Pierre-Sébastien Fournier has been an associate professor in the Department of Management in the Faculty of Business Administration at Université Laval since 2004. He holds a Diplôme d’études approfondies from the École Pratique des Hautes Études de Paris and a PhD in Industrial Relations from Université Laval.

He has been the codirector of the COHSM since 2008 and the academic director of the MBA (Master of Business Administration) program in Occupational Health and Safety Management in the Department of Management at Université Laval since 2006. This program is known all over Canada. He co-edited the collective work La santé et la sécurité du travail : Problématiques en émergence et démarches de prévention (2008) published by the Presses de l’Université Laval, and has  authored many articles in various academic journals. His research activities are structured around issues involving the new generation of workers and work organization. This interest is based on three orientations: (1) development of worker knowledge, which covers training and the intergenerational transmission of knowledge, (2) factors involved in workforce mobility, in terms of recruiting and retaining skilled employees in organizations, and (3) evaluation of workload. These research avenues are based on the perspective of enhancing efficiency and occupational health and safety in organizations, in particular by targeting human resource management practices. His steady collaboration with workplaces provides him with detailed knowledge of the realities in organizations. With collaborators from the business and academic communities, he participates on a  regular basis in organizing colloquiums and other activities on current issues in organizations.