• French “Ingenieur-Agronome”, Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Montpellier, France
• Worked successively at ISNAR in the Netherlands supporting the reform of national agricultural research systems, at IICA in Costa Rica developing participatory commodity-chain analysis and dialogue for action, at UNESCAP CAPSA in Indonesia on poverty alleviation in rural areas, at CIRAD in France and Mayotte on foresight and institutional change and occasionally teaching at MSc level.
• Domains of research: foresight, institutional change, inequality and poverty in rural development, collective decision-making in the elaboration of public policies, agro-food systems, research and technology transfer.
• In charge of strengthening the role of GFAR in foresight and providing an open and multi-stakeholder space for dialogue and action on the future challenges for agricultural research for better development impact (Global Foresight Hub).