Françoise Benhamou

Françoise Benhamou (born November 12, 1952) is a Moroccan-born French economist, columnist, and professor. A specialist in the economics of the arts and literature, she serves on the faculties of Sciences Po Lille, Sciences Po Paris, the École Normale Supérieure, and the Sorbonne Paris North University. She is also a member of the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques, des Postes et de la Distribution de la Presse (ARCEP) from 2012 to 2018.

Françoise Benhamou (2013)

Early life and education

Françoise Benhamou was born November 12, 1952, in Oujda, Morocco.^[1] She was admitted to the Agrégation de sciences économiques et sociales [fr] in 1979.^[2] She was admitted to the aggregation of higher education in 2001, in second place.^[3]

Career and research

After obtaining the aggregation in 1979, Benhamou became a lecturer at the Paris Nanterre University, as well as a lecturer at the École normale supérieure on rue d'Ulm. She was technical advisor for books and reading to the Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, between 1991 and 1993. Until 2008, she was a professor at the University of Rouen Normandy and a researcher at MATISSE at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. In September 2009, she was charged by the Department of Studies, Foresight and Statistics (DEPS) of the Ministry of Culture and Communication with a study on the economic models of digital books, in France and abroad. For two years, she was vice-president of the Sorbonne Paris North University in charge of international relations. She also taught at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, the Institut national de l'audiovisuel, the National Heritage Institute, the University of Turin and the Senghor University of Alexandria.^[4]

Benhamou participated in the Scientific Council of the National Heritage Institute, and in the executive office of the Association for Cultural Economics International (elected president of the association in 2010 for a two-year term). She also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Cultural Economics and on the Arte Program Advisory Committee. She directed the master’s degree in economics “Expertise and risk management” at the University of Rouen Normandy. In 2009, she was elected to the Cercle des économistes. Benhamou is an expert with UNESCO.^[4]

Benhamou serves as a professor at Sorbonne Paris North University (Villetaneuse) and is the head of the “Heritage Economy” sector at the Institut national du patrimoine.^[5] Since 2017, she is also a professor at Sciences Po Lille, where she teaches the economics of culture.^[6]

She is a member of the editorial boards of the magazine Esprit and the journal Bibliodiversité(s), revue universitaire du livre dans la mondialisation (Bibliodiversité(s), academic journal of books in globalization). She is a member of the steering committee of the Fondation Jean-Jaurès, a political think tank close to the Socialist Party, a member of the board of directors of the Observatory of Cultural Policies of Grenoble, and a member of the board of directors of the Louvre. She was a weekly columnist for the radio show Soft Power on France Culture on Sunday evenings and wrote the column entitled En plein culture on Rue89.^[7] Benhamou writes a blog on the book market in the Livres-Hebdo magazine.^[8]

During the 2012 French presidential election, Benhamou signed the appeal of economists in support of candidate François Hollande because of "the relevance of the options [proposed], in particular with regard to the resumption of growth and employment".^[9] On January 6, 2012, she was appointed by the President of the Senate, Jean-Pierre Bel, to be a member of the college of Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques, des Postes et de la Distribution de la Presse (ARCEP) to replace Nicolas Curien at the end of his mandate; she was replaced on February 6, 2018, by Joëlle Cottenye.

Personal life

Her husband is Hassan Benhamou.^[3]

Awards and honours

• Commander, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, by the decree of March 8, 2018^[10]
• Knight, Legion of Honour, by decree of March 21, 2008, for her 29 years of literary activities and civil services^[11]
• Officer, Ordre national du Mérite, by decree of November 14, 2016^[12]

Selected works

• 1987, L'Évolution des libraires et le prix unique du livre, with E. Archambault, J. Lallement & M. Kaspy), Paris, La Documentation française, 1987
• 1988, Histoire des pensées économiques (with Maurice Baslé, Bernard Chavance et al.), Paris, Dalloz, 2nd edition, 1993 : ISBN 978-2-24801-131-4
• 1996, L'Économie de la culture, coll. "Repères n. 192", Paris, éditions La Découverte, 8th dition, 2017 : ISBN 978-2-70719-704-7
• 2001, Les Galeries d’art contemporain en France : portrait et enjeux face à la mondialisation, with Dominique Sagot-Duvauroux & Nathalie Moureau, Paris, La Documentation française
• 2002, L'Économie du star system, Paris, Éditions Odile Jacob
• 2006, Les dérèglements de l'exception culturelle : plaidoyer pour une perspective européenne, Paris, Éditions du Seuil
• 2007, Droit d'auteur et copyright (avec Joëlle Farchy), coll. Repères, Paris, éditions La Découverte, ISBN 978-2-34804-362-8
• 2010, Le Patrimoine culturel au risque de l'immatériel, coll. « Droit du patrimoine culturel et naturel », Paris, Éditions L'Harmattan, 150 pages • ISBN 978-2-34804-362-8
• 2011, Valoriser le patrimoine culturel de la France (CAE 97), with David Thesmar, Rapports du CAE, La Documentation française, Paris, 2011
• 2012, Économie du patrimoine culturel, coll. « Repères », Paris, éditions La Découverte, ISBN 978-2-34804-362-8
• 2014, Le Livre à l'heure numérique : papier, écrans, vers un nouveau vagabondage, Paris, coll. « Essais », Éditions du Seuil, ISBN 978-2-02114-060-6
• 2015, Politique culturelle : fin de partie ou nouvelle saison ?, Paris, La Documentation française
• 2021, Ce que la Covid nous a appris (editors, Éric Fottorino, Thomas Jolly, Jérôme Clément, Pierre Rosanvallon, Véronique Olmi et al.), Paris, coll. « Les Indispensables », Éditions Philippe Rey, ISBN 2-84876-872-X
• 2022, Le Don dans l'économie (avec Nathalie Moureau), coll. « Repères », Paris, éditions La Découverte, ISBN 978-2-34806-495-1
• 2022, Des économistes répondent aux populistes (with Hippolyte d'Albis), Paris, Éditions Odile Jacob, ISBN 978-2-41500-187-2

References

1. Benhamou, Françoise (2002). "L'économie du star-system / Françoise Benhamou" (in French). Ed. la Découverte. Paris. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
2. "Françoise Benhamou dit Françoise Benhamou - Biographie". Le Journal Des Arts (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
3. "Arrêté du 22 février 2001 fixant la liste des candidats admis au second concours national d'agrégation de l'enseignement supérieur ouvert pour le recrutement de professeurs des universités en sciences économiques dans les disciplines juridiques, politiques, économiques et de gestion - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
4. "Françoise BENHAMOU (Présidente)". Le Cercle des économistes (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
5. Croiset, Laure (6 May 2020). "Coronavirus: quel impact sur le monde de la culture?". Challenges (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023.
6. "Etudier" (PDF) (in French).
7. "Rue 89 : actualités en direct et info en continu". L'Obs (in French). 2 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
8. "Le blog de Françoise Benhamou - Livres Hebdo". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved 4 November 2023 – via archive.wikiwix.com.
9. "Nous, économistes, soutenons Hollande". Le Monde.fr (in French). 17 April 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
10. Arrêté du 08 mars 2018 portant nomination et promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres
11. Décret du 21 mars 2008 portant promotion et nomination
12. Décret du 14 novembre 2016 portant promotion et nomination

External links

• Curriculum vitæ via Sorbonne Paris North University
• Curriculum vitæ via DocForum
• Interviews via Radio France