Jerome is an assistant research professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), a research affiliate at the Center for Law and Economics at ETH Zurich, and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
Jerome is a behavioral social scientist operating at the boundaries between psychology, economics, law, and computer science. He studies cooperation, deliberation, organization, decision making, and digitization. His research is either laboratory-based (for clean causal identification), or couples experimental and field data from several cooperative online environments, such as Wikipedia and open source software (for ecological relevance or "external validity"). At the Center, Jerome is a core member of the Cooperation group, where he notably worked with Professor Yochai Benkler. He was also involved with the Mindsport Research Network, which he helped launch together with Professor Charles Nesson. Jerome has published several (openly accessible) academic papers on Wikipedia and open source software. In 2024, Jerome published a short book on the history, inner workings, and future of the Wikipedia model (in French), titled "Wikipédia, ou Imaginez un monde" (ed. Rue d'Ulm, available upon request). A second edition of this book is currently in preparation, and will be made available in open access. Jerome also has another book (in English) in preparation, provisionally titled "Imagine a world: Wikipedia and the path to democracy" (ed. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2027).
Jerome holds a B.A. in economics and finance from the University of Strasbourg, Master's degrees in international economics and international affairs from Sciences Po, and a Ph.D. in economics completed at Sciences Po and the University of Strasbourg. From 2011 to 2014, Jerome spent three years as a resident research fellow at the Berkman Klein Center, where he did most of his Ph.D. work. Jerome originates from the French region of Alsace. He has lived in France, Egypt, the U.S., Jordan, Switzerland and Lebanon. Jerome speaks French, English and Arabic. He is passionate about public policy and international affairs. Jerome is a professionally trained cook. In his spare time, he tries to improve his cooking skills.
