulse.ly/4xpvkmeutq

🤝 Co-produced by IAST, Toulouse School of Economics and Bennett School of Public Policy

It's hiring season at @iast.fr!

- 2y research postdoc contract
- Full autonomy, you are your own PI
- Awesome multidisciplinary environment
- All social and behavioral sciences welcome
- Seed funding for projects and workshops
- Gorgeous city in the south of France

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

🌙 Nuit des chercheur·e·s

📍Toulouse - 03/10 dès 18h !

+200 chercheur·e·s sortent de leur labo pour partager leurs découvertes de façon simple et ludique.

🎙️ Adrien Blanchet (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qxd7gfymiv2jryq5nvn3v4vs" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@iast.fr, TSE), Mathurin Passard (doctorant à TSE) et @maximederex.bsky.social (TSE, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qxd7gfymiv2jryq5nvn3v4vs" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@iast.fr, CNRS) seront présents.

🎬End of season 4 of Crossing Channels!

How does migration change our world?

🔎Find out part of the answer from Emmanuelle Auriol (@tse-fr.eu) in a discussion hosted by Richard Westcott and joined by Catherine Barnard from the @cam.ac.uk.

🎧Tune in here : pod.fo/e/309b75
👋 @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk

📣 Call to all disgust nerds out there: Join our interdisciplinary conference on 'Disgust across borders'!

🗓️ Dec 4 & 5
📍Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse @iast.fr
💡Four fantastic keynotes, roundtables, & more

Submit your abstracts and register by *August 31* here: forms.gle/QBmkUB3aLDjY...

🎧 New podcast!
How does migration change our world?

In the season 4 finale, we are joined by Emmanuelle Auriol @tse-fr.eu and Catherine Barnard @cam.ac.uk to chat about the economic, legal & social impacts of migration.
Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/309b75

Created with our friends @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk 👋

💡What is the value of speaking other languages?
This episode explores how multilingualism shapes identity, thinking, and relationships & why it matters for education, policy, and social cohesion in a connected world.

🎧Tune in here https://pod.pulse.ly/ochcoudwwu
👋 @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk

🆕[PODCAST] What is the value of speaking other languages?

Richard Westcott talks with Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Benjamin Pitt about how language shapes minds, identities, and societies and why it’s much more than just communication.

🎧 pod.fo/e/2fb7e1
🤝 @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk @tse-fr.eu

The Friends of IAST conference has come to an end

Thank you to all the attendees, presenters, partners & organizers for the richness of the moments we shared together: discussions, presentations as well as informal exchanges during the coffee breaks!

👋 @minhuayan.bsky.social S. Mitter J. Stieglitz

📅Let's meet on Dec 4 & 5 to ̶d̶i̶s̶g̶u̶s̶t̶ discuss about Disgust accross borders, a theme that's anything but tasteless !

👃 As you'll see very soon, the program is still appetizing.

⬇️Interested in presenting? Subdmissions are now open!⬇️
@cmolho.bsky.social @csarabian.bsky.social @atognetti.bsky.social

👋 Create links with the IAST community: either with alumni, or with current research fellows...

If you are part of the IAST community and would like to be added to the starter kit, send us a DM! 📩 #FriendsOfIAST

👇 Join the conversation ! 👇
go.bsky.app/5mQmnLF

🎉 The Friends of IAST conference kicks off today in Toulouse!

Held every two years, this event brings together IAST alumni and new research fellows—two days of reconnecting, sharing ideas, and sparking new collaborations.

👋Organizers: @minhuayan.bsky.social S. Mitter J. Stieglitz

NEXT WEEK
3rd IAST-OXPO CONFERENCE in Political Economy
📍Nuffield College
📅 3-4, July 2025
@damienbol.bsky.social, @phbono.bsky.social, Floriane Labarussiat, Can Zengin from @cevipof.bsky.social will have the opportunity to present/discuss their work.
@ox.ac.uk @iast.fr @sciencespo.bsky.social
👇

Why is democracy so fragile—and autocracy so resilient?
📅June 23-24

Line-up: @bartonelee2.bsky.social @janeesberg.bsky.social @felixhaass.bsky.social @mattingly.bsky.social @monikanalepa.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social &+

ℹ️ www.iast.fr/conferences/...

🎙[PODCAST] Why do we choose what we choose? Here @cmolho.bsky.social's analysis from the latest episode of Crossing Channels �Ÿ‘‰ https://pod.fo/e/2d105c What is your opinion about that ? 🤔 💬R. Wescott w/ C. Molho, M. Müller, @simoneschnall.bsky.social 🤝 @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk & ...

🎙️ Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding

📅 June 23–24, 2025
📍 Toulouse

Join us for an interdisciplinary workshop gathering top researchers on autocratic politics and democratic backsliding.

Don't forget to register ! 👉 shorturl.at/JpaBe

Starting the 2nd day of the 12th EconBio Workshop with an intriguing talk from @siobhancully.bsky.social about the gender contributions - and biases - on the evolution of the human life cycle #lifehistory @iast.fr @piretavila.bsky.social @olkcampbell.bsky.social

[TSE REFLECT] 🧬 Is the future of healthcare already here?

Discover how wearables reshape pharma, how air pollution worsens antibiotic resistance, and what genetic testing means for insurance. Plus: food systems, superbugs & key health events.

📖 Read: https://bit.ly/TSE-Reflect-29

[PODCAST]
🧠 Why do we choose what we do?

In this episode, R. Westcott speaks w/ @simoneschnall.bsky.social @cmolho.bsky.social & M. Müller about what shapes our decisions—from money and morality to relationships and careers

🎧 pod.fo/e/2d105c
🤝 @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk @tse-fr.eu

[ACTIVITY REPORT]
💡 At IAST, ideas don’t just grow — they collide, transform, and evolve.

2024 saw new faculty, fresh perspectives & a thriving research community.

🔎Read how we’re building the future: www.iast.fr/sites/defaul...

#AcademicLife #BehavioralScience @tse-fr.eu @jfbonnefon.bsky.social

🎧New episode of VoxDevTalks features Augustin Tapsoba (TSE) and Maria Petrova (‪@upf.edu) discussing the relationship between social media, media bias, and conflict.

👉Listen here: voxdev.org/topic/techno...

@voxdev.bsky.social #CEPR #VoxDev #SocialMedia #ConflictResearch