Bernard Cassen followed different university courses simultaneously after working as senior officer at the Ministry of Research and Industry. He has at the same time been appointed to various responsibilities in the associative world.

University: English associate professor, Doctorate, in 1968 he was one of the founders of the University of Vincennes, which later became the University of Paris VIII-Vincennes in Saint Denis. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the European Institute of Studies of this university and holds the Jean-Monnet European chair in political science.

Senior Officer: from 1981 to 1985, Bernard Cassen supervised the interministerial Mission of scientific and technical information (Midist), in charge of French national and international policy with regard to scientific and technical databases, edition and scientific and technical culture.

Journalist: collaborator of Monde since 1967, Bernard Cassen became in 1973 one of the members of the team established by Claude Julien of Le Monde Diplomatique. In 1996 he is Director General of this publishing house of the monthly publication.

Association responsibilities: Bernard Cassen leads ATTAC association from June 1998 (founding date) to December 2002. He is currently its Honorary President and coordinates the international commission. He is member of the International Council of the World Social Forum (WSF).
Furthermore, Bernard Cassen is Secretary General of the Latin American House in Paris and treasurer of Media Watch Global NGO, launched in Porto Alegre at the time of the WSF 2002.

Publications: Bernard Cassen has published hundreds of articles in outstanding French and foreign journals, mainly in Le Monde diplomatique.

Last books of which he is author or co-author are:

Attac au Zénith, Mille et Une Nuits, Paris, 2002.
Tout sur Attac 2002, Mille et Une Nuits, Paris, 2002.
Tout a commencé à Porto Alegre, Mille et Une Nuits, Paris, 2003.
L’Empire de la guerre permanente, Mille et Une Nuits, Paris 2004