Pierre-Paul Zalio is a sociologist and University Professor who served as President of the École normale supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay from 2012 to 2022. Since then, he has held the position of President of Campus Condorcet. He was also a co-founder of the Université Paris-Saclay. A researcher at the “Institutions et dynamiques historiques de l’économie et de la société” research unit, he has conducted studies on family ownership, entrepreneurship, and the evolution of work. His notable publications include Grandes Familles de Marseille au XXe siècle. Enquête sur l’identité économique d’un territoire portuaire (Belin, 1999) and the Dictionnaire sociologique de l’entrepreneuriat (co-authored with Michel Grossetti and Pierre-Marie Chauvin, Presses de Sciences-po, 2014). He founded the journal terrains & travaux and serves on the editorial board of the Revue française de sociologie. A bronze medalist of the CNRS and honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France, he has been a member of the Presidential Council for Science since December 2023.
