Renaud Fabre, born in 1949 (à Paris), is a professor of economics and former President of The University of Paris VIII (Vincennes Saint Denis). He graduated from Science Po Paris (section "Public Service"), and he earned his Ph.D. in Economics at Sorbonne. He taught at École polytechnique, at École nationale de la statistique et de l'administration économique, at Paris VIII, and at l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris. Between 2001 and 2013, Renaud Fabre specialized in the evaluation and control of public policies in fields of education and higher education at the French equivalent of GAO (Cour des comptes). He was also the 2009–2013 chairman of the French delegation to ISO in the field of technologies of information for education (ISO/JTC1/SC36). Between 2009 and 2011, he was responsible for the strategy of regions for higher education and research at the National Association of Regions of France. Since June 2013, Renaud Fabre has been the director of scientific and technical information at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).