{"id":8998548,"date":"2026-09-09T19:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8998548"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:12:44","slug":"albertine-conversations","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/albertine-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"Albertine Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Albertine Conversations is a program created by Villa Albertine in partnership with universities and cultural institutions across the United States.<\/strong> Bringing together academics, policy experts, scientists, and community advocates from France and the United States, it explores some of the most pressing questions of our time, with a particular focus on&nbsp;democracy,&nbsp;ecology,&nbsp;history,&nbsp;and&nbsp;emerging&nbsp;technologies.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Democracy Series<\/strong> focuses on the future of democracy, examining current challenges to democratic values and institutions, whether cultural, legal, economic, technological or environmental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Ecology Series<\/strong> centers on our evolving understanding of what constitutes life on earth, and the social and cultural implications of those shifts in the context of environmental crises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Emerging Technologies Series <\/strong>interrogates the notion of progress in relation to the fast-evolving fields of AI, digital media, as well as biotechnologies, weighing on the promises and risks each involves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2027, Villa Albertine will launch a new cycle, the <strong>Marc Bloch Series<\/strong>,&nbsp;devoted to history and historiography, inspired by the 2026 induction of the French historian and Resistance hero Marc Bloch into the Panth\u00e9on. The series will explore the relationship between democracy and historical scholarship while examining major currents of contemporary French historiography. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Albertine Conversations is made possible through the generous support of the Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation, the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, formerly Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Institut fran\u00e7ais.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"articles-small articles-small--richtext section__articles\">\n\t\t<div class=\"articles__items\" id=\"items_2902\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1018\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AC_EcologySeries_RGB-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Democracy, Ecology, and the Politics of Change <\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNov 9 &#8211; Duke University | Nov 11 &#8211; Hofstra University | Nov 12 &#8211; Columbia University\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1018\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1018);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As we take stock of the devastating fires, droughts and floods affecting countries across the globe, we are also witnessing growing resistance to government-led policies addressing climate change. How can we develop a political ecology that reconnects social justice with ecological concerns? And how can we meaningfully involve those who fear they may lose out from the energy transition in shaping and implementing the policies that will affect them?<\/p>\n<p>The event will explore how ecological and democratic issues intersect, highlighting different perspectives on how best to foster collective action on environmental challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Marine Braud<\/strong>,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">onsultant, co-founder of Alameda Sustainability, and a former environmental policy advisor to the French Prime Minister and the office of the President. She is the author of <\/span><em><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\">Qui aurait pu pr\u00e9dire ? Le\u00e7ons de dix ans de politiques \u00e9cologiques depuis l&#8217;accord de Paris<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Jo\u00eblle Zask<\/strong>, professor of philosophy at Aix-Marseille University. She is one of France&#8217;s leading thinkers on participatory democracy and pragmatism. Her work examines the notion of <\/span>shared culture in relation to topics such as ecology, agriculture, education, politics, and art. She is the author of <em>Participer: Essais sur les formes d\u00e9mocratiques de la participation <\/em>(Le bord de l&#8217;eau Editions, 2011); <em>La D\u00e9mocratie aux champs<\/em> (La D\u00e9couverte, 2016); <em>Quand la for\u00eat br\u00fble<\/em> (Premier Parall\u00e8le, 2019), <em>Zoocities<\/em>\u00a0(Premier Parall\u00e8le, 2020), <em>\u00c9cologie et d\u00e9mocratie<\/em>\u00a0(Premier Parall\u00e8le, 2022), among other major works<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1763\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AC_EmergingTechnologiesSeries_RGB.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Building Ethical AI: Alignment and Public Trust<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNov 16 \u2013 Fordham University | Nov 16 \u2013 Brown University | Nov 18 \u2013 The University of Texas at Austin\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1763\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1763);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nov. 16 \u2013 Brown University: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/albertine-conversations-building-ethical-ai-tickets-2002741766536\">Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nov. 18 \u2013 The University of Texas at Austin: <a href=\"https:\/\/global.utexas.edu\/events\/building-ethical-ai\">Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As AI systems become increasingly capable and autonomous, questions about how they are designed, governed, and kept aligned with human values are becoming ever more urgent. This conversation cycle explores AI alignment and the broader ethical, security, and technical challenges raised by rapidly evolving systems, from algorithmic bias, manipulation, privacy, and opaque decision-making to questions of transparency, accountability, and public trust. It will also examine the current and future risks posed by increasingly autonomous AI, the role of governance and regulation in addressing those risks, and the challenge of ensuring that powerful technologies remain under meaningful human control and support, rather than replace, human judgment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lola Carbonell<\/strong> is co-founder, Secretary General, and Director of International Affairs at the General-Purpose AI Policy Lab (GPAI Policy Lab), a French research organization established in 2024. Based at Campus Cyber in Paris, the Lab focuses on national security and international cooperation in the development of frontier AI models, bridging the gap between cutting-edge technical research and the practical needs of French institutions. Carbonell also teaches at Sciences Po\u2019s School of Public Affairs, where she focuses on the security challenges posed by advanced AI. Previously, she worked in the Europe Program at Institut Montaigne, a leading French public policy think tank. She holds a degree in political science from Sciences Po\u2019s School of Research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Klein<\/strong> is an artificial intelligence expert and Director of Technology Strategy at Microsoft, where he advises organizations on the strategic adoption of AI, particularly in healthcare. He is the author of <em>AI for Healthcare<\/em> and its French edition, <em>L\u2019IA au service de la Sant\u00e9<\/em>, which explore the deployment of AI in high-stakes environments while preserving human judgment. A graduate of T\u00e9l\u00e9com Nancy and the University of Leicester, he pursued further executive education at MIT and Harvard. Previously, he served as a city councilor in Suresnes, France, with responsibility for Responsible Artificial Intelligence, leading initiatives to integrate AI into local public services. Based in the United States since 2024, he also serves on the board of French Tech Atlanta.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script>\n   function toggleDescs(rand) {\n\t  if (jQuery('#item_' + rand + ' .description').attr(\"style\") == \"display: none;\") {\n\t\t jQuery('#items_2902 .articles__item .description').each(function () {\n\t\t\tjQuery(this).hide(\"slow\");\n\t\t });\n\t\t jQuery('#items_2902 .articles__item a.seemore').each(function () {\n\t\t\tjQuery(this).html(\"See more\");\n\t\t });\n\t\t jQuery('#items_2902 .articles__item').each(function () {\n\t\t\tjQuery(this).removeClass('on');\n\t\t });\n\t\t jQuery('#item_' + rand).addClass(\"on\");\n\t\t jQuery('#item_' + rand + ' .description').show(\"slow\");\n\t\t jQuery('#more' + rand).html(\"See less\");\n\t  } else {\n\t\t jQuery('#item_' + rand + ' .articles__item').removeClass(\"off\");\n\t\t jQuery('#item_' + rand + ' .description').hide(\"slow\");\n\t\t jQuery('#more' + rand).html(\"See more\");\n\t  }\n   }\n<\/script>\n<style>\n   div.articles__item.on .article-small .article__image,\n   .article-small .article__image:hover,\n   .article-small .article__image > img:hover {\n\t  filter: grayscale(0%);\n   }\n\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Events<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"articles-small articles-small--richtext section__articles\">\n\t\t<div class=\"articles__items\" id=\"items_2508\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1377\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1770842800680-e1788284120122.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Mending the Living World<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColumbia University, Maison Fran\u00e7aise\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>January 28, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1377\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1377);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A discussion organized by Villa Albertine, the Columbia Maison Fran\u00e7aise, the Alliance Program, and the Columbia Climate School.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural event brought together <strong>Corine Pelluchon<\/strong>, a French philosopher whose work examines the moral and political underpinnings of our relationship with the environment; <strong>Ana Porzecanski<\/strong>, Director of the Center for Biodiversity &amp; Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History; <strong>Cyrille Barnerias<\/strong>, Director of International Relations at the French Office for Biodiversity; and <strong>Kristina Douglass<\/strong>, an archaeologist and professor at the Columbia Climate School. The conversation will be moderated by <strong>Sarah Sax<\/strong>, an award-winning investigative journalist and researcher specializing in environmental issues.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they reflected on the idea of a \u201cNew Enlightenment\u201d for the Anthropocene era. As we confront the decline of biodiversity, the discussion explored emerging forms of interdependence among human, animal, and plant life. How might the ways earlier societies and ecosystems co-adapted to climate pressures inform us today? Can we imagine a new social contract that would bring forth a more equitable coexistence between human and nonhuman worlds? How might an expanded sense of \u201cthe other\u201d and a heightened awareness of contemporary vulnerabilities be translated into public policy? How can public engagement be designed to turn these concepts from ideals to actions?<\/p>\n<h4>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HyOWt6z3fmY\">here<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"articles__item\" id=\"item_1507\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-small article-small--reverse article-small--limit-title-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DSC01457-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">What Is Left of the Paris Climate Agreement?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__head -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article__excerpt\" style=\"display: block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColumbia University, Maison Fran\u00e7aise\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>September 23, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.article__excerpt -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"seemore\" id=\"more1507\" onclick=\"toggleDescs(1507);\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\" style=\"display: none;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>A conversation with Laurence Tubiana and Alexis Abramson, moderated by M. Sanjayan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Paris Climate Agreement was unanimously adopted by 194 countries in 2015 against considerable odds.\u00a0 The Agreement set an ambitious goal of<em>\u00a0<\/em>limiting the global average temperature increase to well below 2\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to restrict the increase to 1.5\u00b0C. The United States, a major force in the successful ratification of Accord, has since pulled out of the agreement twice, most recently in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Can international policymaking still play a significant role in addressing the climate crisis?\u00a0 Laurence Tubiana, Dean of the Paris Climate School at Sciences Po and a primary architect of the Paris Agreement, joined Alexis Abramson, Dean of the Columbia Climate School, to explore how countries can continue to strengthen international cooperation in face of the climate crisis. As the two Climate Schools come together to launch a <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencespo.fr\/paris-climate-school\/en\/academics\/dual-degree-columbia-climate-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dual Master\u2019s in Climate<\/a>, Tubiana and Abramson asked how multilateral platforms can still be relevant to generate action to combat climate change. Their conversation was moderated by M. Sanjayan, CEO of the New York Climate Exchange.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This event was organized by Villa Albertine in partnership with the Columbia Maison Fran\u00e7aise, Alliance Program, and Columbia Climate School, and with the participation of the New York Climate Exchange.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>With<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Alexis Abramson<\/strong>\u00a0is Dean of the Columbia Climate School and a professor of climate. She is a recognized climate leader and an expert in sustainable energy technologies. Before assuming her role at Columbia in January 2025, Professor Abramson served as Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth. She also served as Director of Case Western Reserve University&#8217;s Great Lakes Energy Institute, where she focused on developing sustainable energy technology solutions. During the Obama administration, she was chief scientist and manager of the Emerging Technologies Division in the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Building Technologies Office.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Laurence Tubiana<\/strong>\u00a0is an economist, diplomat, and dean of the Paris Climate School at Sciences Po. She has served as CEO of the European Climate Foundation since 2017 and was the Special Envoy for Europe at COP30. She was France&#8217;s ambassador for the COP21 climate negotiations and co-chaired the French Citizens&#8217; Convention on Climate in 2020. Widely regarded as one of the principal architects of the Paris Agreement, signed in 2015, she also co-founded the Paris-based Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in 2001.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>M. Sanjayan<\/strong>\u00a0is the CEO of the New York Climate Exchange. He is an internationally recognized conservation scientist and a leading public voice on climate. From 2017 to 2025, he led Conservation International, transforming the organization by forging strategic partnerships with leading companies, governments, and philanthropies to advance conservation goals. A scientist by training, he previously served for a decade as lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy. 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