Jacques holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences and is a professor of ecology, environmental management, and sustainable development. He has published numerous articles and contributions in this field and on the multiphasic process of chemical carcinogenesis, including a doctoral thesis on “A systemic analysis of carcinogenesis processes” and, more recently, an article (in French) on « Couplings of symbiotic resonance and hetero-organization as founding principles of complex systems, between dissipative efficiency and resilience. » In 2019, he published a book in French titled « An integrative and operational strategy for implementing energy transitions » (Ed. Dunod), and, with Patrick Corsi in 2020, “A systemic (re)interpretation of the Green Deal for Europe”, accessible on the Club of Rome website. He has delivered numerous training courses and public presentations in these fields, as well as in crisis management, the Precautionary Principle, and circular economy issues, at universities, scientific conferences, professional associations, the European Commission, the French Senate Commission, citizens' assemblies, and schools. He is a scientific advisor to the Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development (CFDD) and an active member of the European Chapter of the Club of Rome and of the association Philosophie & Management (Belgium). He chaired for ten years in France the Collège National d’Experts en Environnement de l’Industrie Chimique (CNEEIC). He is also co-founder and manager of www.greenfacts.org
, a website offering factual, rigorous, and verified summaries of major international reports (over 150) on health, the environment, and sustainable development (more than 5 million visits per year). He is an active member of several working groups dedicated to understanding the systemic dynamics of complex systems and organizations — from chemo-biological to socio-economic, political, and philosophical levels — particularly within associations in Belgium and France (AFSCET, Groupe Émergence).