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Philippe Aghion, Nobel Prize in Economics 2025

Philippe Aghion - patrick Imbert, Collège de France.

The Chairman of the Collège de France Award, the professors and the entire Collège de France community are delighted to announce that Professor Philippe Aghion, holder of the Economics of Institutions, Innovation and GrowthChair , and researchers Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitthave been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 for their work on the impact of new technologies on economic growth.

Nobel Prizes awarded to Collège de France professors

YearEstateWinner
1927LiteratureHenri Bergson
1928Physiology or medicineCharles Nicolle
1935ChemistryFrédéric Joliot
1965Physiology or medicineFrançois Jacob
1965PhysicsJacques Monod
1980Physiology or medicineJean Dausset
1987ChemistryJean-Marie Lehn
1991PhysicsPierre-Gilles de Gennes
1997PhysicsClaude Cohen-Tannoudji
2012PhysicsSerge Haroche
2019EconomicsEsther Duflo
2025EconomicsPhilippe Aghion