Jean-Marie Bézard holds a doctorate in social psychology (educational sciences), is a consultant and specialist in foresight and innovation, and has developed his activities in France and internationally, both in the field of corporate strategy and change management, and in that of social policies and actions to develop the capacities of individuals and territories. To this end, he has set up and implemented numerous shared foresight and collaborative innovation projects in public and private organizations. He works as a foresight expert in the fields of transmission (family, education), conflict regulation and the construction of the common good. He works with the Université Catholique de Lille (UCL) on the future of the university. He is the author of several studies, articles and books. Anne-Laure Saives and Annie Camus have dedicated a book to him: La créativité à l'oeuvre en prospective : entretien avec Jean-Marie Bézard, conseiller de synthèse (Éditions JFD, 2019). With Jean-François Garneau and Rajendra Coomar Reedha, he co-directed the collective Qu'est-ce que bien gouverner aujourd'hui? (Éditions JFD, 2021). He is a member of the scientific committee of the Observatoire de la parentalité dans l'océan Indien, which he co-founded. He is the initiator, co-founder and co-director of the scientific committee of the Réseau international d'innovation et de prospective.
