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Eric Guilyardi_VF
π Society

Should there be limits to academic freedom?

With Éric Guilyardi, Climatologist, CNRS Research Director and Member of the Pierre-Simon Laplace Institute

On June 17th, 2026
3 min reading time
π Society

The birth of academic freedom in the United States

With Hervé Dumez, Emeritus CNRS Research Director and Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On June 11th, 2026
2 min reading time

Academic freedom also protects universities as institutions, particularly in their right to decide who teaches, what is taught, and how.

Emiliano Grossman_VF
π Society

Losing faith? France's shifting relationship with scientific authority

With Emiliano Grossman, Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Paris and Director of the Center for Socio-Political Data (CDSP)

On June 11th, 2026
4 min reading time
π Society

Who trusts science? A worldwide diagnosis across 68 countries

With Claudia Teran-Escobar, Lecturer in Applied Social Psychology at Université Paris Nanterre

On June 1st, 2026
5 min reading time

In 2025, the largest survey ever conducted on trust in scientists was published, and its findings challenge some common misconceptions.

π Society π Digital

Cryptography: a computer scientist and a quantum physicist win the Turing Award

With Gilles Brassard, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Montreal

On May 27th, 2026
4 min reading time

Their work has had an impact on algorithm design, the development of fault-tolerant quantum computers, and more.

José Lopez_VF
π Industry π Society

The construction sector's hidden role in deepening global inequalities

With José Lopez, Team Leader in Energy at Agence Française du Développement

On May 18th, 2026
4 min reading time