Biography
Roland Gillet, PhD in Economics, is a professor of financial economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he heads the professional master's program in "Financial Management and Taxation." He is also a full professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management at the Université libre de Bruxelles. Additionally, he serves as an expert for various public and private institutions at the international level.
Roland Gillet completed his PhD in economics at the Catholic University of Louvain under the supervision of Alexis Jacquemin (Francqui Prize in 1983) and Franco Modigliani (Nobel Prize in Economics in 1985). He finished ranked first (Major) in the French national competitive examination for higher education aggregation in management sciences (1999). He is currently professor of financial economics at the Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne (EMS) of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he directs the professional master's programme in "Financial Management and Taxation," and he holds a full professorship at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
He has also been a visiting or invited professor/researcher at various universities around the world, including in Canada (Sherbrooke); in China (Fudan, Shanghai); and in the United States, at Harvard and MIT.
He is the author of several reference works and numerous articles published in leading academic journals, as well as the recipient of various distinctions and scientific awards. Recently, he was invited by Robert Shiller (Nobel Prize in Economics in 2013) to write the forewords for two of his most renowned books related to financial crises and the irrational exuberance of markets.
In addition to his academic activities, Roland Gillet has served as an expert within various international think tanks, particularly focusing on the crisis in the Eurozone (especially in Greece and Spain), and as a scientific advisor to various public and private institutions. He has also acted as an economic and financial advisor to different business leaders and government officials in Belgium and abroad, including to the President of the European Council.
Dissertation: "Corporate Spin-offs and Free Allocations of Shares in Belgium: A Source of Information?"
Awarded a mention by the Board of Directors of the Gutt Foundation and winner of-Speaking Community Ministry.
Dissertation: "Enterprise and Forms of Organization"
Winner of the 1986 Travel Grant Competition organized by the Belgian French-Speaking Community Ministry.
Thesis Committee : Alexis Jacquemin, Thesis Supervisor (UCL), Franco Modigliani, Co-supervisor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nobel Prize in Economics 1985), Ronald Anderson (New York University), Robert Cobbaut (UCL), Albert Minguet (University of Liège), Alain Siaens (UCL), Henry Tulkens (UCL).
Grade awarded at the public defense : unanimous congratulations from the jury.
(Gillet R and Th Renault, "When machines read the Web: market efficiency and costly information acquisition at the intraday level", Finance, Vol. 40 n°2, 2019), Association Française de Finance (AFFI), octobre 2021
Roland Gillet and Thomas Renault were awarded the Prize for the best article published in Finance in 2019 (Gillet R and Th Renault, "When machines read the Web: market efficiency and costly information acquisition at the intraday level", Finance, Vol. 40 n°2, 2019) by the French Finance Association (AFFI) in 2022 due to the pandemic.
Members of the French Finance Association were invited to attend the 2022 edition of the AFFI International Conference held in Saint Malo, France. This is one of the most renowned conferences at European level where PhD students, professors, central bankers and finance experts exchange on major research topics in finance, in a broad sense. In addition, the last day of the conference is dedicated to PhD students for the presentation of their papers in progress.
This year, 269 international academic papers were submitted to the AFFI scientific committee headed by Jean-Laurent Viviani. On the programme: the presentation of 112 papers organised in 37 parallel sessions, and at the doctoral seminar level, 18 papers out of 38 were selected to be presented in 6 rigorous sessions.
Roland Gillet at l’AFFI conference 2022
"EUROFIDAI-BEDOFIH Award 2021" for the best article utilizing EUROFIDAI BEDOFIH high-frequency data, (Ligot S, Gillet R, and I Veryzhenko, "Intraday volatility smile: Effects of fragmentation and High-Frequency trading on price efficiency," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Vol 75, November (2021), Paris December 2021 Finance Conference, EUROFIDAI (European Financial Data Institute) and ESSEC Business School, December 16, 2021.
The Master 2 in Financial Management and Taxation (BAC +5) at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, led by Professor Roland Gillet, has been ranked as the third best Master's program in France in 2025 in the specialty of Financial Engineering and Corporate Finance.
This ranking is based on various criteria, such as the program's reputation, graduates' salaries, further study opportunities, career prospects, and student satisfaction feedback.
This distinction highlights not only the excellence of the program but also the quality of the faculty involved, contributing to the success of students and their integration into the professional market.
The website of the Master in Financial Management and Taxation
Eduniversal is a private company founded in France in 2007, specializing in the ranking and evaluation of higher education programs, including Master's degrees, MS (specialized Master's), and MBA programs. As a branch of the Mediterranean Society of Business and Management (SMBG), Eduniversal collaborates with schools and universities worldwide to gather data and establish rankings based on various criteria, such as academic reputation, graduates' employability, and student feedback. Eduniversal aims to provide reliable and useful information to help students in their educational choices, thus facilitating their integration into the job market.
(Gillet R and Th Renault, "When machines read the Web: market efficiency and costly information acquisition at the intraday level", Finance, Vol. 40 n°2, 2019), Association Française de Finance (AFFI), octobre 2021
Roland Gillet and Thomas Renault were awarded the Prize for the best article published in Finance in 2019 (Gillet R and Th Renault, "When machines read the Web: market efficiency and costly information acquisition at the intraday level", Finance, Vol. 40 n°2, 2019) by the French Finance Association (AFFI) in 2022 due to the pandemic.
Members of the French Finance Association were invited to attend the 2022 edition of the AFFI International Conference held in Saint Malo, France. This is one of the most renowned conferences at European level where PhD students, professors, central bankers and finance experts exchange on major research topics in finance, in a broad sense. In addition, the last day of the conference is dedicated to PhD students for the presentation of their papers in progress.
This year, 269 international academic papers were submitted to the AFFI scientific committee headed by Jean-Laurent Viviani. On the programme: the presentation of 112 papers organised in 37 parallel sessions, and at the doctoral seminar level, 18 papers out of 38 were selected to be presented in 6 rigorous sessions.
Roland Gillet at l’AFFI conference 2022
"EUROFIDAI-BEDOFIH Award 2021" for the best article utilizing EUROFIDAI BEDOFIH high-frequency data, (Ligot S, Gillet R, and I Veryzhenko, "Intraday volatility smile: Effects of fragmentation and High-Frequency trading on price efficiency," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Vol 75, November (2021), Paris December 2021 Finance Conference, EUROFIDAI (European Financial Data Institute) and ESSEC Business School, December 16, 2021.
The Master 2 in Financial Management and Taxation (BAC +5) at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, led by Professor Roland Gillet, has been ranked as the third best Master's program in France in 2025 in the specialty of Financial Engineering and Corporate Finance.
This ranking is based on various criteria, such as the program's reputation, graduates' salaries, further study opportunities, career prospects, and student satisfaction feedback.
This distinction highlights not only the excellence of the program but also the quality of the faculty involved, contributing to the success of students and their integration into the professional market.
The website of the Master in Financial Management and Taxation
Eduniversal is a private company founded in France in 2007, specializing in the ranking and evaluation of higher education programs, including Master's degrees, MS (specialized Master's), and MBA programs. As a branch of the Mediterranean Society of Business and Management (SMBG), Eduniversal collaborates with schools and universities worldwide to gather data and establish rankings based on various criteria, such as academic reputation, graduates' employability, and student feedback. Eduniversal aims to provide reliable and useful information to help students in their educational choices, thus facilitating their integration into the job market.