2025 Annual Report: Key Highlights and Achievements
A year of action in support of research and knowledge dissemination
Discover the highlights of a year in which the FMSH advanced its work in support of research, public debate, the dissemination of knowledge, and the international circulation of scholars.
Throughout these pages, you will find projects, publications, events, testimonials and key indicators that reflect the Foundation’s activities in 2025 and illustrate its commitment to scientific communities and society at large.
What a remarkable year 2025 has been! With a clear horizon ahead, the FMSH is opening a new cycle.
In a period marked by extremely strong international tensions, the humanities and social sciences are more necessary than ever. They offer a long-term perspective, shed light on structural transformations, and help restore meaning to events.
Snapshot 2025
Publication
Acheology of Amazonia
Stéphen Rostain, an expert on the Amazon for over 40 years, offers a fresh perspective on this region as a dynamic hub of innovation.
Meeting
Black Metropolis
A masterpiece of American socio-anthropology, Black Metropolis is presented by the journalist Rokhaya Diallo, in conversation with Anne Raulin and Danièle Joly, editors of the first French translation.
Accreditation
FMSH receives official accreditation for 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference 2025
By becoming an official UNOC stakeholder, the Foundation is actively engaging in international discussions on the oceans.
86
visiting researchers
197
researchers-in-residence
56
ongoing projects
10
research prizes
47
french host organizations
Meeting
Launch of the ‘Oceans: a shared heritage, shared challenges’ series
With the event ‘The Oceans Have a Story!’, the FMSH is launching a series of events dedicated to the maritime world.
Publication
Voukoum
By combining anthropological analysis with first-hand accounts, Flore Pavy reveals the cultural, linguistic and musical dynamics of the Voukoum collective.
Partnership
Canal-U, a partner of the 2025 Pint of Science festival
The FMSH and Canal-U are joining forces for the 12th edition of this science outreach event to introduce people to the platform and its resources.
Meeting
Faire art pour faire politique
This event celebrates the work of a thinker who has explored the realities of Africa, the arts and ways of ‘being human together’.
Festival
Pariscience Festival 2025: 7th year of partnership with the FMSH
The FMSH and Canal-U are strengthening their commitment to ‘Symbiose’, the short film competition that fosters dialogue between audiovisual creation and contemporary scientific issues.
Meeting
The Ocean: Common Heritage, Shared Challenges
As part of the third edition of its Transatlantic Dialogues, the FMSH is organising a discussion at NYU’s Maison française on the intimate and fragile relationship between humanity and the ocean.
Press conference
Launch of the Focales channel
To mark the launch of Focales on Canal-U, the FMSH is organising a press conference, followed by a screening of the film Méandres ou la rivière réinventée.
39
new publications
33 600
books and journals marketed
55 000
videos and podcasts freely available
Partnership
The FMSH joins the Ocean & Climate Platform
The Foundation becomes part of an international collective of more than 115 organisations working to protect the oceans.
Journal
Publication of issue no. 3 of the FMSH Journal
Between heritage and innovation: research in action with the Foundation
Architectural project
Encore Heureux Architects wins the competition to design the new FMSH building
The design of the future FMSH and EHESS building on the Condorcet Campus has been entrusted to Encore Heureux Architectes, the winners of the design competition.
Diffusion
Three new publishing houses are joining FMSH Diffusion
La Commune, Créaphis and Éditions de la Villette are expanding the catalogue of the Sales and Distribution department by creating a new section dedicated to urban planning and architecture.
Diffusion
Canal-U’s GAMA project selected for the National Fund for Open Science
The FMSH has been selected as a successful applicant in the 4th call for proposals from the National Fund for Open Science (FNSO), with the GAMA project, which aims to improve the indexing, accessibility and interoperability of scientific audiovisual resources through the automated generation of metadata.
Pariscience Festival 2025: 7th year of partnership with the FMSH
A shared commitment to a scientific culture that is accessible, critical and sensitive
Éditions de la MSH opens its doors to international publishing
On 3 June 2026, Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme will host 15 foreign publishers during a professional visit to Paris designed to deepen their understanding of the French book market.
Pariscience Festival 2026: the FMSH partner for the 8th consecutive year
Supporting audiovisual science writing and contemporary forms of storytelling
Canal-U and the FMSH renew their partnership with the Pint of Science festival
A strengthened presence in the Île-de-France region with 45 events supported in 2026
Published at 18 June 2026