Paul-Marie Boulanger is a Belgian sociologist active in the study of sustainable development and consumption.

Paul-Marie Boulanger received his degrees in sociology from the University of Strasbourg and that of Leuven.

His work at the Demography Department of the Catholic University of Leuven focused on demographic, social security and labour market,[1][2] while when working at the European Agency for Development and Health he was concerned – also as responsible of the Agency’s information system – with food security and famine prevention in Africa.

[7][8] Boulanger also worked on social indicators of human well-being,[9] models and methods for decision support,[10] and climate change.

He also studies the application of the theories on Niklas Luhmann, such as to science’s reproducibility crisis [14] and to interpreting the present pandemic.