Carine Bernault
Lawyer, specialist in intellectual property law, she obtained her doctorate in 2000 and was appointed lecturer, then professor of law (in 2013) at the University of Nantes. In 2008 she became an expert in intellectual property for the STDICE (Sous-Directeur des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour l’Education). Following this, in 2012, she was appointed 1st Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science and created the Intellectual Property diploma in distance learning, of which she took over the management. She then became a member of the regulatory control commission of the CNC (Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée – National Center for Cinema).
Between 2014 and 2017, she directed the Institute for Research in Private Law (IRDP), a research laboratory at the university. In 2017, she became vice-president in charge of university reform, then first vice-president in 2019, before being elected President in July 2020. Since January 1, 2022, she is the first President of Nantes University.
