Prof. Dr. Laurence Tubiana

Director, Insititute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), Paris, France

Laurence Tubiana's Curriculum Vitae

Laurence Tubiana is founder and director of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in Paris. She is also profesor at Sciences Po Paris and director of the Sustainable Development Center at Sciences Po.
Laurence Tubiana is member of several scientific boards of main research institutions such as CIRAD (Centre International de recherches sur l’Agriculture et le Développement), as well as of the Indian Sustainable Development Council and the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development. She participated in the Expert Group on climate change, “Breaking the Deadlock”, led by Tony Blair and the Climate Group. She was also member of the Institut de Recherches sur le Développment in France and the IUED in Switzerland.
From 1997 to 2002, she served as senior advisor to the Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin, on environmental issues and conducted a number of international negotiations on the environment for the French Government. She was also a member of the “Conseil d’Analyse Economique” in the Prime Minister’s office. In her academic career, she was director of research at the Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA) and associate professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique in Montpellier (ENSAM).
Laurence Tubiana has also been an active member of the NGO community and representative of the European NGOs at the World Bank board. She founded and chaired SOLAGRAL a French-based NGO working on internatinal issues. She created the journal “Le Courrier de la Planète”. She has published a number of articles and books on environment, development and international issues. She studied at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and holds a PhD in economics. Laurence Tubiana is Officier de la Légion d’Honneur.