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Expertise

End-of-life product management, ecodesign, environmental policies, imperfect competition, international trade and illegal markets, circular economy

Biography

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2011, Main Researcher of the theme Sustainable Development and Agri-Food, Sophie Bernard is Full Professor in the Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Ottawa, Sophie Bernard then did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Paris School of Economics.

Sophie Bernard specializes in public policy for the environment and the management of end-of-life products. In particular, it works on remanufacturing, recycling, eco-design incentives for products and international trade in waste. She is particularly interested in the illegal waste market and extended producer responsibility. These subjects are part of the broader theme of the circular economy for which she has developed expertise.

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CIRANO Publications by Sophie Bernard

As an author

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Where does our plastic waste go?

Sophie Bernard, Florence Lapointe and Julien Martin

Sustainable Development, World Economy and Environment

Où vont nos déchets plastiques ?

Sophie Bernard, Florence Lapointe and Julien Martin

Sustainable Development, World Economy and Environment
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Energy transition under mineral constraints and recycling: A low-carbon supply peak

Simon Chazel, Sophie Bernard and Hassan Benchekroun

Environment
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Energy Transition Under Mineral Constraints and Recycling

Simon Chazel, Sophie Bernard and Hassan Benchekroun

Sustainable Development, Infrastructures, Energy and Natural Resources and Simulation
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Le Québec économique 8 : Le développement durable à l’ère des changements climatiques

Marcelin Joanis, Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné, Matthieu Arseneau, Sophie Bernard, Jean-Claude Cloutier, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Jie He, Stéphanie Lapierre, Justin Leroux, Normand Mousseau, Alain-Désiré Nimubona, Daniel Normandin, Jocelyn Paquet, Ingrid Peignier, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, François Reeves, Mario Samano, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Sarah Teigeiro, Ekaterina Turkina, Ari Van Assche, Claude Villeneuve and 17 other authors

Sustainable Development and Environment

Where does our plastic waste go?

Où vont nos déchets plastiques ?

Energy transition under mineral constraints and recycling: A low-carbon supply peak

Energy Transition Under Mineral Constraints and Recycling

Le Québec économique 8 : Le développement durable à l’ère des changements climatiques

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News

November 29, 2024

Discover the special edition of CIRANO's PERSPECTIVES journal

May 29, 2024

Julien Martin and Sophie Bernard publish an article in Policy Options

April 27, 2024

The 2023-2024 season of CIREQ-CIRANO workshops was a great success

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Events

As a speaker

February 28, 2024

Thematic Year Symposium: Accelerate the transition to a sustainable and innovative biofood sector

May 11, 2022

61st Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de science économique

March 17, 2021

Webinar: Launch of the workshop report "L'économie circulaire au Québec - Quelles options pour la stratégie gouvernementale en développement durable 2022-2027"

November 20, 2019

Symposium: Launch of the book Le Québec économique 8 : Le développement durable à l’ère des changements climatiques

November 20, 2019

Conference CIRANO 25years: Sustainable Development, A Strategic Opportunity for Companies

April 25, 2019

Conference CIRANO 25years: CIRANO 25 Years Conference

Events

As an organizer

February 26, 2021

Workshop: Montréal Environment and Resource Economics

January 17, 2025

CIRANO-CIREQ-RRECQ Webinar on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

CIRANO Projects

Summary report - February 28, 2024 conference

Annie Royer, Lota Tamini, Sophie Bernard, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Ingrid Peignier, Christophe Mondin, Amélie Sintes

Agri-Food

Accelerating the transition to a sustainable and innovative biofood sector

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Annie Royer, Lota Tamini, Sophie Bernard, Ingrid Peignier, Sarah Elimam, Carole Vincent, Elina Caron

Agri-Food, Innovation

Quantifying the environmental and social benefits of eco-responsible and eco-conditional criteria

Bernard Korai, Sophie Bernard, Marc Journeault, Mathias Glaus

Define strategic orientations for the deployment of the circular economy in Québec as part of the government's sustainable development strategy (2022-2027)

L’économie circulaire au Québec - Quelles options pour la stratégie gouvernementale en développement durable 2022-2027 ? - Publié le February 5, 2021

Bernard Korai, Sophie Bernard, Johanne Whitmore, Benjamin Laplatte

Le Québec économique 8: Sustainable Development in an Era of Climate Change

Le Québec économique 8 : Le développement durable à l’ère des changements climatiques - Publié le October 2, 2019

Marcelin Joanis, Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné, Sophie Bernard, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Mario Samano, Georges A. Tanguay, Alain-Désiré Nimubona, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Justin Leroux

Environment, Energy and Natural Resources