Sylvie Faucheux

Sylvie Faucheux (born 29 May 1960Liste des candidats 2007 in the 20th arrondissement of Paris)Who’s Who in France 2012, 2011 is a French professor and politician. She specialized in the fields of economy of the natural environment and sustainable development. She was President of the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 2002 till the 12 April 2012.

Faucheux graduated from the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University which she founded in 1995. She managed the Center for economics and ethics environment and sustainable development,Sylvie Faucheux  which, in 2002, became a joint research unit between UVSQ and the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) (Institute of Development Research).

Faucheux is a politician as well as an educator. She was a SP candidate at the parliamentary elections for the first district of Yvelines in June 2007.Sylvie Faucheux 

In December 2002, she was named President of the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. She was president until 12 April 2012, when Jean-Luc VayssièreFait du jour : L'université de Versailles-St-Quentin en 2012  was made president. She is the current head of Université du grand ouest parisien. Faucheux is a member of the Board of Research and Higher Education in France. She has been a member since 2002. She is responsible for the working group on sustainable development.

Sylvie Faucheux is Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes AcadémiquesFAUCHEUX Sylvie  (14 July 2004 promotion), Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite (14 November 2005 DecretDécret du 14 novembre 2005 portant élévation aux dignités de Grand'Croix et de Grand Officier), Chevalier of the Legion of HonourDécret du 31 décembre 2009 portant promotion et nomination and owner of the Marianne d'Or 2009 for her actions in favor of the sustainable development.

 References 

 Further reading 
 Sylvie Faucheux, Jean-François Noël, Économie des ressources naturelles et de l'environnement, Armand Colin, 1999, 320 p. ()
 Sylvie Faucheux, H. Joumni, Économie des changements climatiques, La découverte - slf, 2005, 128 p. ()
 Sylvie Faucheux, Catherine Moulin, T.I.C. et développement durable, De Boeck, 2010 ()
 Who’s Who in France 2011, 2010 ()
 Who’s Who in France 2012, 2011 ()

Category:Living people
Category:1960 births
Category:Politicians from Paris
Category:Presidents of the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Category:Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University faculty
Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians