Anne-Lorène Vernay holds a PhD in innovation studies from Delft University of Technology which she defended in 2013. In Septembre 2013 she joinded Grenoble Ecole de Management as a postdoc and since Septembre 2017 she is assistant professor in strategic management. Her research focuses on how firms in the energy sector develop innovative business models in response to the energy transition and on the role of business models in sustainability transition. She publishes in journal such as Environment and Planning A and Research Policy.