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Urgent appeal: PAUSE calls for solidarity
For many at-risk artists and scientists, the PAUSE programme represents immense hope. Today, facing unprecedented needs, PAUSE’s ability to act is under strain.
We are launching an urgent call for solidarity. Supporting us means ensuring that France remains a land of refuge for excellence and that lives are not shattered by inaction.
The PAUSE 2024 activity report is now available!
The PAUSE programme is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024 activity report.
Inspireurope+ Forum: Towards a coordinated European response for researchers in exile
Since 2019, Inspireurope+ has united key European stakeholders dedicated to protecting at-risk researchers, aiming to enhance the impact of individual initiatives and advocate collectively to European countries and institutions. The recent forum perfectly embodied this consortium’s spirit.
Tribute to Ahmed Shamia, Palestinian architect and PAUSE laureate
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Ahmed Shamia, Palestinian architect and artist, laureate of the PAUSE programme. Ahmed succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, May 13th, after being critically wounded in an Israeli strike on Gaza the previous week. He was 42 years old.
Rallying to defend science and Academic Freedom: Let's act together on March 7th!
On March 7th, scientists worldwide are calling for mobilization in response to the increasingly alarming situation in the United States. It should mark the beginning of a broader, sustained, and global mobilization. It is our duty to ensure that the freedom to create, think, innovate, and transmit knowledge is guaranteed everywhere, for everyone.
Launch of the matchmaking phase of the SAFE project
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused a major geopolitical and human upheaval. For the PAUSE programme, the war in Ukraine marked a change in scale: in 2022 alone, it supported as many people as in the previous 4 years combined.
The PAUSE programme celebrates its 8th anniversary
Since 2017, 680 scientists and artists forced into exile have been supported by PAUSE.
Rethinking the Hosting of Academic and Artistic Refugees: Lessons from the Second Franco-Brazilian Seminar
A look back at the second edition of the Franco-Brazilian seminar on welcoming academic and artistic refugees, with a special focus on the session held at the Collège de France.
Launch of the matchmaking phase of the SAFE project
The PAUSE programme is pleased to announce the opening of the « matchmaking » phase of the SAFE project « Supporting At-risk researchers with Fellowships in Europe », launched on September 2024.
Save the date | 2025 InSPIREurope+ Stakeholder Forum
The next annual Inspireurope+ Stakeholder Forum will take place on 7 May 2025 in Paris, at the Collège de France.