[3] Pons moved to Boston to pursue his Doctor of Philosophy in 2008 and received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 under the direction of Esther Duflo and Benjamin Olken.

As national director of Hollande’s field operation, he designed, implemented, and managed the largest campaigning effort in Europe’s political history.

[10][11][12] Pons' research concerns political economy – in particular the foundations of democracy: how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

[6][15]  In subsequent work, Pons has assessed the overall effects of all campaign information and of all contextual factors on voters’ behavior.

[32][33] Pons has written articles for Harvard Business Review and for French newspapers including Le Monde and Les Echos.