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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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Our annual conferences

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

Past conferences

The empire strikes back? Legal, technical and societal measures against hate speech.

Date : 26-10-2020
Organised by : Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Location : Hamburg
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Mapping the Terrain of Media Manipulation in 2020: What Have We Learned and What Can We Expect?

Date : 01-10-2020
Organised by : Shorenstein center
Location : Online
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Cybersec 2020: European Cybersecurity Forum

Date : 28-09-2020
Organised by : Cybersec
Location : Online
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E.U. DisInfoLab : Annual Conference about Disinformation

Date : 28-09-2020
Organised by : EU DisinfoLab
Location : Brussels
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Media Manipulation and the 2020 Election: Protecting Our Democracy

Date : 15-09-2020
Organised by : Shorenstein Center 
Location : Online
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Addressing 'deepfakes' in the U.S. elections

Date : 01-09-2020
Organised by : Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington
Location : Online
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The negative consequences of public health misinformation: media manipulation during the pandemic

Date : 26-08-2020
Organised by : Shorenstein Center
Location : Online
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Access to Information in Time of Crisis – The UNESCO Information for All Programme Priorities and The COVID-19 Pandemic

Date : 26-08-2020
Organised by : UNESCO
Location : Online
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Coronavirus: Tracking the infodemic across social media

Date : 20-08-2020
Organised by : First Draft
Location : Online
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Disinformation campaigns during the COVID-19 Crisis: Russia and China’s strategies in the Western Balkans and Turkey

Date : 17-06-2020
Organised by :  European Foundation for Democracy
Location : Online
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