About

Project background

The Philanthropy and Social Sciences Program was founded in 2018 by Nicolas Duvoux (Publishing Director) and Anne Monier (Editor-in-Chief), with the help of three philanthropic partners: the Fondation de France, Caritas France and the Fondation Daniel & Nina Carasso.
In January 2024, the program is anchored in the field of academic research at national level. It was designated a “Thematic Network” by the Institut des sciences humaines et sociales (InSHS), one of the research institutes of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). It has set up a scientific advisory board whose members are Anne Bory, Nicolas Duvoux, Axelle Brodiez-Dolino, Matthieu Hély, Sylvain Lefèvre and Sabine Rozier.
On January 1, 2025, Anne Bory was appointed by the Scientific Advisory Board as the program’s new director.

Team presentation

Anne Bory – Editor in Chief

Anne Bory is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Lille, and a member of the Centre Lillois d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sociologie et en Economie. A labor sociologist, her work focuses on family philanthropy and corporate sponsorship, as well as on deindustrialization and popular daily life. She is co-author of several books, including La ville vue d’en bas (éditions Amsterdam, 2019) with the Collectif Rosa Bonheur and Quand ils ont fermé l’usine (éditions Agone, 2017) with the Collectif du 9 août. Her research on family philanthropy in France led to an article in Genèses, on the norm of sincerity (2023). She was a member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2018-2024), and a Fulbright Scholar (2005-2006). She is a member of the editorial board of Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales.

Remi Guillem - Editor

Recently graduated from the Sciences Po Urban School (Governing the Large Metropolis), Rémi Guillem joined the Philanthropy and Social Sciences Program in March 2020. He will join the CRESPPA/LabTop as a PhD student in September 2020. His dissertation, co directed by M. Nicolas Duvoux (CRESPPA/ LabTop) and Sophie Dubuisson-Quellier (CSO, Sciences Po) aims at comparing philanthropic ecosystems’ contribution to urban farming growth in Paris and Detroit, Michigan. Vergers Urbains, a community association specialized in developing innovative urban farming projects in Paris since 2013, partners the PhD project through a CIFRE fellowship.