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A pebble bouncing a few times on a lake. A sandcastle. The splash of a stone falling into the water. The wake left by a boat. Waxing skis. But also… the “whispers” of microparticles. A trickle of water flowing through a carbon straw just a few nanometers …

Modeling Epidemics: Data, Methods, and Public Health Issues – Simon Cauchemez In this lecture series, I will demonstrate how mathematical modeling tools are used to study the spread of infectious diseases in human populations. I will detail the impact on …

Experimental Medicine …

Data Management: Expressiveness and Performance – Ioana Manolescu Digital data constitutes a “second world”—that is, a representation, shaped by modeling choices, of a wide range of human activities, such as economics, communications, healthcare, and …

The Language of Europe? – Barbara Cassin One of the most fruitful challenges posed by Europe is that of languages: we can choose a dominant language—the “Globish” of a globalized Anglo-American world—or strive to preserve plurality by highlighting the …

The Age of Uncertainty: Risks and Crises in the Organocene – Olivier Borraz This course will analyze how our societies cope with uncertainty. It will begin by describing the deployment of risk management tools, designed to bring within the realm of …

New Indicators for a New Society – Marc Fleurbaey The Avenir Commun Durable Annual Chair is supported by the Collège de France Foundation and its major sponsor, the Covéa …

History of the Arts in Early Modern Europe …

New Microbiology: From Molecules to Ecosystems – Tâm Mignot The Biodiversity and Ecosystems Annual Chair is supported by the Collège de France …

The chair’s research focuses on mathematical models in fluid mechanics, and more specifically on geophysical fluids, which are characterized by the involvement of multiple time and spatial scales and by high anisotropy. This anisotropy—which in this …

The annual Cinema Chair, created in partnership with the National Center for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC), encourages reflection, research, and intellectual debate on contemporary issues in cinema. Its main objective is to highlight the practices, …