“How ignorance is created and how to combat misinformation”

  • Category: Conference day
  • Dates: December 3, 2025
  • Hours: From 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • Location: Faculty of Science - Triolet Campus - Building 36 - Lecture Hall A36.01 and reception hall - 75 rue du Truel, 34090 Montpellier

As part of the "Sud de Sciences" science film festival: a day of discussions on the theme of misinformation, open to all, with professionals involved in the dissemination of knowledge.

9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.: interactive lecture "What is scientific evidence?"

By Frédéric FEU (CIST), as part of the regional project "Science or Fake News?" (Also open to high school students).


1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: ARTE CAMPUS meeting/master class on the documentary "La fabrique de l'ignorance" (The Factory of Ignorance) (2021, Franck Cuveillier, Pascal Vasselin) with professionals grappling with the growing problem of disinformation, including: 

  • Franck CUVEILLIER, co-director of the film;
  • Sophie DELLA MUSSIA, Head of Press Relations and Cultural/Scientific Outreach Officer, CIRAD Communications Department;
  • Pierrick LABBÉ, University Professor, Montpellier Institute of Evolutionary Sciences (ISEM).

Partnership: ARTE CAMPUS, Joint Documentation Service of the University of Montpellier; and with the support of the Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée Region.

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