The people and institutions behind the Future Science
Director
The Director leads the overall vision and strategic direction of the Future Science, coordinating partnerships, overseeing development priorities, and ensuring the project stays true to its mission of open, innovative academic publishing.
- Raphaël Liogier holds the Chair of Transitions at UM6P (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University) and is affiliated with IEP Aix-en-Provence. He founded and leads the Future Science project.
Academic Advisory Board
The Academic Advisory Board provides scholarly guidance and strategic counsel. Its members are established researchers from partner institutions who help shape the intellectual direction of the network and ensure that Future Science remains aligned with the needs of the global academic community.
- Bernard Harcourt — Professor at Columbia University and Director of the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought.
- James Evans — Professor at the University of Chicago, specializing in the sociology of science and computational approaches to knowledge.
- Christian Henriot — Professor at Aix-Marseille University, specialist in digital humanities and East Asian studies.
- Cécile Armand — CNRS Researcher at the Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies, specialist in digital humanities and modern Chinese history.
Development Team
The Development Team builds and maintains the Future Science platform. Technical development is supported by two internal Moroccan teams and two external partners, combining academic engineering expertise with professional software development.
- 1337 School (UM6P) — A coding school at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University providing engineering talent for platform development.
- Chair of Transitions (UM6P) — The academic chair that hosts the project and provides research and development support.
- GrowGraph — An external development partner contributing to the platform's technical infrastructure.
- Aspiration Collective — An external partner specializing in digital tools for academic and civic organizations.
Institutional Funders & Partners
Future Science is financed through more than one million euros of public and institutional support. These funding sources ensure that Future Science remains non-profit, openly accessible, and independent of commercial incentives. All resources produced by the project, from software to publications, are made available to the academic community without fees.
A*Midex Foundation (Aix-Marseille Université)
The A*Midex Foundation provides funding for research and innovation at Aix-Marseille Université. It supports Future Science as part of its commitment to advancing open science and international academic collaboration.
UM6P Chair of Transitions at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS)
The Chair of Transitions, housed within the Institute for Advanced Studies at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), hosts the Future Science project and provides ongoing support for research, development, and institutional coordination. The IAS supports interdisciplinary research and funds Future Science's development and infrastructure. It is the primary institutional home of the network.
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a partner institution contributing scholarly expertise and research collaboration through the Knowledge Lab and the Department of Sociology.
Columbia University — CCCT
The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought at Columbia University is a partner institution supporting the network's intellectual and critical framework.