Isabelle Nicolai

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Biography: Professor in economics at University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, FRANCE and member of S.E.R.G. / CentraleSupélec.

She obtained her degree in Economics from ENS Cachan in 1990 and her Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Innovation Management from Centrale Paris in 1991.

She defended her doctoral thesis on the economics of innovation at the University of Nice in 1995. In 1996, she became assistant professor of economics at the University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines until 2011, when she was appointed full professor.

From 2011-15, she held the chair of Sustainable Campuses (Bouygues Construction IdF-UVSQ). She also chaired the UVSQ industrial group on sustainability and innovation from 2012-14.

Since 2015, she is a member of the S.E.R.G. / LGI.

She has supervised 15 doctoral theses and postdoctoral projects and is currently supervising 3 doctoral theses.

Research Interest: Her main research interests are the analysis of eco-innovation, the modelling of new uses related to e-mobility, the links between the global performance of companies and corporate social responsibility, multi-criteria decision tools. She has carried out research for a number of organisations: Veolia, Vinci, Saur, SNCF, Italcementi, GDF-Suez, Alstom, Association européenne de l'alumnium, conseil general des Yvelines, HOLOS Collective, for an international consultation on the future of the ring road and expressways of Grand Paris, ANAP (Agence Nationale d'Appui à la Performance des établissements de santé et médico-sociaux).

Teaching activities: Her seminars are on the economics of innovation; sustainable development, firm theory, spatial economics, strategic management.

Administrative Duties: Between 2000 and 2010, she held several administrative positions at the University of Versailles: Deputy director of the C3ED laboratory, UMR IRD (2003-2005), coordinator of the Masters in "Engineering for Sustainable Development", Department of Economics (2000-2010), Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences (2000-2003).

She created and was responsible of two master's degrees dedicated to CSR management and urban mobility planning (2000-2010).

She is a member of the "comité de mission" (French enterprise à mission, PACTE law) since 2020, KSAPA since 2021 and member of the Observatory " Action sociétale et Action publique " part of the Chair of Public Innovation (ENA-ENSCI-Polytechnique-Sciences Po Paris).