THE IMAGINE OBSERVATORY

PURPOSE

The mission of the Imagine Project is a subtle one, namely to design innovative tools that are participatory, interactive and inclusive, with the aim of fostering the emergence of a culture of respect, mutual aid, solidarity, and otherness… In a word: a culture of peace. 

What Le Projet Imagine is in fact doing is waging a cultural battle on a daily basis, addressing everyone.

Impacts are diverse in nature and spread out over time, in the short, medium and long term. Ultimately, the aim is to pacify the atmosphere in our society and prevent the aspects which, in the long run, could rip apart both our social fabric and our spirit of social cohesion.

In order to be able to fully appreciate the effects of our actions, on a qualitative basis, we deemed it necessary to set up a dedicated observatory, to include of a number of qualified well-known figures.

composition

This observatory is chaired by the sociologist Michel Wieviorka.

The following dignitaries are also members:

  • Olivier Berut: Founder of the consulting firm: “We can perfect the world.“ Trained in complexity sciences at the Ecole Centrale of Paris, and in psychology at the University of Buffalo (USA). He is a member of RIODD, an international network for research on organizations and sustainable development. He has worked with Edgar Morin.
  • Emmanuel Ethis: film sociologist, dean of the Academy of Rennes.
  • Roger-François Gauthier: Former Inspector General of National Education, international expert in educational policies and teaching content.

  • Valérie Gauthier: Associate Professor, HEC Paris. Founder and CEO, Savoir-Relier (SARL), Start-up that trains a community of « savoir-relier » leaders (genuine, generous, generative, 3G leaders) to produce trust-based relationship and pursue self-improvement for innovation with purpose on-lin Author, « dialog’ » a savoir-relier game.

  • Bruno Humbeeck: Educational Psychologist and author of many publications in the area of preventing school and domestic violence, abuse, drug addiction and in care for people experiencing psychosocial and/or family issues.
  • Farhad Khosrokhavar: Sociologist, Director of Studies at EHESS (School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences). Specialist in phenomena relating to radicalization.
  • Jean-Philippe Lachaux: Research director at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and researcher at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center.
  • Nelson Vallejo-Gomez: Secretary-General of the Scientific Council of National Education (SG-CSEN).
  • Michel Wieviorka: Docteur d’État ès Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Michel Wiewiorka is Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Administrator of the Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH). Member of the “Centre de coopération franco-norvégienne en sciences sociales et humaines” of the FMSH in Paris. He chairs the selection committee for the Michel Seurat Prize created by the CNRS.

    His research focuses on the notion of conflict, terrorism and violence, racism, anti-Semitism, social movements, democracy and the phenomena of cultural difference.