Marie CORNU

Marie CORNU is a Research Professor at the CNRS and affiliated with the Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique (ISP). She serves as a member of the Conseil d'administration at ENS Paris-Saclay. Her research focuses on heritage law, cultural property, and commons governance.

Education: PhD in law (1994) from the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, with a thesis on cultural property law published by Bruylant.

Research Contributions: Launched the Mémoloi program (2009) on legal frameworks for cultural heritage, co-founded the GDRI on comparative heritage law (1999), and pioneered work on commons culminating in the Dictionnaire des biens communs (2017).

Awards:

• CNRS Silver Medal (2019)
• Prix Dupin (2001-2002) for Droit, œuvres d’art et musée
• Prix Durieux for comparative copyright law work

Advising & Grants: No formal student advisees listed. Active in collaborative research networks like GDRI and Mémoloi.

Labs/Teams: Part of the ISP research group and co-leads initiatives on heritage law and commons governance.