Christian Buchet is an historian of the sea; his research focuses on the interactions between Marine, Economy and Society. In 1997 he founded Centre d’études de la mer (Cetmer) at l’Institut catholique of Paris, he is member of the Académie de Marine and scientific director of Océanides project, an international project of research in maritime history that gathers 300 experts that work in 5000 years of maritime history.