Mission committee

The purpose of the Cairn.info’s mission committee is to ensure the proper fulfillment of the company’s mission.

The Mission Committee, composed of representatives of the company's stakeholders, is responsible for ensuring the successful fulfillment of Cairn.info's statutory mission: “to promote the discovery of high-quality French-language scientific research by as many people as possible, while cultivating the independence and diversity of the actors in the knowledge ecosystem.” It published its first annual report in May 2025.

Cairn.info makes public the first report of its Mission Committee

Read the executive summary and download the full report (in French)

Members

Ghislaine Chartron

Professor at CNAM, Director of the Institut National des Techniques de documentation (National Institute of Documentation Techniques)

Guillaume Gandelot

Bookseller at La Friche bookstore, former president of the board of directors of the École de la Librairie (Professional School of Bookselling)

Julie Gazier

Director of Sciences Po University Press, member of the Observatoire de l’Edition Scientifique (Scientific Publishing Observatory)

Marc Minon

Founder and former CEO of Cairn.info
Independent director

Marie Rose Moro

Child psychiatrist, professor of child and adolescent psychiatry (Université Paris Cité), director of the Maison de Solenn (Paris), scientific director of the journal L’Autre

Valérie Peugeot

Associate professor at Sciences Po, member of the CNIL, the data protection authority for France

Jean-Christophe Peyssard

Head of the media library at the Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’homme (Mediterranean Center for Human Sciences)

Pauline Rébéna

Publisher relations manager, Cairn.info

Lamine Sarr

Co-founder of Nouvelles Editions Numériques Africaines (NENA; New African Digital Publishing), publishing director

Bruno Schmutz

Director of studies and forecasting at Arcom