Conseil Scientifique

Marie-Noëlle Campana Rochefort has a PhD in modern literature and French civilisation. She is director of the Department for the Teaching to Foreigners of the French Language, French Culture and French Institutions (DELCIFE) at the University of Paris Est Créteil (UPEC). She is also a member of the FEDE’s Academic Council. She tells us more. […]

Michel Maffesoli, founding member of the FEDE’s Academic Council, a sociologist specialised in the imaginary, a professor emeritus at the Sorbonne, and an internationally recognised author, has just published his latest book. A socio-philosophical enquiry in 190 pages, it is entitled L’ère de soulèvements [the age of revolt]. 30 years after the publication of Maffesoli’s […]

A member of the FEDE’s Academic Council, Francois Bernard Huyghe is also Director of Research at IRIS (French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs) and President of OSI (Observatoire stratégique de l’information), formerly known as the Observatoire géostratégique de l’information, which analyses how information influences countries socially and politically. He will be taking part in […]

Patrick Vieu: ‘We should build rather than undergo globalisation’ A graduate of the ENA (“Léon Gambetta” class of 1991-1993) and Sciences Po Paris, Patrick Vieu also has a PhD in philosophy. Among his various posts, from 2012-2014 he was the French President’s Advisor on the Environment and the Regions, focusing on transport and sustainable development. […]

Michel Maffesoli : ‘Today’s modern democratic ideal has expired’ Michel Maffesoli, honorary professor at the Sorbonne and a founding member of the FEDE’s Academic Council, is a leading figure in European intellectual circles. While his analyses tend to stir up and unsettle his audience, hey are always full of sense. Read on to find out his […]