The Centre méditerranéen de sociologie, de science politique et d'histoire (MESOPOLHIS, UMR 7064) is a multidisciplinary social science research unit set up in January 2021 by Aix-Marseille University, Sciences Po Aix and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

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AAC research seminar "International aid in "crisis"?

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Article by Jessy Bailly: "Reform nebula and the institutionalisation of democratic criticism in the EU".

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AAC international workshops "Rethinking the Lebanese Civil War: National Struggle, Regional Stakes, and Global Entanglements".

Social Movement Studies

Article by Jessy Bailly: "The politics of public data and numbers in activism: attitudes towards public numbers by citizen debt audit groups in Belgium, France and Spain".

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Book by Natalia Ribas-Mateos: "A Message to You. A Cartography of Mobilities - Sexual Border Violence, Solidarities and Global Cities".

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Co-edited by Laura Oso, Natalia Ribas-Mateos and Melissa Moralli: "Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Migration. New Mobilities and Artivism".

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Book chapter contribution, Christophe Traïni: "Mobilisations, résistances, et participation" (Les sociétés face aux défis climatiques)

From religious soft power to neo-patrimonialism _ Sufi politics in Pakistan and beyond - Observatoire

Article by Alix Philippon: "From religious soft power to neo-patrimonialism: Sufi politics in Pakistan and beyond".

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March

27nov(nov 27)8 h 30 min08June(June 8)18 h 00 minMigrations, a human odyssey" exhibition, organised at the MNHM with the support of Sylvie Mazzella, scientific co-curator of the exhibition.

19mar9 h 00 min12 h 30 minRound-table discussion on educational guidance towards higher education - PANORAMA project (moderator Ariane Richard-Bossez and speaker Sofia Laiz Moreira)

26mar0 h 00 min0 h 00 minASSITEJ international 2025 artistic meeting: "generations of light" (by Sylvia Girel)

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Dorota Dakowska - Speech on France Culture (war in Ukraine)

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Nicolas Badalassi - Appearance on Europe 1's "Au Coeur de l'Histoire" programme: "The Yalta Conference

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Sylvie Mazzella - Interview, CNRS Journal "Migrations: 300,000 years of mixing".