Former co-director of the Master 2 in SSE of IPSA-UCO/ESSCA in agreement with Nantes University (2008-2012), and co-founder of the Collectif FIMOSOL, I am currently working at the University of Rennes 2 where I’m the co-director of the Master degree diploma in Social and Solidarity Economy under the specialisation : « solidarity financing and social enterprises management » (Master ESS- FIGES). I was the founder and the co-ditecteur of LiRIS EA7481 (2016-2018). Nowadays, I am full researcher near the french UMR6590-CNRS Spaces and Societies (Espaces et Sociétés-ESO Rennes, France) with the responsability of SSE and Social Action, and, Work Integration Social Enterprises and local development. I’m associate professor near CERMi-CEBRIG University of Mons and ULB (Belgium).
I trained at the Universities of Nantes and Rennes in the analysis of actors and local financing systems (cooperative and solidarity-based), and after a career as a certified professor in economic and social sciences (1992-2004), I held a chair in social and solidarity-based economy (2006-2010) at ESSCA, where I created the CeRESS, before joining the University of Rennes 2 both in its Social Sciences Faculty and its national research laboratory UMR6590-CNRS ESO.
I am a member of CIRIEC (scientific and organizational committees), and I am co-leader of the Réseau grand Ouest de Recherche en ESS (RgORESS).