Founder and Director

The Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)

Professor at Sciences Po Paris and Director of the Sustainable Development Chair

Ms. Tubiana studied at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and holds a PhD in economics.

From 1997 to 2002, Ms. Tubiana 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).

Ms. 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 internatioanl 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. Laurence Tubiana is Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

Ms. Tubiana is also member of several scientific boards of main research institutions such as IFPRI (International Institute on Food and Policy research) and CIRAD (Centre International de recherches sur l’Agriculture et le Développement), as well as of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development. She was also member of the Institut de Recherches sur le Développment in France and the IUED in Switzerland.