Columns - Polytechnique Insights

David Kipping

π Science and technology π Society

Can we know if our universe is a simulation?

David Kipping, Assistant Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University

Marc Olivier Strauss-Kahn

π Economics π Digital

Why the European Central Bank wants to digitize the euro

Marc-Olivier Strauss-Kahn, Director General of Banque de France (BDF)

Romain Savary

Miraculous Red Sea corals that are resisting climate change

Romain Savary, Researcher in genetics at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and AXA post-doctoral research fellow

Hervé Le Bras

“World population growth could slow from 2065 onwards”

Hervé Le Bras, Research director in demographics at EHESS and Emeritus research director at Ined

Jean François Semblat

Earthquakes: a force of nature that can be tamed?

Jean-François Semblat, Professor at at ENSTA Paris, Head of mechanics and energy department at IP Paris

Pierre Boyer

“Joe Biden has the power to impose his tax policy on the rest of the world”

Pierre Boyer, Professor of Economics at École polytechnique – CREST (IP Paris)

Antoine Compagnon

“Literature is standing its ground against screens”

Antoine Compagnon, Professor of French Literature and Author

Graeme Nicol

π Planet π Industry

Intelligent fertilisers reduce agricultural pollution

Graeme Nicol, CNRS Research director in soil microbial ecology at Ecole Centrale de Lyon

Marie-Hélène Duprat

Will the pandemic trap economies in secular stagnation?

Marie-Hélène Duprat, Senior Advisor to the Chief Economist at Société Générale

Pierre Dockès

“The climate challenge is an opportunity for capitalism”

Pierre Dockès, Honorary Professor of Economic History at the University of Lyon 2

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