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Sylvie Faucheux
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Sylvie Faucheux
29 May 1960 Paris, France
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| Nationality | French |
| Citizenship | French |
| Education | Doctorate in economy of natural environment and natural resource |
| Alma mater | University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne |
| Occupation | professor |
| Known for | Former president of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University Director of Academic Research and Innovation at the Research Centre of INSEEC (OMNES Education) |
| Predecessor | Dominique Gentile |
| Successor | Jean-Luc Vayssière |
Sylvie Faucheux was born in Paris, France, on May 29, 1960. She is a French professor who studies how the economy affects the natural environment. She also focuses on sustainable development, which means meeting our needs today without harming the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Sylvie Faucheux was the president of the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (UVSQ) from 2002 to 2012. She has also taught at the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts and led research at INSEEC.
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Sylvie Faucheux's Journey
Her Education
Sylvie Faucheux studied economics at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. In 1990, she earned her doctoral thesis from the same university. Her special area of study was the economy of the environment and natural resources.
Her Career in Academia
After finishing her studies, Sylvie Faucheux started working as a lecturer at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in 1991. Soon after, she became a teacher at the University of Maine.
In 1994, she became a professor at the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, where she still holds a position. A year later, in 1995, she created and managed a special center. This center focused on the economy, ethics, environment, and sustainable development.
In 2002, this center became a joint research unit. It worked together with UVSQ and the Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement (IRD), which is an institute for development research.
Her Public Activities
Sylvie Faucheux helped create Fondaterra, a European institute for sustainable development. She was also the head of the European Association for Ecological Economics from 1994 to 1998. Later, she became a board member of the International Society for Ecological Economics.
From 1994 to 2001, she was part of a group that advised the European presidency on the environment and sustainable development. She also led a group that worked on climate change.
Besides her work at universities, she was a candidate for the Socialist Party in the parliamentary elections in June 2007. She ran for the first district of Yvelines.
Leading Versailles University
In December 2002, Sylvie Faucheux was chosen to be the president of the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University. She was re-elected in 2008 and served until April 12, 2012. After her, Jean-Luc Vayssière became the new president.
She was also a member of the Board of Research and Higher Education in France starting in 2002. In this role, she was in charge of the working group on sustainable development. Since 2001, she has also been part of the scientific board of Cemagref, a public research institute.
Awards and Honors
Sylvie Faucheux has received several important awards for her work:
- She is a chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, an honor for academics and educators, which she received on July 14, 2004.
- She is also a member of the Ordre national du Mérite, a French order of merit, since November 14, 2005.
- She is a chevalier of the Legion of Honour, which is the highest French order of merit.
- In 2009, she received the Marianne d'Or award for her efforts in promoting sustainable development.
