So far, most of my career has been spent in the U.S., and Canada, I feel pretty fortunate to have had a chance to hold positions in several organizations across the world (China, France, U.S., Canada, Haïti). I also feel very lucky to have had a chance to be part of international institutions that have helped me develop (Salzburg Global Seminar, Harvard, ZBW-Leibniz to name a few) and to do field research in Japan, Israel, South Africa, China, Brazil, etc. Learning, growing and meeting different cultures in this transformative time is what I really like.
Short bio
Thierry Warin is Professor of Data Science for Global Transformations at HEC Montréal and Principal Investigator at CIRANO (Canada). He was also a Fellow at the Digital, Data and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Business School (2023–2025) and a Researcher at CERIUM–CEUE (Université de Montréal). He served as President of the International Trade and Finance Association (2020–2022) and has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (2015–2017) as well as a Faculty Affiliate at Michael Porter’s Microeconomics of Competitiveness Network at Harvard Business School (2016–2023). His prior appointments include Associate Professor at Polytechnique Montréal, where he directed the International Projects Program (2010–2013); Associate Professor at Middlebury College, where he led the International Studies and International Politics & Economics programs; and Academic Director at Sun Yat Sen University in Guangzhou, China.
Professor Warin’s research trajectory has progressively shifted from conventional econometric analysis toward computationally intensive explorations of economic complexity. Rooted in early work on fiscal integration and monetary union, his scholarship now integrates network theory, natural-language processing, and retrieval-augmented generation to examine how information flows, algorithmic coordination, and technological change reshape economic and social systems. Throughout this evolution, he has sought to make methodological innovation endogenous to inquiry, developing reproducible toolkits—such as metadata-driven systematic reviews and domain-specific R packages—that render large, heterogeneous corpora analytically tractable.
An alumnus of the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University, Professor Warin has held academic positions in North America, Europe, and Asia, including ESSEC Business School (Paris), HEC Paris, La Sorbonne, the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, Middlebury College, and Polytechnique Montréal. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business Analytics Program and earned his Ph.D. in Financial Economics from ESSEC Business School in Paris.
Current positions and affiliations
- HEC Montréal (Canada, 2013-), Full Professor (2018-), department of International Business, Professorship in Data Science for International Business (2016-), Associate Professor (2013-2018)
- Harvard Business School (2023-), Fellow at the Digital, Data and Design (D^3)
- CIRANO (Canada, 2000-), Fellow
- CERIUM (University of Montréal) (Canada, 2013-), Researcher and member of the steering committee
- European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) McGill University-University of Montreal (Canada, 2013-), Researcher
- International Trade an Finance Association (USA, 2019-) President
- International observatory on the societal impacts of AI and digital technology (OBVIA) (2020-), Researcher
Past positions
- Harvard University (USA, 2015-2017), Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) Network Faculty Affiliate (ISC, Harvard Business School, 2016-2023)
- CIRANO (Canada, 2012-2016), Vice-president Strategy and International Economics, founder of the Ambassador’s Alliance (with C. Montmarquette & J. Parisella), editor-in-chief of Le Québec International (with B. Sinclair-Desgagné & A. Van Assche), co-founder of Avant-Garde for Young Leaders (2015-), co-founder of CIRANO-Harvard Club Seminar (2014-2018)
- Skema Business School (Raleigh, NC, 2019-2020), Founder of the Skema Global Lab in Augmented Intelligence.
- Group of Twenty (G20) (Japan, 2018-2019), Member of the G20-T20 Task Force on “International Financial Architecture”
- Sun Yat Sen University (Guangzhou, China, 2013-2014), Academic Director & Visiting Professor (SIE program)
- Polytechnique Montréal (Canada, 2010-2013), Associate Professor of international and financial economics, Head of the International Projects program, co-founder of the Global Management of Technology research group (GMT Lab), founder of PolyFinances ($50,000 investment fund, member of the board, New York, Washington D.C., Boston, San Jose and London campuses) and Academic Supervisor of PolyMonde (Europe, South Africa and Australia campuses)
- Middlebury College (USA, 2001-2012): Associate Professor of economics (2006-2012), Assistant Professor (2001-2006), Director of the International Studies Program (2008-2010), Director of the International Politics and Economics Program (2006-2008), member of the Monterey Institute of International Studies - Middlebury College integration committee
- University of International Business and Economics (Beijing, China, 2011), Visiting Professor (SIE summer program)
- Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar (2009-2011): “The search for stability: financial crisis, major currencies and a new monetary order”; “What Turkey, What Europe?”; “New rules for global finance: Which kinds of regulation are useful and which are counterproductive?”; “Gaps in the ‘Common Spaces’? The Future of Russia-EU Relations”
- Harvard University (USA, 2004-2005), Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
- Lecturer: HEC Business School (Paris, France) (1997-2000), Essec Business School (Paris, France) (1997-2000), University of La Sorbonne Paris-I (Paris, France) (1997-2000), HEC Montréal (Canada) (2000-2001), école Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada) (2000-2001)
- Post-doc at Cirano (Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations - Montréal, Canada) (2000-2001) and Créfé (University of Québec at Montréal, UQAM, Canada) (2000-2001)
Education and professional development
- Harvard Business Analytics Program (2022) Business of AI SIP (32 hrs), Harvard University (USA)
- Harvard Business Analytics Program (2021) Applied Quantitative Finance (36 hrs), Harvard University (USA)
- Harvard Business Analytics Program Business Analytics (18 months) (2019-2020), Harvard University (USA)
- Harvard University Geographic Information Systems Institute, the Center for Geographic Analysis’ Technical Workshops (2015-2016) and Harvard Business Publishing Teaching Case Method I & II, Teaching Case Online (2015-2017-2019)
- Essec Business School, Paris, France - PhD in Monetary Economics and Finance, (2000), Title: “Central Banks’ Credibility and Monetary Discipline, An Open Economy Model”, Ph-D Thesis Advisor: André Fourçans, Professor of Monetary Economics and Finance, Highest Honors
Professional affiliations
- Analytics Impact Network, Council for European Studies, International Studies Association, Academy of International Business, International Trade and Finance Association, International Atlantic Economic Society, American Economic Association, EUSA-C, Association of Computing Machinery (Greater Boston Chapter)