Nicolas Curien

Nicolas Curien is a member of Corps des Mines and currently sits at the board of the French Regulatory Body for Radio and Television. He is Emeritus professor at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, where he held the chair “Telecommunications Economics and Policy” (1992-2011), before becoming a member of the French Regulatory Body for Telecommunications and Post (2005-2011). He started his career as an assistant professor at Telecom ParisTech (1977-1978). He was then in charge of economic studies at the Telecommunications Governmental Directorate (1978-1986), before he joined the Department of Defense as chief economist and later as deputy-director of the Division for General Studies (1986-1988). Within the Department of Economics and Finance, he was deputy-director of the National School for Statistics and Economic Studies (1989-1992).

Nicolas Curien taught economics at École Polytechnique (1985-2007). He is a founding member of the French National Academy of Engineering. He wrote a number of scientific articles and several books in the field of networks’ industrial organization and digital economics.

Nicolas Curien graduated from École Polytechnique and Telecom Paris.