Françoise Benhamou (born 12 November 1952) is a Moroccan-born French economist, columnist, and professor.
She also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Cultural Economics and on the Arte Program Advisory Committee.
She directed the master’s degree in economics “Expertise and risk management” at the University of Rouen Normandy.
[4] Benhamou serves as a professor at Sorbonne Paris North University (Villetaneuse) and is the head of the “Heritage Economy” sector at the Institut national du patrimoine.
[8] During the 2012 French presidential election, Benhamou signed the appeal of economists in support of candidate François Hollande because of "the relevance of the options [proposed], in particular with regard to the resumption of growth and employment".