The French National Centre for Scientific Research is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
Le Monde diplomatique is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs.
The Paris Institute of Political Studies, commonly referred to as Sciences Po Paris or just Sciences Po, is a higher education institution located in France, and member of the Conférence des Grandes écoles. It was founded in 1872 to promote a new class of French politicians in the aftermath of the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Sciences Po is commonly ranked as one of the best universities for political science and international studies in the world. As a grand établissement it is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in France.
Gilles Kepel, is a French political scientist and Arabist, specialized in the contemporary Middle East and Muslims in the West. He is Professor at the Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) and director of the Middle East and Mediterranean Chair at PSL, based at Ecole Normale Supérieure. He has been described by Alain Elkann as “the best possible guide through the frightening labyrinth of militant Islam.”
Gérard Prunier is a French academic and historian specializing in the Horn of Africa and the more southerly African Great Lakes region.
The Research Institute for Development is a French science and technology establishment under the joint supervision of the French Ministries of Higher Education and Research and Foreign Affairs. It operates internationally from its headquarters in Marseille, and two metropolitan centres of Montpellier and Bondy.
Catherine Bréchignac is a French physicist. She is a commander of the Légion d'honneur, "secrétaire perpétuel honoraire" of the Académie des sciences and former president of the CNRS. The Times says she has "a formidable reputation for determination, decisiveness and an aptitude for analysing and clarifying complex matters." As a president of the CNRS, she was responsible for 25,000 employees, 12,000 of whom are researchers, and a budget of 2.42 billion Euros.
Vladimir de Semir is Spanish journalist. He started his career in 1975 and has specialized in science journalism and science popularization since 1982. In 1994 he began teaching and training new journalists and popular science writers at Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) where he directs the Science Communication Observatory. In 1994, the Spanish Scientific Research Council awarded de Semir with the Prize for Scientific Journalism "for the extraordinary work carried out by him in 1993 and previous years in the Science and Technology and Medicine and Quality of Life supplements of the La Vanguardia newspaper, and for his contribution to training science journalists at Pompeu Fabra University and his activity in stimulating scientific culture".
Rachid Yazami is a Moroccan scientist and engineer. He is best known for his critical role in the development of the lithium-ion battery, as the inventor of the graphite anode of lithium-ion batteries. He is also known for his research on fluoride ion batteries.
Geneviève Fraisse is a French philosopher of feminist thought.
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres is a French public university, established in 2010, and formally created as a University in 2019. It is a collegiate university with 11 constituent schools. PSL is located in central Paris, with its main sites in the Latin Quarter, at the Jourdan campus, at Porte Dauphine, in northern Paris, and at Carré Richelieu.
Stavros Katsanevas is professor at the Université Paris VII Denis Diderot, director of the AstroParticle and Cosmology (APC) laboratory and chairman of the Astroparticle Physics European Consortium (APPEC). In 2000, he received for his work on supersymmetry the Physics Prize from the Academy of Athens. In 2011, he was awarded the Ordre National du Merite.
Bassma Kodmani is a Syrian academic and former spokesperson of the Syrian National Council. She is the Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative, a network of independent Arab research and policy institutes working to promote democracy in the Arab world.
Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan, Vietnam) is a French researcher, doctor and university professor. He manages the hospital department of Physiology - Practical examinations at Cochin hospital in Paris. His research concerns the physiology of the respiratory system and the physiopathology of pulmonary diseases.
Christian H. Jost is a French geographer.
LEPAC was founded by Jean-Christophe Victor and Virginie Raisson in 1992, as a private, independent think tank based in France and specialised in international geopolitical analysis and foresight studies. The acronym LEPAC stands for "Laboratoire d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Analyses Cartographiques", translated in English as "Foresight Studies and Cartographic Analysis Laboratory".
The Association française pour l'information scientifique or AFIS is an association regulated by the French law of 1901, founded under the leadership of Michel Rouzé in November 1968. As a skeptical organisation, it has been a member of the European Council of Skeptical Organisations since 2001, and publishes the magazine Science et pseudo-sciences.
Robert Escarpit, born on 24 April 1918 in Saint-Macaire - 19 November 2000 in Langon (Gironde), was a French academic, writer and journalist. He is most known to the public for his satiric articles in newspapers such as Le Monde in which he wrote around twenty columns per month from 1949 to 1979.
Pierre Auger is a French bio-mathematician born on March 8, 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He is a member of the French Academy of sciences and Director of Exceptional Class Research at the Research Institute for Development. Pierre Auger's research field concerns the mathematical modelling of biological systems.
Anne-Marie Devreux is a French sociologist specializing in feminism and the sociology of gender relations.
