BENRAIS Linda

Linda Benraïs is Professor of Comparative Law and Mediation affiliated with ESSEC, Director of the Governance and Conflict Resolution Programmes at IRENE, and a Research Associate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In addition to her duties at ESSEC, she is a judge-assessor (UNHCR) at the National Court of Asylum and a mediator at the Court of Appeal of Paris. 

For the past 20 years, she has been involved in expertise, teaching, and research, while at the same time directing programs and coordinating multicultural teams, mainly in the European Union, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Before joining ESSEC, she was a project manager for two years in the European and international affairs department of the Ministry of Justice before founding and then directing for thirteen years the International Legal Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Justice.

Her expertise, teaching, and publications focus on cooperation, negotiation, governance of justice, human rights and security issues, and conflict resolution.

She holds a doctorate in the comparative public law of the European States, a Master 2 in international economic and development law, and a Master 1 in business law (University of Paris V). She is also a graduate mediator of the Institut Catholique de Paris and an internationally accredited mediator by the CEDR in London.

• 2015 : CEDR Accredited Mediator (UK and International) (Center for Effective Dispute Resolution, United Kingdom)
• 2010 : University Diploma of Mediator (Institut Catholique de Paris, France)
• 2004 : Doctorat en Droit Public Comparé des Etats Européens (Université Paris Descartes (Paris V), France)
• 1997 : Master 2 of International Economic and Development Law (Université Paris Descartes (Paris V), France)
• 1996 : Master 1 en Droit des Affaires (Université Paris Descartes (Paris V), France)

Full-time academic appointments

• 2015 - Present : Adjunct Professor of Comparative Law and Mediation, Director of Governance and Conflict Resolution, ESSEC IRENE (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2020 - Present : Resarch Associate, (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom)

Other Academic Appointments

• 2009 - Present : Lecturer (École nationale d'administration - ENA, France)
• 2013 - Present : Director of ‘Governance and Conflict Resolution’ Programs (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2018 - Present : Research team member - United Nations Research Project' Human Security Business Partnerships" (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2020 - Present : Member of GBSN - Business for Human Rights (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2021 - Present : Member of the EU Learning Community"Europe in the World" (EUTOPIA: CY Cergy Paris University)) (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2014 - 2017 : Manager of a research team (EU Project Horizon 2020 Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding / Responsible of the work package focused on Policy recommendations to the EU) (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2010 - Present : Co-Academic director / Pedagogical Co-Head (Institut Catholique de Paris, France)
• 2010 - Present : Lecturer and head of teaching modules- Diploma of Accredited Mediator (Institut Catholique de Paris, France)
• 2018 - Present : Lecturer in Business Ethics and Leadership (International School of Management (ISM), France)
• 2000 - 2013 : Academic co-director / Co-Pedagogical Head " Justice Reform- EU enlargement to Eastern Europe" (European Union, Belgium)
• 2003 - 2012 : Academic director / Pedagogical Head (European Union, Lebanon)
• 2011 - 2012 : Manager of a research team (Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), France)
• 2000 - 2010 : Lecturer (École Nationale de la Magistrature, France)
• 1999 - 2008 : EU Academic director / EU Pedagogical Head in Strengthening legal and judicial reforms" (European Union, Russia)
• 2000 - 2004 : Academic director / Pedagogical Head Project Regional Training Programs for Judges in the Balkans Region funded by the French MoFA (Ministère des Affaires étrangères, North Macedonia)

Professional appointments

• 2010 - Present : Mediator at the Paris Court of Appeal (Mediation Human Rights, France)
• 2014 - Present : EU Senior Expert on Peace Mediation and Conflict Prevention (European Union, Belgium)
• 2019 - Present : Judge - assessor at the National Court of Asylum Law (UNHCR, France)
• 2021 - 2022 : Senior Evaluator in EU Foreign and Security Policy (Ukraine and Kazakhstan) (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2013 - 2021 : EU Key Senior Expert- Governance of Centres of Excellence in CBRN Risk mitigation (European Union, Belgium)
• 1999 - 2012 : Secretary General then Director of the Agency for International Legal Cooperation (Ministry of Justice, France)
• 2005 - 2011 : EU Project Leader on Strengthening the quality of Justice (European Union, Kazakhstan)
• 2003 - 2009 : EU Project Director on Modernisation of Justice (European Union, Morocco)
• 2004 : Project Leader (Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Qatar)
• 1997 - 1998 : Policy Officer, Cooperation Unit; Division of European and International Affairs (Ministry of Justice, France)

• MARTIN, M., BOJICIC-DZELILOVIC, V. and BENRAIS, L. (2018). Introductory Article: Mind The Gaps. A Whole of Society Approach to Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention. Peacebuilding, 6(3), pp. 171-182.
• BENRAIS, L. (2014). Compte-rendu de la table ronde sur les leçons de l'engagement français en matière de réponse aux crises et fragilité des Etats". Securité et Stratégie, (16), pp. 91-93.

• GAVA , M., CHAVANIS , J.L. and BENRAIS, L. (2019). "Avis d'expert" in Outils et Pratique de la Médiation. 2ème édition ed. Dunod.
• BENRAIS, L. (2005). Bilan et Perspective de la Politique de Coopération Juridique et Judiciaire en Europe Centrale et Orientale : la stratégie des partenairiats. Paris: LGDJ Lextenso éditions.

• BENRAIS, L. (2022). La médiation Politique-in L'art de Pacifier les Conflits. In: Imen Benharda (ed.). L'art de Pacifier les Conflits. 1st ed. Éditions Érès, pp. 327-338.
• BENRAIS, L. (2018). La Médiation en Droits de l'Homme. In: Nathalie Fricero (ed.). Le Guide des Modes Amiables de Résolution des Différends (MARD). 3ème ed. Dalloz.
• BENRAIS, L. (2018). Le rôle des femmes dans la radicalisation des hommes. In: Alain Grosjean (ed.). Le statut des femmes et l'état de droit, Union Internationale des Avocats. 1ère ed. Bruylant, pp. 183-186.
• MARTIN, M., BOJICIC, V. and BENRAIS, L. (2018). Introductory article: Mind the gaps. A Whole-of-Society approach to peacebuilding and conflict prevention. In: Mary Martin, Vesna Bojicic eds. Peacebuilding. 1st ed. London: Routledge, pp. 171-182.
• BENRAIS, L. (2015). La médiation en droits de l'Homme. In: Nathalie Fricero (ed.). Le Guide des Modes Amiables de résolution des différends (MARD) 2016-2017. 2ème ed. Paris: Dalloz, pp. 313-443.
• BENRAIS, L. (2014). La médiation en droit de l'Homme, in le Guide des Modes Amiables de Résolution des Differends. In: Nathalie Fricero (ed.). Le Guide des Modes Amiables de résolution des différends (MARD-Edition 2014-2015). 1st ed. Dalloz, pp. 266-286.

• BENRAIS, L. (2020). Actes de Médiations 2020 : la médiation, un repère au coeur d'un monde en transition. Angers. Groupement Européen Des Magistrats Pour la Médiation (Gemme).
• BENRAIS, L. (2014). Médiation Internationale : Actes de la 2ème Retraite organisée par l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, 21 et 22 novembre 2012. Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, France.

• BENRAIS, L. (2022). Journée solidaire à Sciences Po au profit des femmes en Ukraine et Afghanistan. In: Journée Solidaire à Sciences Po au profit d'ONU FEMMES. Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2022). Media, civil society, and mediation specialists : A gathering of actors for peace yet to be put together. In: EU Community of Practice on Peace Mediation 2022: Mediation in challenging international environment : Building partnerships for sustainable peace. Bruxelles.
• BENRAIS, L. (2021). Tackling New Frontieres of Corporate Social Responsibility. In: Global Business School Network (GBSN). Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2021). The individual as the core of inclusive and humanistic alliance. In: Human Centered and sustainable global governance, EUTOPIA European Universities.
• BENRAIS, L. (2020). Les femmes, des actrices de la Paix? In: Forum Digital ONU Femmes France : Une paix sans les femmes est-elle possible?
• BENRAIS, L. (2019). Actions en faveur de la Paix et de la Securité. In: 8 mars 2019-Ministère des Affaires Etrangères mobilisé pour une diplomatie féministe. Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2019). Considering the cultural boundaries for a concrete inclusion of women in peace processes (negotiations and mediations of peace agreements). In: Présidence G7 France,G7's Group of Experts on Conflict Prevention and Peace Building. Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2019). Engaging Civil Society in our efforts to implement the Agenda on "Women Peace and Security in cooperation with Peace Keeping Operations. In: Presidence G7 France 2019, G7 'Group of Experts on Conflict Prevention and Peace Building.
• BENRAIS, L. (2019). La promotion des Modes Alternatifs de Règlement des Différends. In: Journée Juridique Franco-Hongroise organisée par l'Ambassade de France en Hongrie et la Société de Législation Comparée. Budapest.
• BENRAIS, L. (2019). Les droits des Femmes au défi des conflits armés. In: Journée solidaire Sciences Po ONU Femmes de Soutien aux Femmes d'Ukraine et d'Afghanistan. Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2018). Moderation du Panel "l'Union européenne la convergence à la solidarité". In: Colloque à la Sorbonne "Une solidarité à l'échelle de l'Union européenne est elle encore possible". Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2017). Opening Conference and Speaker on "EU Integrated Approach process and dimensions in European External Relations". In: WOSCAP and IECEU Final EU Research Conference with EEAS.
• BENRAIS, L. (2017). Case Study: Corporate Resilience Building In Guinea. In: Corporate Peace: Private Sector Strategies For Conflict Prevention, Peace Building and Sustainable Developpement, London School of Economics and Political Science. London.
• BENRAIS, L. (2017). L'inclusion de l'ensemble des parties prenantes dans la prévention des conflits et la paix. In: Dialogue Politique WOSCAP - Paix et Prévention des Conflits : quelle place pour les entreprises? La Défense.
• BENRAIS, L. (2015). The EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative. In: 3rd Reshape Annual Research Conference - Insecurity Complexes : The Response of the EU and The Member States. Catania.

• BENRAIS, L. and SIMON, J. (2016). Review of EU Policies towards Conflict Prevention and Peace Building. ESSEC Business School.

• BENRAIS, L. (2020). Spotlight-Establishing Sustainable Partnerships in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In: Estabilishing Sustainable Partnerships in Reponse to Covid - ESSEC and LSE IDEAS Reseach Seminar. Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2020). Prompting Sustainable Partnerships in Response to the Impact of the Pandemic. In: LSE IDEAS -ESSEC Research Seminar. Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2020). Médiation versus Dialogue, un cadre de sécurité humaine pour les partenariats d'entreprises. In: SIRENE-57 - Encourager le développement de partenariats durables entre la société civile, l'Etat et les entreprises en réponse à l'impact de la pandémie, ESSEC-LSE. Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2018). Resolving Conflicts Between Mining Companies In Conakry Guinea. In: International Association for Conflict Management. Philadelphia.
• BENRAIS, L. and SIMON, J. (2017). Societal Résilience in the EU Global Strategy, University of Oxford. In: The Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2017: Ending the violence in Turbulent Times, Exploring the Conflict, Peace and Violence Nexus, Pembroke College, University of Oxford. Oxford.
• BENRAIS, L. (2017). Moderation de la Conférence sur "le rôle des femmes dans la radicalisation des Hommes". In: Séminaire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur la Négociation-SIRENE, ESSEC IRENE en partenariat avec l'Académie Diplomatique Internationale et Diploweb. Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2017). Policy Dialogue - Paix et Prévention des Conflits : Quelle place pour les entreprises? In: SIRENE 51- Séminaire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur la Négociation, Campus de l'ESSEC La Défense, Paris.
• BENRAIS, L. (2017). L'accord de Paix en Bosnie-Herzégovine. In: Colloque International de Royaumont "Se mettre d'Accord, Revue Négociations, Conflits, Décisions et Délibérations, Abbaye de Royaumont, 9 - 10 novembre 2017. Asnières Sur Oise.
• BENRAIS, L. and JENKINS, A. (2016). Mediation and Defence of Human Rights, University of Columbia 'selected paper'. In: International Association For Conflict Management Annual Conference-Peer Review, University of Columbia. New York.
• BENRAIS, L. and SIMON, J. (2016). Strengthening Multi-stakeholder Coherence in Peace Building and Conflict Prevention. In: Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peace Building, EU Research Project (woscap.eu/documents).
• BENRAIS, L. and SIMON, J. (2016). Scoping Study - EU Multi-Stakeholder Coherence at the Core of EU Comprehensiveness. In: Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peace Building (WOSCAP), EU Research Project.
• BENRAIS, L. (2016). Questioning the Coherence of the EU External Action in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding. In: Sirene 50-Séminaire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur la Négociation, Quaker House, Bruxelles.
• BENRAIS, L. and QUINET, A. (2015). EU Policy Briefing on Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peace Building. In: WOSCAP-Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peace Building, EU Research Project.

• JEHEE, J., KUZYK, V., LOPEZ OCHOA, P. and BENRAIS, L. (2022). Mid Term Evaluation of the Performance of the International Science and Technology Center and The Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION). Belgium.
• MARTIN, M., BACHE, C. and BENRAIS, L. (2022). Maximising business contributions to sustainable and positive peace - A human security approach. United Nations.
• MARTIN, M., BOJICIC-DZELILOVIC, V., TEN BRINKE, L. and BENRAIS, L. (2018). People Profit and Peace. United Nations.
• BENRAIS, L., SIMON, J. and VOGELAAR, G. (2017). Policy Recomendations from a Whole of Society perspective for the EU's conflict prevention and peace capabilities. Netherlands.

• BENRAIS, L. (2015). Kodiva : prévention, gestion et réponse à une crise sanitaire. ESSEC Business School.
• BENRAIS, L. (2015). Kodiva : Preventing, responding to a sanitary crisis. ESSEC Business School.

• BENRAIS, L., SCOTT TABI , M. and MICUCCI, S. (2020). Coronavirus - Liberia: Ministry of Health (MoH) participate in Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRNE) Risk Communication Workshop.
• BENRAIS, L., KAZIMOV, O. and MOSER, T. (2020). The Online Challenges: How to better coordinate and build partnerships during the Covid-19 pandemic e Covid-19.
• BENRAIS, L. and MOSER , T. (2020). he EU' Governance Team led by Essec Irene contributes to the fight against Covid-19 in Liberia".

• BENRAIS, L. 2019. Affaire Epstein: le gouvernement peut-il demander une enquête en France. August.
• BENRAIS, L. 2017. Pourquoi le Prix Nobel attise les polémiques ? Les controverses sont devenues l'une de ses marques de fabrique. October.
• BENRAIS, L. 2010. Quand la Justice exporte son savoir-faire. June.

• BENRAIS, L. (2022). Ksapa et CoBS : retour sur la diligence raisonnable sur les droits humains. Paris: France.
• BENRAIS, L. (2022). Ksapa and CoBs: Shared Views on Human Rights Due Diligence Efforts. Paris: France.
• BENRAIS, L., BOJICIC-DZELILOVIC, V. and MARTIN, M. (2022). Maximising business contributions to sustainable development and positive peace: a human security approach. United Kingdom.
• BENRAIS, L. (2022). Urgence_La situation des Femmes et Filles Afghanes. Paris:
• BENRAIS, L. (2021). Modération du SIRENE 59. 30 ans de violence dans l'Est de la RDC : quels enjeux et défis à relever pour la stabilité et la paix ? Paris:
• BENRAIS, L., MARTIN, M. and BOJICIC-DZELILOVIC, V. (2020). Human Security Business Partnership: a risk-infomed approach to achieve the SDGs. London: United Kingdom.
• BENRAIS, L., MARTIN, M. and BOJICIC-DZELILOVIC, V. (2018). People, Profit and Peace. United Kingdom.
• BENRAIS, L. (2018). Processus de Paix : Pour une médiation internationale Inclusive. France.
• BENRAIS, L. (2016). Co-Facilitatrice de la Conférence Union européenne "La contribution de la société civile et des acteurs non étatiques au relèvement et à la consolidation de la paix en République Centrafricaine". Bruxelles: Belgium.
• BENRAIS, L. (2012). Médiation Internationale. Paris: France.

• 2022 - Present : DEVN EE08 (Executive Education Non Diplômant ESSEC Business School France)
• 2022 - Present : MGTP32_402 (MS Marketing Management & Digital ESSEC Business School France)
• 2022 - Present : Programme APT SUEZ (Executive Education Non Diplômant ESSEC Business School France)
• 2021 - Present : DEVN 31140 (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
• 2021 - 2022 : DEVN31140 (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
• 2021 - Present : MGTP 31402 (Tronc commun EMS ESSEC Business School France)
• 2019 - 2021 : MGPT 31300 (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
• 2017 - Present : MGTP 31301 (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
• 2015 - 2021 : CPRO 331330 (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
• 2013 - 2022 : DEVN 31262 (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
• 2013 - 2022 : DEVN 312§3 (Grande Ecole - Master in Management ESSEC Business School France)
• 2013 - Present : DEVN EE (Executive Education Non Diplômant ESSEC Business School France)