The Support Committee

PAUSE Support Committee gathers prominent figures from the world of academia, research and culture known for their commitment to academic and artistic freedom.

Co-chairs:

• Alain Prochiantz, Neurobiologist, Collège de France Emeritus Professor, Member of the French Academy of Sciences
• Edith Heard, Professor at Collège de France, holder of the Chair in Epigenetics and Cellular Memory

Members:

• Philippe Aghion, Professor at Collège de France, holder of the Chair in the Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth (IRD), Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
• Béatrice Berner, Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, President of Civil Right Defenders, Stockholm Metropolitan Region
• Édouard Brézin, Physicist, Member of the Académie des Sciences
• Vincent Colot, Director of Research at CNRS, leads the Dynamics of genomes and epigenetic variations group at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris
• Florent Deleflie, Astronomer at the Observatoire de Paris
• Françoise Dreyfus, Emeritus Professor of Political Sciences, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
• Jean-Jacques Glassner, Historian, Professor at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) and Research Director at CNRS, where he leads the Archeologies and sciences of antiquity (ArScan) research unit
• Myriam Hayatou, International Director of Science Programs for the Fondation L'Oréal, Executive Secretary of the L'Oréal/UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
• Liora Israel, Sociologist, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Member of the thematic Sociology of Law and Justice network of the Association Française de Sociologie, and of the Law and Society Association
• Pascale Laborier, Professor of Political Science, Université Paris Nanterre
• Gisèle Sapiro, Sociologist, Research Director at CNRS, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Vice-President of the EHESS for international affairs
• Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Geneticist, Professor of Genetics, Université Paris-Descartes, Director of the Department of Genetics at the Institut Curie

Our financial and institutional supports

The national PAUSE programme and its Support Committee would like to extend their warm thanks to all the French and European public institutions, businesses, foundations and non-profit associations who provide support with hosting foreign scientists and artists threatened around the world: