Arthur Charpentier
freakonometrics.bsky.social
Arthur Charpentier
@freakonometrics.bsky.social

Dad of 3 & born-again mathematician. Statistician, economist, fellow actuary & data addict. Professor & researcher in Kyoto 京都 🇯🇵. Previously in Montréal 🇨🇦, Paris 🇫🇷, Hong Kong 🇭🇰, Leuven 🇧🇪 & Rennes 🇫🇷. Full of 'satiable curtiosity .. more

Economics 34%
Mathematics 20%

In ten days, I will be on my way to Singapore, for a bit more than 2 weeks... ping me if you want to meet and chat... #AAAI #ESSEC #Singapore

"Dès lors, la question n’est plus de savoir si le système cédera, mais à quelle vitesse, et avec quelles conséquences pour la jeunesse, la recherche, les entreprises et la souveraineté scientifique" www.ouest-france.fr/reflexion/po...
POINT DE VUE. « Qui veut la peau des universités françaises ? »
Les universités françaises basculent dans la crise. Les plus petites tombent d’abord, mais c’est tout le système qui vacille. L’analyse de Delphine Letort et Jérôme Baray, respectivement présidente et...
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Le président de Groland réagit officiellement aux menaces de Donald Trump.

don't think of Monty Python and the Holy Grail ! 🐇

Seoul, 서울, Winter 2026

"Researchers have used metamathematical techniques to show that certain theorems that look superficially distinct are in fact logically equivalent" www.quantamagazine.org/reverse-math...
‘Reverse Mathematics’ Illuminates Why Hard Problems Are Hard | Quanta Magazine
Researchers have used metamathematical techniques to show that certain theorems that look superficially distinct are in fact logically equivalent.
www.quantamagazine.org

merci @alavigne.bsky.social ! effectivement, je sors (encore) un peu de mon champ d'expertise, mais j'ai maintenant 20 ans d'expérience dans l'ESR, et n'ayant pas trop de responsabilités, j'ai le privilège de regarder tout ça parfois de loin, ce qui me donne quand même un tout petit peu de recul

merci mais c'est surtout Ed Zitron dans www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t... qui a mis le doigt sur plusieurs choses auxquelles on pense tous forcément
The Era Of The Business Idiot
Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch. Last week, Bloomberg profiled ...
www.wheresyoured.at

pareil ! bonne année à toute la famille ! tu as ta sabbatique l'an prochain ?

2026

"Working in academia can be stressful. Laurel Raffington suggests treating it as ‘just a job’ to reduce performance pressure and advocate for structural improvements" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Seoul, 서울, Winter 2025, night in a temple, in the mountains

Seoul, 서울, Winter 2025, night in a temple, in the mountains

"Encouraging academics to act as advisers to outside organizations is the most effective way to serve society’s needs" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why academics should do more consulting — and how to make it work
Encouraging academics to act as advisers to outside organizations is the most effective way to serve society’s needs.
www.nature.com

"We live in the era of the symbolic executive, when "being good at stuff" matters far less than the appearance of doing stuff, where "what's useful" is dictated not by outputs or metrics that one can measure but rather the vibes passed..." www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
The Era Of The Business Idiot
Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch. Last week, Bloomberg profiled ...
www.wheresyoured.at

"Ideally, policy and program design is a straightforward process: a decision-maker faces a problem, turns to peer-reviewed literature, and selects interventions shown to work. In reality, that’s rarely how things unfold" asteriskmag.com/issues/10/ca...
Can We Trust Social Science Yet?—Asterisk
Everyone likes the idea of evidence-based policy, but it’s hard to realize it when our most reputable social science journals are still publishing poor quality research.
asteriskmag.com

Hummmm, la pagode Chūreitō... vous avez fait le voyage exprès ? faudra que tu me racontes ton trajet, on cherche des excursions pour des vacances à venir

Seoul, 서울, Winter 2025

Seoul, 서울, Winter 2025

Lou Reed & John Cale 🎶 Small Town www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6L0...
Lou Reed & John Cale - Small Town
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