François Taddei is the founder and director of the CRI. He is a researcher in evolutionary systems biology. He participates in various working groups and reports on the future of research and education for the french government or for OECD, & EU. He holds the UNESCO USPC Chair “Learning sciences”. In 2018, he submitted to the Ministers of Labour, National Education, Higher Education, Research and Innovation, a report on the learning society and he published through Calmann Lévy a book entitled ‘Apprendre au 21e siècle’, (Learning in the 21st century).