Short CV

Contact Information

Email: fansa.francois.kone@umontreal.ca

Education

  • PhD candidate in Economics (2019 - )
    University of Montreal, CIREQ, Canada
  • MSc in Statistics and Economics (ISE) (2016-2019)
    Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistiques et d’Economie Appliquée (ENSEA), Côte d’Ivoire
  • Intensive two-year BSc program, Mathematics and commercial studies, (2014-2016 )
    Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire

Professional Affiliations

  • Member of American Economic Association
  • Member of Econometric Society
  • Member of CIREQ

Awards and Fellowships

  • Fonds de Recherche du Québec Science et Culture (FRQSC) fellowships, ranked 2nd, 2022-2024
  • PhD fellowships, Department of Economics, UdeM, 2019-2023
  • Canadian Economics Association students travel grant, Winnipeg 2023
  • CIREQ students travel grant, SCSE conference in Quebec 2023
  • Tuition-fee Waiver Scholarship of Graduate Studies, University of Montreal, Canada, 2019-2021
  • Excellence Scholarship, Government of Côte d’Ivoire, high school and university scholarship (2011-2019)
  • Winner Public Forum Debate, with a team from ENSEA (2019)
  • Awards "meilleure plume", Writing competition, ENSEA (2017)
  • Awards of the best scientist at high school level, received from the Minister of Education at Journée Nationale du Mérite et de l’Excellence (JNMEX), Côte d’Ivoire, 2015
  • Awards of the best student of high school level at Lycée Mixte I de Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, 2014

Selected Talks and Volunteering Activities

  • Talk at ENSEA to MSc Students from different Universities in Abidjan, June 2024, 2021
    PhD in North America: Distinguishing Reality from Misconceptions
  • Economics PhD student’s representative, 2021-2023
    Defending and representing PhD students’ interests at UdeM, Canada
  • UdeM ambassador, (Fall 2019, Winter 2020), Passerelle (2020) and Passerelle + (2021)
    Helped new students integrate Université of Montréal in the context of the pandemic, Canada

Languages and other interests

  • English (fluent), French (native), soccer, badminton, reading, writing
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