Chair or Research Initiative
Research initiative on railway network economics
Partner since 2014
SNCF Réseau and TSE have forged a long-term academic research partnership that has been in place for over ten years. Renewed in 2024, this collaboration aims to support high-level research on the economic challenges related to transportation infrastructure, its regulation, and its financing.
Activities
The research initiative, combines several types of activities:
- Production of research on identified issues,
- Meetings between researchers and key contacts at SNCF Réseau to support internal discussions,
- The research projects encouraged within this framework are part of a long-term approach. Regular interactions take place between TSE researchers and SNCF Réseau teams.
The initiative benefits from visibility through TSE’s various communication channels.
Priority research areas
- Optimal pricing for infrastructure access and proper use of the network
- Ecological transition and the social value of the rail network
- Opening TGV lines to competition
- Adapting to climate change
Our collaboration with researchers at TSE [...] allows us to better understand our economic and regulatory environment, to grasp the interactions among the various stakeholders, and to anticipate the combined effects of opening the market to competition and pricing.
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About SNCF Réseau
SNCF Réseau is responsible for managing France’s rail infrastructure. It ensures the smooth operation of passenger and freight trains, while maintaining and developing Europe’s second-largest national rail network.
A subsidiary of the SNCF Group—a world leader in high-speed rail, freight logistics, and public transportation—SNCF Réseau is at the heart of efforts to modernize rail transportation.
Experts
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Marc Ivaldi
TSE Research Faculty
Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Toulouse (EHESS)
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Estelle Malavolti
TSE Associate Faculty
Full Professor at the French University of Civil Aviation (ENAC)
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Karine Van der Straeten
IAST/TSE Research Faculty
Senior Researcher CNRS & Managing Director, Jean-Jacques Laffont - TSE Foundation
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Contact
Frédéric Cherbonnier
Scientific Director
Eve Séjalon
Head of Research Partnerships and Centers
Cécile Miglos
Research Partnerships Project Manager
