Head of Unit, Sectoral Studies Department, INSEE (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies), France.

Laure Turner holds a PhD in Economics of Science and Innovation from the Sorbonne University. She worked four years as a researcher before joining the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. In the framework of the European Commission "Women in Science and Technology" program, she implemented with leading companies a data collection protocol and an econometric model in order to study the impact on innovation of gender diversity in R&D teams and the business model of gender diversity policies at the firm level.

Dr Turner spoke about Gender diversity and innovative performance in Session B3: INTELLECTUAL ADVANTAGE Collective intelligence and social sensitivity of research at the Gender Summit 1 EU (GS1EU).