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The Fondation Descartes

The Fondation Descartes is a citizen-based, non-partisan, and independent European foundation dedicated to information-based issues.

Operations and Governance

The Fondation Descartes is structured around three main bodies: a board of directors chaired by Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler; a scientific advisory board led by Gérald Bronner; and a permanent team headed by Laurent Cordonier, director of research.

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Our reports

Each year, the Fondation Descartes publishes an in-depth study on one of its key topics related to disinformation: conflicts, health, or climate. Explore these publications in full.

Thematic overviews

The Fondation Descartes publishes thematic overviews written by its research team on major themes related to information and disinformation.

Experts' blog

The Fondation Descartes publishes contributions from its affiliated experts, who speak in a personal capacity. The expert circle is multidisciplinary, including specialists from information and communication sciences, cognitive and behavioral sociology, international relations, philosophy, psychology, and journalism.

Our annual conferences

The Fondation Descartes organises annual conferences revolving around health, climate and conflict disinformation.

Our partnerships

In its efforts to tackle disinformation, the Fondation Descartes joins forces with other key players in the information ecosystem.

Our podcasts

With France Info, the Fondation Descartes explores historical disinformation in its podcast series "Les Infox de l'Histoire."

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.

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Category: Acteurs

Reboot Foundation for critical thinking

Reboot Foundation for critical thinking is dedicated to elevating critical thinking. In order to do so, the Reboot Foundation supports the research of scholars working on this subject, provides practical tools and advices to parents / schools / employers etc., and builds a network of civil society actors committed to foster critical thinking.

Website: https://reboot-foundation.org/

Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)

The Hans-Bredow Institute is a research centre specialised in public communication issues related to the media and applied to various fields (politics, economics, culture, etc.). It promotes multidisciplinary research and with an international network of researchers.

Website: https://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/

Schöpflin Foundation

The Schöpfling Foundation promotes the development of critical thinking, especially among the younger generation. To this end, the Foundation supports several European initiatives in various fields such as the integration of migrants, journalism, vocational training, etc., in order to promote education and active involvement in civil society of the younger generations.

Contact: kontakt@schoepflin-stiftung.de
Website: https://www.schoepflin-stiftung.de/

The Credibility Coalition

The Credibility Coalition aims to develop common standards for information credibility by incubating initiatives and actors from various backgrounds (journalists, researchers, academics, students, policy-makers, technologists and engaged non-specialists). The organisation supports research, especially on the development of indicators / standards used by machines to reduce misinformation online. It has created collaborative tools of research through the platform CredCatalog. It then communicates on this research notably towards policymakers.

Contact: hello@credibilitycoalition.org

Twitter: @credcoalition

Reporters Without Borders

Reporters Without Borders is an NGO that campaigns for press freedom around the world, for example through investigations and advocacy missions or the loan of protective equipment to reporters leaving for dangerous areas. The organisation also produces an annual worldwide press freedom index.

Contact: +33(0)1 44 83 84 84 and secretariat@rsf.org

Graphika

Graphika creates highly detailed maps of social media landscapes and tracks disinformation campaigns on the social media by using high level techniques of artificial intelligence. It already studied a number of disinformation campaigns at the international level, notably on issues such as human rights and foreign interference in electoral processes.

DisInfo Lab

DisInfo Lab is a think tank and research center that produces research on disinformation. It develops an independent European platform on disinformation that encourages a collaborative research opened to all. It also makes policy recommendations at the EU level and to Member States and organises regular events.

Correctiv

Correctiv is a non-profit investigation centre that aims to promote a well-informed society. It is composed of team of reporters that conducts investigations on topics of high relevance, that have a strong impact on how our democracy is functioning. These investigations are made available for free on the internet. Correctiv also supports investigations that are led by other partners. It holds discussions with the general public on current journalistic and political topics and promotes media competence through a training programme to enable people to obtain information for themselves and to uncover injustices and abuses of power.

Contact : info@correctiv.org

Twitter : @correctiv_org

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