Climate
Obs’COP 2025
Explore climate opinions in 30 countries using the 2025 Obs’COP survey. Compare countries on maps and in rankings, or look at responses by population group.
Data scientist at
the French Senate.
I analyse economic, social and budgetary data for the Senate's evaluation, oversight and legislative work.
I also build applications for exploring public data.
- 10+years of experience
- 16report contributions
- 7interactive applications
Projects and publications
Personal applications
Tools built in my own time, using public data.
Elections
2027 presidential election polls
Follow voting intentions for France's 2027 presidential election. Compare candidates, first-round scenarios and head-to-head matchups across polling institutes, and see how published polls change over time.
Integration
CIR en perspective
Explore the profiles of people who signed a Republican integration contract in 2020. Compare signatories by nationality, age and area, and explore their language-training pathways.
Food services
Canteens in France
Map France's canteens using the DGAL register. Filter by sector, management model and reporting status, and download standardised data in CSV or Parquet format.
Road safety
Speeds recorded by radar cars
Explore speeds recorded by radar cars and their differences from posted speed limits. Compare readings by area, time of day and year to examine how the measurements vary.
Public administration
French government organisation
Browse an interactive organisation chart of French ministries and public institutions, based on DILA data. Find services, their responsibilities, contact details and office locations.
Education
Single- and mixed-grade classes
Explore single- and mixed-grade classes in French primary schools at the start of the 2025 school year. Use maps to compare individual schools and areas.
Public reports
Public reports I contributed to, published by the French Senate, the General Inspectorate of Finance and partner institutions.
Reports for the French Senate
- 2025Additional construction costs linked to regulatory standards
- 2025Enforcing sentences: 20 proposals to improve enforcement and give meaning to criminal sanctions
- 2025Transparency and evaluation of state aid to businesses: a democratic demand and a key to economic efficiency
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- 2025Changes in the financing of efforts to combat violence against women
- 2025Mental health and psychiatry: no “great national cause” without substantial resources
- 202525 proposals to give municipal police the tools to tackle everyday insecurity
- 2025Employment of older workers: a key to safeguarding the pay-as-you-go pension system?
- 2025Tackling the high cost of living in the overseas territories: sticking plasters or real remedies?
Other reports (IGF and partners)
- 2024Spending review on long-term conditions: towards a more efficient and equitable scheme
- 2023Territorial allocation of the compensation for the CVAE (value-added contribution of businesses)
- 2023Cross-cutting methodological mission on the State's fields of intervention and public policy instruments
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- 2022Schooling of pupils with disabilities
- 2022Mission on the management of nursing homes (EHPAD) in the Orpea group
- 2021Evaluation committee for the France Relance recovery plan
- 2021Evaluation committee for the reforms of capital taxation
- 2020New rules for the international taxation of corporations: assessment of the economic effects for France
Analysis and development
Shiny development
I build R Shiny applications for exploring data, monitoring indicators and supporting teams with dashboards, HR tools and mission tracking.
Data science
I use econometrics, statistics and machine learning to analyse health, tax and budget data for fraud detection, policy evaluation and forecasting.
Writing
I write briefing notes and reports for government departments, inspectors and parliamentarians, explaining the findings, assumptions and limits of the analysis.
Economics
My areas of specialisation include public finance, corporate taxation, national accounts and macroeconomics. I take part in costing exercises, spending reviews and assessments of the economic effects of reforms.
Languages, tools and domain knowledge
Languages & tools
- R
- R Shiny
- Python
- SQL
- SAS
- HTML / JS (React)
- Git / Docker / Kubernetes
Domain expertise
- Fraud detection
- Public policy evaluation
- Corporate taxation
- Social engineering
- OSINT
- Cybersecurity
Experience & education
I trained at ENSAI and started my career at Insee, working on quarterly national accounts. At the French Treasury, I worked on corporate taxation and international tax reforms. I then joined the General Inspectorate of Finance, analysing fraud, healthcare and public finances, before moving to the Senate in 2025.
I also have an interest in cybersecurity and social psychology.
Experience
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2025 — Present
Data Scientist
French SenateData analysis, simulations and briefing notes on economic, social and budgetary issues for Senate committees' legislative and oversight work.
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2021 — 2025
Data Scientist
General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF)Fraud detection (energy transition schemes, international trade), development of a rule engine and a large price database built from open sources, and no-code tools for business teams. Evaluation of the national healthcare strategy (health insurance data, microsimulation) and development of Shiny applications for HR, mission tracking, GDPR compliance and an interactive dashboard of government revenues, used in spending reviews and evaluation exercises.
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2018 — 2021
Deputy Head — Corporate Taxes
French Treasury (Direction générale du Trésor)Corporate tax studies and impact assessments, including work on the OECD's global minimum tax project (BEPS). Modernisation and automation of general government accounts production.
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2015 — 2018
Estimation of investment and taxation
InseeProduced quarterly statistics on investment and taxes using econometric models and short-term indicators. Responsible for tax forecasts and for monitoring economic trends for Insee's economic outlook, in close coordination with national accounts and forecasting teams.
Education
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2019
Master's degree, Evaluation and Public Decisions
University of RennesPublic policy evaluation, quantitative methods and public finance.
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2013 — 2015
Insee statistician
ENSAI — National School for Statistics and Information AnalysisTraining in statistical modelling, quantitative economics, national accounts and computer science for public statistics and public policy analysis.
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2011 — 2013
Preparatory classes MPSI / MP
Lycée Alphonse Daudet, NîmesPreparation for the competitive entrance examinations to French engineering and graduate schools (mathematics and physics).
Contact
Get in touch
You can reach me by email or on LinkedIn to discuss my work, an application or a project.
- philippe.fontaine.ds
@proton.me - GitHub
- Paris, France
- French · Professional English