Florent MASSON

Florent MASSON is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Lille, where he serves as Deputy Director for Doctoral Studies (since 2022) and member of the ISH Council and PHF Doctoral School Council (Private Law). He directs the Master's program in Business Law (parcours juriste d'entreprise) and co-directs the Institut d'Etudes Judiciaires, shaping legal education through these administrative roles.

His academic foundation includes:

• 2019: Agrégation de droit privé
• 2016: Doctorate in Private Law, Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris 1 (highest honors), thesis: "La propriété commune" supervised by Prof. Philippe Stoffel-Munck
• 2011: Master 2 in General Private Law, Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris 1
• 2010: Master 2 in History, Sorbonne University Paris IV (thesis on papal legislative power under Yves Sassier)
• 2007: École Normale Supérieure (Ulm)

MASSON's research interrogates foundational private law concepts through contemporary lenses, particularly property regimes in digital and environmental contexts. His work bridges doctrinal analysis with societal challenges, examining data ownership models, water resource governance, and contractual adaptations to platform economies. This interdisciplinary approach integrates historical legal traditions with emergent regulatory needs.

His publication pattern reveals consistent engagement with evolving property doctrines, increasingly addressing digital transformation and ecological imperatives. Recent articles demonstrate sophisticated analysis of personal data ownership, water commons, and gig economy labor relations, reflecting a trajectory toward applied legal theory with practical policy implications across European civil law systems.

His contributions have been recognized through:

• Thesis prize from the Order of Lawyers at the Council of State and the Court of Cassation

As academic leader for the Business Law Master's program and Institut d'Etudes Judiciaires, MASSON directly mentors future legal practitioners while guiding doctoral candidates through his Deputy Director role. His collaborative work on the 2021 "L’échelle de communalité" reform report indicates significant research funding engagement with France's mission Droit et justice.

Embedded within the University of Lille's humanities research ecosystem through ISH affiliation, MASSON contributes to the PHF Doctoral School's private law specialization, though specific laboratory naming remains unstated in available documentation.