Sonia BEN SLIMANE holds a Doctorate in Industrial Economics from, University Paris Dauphine PSL, France and a French qualification (Maître de conférence) in Management (Discipline 06). She is currently an associate researcher and Executive Director of ERIM (ESCP Research Institute of Management), and Academic Coordinator of AoL. She was associate professor in Innovation at Novancia Business School and co-head of the NEIS chair "Nanotechnologies, Ecodesign, Innovation and Strategy" (NEIS) of the Labex SERENADE . Previously, she was an associate researcher at IMRI-Université Paris Dauphine. She has participated in research projects in response to calls for proposals on behalf of institutions and ministries. Her research themes are Innovation and Entrepreneurship with a systemic approach, technology transfer, innovation management and sustainable development. She also serves as Associate Editor of "Journal of the Knowledge Economy".