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Linking science with society to protect our ocean sustainably
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A 60-year work for humanities and social sciences research
Created by the historian Fernand Braudel in 1963, the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme supports research and disseminates knowledge in the humanities and social sciences
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Our work is currently organized around the following general focus areas.
Arts
Thinking through societies in their social, cultural and patrimonial diversity to enrich our representations of the world
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Sciences and society
Spreading knowledge to citizen to nurture an informed society
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Global networks
Connecting researchers and knowledge to understand the complexity of the world
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Ongoing call
Atlas: France > Baltic States, South Caucasus and Moldova
Call for applications | Postdoctoral fellowship
Ongoing call
Atlas: France > Chinese-speaking worlds
Call for applications | Postdoctoral fellowship
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Canal-U
The platform dedicated to academic videos and podcasts
Diffusion & distribution of books
Promoting and Ensuring Access to Publications in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Le Comptoir
A unique place dedicated to the humanities and social sciences
Maison Suger
A place of residence and research for foreign researchers
Events
De la rue à la mairie
29 January | On the eve of the 2026 municipal elections, an ethnographic perspective on the exercise of power and the crisis of representative democracy. With David Hamou, author of "De la rue à la mairie" (Éditions de la MSH), and journalist Rokhaya Diallo.
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