Dr. Mathieu Denis is a USIA Council Senior Advisor of the United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA).
Mathieu is currently Senior Director of International Science Council (ISC), and Head of the new ISC Centre for Science Futures – an ISC think tank that is expected to provide thought leadership in discussions of policy for science, and to provide the evidence and intellectual resources that can help transform science and research systems, at the global and regional levels.
Before heading the Centre, Mathieu was appointed Science Director at the creation of the Council in 2018, a position he held until 2022. He also served as Acting CEO of the ISC throughout 2022.
Mathieu had originally joined the International Social Science Council in 2012 and became its Executive Director in 2015. In that position he helped guiding and overseeing the merger with the International Council for Science (ICSU), and the creation of the ISC.
Mathieu holds a PhD from the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. He has previously taught history, political theory, and industrial relations at Université de Montréal. He also worked as researcher at the Berlin Social Science Centre.