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Expertise

End-of-life product management, ecodesign, environmental policies, imperfect competition, international trade and illegal markets, circular economy

Biography

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2011, Main Researcher of the theme Sustainable Development and Agri-Food, Sophie Bernard is Full Professor in the Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Ottawa, Sophie Bernard then did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Paris School of Economics.

Sophie Bernard specializes in public policy for the environment and the management of end-of-life products. In particular, it works on remanufacturing, recycling, eco-design incentives for products and international trade in waste. She is particularly interested in the illegal waste market and extended producer responsibility. These subjects are part of the broader theme of the circular economy for which she has developed expertise.

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CIRANO Publications by Sophie Bernard

As an author

1 to 5 of 9 results

Où vont nos déchets plastiques ?

Sophie Bernard, Florence Lapointe and Julien Martin

Sustainable Development, World Economy and Environment
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Energy transition under mineral constraints and recycling: A low-carbon supply peak

Simon Chazel, Sophie Bernard and Hassan Benchekroun

Environment
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Energy Transition Under Mineral Constraints and Recycling

Simon Chazel, Sophie Bernard and Hassan Benchekroun

Sustainable Development, Infrastructures, Energy and Natural Resources and Simulation
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Le Québec économique 8 : Le développement durable à l’ère des changements climatiques

Marcelin Joanis, Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné, Matthieu Arseneau, Sophie Bernard, Jean-Claude Cloutier, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Jie He, Stéphanie Lapierre, Justin Leroux, Normand Mousseau, Alain-Désiré Nimubona, Daniel Normandin, Jocelyn Paquet, Ingrid Peignier, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, François Reeves, Mario Samano, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Sarah Teigeiro, Ekaterina Turkina, Ari Van Assche, Claude Villeneuve and 17 other authors

Sustainable Development and Environment
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Choix de design et politiques environnementales

Sophie Bernard

Où vont nos déchets plastiques ?

Energy transition under mineral constraints and recycling: A low-carbon supply peak

Energy Transition Under Mineral Constraints and Recycling

Le Québec économique 8 : Le développement durable à l’ère des changements climatiques

Choix de design et politiques environnementales

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News

November 25, 2023

Sophie Bernard curator of ZérO exhibition at the Biosphère

July 21, 2021

Sophie Bernard will be responsible for the "policy levers" axis of the new Réseau québécois de recherche en économie circulaire.

October 28, 2019

Sophie Bernard participated in a research workshop with the Canadian delegation as part of the G7

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Events

As a speaker

May 11, 2022

61st Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de science économique

March 17, 2021

Webinar: Launch of the workshop report "L'économie circulaire au Québec - Quelles options pour la stratégie gouvernementale en développement durable 2022-2027"

November 20, 2019

Symposium: Launch of the book Le Québec économique 8 : Le développement durable à l’ère des changements climatiques

November 20, 2019

Conference CIRANO 25years: Sustainable Development, A Strategic Opportunity for Companies

April 25, 2019

Conference CIRANO 25years: CIRANO 25 Years Conference

Events

As an organizer

February 26, 2021

Workshop: Montréal Environment and Resource Economics

CIRANO Projects

Quantifying the environmental and social benefits of eco-responsible and eco-conditional criteria

Bernard Korai, Sophie Bernard, Marc Journeault, Mathias Glaus, Thomas Gleize

Define strategic orientations for the deployment of the circular economy in Québec as part of the government's sustainable development strategy (2022-2027)

L’économie circulaire au Québec - Quelles options pour la stratégie gouvernementale en développement durable 2022-2027 ? - Publié le February 5, 2021

Bernard Korai, Sophie Bernard, Johanne Whitmore, Benjamin Laplatte

Le Québec économique 8: Sustainable Development in an Era of Climate Change

Le Québec économique 8 : Le développement durable à l’ère des changements climatiques - Publié le October 2, 2019

Marcelin Joanis, Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné, Sophie Bernard, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Mario Samano, Georges A. Tanguay, Alain-Désiré Nimubona, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Justin Leroux

Environment, Energy and Natural Resources