Jean-François Lucas

Jean-François Lucas holds a doctorate in sociology and a Master’s degree in “Information, Communication, Innovation, Networks and Uses” from Rennes 2 University.

Before joining Renaissance Numérique as General Delegate in November 2022, he held the position of Director of Smart Territories and Responsible Digital Expertise at Auxilia / Chronos (a structure of the SOS Group), which he joined in 2018 as a consultant-researcher, before becoming Project Director in 2021.

Jean-François has also worked for several years in the field of design and management of innovative research projects (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Télécom ParisTech) bringing together academic (humanities, social sciences and engineering), industrial, public actors, as well as artists. As such, he was manager of the Chair of Imaginary Modeling, Innovation and Creation (MODIM) where he conducted theoretical and practical work on imaginary and industrial innovation (on the smart city and the augmented body).

Throughout his career, he has explored various topics related to those that animate us at Renaissance Numérique: big data, civic tech, innovation, smart cities, virtual and immersive environments, metaverses, digital data governance…

Jean-François has taught in various schools and universities: Sciences Po, Télécom Paris, Strate Ecole de design, Université Rennes 2…