Luc Savard received his PhD in economics from the Paris School of Economics in 2006. Before joining UM6P in 2019, he was professor at the Department of Economics at the Université de Sherbrooke for over 15 years. He was co-founder and director of the Research Group in Economics and International Development (GREDI) and director of programs in economics from 2015 to 2019. Prior to his time at the Université de Sherbrooke, he was a team leader and program manager at IDRC-Canada Western and the Central Africa regional office based in Dakar for five years. He is author of over sixty scientific publications, book chapters and is co-author of a book titled «Economic policy for development and computable general equilibrium models». His research interests include environmental, agricultural and public policies, their impact on growth, and social impact analysis. He is presently an associate editor for the International Journal of Microsimulation. He is also board member of the International Microsimulation Association.