Doctoral training, thesis and Accreditation to Direct Research (HDR)

For our research course, the SAF Laboratory is attached to the “Ecole Doctorale de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (ED SEG of The University of Lyon, or in English, The Doctoral School in Economic Sciences and Management).
The SAF Laboratory participates in the doctoral school’s training activities by organising a research seminar based on the measurement of risk in finance and insurance.
The SAF Laboratory is the reference laboratory of the sole research Master’s degree in the field of actuarial sciences (DEA SAF created in 1995, then Research SAF Master’s degree and renamed GRAF – “Gestion des Risques en Assurance et en Finance”, i.e. Risk Management in Insurance and Finance – following the 2011-2014 accreditation request). It aims to train teacher-researchers and private or public sector researchers in the fields of finance and actuarial sciences.

The SAF Laboratory is also an active member of an annual doctoral seminars in Management sciences, “Journées Inter-Universitaires de Recherche en Finance”, JIRF, i.e. the Inter-University Days for Research in Finance.