Bernard Coloos

Bernard Coloos has been the director of economic, financial and international affairs at the Fédération Française du Bâtiment (French Building Federation) since 1996. He was in charge of the Office for Economic Studies within the French Department for Housing and Construction between 1990 and 1994, and was director of the Observatoire Immobilier et Foncier (Land and Property Observatory) at the Crédit Foncier de France (a national mortgage bank in France). He holds a master’s degree in private law and a doctorate in economics, and is also an associate professor for the master’s course in urban planning and development at the Paris Institute of Political Science (also known as Sciences Po).

His recent works include Habitat et ville. Quinze questions et controverses (“Housing and the city. Fifteen questions and controversies”), published by Éditions de l’Aube (as part of their “Villes et Territoires – Sciences Po Urbanisme” series), 2010.