Valérie Mérindol (PhD sc. pol.; HDR management) is Full Professor of innovation and creativity Management at Paris School of Business (PSB), where she is serving at the co-head of the newPIC chair (new Practices for Innovation and Creativity). She was previsouly the head of the research domain in Innovation studies for the French governmental office OST (Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques), the head of the research lab in Management at the Research center of the French Air Force, and a senior researcher for the Directorate of Financial Affairs at the French Ministry of Defence. She was recently a scientific advisor for the French Governmental office HCERES, and Institut de l’Entreprise. Valerie’s research interests cover the management of innovation and of creativity, knowledge management, and S&T public policies. Recently she has investigating the emergence of open labs and their contribution to the development of new innovation ecosystems. She has published around thirty scientific articles and 10 books dedicated to the management of innovation.
