In 2023, the Foundation is celebrating ten years of research at the heart of vulnerabilities in France and abroad. To mark the occasion, it is organizing an international conference in Paris on Thursday October 26, in partnership with the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) and Sciences Po’s School of International Affairs.
This conference will be the culmination of a series of events and publications throughout 2023, with the aim of taking stock of ten years of research and looking to the future. 5 thematic roundtables will examine the concept of humanitarian transition in the light of recent major crises. The publication “L’Essentiel, 10 ans de recherche au cœur des vulnérabilités” (The Essential: 10 years of research at the heart of vulnerabilities), bringing together elements of capitalisation and avenues for better understanding and action, will be officially launched on the same day.
The conference will be translated into English.
Programme
MORNING
9.15 am – 10 am: Opening Ceremony
Speakers :
- Philipe DA COSTA, President of the French Red Cross and the French Red Cross Foundation
- Christopher RASSI, Chief of Staff and Director of the Office of the Secretary General of the international Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Valérie VERDIER, Chairwoman of the Board and CEO of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)
10 am – 10.30 am: Humanitarian transition in the face of crises, an introduction
and launch of the publication ‘The Scientific Essential: 10 years of research at the heart of vulnerabilities’
- Virginie Troit, Director of the French Red Cross Foundation
- GRAND TÉMOIN : Prof Jean-François Mattei, Honorary President of the French Red Cross and former President of the French Red Cross Fund
Round table 1 – Humanitarian transition
10.30 am – 12 am:’Humanitarian transition 10 years after: the challenge of an object of study between local and international levels’.
Moderation :
- Virginie TROIT, Director of the French Red Cross Foundation
Discussant :
- Prof. Jean-François MATTEI, Honorary President of the French Red Cross and former President of the French Red Cross Fund
Speakers :
- Dorothea HILHORST, Professor of Humanitarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and President of the IHSA
- Anicet ZRAN, Historian, Lecturer at the Alassane Ouattara University in Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire)
- Christine NTAHE, President of the Burundi Red Cross
- Ryoa Chung, philosopher, titular professor, and co-director of the Centre de recherche en éthique (CRE), vice-president of the Canadian philosophical association
12 am -12.30 pm: Youth perspectives “What future for humanitarian action?”
Contribution of students from the ‘Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action’s at Sciences Po’s School of International Affairs (PSIA)
AFTERNOON
In the afternoon, two simultaneous round tables will be held.
Round Table 2 – Migration
2 pm – 3:30 pm: “Exiles and hospitality : the migratory experience in question”.
Moderation:
- Marie-Caroline SAGLO-YATZIMIRSKY, Ethnologist, Director of the Insitute Convergence Migrations
- Julien ANTOULY, Coordinator of scientific programmes and research valorisation at the French Red Cross Foundation
Speakers:
- Filip SAVATIC, Postdoctoral Researcher on the Migration Governance and Asylum Crises (MAGYC) project at the Centre de recherche internationales (CERI) at Science Po Paris
- Aissata IGODOE, PhD in Sociology, Associate Researcher at UMR 196 CEPED
- Nina SAHRAOUI, Philosopher, CNRS research fellow (GTM-CRESPPA)
- Fabienne LASSALE, Deputy Managing Director of SOS Méditerranée
Round Table 4 – Risks and disasters
3.45pm – 5.15pm: “Climate risks and disasters: understanding and coping with them”.
Moderation:
- Sandrine REVET, Anthropologist, Director of Research at CERI, Science Po
- Camille RAILLON, Scientific Project Officer at the French Red Cross Foundation
Speakers:
- Georges DJOHY, Socio-Anthropologist, University of Parakou (Benin)
- Annabelle MOATTY, Geographer, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
- Jan VERLIN, Sociologist, Geopolitics of Risk Chair, ENS
- Omar ABOU SAMRA, Director of the Global Disasree Preparedness Centre, IFRC
Round Table 3 – Health and epidemics
2 pm – 3:30 pm: “Epidemics and health beyond medicine: what can be done to overcome obstacles to health care utilisation?”
Moderation:
- Laurent VIDAL, Anthropologist, Director of Research at IRD
- Virginie TROIT, Director of the French Red Cross Foundation
Speakers :
- Alice DESCLAUX, Health Anthropologist, Director of Research at IRD
- Aude STURMA, Environmental Sociologist, CNRS Research Fellow
- Fimin KRA, PhD in socio-anthropology, lecturer at the Alassane Ouatara University in Bouaké (Côté d’Ivoire)
- Vincent FALGAIROU, technical expertise manager at the French Red Cross
Round Table 5 – Research challenges
3:45pm – 5:15pm: “Conducting research on and with humanitarians: what are the ethical, financial and methodological issues?”
Moderation:
- Vincent LEGER, Research Officer at the French Red Cross Foundation
- François AUDET, Doctor of Philosophy, Director of the Candian Observatory on Crises and Humanitarian Action (OCCAG), Professor at UQAM
Speakers:
- Estellet Fourat, Sociologist, MSH SUD Project Officer, Laureate of a Research Fellowship from the French Red Cross Foundation
- Maria Gabrielsen JUMBERT, Geopolitologist, Director of Research at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
- Sandrine SIMON, Director of Health Advocacy at Médecins du Monde
- Eleanor DAVEY, Historian, Specialist in international humanitarian action
5.15 pm – 5.30 pm: Closing speeches
- Prof. Francis AKINDES, Vice-President of the Scientific Council of the French Red Cross Foundation
- Françoise FROMAGEAU, Vice-President of the French Red Cross Foundation
Photo du haut : ©Karen Ramanantoanina – IFCR Africa