Biography and career
Olivier received the French agrégation in history and is a professor of contemporary history at the University of Toulouse. He was director of the CNRS research group FRAMESPA (Social history from the Middle Ages to today) from 2005-2013. He was elected Vice-President of International Relations at this university in June 2012, he held the position until 2018.
He co-founded the open access journal Nacelles - Past and Present of Aeronautics and Space.
Jean-Marc Olivier is currently the co-director of the Nordic Historical Review, he has held various positions within the journal since 2005.
Olivier specialises in small-scale industries (watchmaking, making eyeglasses, hat making) and different models of economic development. His habilitation compared the French, Scandinavian, and Swiss cases of economic development in the 19th century. He has written a number of books and articles on these subjects, and created the concept of "soft industrialization", a process by which small production units, often in rural areas, played a large role in the industrialization of Continental Europe in the 19th century.
Jean-Marc Olivier's current research focuses on The History of Aeronautics and Aviation from its origins to the present day (Toulouse region, Europe and worldwide): Pioneers and their network, Production organisation, Social conflicts and consensus, Commercial issues, and Financing, profits, losses.
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