Nicolas Stevens
I am a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with Foward Market Design and with the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, doing research under the supervision of Peter Cramton. I hold a PhD in Mathematical Engineering from the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE/LIDAM), UCLouvain, obtained in December 2024 under the supervision of Anthony Papavasiliou.
Research interest:
My research is at the intersection of three fields: operations research, economics and energy (or power systems engineering). My research consists of using the tools of operations research, combined with economics models, to solve complex problems posed by the energy supply chain, the electricity markets and the energy transition. My research combines mathematical and economic modelling—as in (Stevens et al., 2024)—with the development of computational methods and algorithms to solve these models—such as in (Stevens and Papavasiliou, 2022).
Recent publications:
(see the comprehensive list on : https://nicolasstevens.github.io/):
- Ponthiere, G., and Stevens, N. (2025). The Morality of Markets. A Critique. Mathematical Social Sciences, 134: 14-19.
- Stevens, N., Papavasiliou, A., and Smeers, Y. (2024). On some advantages of convex hull pricing for the European electricity auction. Energy Economics, 134, 107542.
- Stevens, N., Smeers, Y., and Papavasiliou, A. (2024). Indivisibilities in investment and the role of a capacity market. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 66, pp. 238–272.
- Stevens, N., and Papavasiliou, A. (2022). Application of the Level Method for Computing Locational Convex Hull Prices. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 37(5), 3958-3968.