The Fondation Descartes is a citizen-based, non-partisan, and independent European foundation dedicated to information-based issues.

The Fondation Descartes is structured around three main bodies: a board of directors chaired by Jean-Philippe Hecketsweiler; a scientific advisory board led by Gérald Bronner; and a permanent team headed by Laurent Cordonier, director of research.

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Each year, the Fondation Descartes publishes an in-depth study on one of its key topics related to disinformation: conflicts, health, or climate. Explore these publications in full.

The Fondation Descartes publishes thematic overviews written by its research team on major themes related to information and disinformation.

The Fondation Descartes publishes contributions from its affiliated experts, who speak in a personal capacity. The expert circle is multidisciplinary, including specialists from information and communication sciences, cognitive and behavioral sociology, international relations, philosophy, psychology, and journalism.

The Fondation Descartes organises annual conferences revolving around health, climate and conflict disinformation.

In its efforts to tackle disinformation, the Fondation Descartes joins forces with other key players in the information ecosystem.

With France Info, the Fondation Descartes explores historical disinformation in its podcast series "Les Infox de l'Histoire."

The Descartes Foundation offers you a cartography of the main actors involved in researching on the quality of information, or in fighting against disinformation, in France and throughout the world.

Fact checkers, web extensions, journalistic standards... The Fondation Descartes offers you a map of initiatives in France and around the world involved in asserting the quality of information or in fighting against disinformation.

The Institute for Monitoring Emerging Inauthentic Narratives (IVREI) is a civil society initiative designed to monitor and analyse in real time narratives appearing on French-language social media.

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