Welcome to CORE !
The Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) is an interdisciplinary research center of UCLouvain.
Founded in 1966 by Jacques Drèze, CORE is a globally renowned interdisciplinary research centre that brings together experts in operations research, economics, and econometrics.
CORE is a dynamic academic hub comprising more than 20 professors, 35 PhD students, and around ten postdoctoral researchers.
This structure fosters a vibrant and collaborative research environment, encouraging high-level interdisciplinary discussions and benefiting from an extensive international network and regular exchanges with visiting researchers.
CORE follows three objectives. The first one is the development of scientific research in the fields of economics, econometrics, operations research and quantitative and economic geography. The second objective is the training of young researchers at the doctoral and postdoctoral stages of their career. The third objective is the promotion of local and international scientific exchanges and collaborations.
The CORE celebrates its 60th anniversary this year.
Upcoming CORE Events
Workshop Electricity Markets at the Interface of Economics and Operations Research
CORE has developed a strong tradition in modeling electricity markets at the intersection of economics and operations research.
This workshop, organized for the CORE 60th anniversary, reflects this interdisciplinary perspective. Electricity markets are studied as markets embedded in complex technical systems.
The workshop focuses on how market design interacts with physical constraints, strategic behavior, and institutional settings.
Topics include challenges related to the energy transition, flexibility, investment adequacy, and European market integration, as well as the role of public intervention in market design.
The program features contributions from international academic speakers.
More specific applications include day-ahead and reserve markets, capacity mechanisms, and renewable support schemes.
Methods range from theory to empirical and computational approaches.
N-side address: Courbevoie 13, 1348 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
To register, please fill in the FORM
From 8:30 am till 17:40 pm
| Session | Heure | Programme |
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| 08:30 | REGISTRATION AND WELCOME | |
| Session 1 | 09:00 | Opening words (CORE & N-SIDE) |
| 09:15 | Iivo Vehviläinen (Aalto University), "Uncertainty Barriers in Energy Transition Dynamics" | |
| 09:50 | David Jesus Andres Cerezo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), "The political economy of electricity market integration in Europe" | |
| 10:25 | Daniel Linnenbrink (University of Mannheim), "The Cost of Fairness in Electricity Markets" | |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 2 | 11:30 | Edward Anderson (Imperial College London), "More or Less? How Long-Term Demand Forecasts Shape Optimal Decarbonization Paths" |
| 12:05 | Anthony Papavasiliou (National Technical University of Athens), "Summer of 24: Market Power and Price Formation in the European Electricity Market" | |
| 12:40 | Trine Krogh Boomsma (University of Copenhagen), "Unit commitment constrained Nash equilibrium in power markets" | |
| 13:15 | SANDWICH LUNCH | |
| Session 3 | 14:15 | Christoph Graf (New York University), "Assessing the System Impacts of Price Elastic Demand for Renewable Energy Credits Using a Long-Term Investment Planning Framework" |
| 14:50 | Pär Holmberg (Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm), "Revenue Equivalence between Energy-Only Markets and Electricity Markets with Uplift Payments under Non-Convex Costs" | |
| 15:25 | Ignacio Aravena (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) | |
| 16:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 4 | 16:30 | Özlem Mahmutoğulları (KU Leuven), "Adaptive Robust Optimization for Frequency-Constrained Market Clearing Problem" |
| 17:05 | Thomas Hübner (ETH Zürich), "On the Design of Stochastic Electricity Auctions" |
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15 May 2026Chaire pension - 22 mai 2026Le 22/05/2026 de 10h30 à 12h30 (AGORA 13) aura lieu la première session 2026 des Chaire pension. Le thème sera "Pensions des Administrations Provinciales et Locales : contractuels versus statutaires". Les orateurs seront: - Anna Queck (UCLouvain/ CORE)- Synthèse des recherches - Jean Hindriks (UCLouvain/CORE) - Le compte pension et la pension Arizona Pour vous inscrire aux sessions merci de compléter ce formulaire. -
14 April 2026Jacques-François Thisse elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic AssociationEmeritus Professor Jacques-François Thisse (LIDAM/CORE) has been elected Foreign Honorary Member 2026 of the American Economic Association (AEA), an international distinction recognizing outstanding contributions to economic research.
