Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba breathe new life into the world of contemporary art: based in Berlin, they design exhibitions and founded the magazine Contemporary And, a demanding print and digital publication whose aim is to “connect cultures”.

Senegalese historian Mamadou Diouf skilfully explains the political and societal changes in Africa. In his numerous books he breaks down disciplines and proposes an analysis that is both historical, sociological and anthropological.

N'Goné Fall, the General Commissioner of the Africa2020 Season, wished to place this ambitious project under the banner of pan-Africanism and collective intelligence.

Director of the Medialab at Sciences Po, sociologist Dominique Cardon is also a member of the Scientific Council for Wikimédia France, the Editorial Committee for the journal “Réseaux” and the CNIL Foresight Committee. His research and publications have established his reputation as an expert on...

Laurence Devillers specialises in the application of robotics to the social sciences and encourages our societies to examine the risks of emotional artificial intelligence.

Specialising in the youth and events of May 1968, historian Ludivine Bantigny explores the relationship of civil societies with political spheres in order to imagine what the power of tomorrow might look like.

A specialist in French literature, Marielle Macé uses its concepts to understand today's world and proposes an elegant interpretation of our ways of life.

A renowned professor of geography specialising in the spatial, Michel Lussault questions, in his latest works, globalisation and the creation of new urban spaces which he describes as "hyper-locations".

From her first works on gender to her recent history of violence, philosopher Elsa Dorlin advocates a practical feminism based on social struggles that combat both sexism and racism.

An eminent philosopher specialising in Bergson, Frédéric Worms studies the history of 20th-century philosophy and today’s societies, by singling out different important “moments”.

He has launched several companies, opened a restaurant and created a festival for digital culture : the versatile Afif Riahi has embarked on an extraordinary mediation project over the past two years, travelling through Tunisia to demonstrate its cultural wealth : No Logo.

Questioning, understanding, putting things into perspective: Élisabeth Lebovici examines the history of modern and contemporary art, giving a voice to those whose contributions are often forgotten.

Known as a thinker on the Enlightenment and modernity, Michaël Fœssel feeds public discourse with his philosophical essays on unusual subjects. From intimacy to night-time, he spots politics in unexpected places.

The first Israeli woman to receive a Nobel Prize, Ada Yonath is a molecular biologist and a pioneer of research on ribosomes, also known as “protein factories.”

Pap Ndiaye is a specialist in the social history of the United States and minorities, and has just been appointed head of the Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration (National Museum of the History of Immigration) in Paris. The historian wishes to make this museum a place of calm debate around...