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 freedoms.

Co-chairs:

• Alain Prochiantz, 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)
• Michel Agier, Anthropologist, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHSS), Director of Research at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
• Agnès B, Fashion designer
• Sébastien Balibar, Physicist, Member of the Académie des Sciences
• Suzanne Berger, American historian and political scientist, Professor of Political Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Geoffrey Bodenhausen, Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
• Patrick Boucheron, Professor at Collège de France, holder of the Chair in the History of Powers in Western Europe, 13^th -16^th centuries.
• Hamit Bozarslan, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Director of the Centre d’Études Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques
• Édouard Brézin, Physicist, Member of the Académie des Sciences
• Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Professor at Collège de France, holder of the Chair in Atomic and Molecular Physics, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997
• Vincent Colot, Director of Research at CNRS, director of the Dynamics of genomes and epigenetic variations group at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris
• Pascale Cossart, Researcher specializing in cellular microbiology, Senior Professor at the Institut Pasteur, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des sciences
• Chantal Crousel, Contemporary art gallery owner
• Florent Deleflie, Astronomer at the Observatoire de Paris
• Jean-Francois Delfraissy, Doctor, immunology specialist, Chair of the Comité Consultatif National d'Éthique pour les Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé
• 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 Unité d'Archéologie et Sciences de l'Antiquité
• Camille Goirand, Professor of Political Sciences at the Institut des Hautes Études de l’Amérique Latine (IHEAL, Université Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle)
• Virginie Guiraudon, Research Director at CNRS. She founded and co-organizes the Migrations and Multiculturalism seminar at the Centre d'Études Européennes de Sciences Po.
• Laurence Hafemeister, Director of the ENSEA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Électronique et ses Applications – Cergy)
• Béatrice Hibou, Political scientist attached to the Centre d'Études et de Recherches internationales (CERI) at CNRS
• Jules Hoffmann, Biologist, Member of the Académie des sciences, Member of the Académie française, Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 2011
• Gérard Huet, Logician and researcher on computation theory. He is a member of the Académie Française of the Institut de France (Mechanical and Information Sciences Division)
• Liora Israel, Sociologist, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Member of the specialist Sociology of Law and Justice network of the Association Française de Sociologie, and of the Law and Society Association
• Eberhard Kienle, Director of the Institut Français du Proche Orient (IFPO)
• Pascale Laborier, Professor of Political Science, Université Paris Nanterre
• Henri Laurens, Professor at Collège de France, holder of the Chair in Contemporary Arab History
• Marie-Claire Lavabre, Research Director at CNRS, Director of the Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique, Université Paris Nanterre
• Anne Le Huérou, Lecturer specializing in contemporary Russia, Université Paris-Ouest-Nanterre
• Dominique Maraninchi, Cancer specialist, Director General of the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé from February 2011 to August 2014
• Jennifer Merchant, Professor, Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, Member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Member of the Centre d’Études et de Recherches de Sciences Administratives et Politiques (CERSA)
• Mathilde Monnier, Choreographer, Director General of the Centre National de la Danse
• Jean-Luc Morel, Researcher, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, Université de Bordeaux
• Pap Ndiaye, Historian, Professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (North-American history) and Director of the History Department
• Maissam Nimer, Sociologist
• Mathieu Puech, Vice-Chair of the Scientific Council at the Observatoire de Paris
• Marcel Rufo, Pediatric psychiatrist, university professor/honorary hospital practitioner
• 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 Schnapper, Sociologist and political scientist, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, President of the Institut d'Études Avancées de Paris
• Jihane Sfeir, Historian, holder of the Chair in the Arab World at the Institut d’Etudes Européennes – ULB in Brussels
• Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet, Geneticist, Professor of Genetics, Université Paris-Descartes, Director of the Department of Genetics at the Institut Curie
• Lilian Thuram, President of the Fondation Éducation Contre le Racisme
• Antoine Triller, Neurobiologist, Research Director at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Member of the Académie des Sciences
• François Villeneuve, Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Director of the Archaeology and Sciences of Antiquity Laboratory at the Institut d'Art et d'Archéologie
• Sophie Wauquier, Professor of Language Sciences, Director of the UMR Structures Formelles du Langage, Université Paris 8 Vincennes – Saint-Denis
• Michel Wieviorka, Sociologist, Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and President of the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH)
• Jean-Bernard Zuber, Emeritus Professor, Sorbonne Université

Our financial and institutional supports

The national PAUSE program 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: