[2] Since 2006 he has directed UPF's International Center for Archeological Research in Polynesia.
[3] In June 2011 he was elected president of the UPF following the resignation of Louise Peltzer.
[7] His term as president ended in April 2017, and he was replaced by Patrick Capolsini.
In May 2019 he edited Une histoire de Tahiti, des origines à nos jours ("A history of Tahiti, from its origins to the present day"), a collective work covering the history of eastern Polynesia.
[8][9] In April 2023 he published Sur le chemin des étoiles ("On the way to the stars"), a work on Polynesian navigation.