Gabrielle HALPERN

Bio

Doctor of philosophy, graduated of the École Normale Supérieure, Gabrielle Halpern has worked for the French government in the ministerial cabinet of the Minister of Economy and Finance, the Minister of Trade, Arts & Crafts, Consumer Affairs and Social Economy, the Minister of Research and Higher Education and the Minister of Justice, as a "Foresight and speech-writing" advisor, before co-directing a start-up incubator and advising companies and public institutions. Moreover, she directs the “Hybridations” collection that she has created at the publishing house “Editions de l’Aube”. From 2021, she made the front page of the French economic newspaper, L’Opinion, among the "intellectual influencers". More recently, she has received the 2024 “Laureates” French prize, in the "visionary" category, from the media La Tribune and Elle Magazine which rewards “30 women who are transforming society and the economy”. She is the author of the concept of hybridization, - as an art of building bridges between different worlds -, that she sees as the great trend of the world to come. She published several essays about it since she explores this notion of hybridization in many fields, whether that of society, innovation, architecture, culture, human resources, organizations, ecology, economics, art, administration, territorial planning, science, education, technologies, public policies, etc. Today, along with her research work, she gives a lot of conferences throughout France and around the world on the subject of hybridization and she advises public institutions, private companies and associations.