The Fondation Descartes is a citizen-based, non-partisan, and independent European foundation dedicated to information-based issues.
Operation and governance
La Fondation Descartes est animée par trois organes : un Conseil d’Administration présidé par Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler ; un Conseil Scientifique encadré par Gérald Bronner et d’une équipe permanente, dirigée par Laurent Cordonier, Directeur de la recherche.
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Our reports
La Fondation Descartes est une initiative citoyenne, apartisane, indépendante et européenne dédiée aux enjeux de l’information, de la désinformation et du débat public dans une société démocratique.
Thematic overviews
La Fondation Descartes est animée par trois organes : un Conseil d’Administration présidé par Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler ; un Conseil Scientifique encadré par Gérald Bronner et d’une équipe permanente, dirigée par Laurent Cordonier, Directeur de la recherche.
Experts' blog
Vous souhaitez contacter l’équipe permanente de la Fondation Descartes ?
Events
The Descartes Foundation lists significant events, in France and internationally, particularly related to the topics of disinformation, interference and media literacy.
Our partnerships
La Fondation Descartes est animée par trois organes : un Conseil d’Administration présidé par Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler ; un Conseil Scientifique encadré par Gérald Bronner et d’une équipe permanente, dirigée par Laurent Cordonier, Directeur de la recherche.
Our podcasts
Selection of 'must-listen' podcasts on the Descartes Foundation's fields of research, in French, English or German.
Actors
The Descartes Foundation offers you a cartography of the main actors involved in researching on the quality of information, or in fighting against disinformation, in France and throughout the world.
Initiatives
Fact checkers, web extensions, journalistic standards... The Fondation Descartes offers you a map of initiatives in France and around the world involved in asserting the quality of information or in fighting against disinformation.
Our references and resources
The Fondation Descartes' experts select and comment on key publications on disinformation, trust in the media and the Foundation's other research topics. This data base is available online to members of the Foundation and in the Foundation's documentation centre.
La Fondation Descartes est animée par trois organes : un Conseil d’Administration présidé par Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler ; un Conseil Scientifique encadré par Gérald Bronner et d’une équipe permanente, dirigée par Laurent Cordonier, Directeur de la recherche.
TEAM
The Descartes Foundation team is made up of researchers. The team contributes to the production of studies, supports experts, and participates in the organization of conferences and events.
Florine Garrel
Project and Institutional Relations Officer
Sabine GROULT
Secretary of the Executive Board
CORDONIER Laurent
Researcher
PhD in Social Sciences
Paris University
Executive board
The Executive Board determines the orientations of the Descartes Foundation. It guarantees the civic, independent, apolitical and European character of the Foundation.
HECKETSWEILER Jean-Philippe
President
Co-Founder of HLD group
HECKETSWEILER Tiphaine
Treasurer
Suez Group's Director of Communication
JEANGÈNE VILMER Jean-Baptiste
Secretary
Head of Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire
BRONNER Gérald
Administrator
Professor in sociology
Université Paris-Diderot
BIENAIMÉ Carole
Administrator
Producer, essayist and former Arcom member from 2017 to 2023
DE CLERMONT-TONNERRE Béatrice
Administrator
Artificial Intelligence specialist
GIRET Vincent
Administrator
CEO of France Info
MERCIER Arnaud
Administrator
Political Scientist
Université Paris 2 - Panthéon-Assas
Divina Frau-Meigs
Administrator
Sociology of the media professor
Paris III
Scientific committee
Composed of experts in the fields related to information issues, the Scientific Committee assists the Executive Board. It certifies the quality of the publications and research conducted by the Foundation.
Ben Nimmo
Research director at Graphika
Frédérick Douzet
Professor of geopolitics at the University of Paris 8
Director of the Geopolitics of the Datasphere Center (GEODE)
Fabrice d'Almeida
Historian at the French Press Institute
Panthéon-Assas Paris II University
MERCIER Arnaud
Political Scientist
Université Paris 2 - Panthéon-Assas
BRONNER Gérald
Professor in sociology
Université de Paris
JEANGENE VILMER Jean-Baptiste
Head of Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire
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