Alain Schnapper, an engineer from the Ecole des Mines de Paris, has worked for 30 years in consulting, industry and distribution. Since 2018, he mixes consulting activities by being associated with the chair "Theory of the Firm - Governance Models & Collective Creation" of MINES ParisTech PSL. He is a member of the board of the Community of Companies with a Mission. In 2020, he published, with Dominique Schnapper, Puissante et fragile, l'entreprise en démocratie , l’entreprise en démocratie, (Odile Jacob).

Reflection on remote work, study on the effects of curfew in Germany, distance learning, wearing masks, customer-supplier relations in times of confinement, citizen participation in crisis management, digital inequalities in times of pandemic are some of the many topics addressed by i3 researchers.