He is a political scientist and a post-doctoral researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles (GERME) as part of the ECO-MUS research project (INNOVIRIS). Having completed a PhD on on Muslim humanitarianism at Sciences Po Aix, his research focuses on the voluntary sector and Muslim activism in support of environmental causes in Europe.
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Analysis
In one year, according to the National Observatory of the Social and Solidarity Economy, the French civil society sector lost a total of 12,305 jobs. In the face of the global authoritarian shift towards restricting the activities of civil society organisations, there is a need for a collective response to restore solidarity as a foundational political principle. You may find the translated version of the article written by Lucas Faure, Véronique de Geoffroy, Michaël Neuman et Raphaëlle Parizet published the 24 April 2026 here.