Fabrice Riem

Fabrice Riem is a Lecturer in private law at the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), serving as deputy director of the College of European and International Studies and the European Documentation and Research Center (CDRE) in Bayonne. He also coordinates the Lascaux Center on Transitions (CELT), a global network of 70 researchers.

Education:

• PhD in Economic Law, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (2000)

Riem's research centers on food security law as a convergence of land law, rural law, international/European law, economic law, environmental law, health law, and human rights. He argues food security is not a sui generis right but requires a tailored legal 'grammar' for states to address resource allocation failures where market mechanisms prioritize solvent demand over basic human needs. His work identifies poverty as a root cause of food insecurity and advocates for an 'agricultural exception' to standard market rules.

As CELT coordinator, he leads initiatives to replace supply-demand resource management with legal frameworks adjusting resources to needs. His contributions established food security law as a UPPA priority, catalyzing the IREKIA project's planned junior chair in this field. At the Jean-Monnet Center of Excellence (CDRE), he focuses on European social law and internal market law intersections with food systems.