François Perruchas has a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) with a specialization in Economy of Science and Innovation, and a Master’s degree in Innovation and Technology Management from the UTC (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France).

His main research is on the socio-economic processes involved in environmental sustainability, in particular the determinants and the effects of green technology development, generation and diffusion of green specific know-how. He has a significant track record of high-quality publications in this topic and others related to Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) studies.

He has long-term experience as team member of large-scale research projects such as the Research Infrastructure for Science and Innovation Policy Studies (RISIS 2) funded by the European Commission under Horizon 2020, several projects sponsored by the National R&D plan of the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science and he has received in 2022 the Ramon y Cajal Fellowship Award.

He is actively engaging the academic community by presenting regularly at major international conferences and peer-reviewed articles for major scientific journals. He is also committed with Open Science values, working on an infrastructure to bring high quality datasets and methods required in the field of STI studies, and providing both the datasets he produces and research outputs to the community through open repositories or dedicated websites.