"How ignorance is created and how to combat misinformation".

  • Category: Conference day
  • Dates : December 3, 2025
  • Opening hours: 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • Venue: Faculté des sciences - Campus Triolet - Bâtiment 36 - Amphi A36.01 et hall de réception - 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 in the field of knowledge dissemination.

9:30am - 12pm: (interactive) conference "What is scientific evidence?"

By Frédéric FEU (CIST), as part of the regional "Science ou Infox?" project (also open to high school students).


1:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Rencontre/Master class ARTE CAMPUS around the documentary "La fabrique de l'ignorance" (2021, Franck Cuveillier, Pascal Vasselin) with professionals facing the growing problem of disinformation, including : 

  • Franck CUVEILLIER, co-director of the film ;
  • Sophie DELLA MUSSIA, Head of Press Office and Culture/Scientific Mediation Coordinator, CIRAD Communications Department;
  • Pierrick LABBÉ, University Professor, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM).

Partnership: ARTE CAMPUS, Service Commun de Documentation de l'Université de Montpellier; and with the support of the Région Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée.

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