Leading French social sciences university contributing political science, economics, cultural heritage, and AI governance expertise to interdisciplinary European research.
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne is one of France's leading research universities in the social sciences, humanities, and law, with deep strengths in economics, political philosophy, history, and archaeology. In H2020, they bring advanced expertise in political and economic modeling, democratic governance research, cultural heritage studies, and data science applied to social systems. They contribute rigorous theoretical frameworks and empirical methods — from agent-based computational economics to experimental political science — making them a go-to partner for projects requiring strong social science foundations. They also maintain active programs in AI ethics, cybersecurity governance, and digital sovereignty, bridging humanities with emerging technology challenges.
Led DEMOSERIES (€2.2M) on security and TV series' democratic impact, participated in DEMOS on populism and democratic efficacy, contributed to NoVaMigra on migration norms, and joined Una.Resin on citizen science.
Participated in EPOC on agent-based computational economics, ExSIDE on expectations dynamics, DOLFINS on global financial systems, and FIN-TECH on financial supervision compliance.
Coordinated ACTECH on ancient construction techniques, LandsOfMeaning on GIS-based spatial analysis, HOLYHOST on Late Antique welfare architecture, and participated in B2C on parchment manuscripts and T4C doctoral training.
Participated in AI4EU on the European AI platform, DECODE on decentralised citizen-owned data ecosystems, C4IIoT on Industrial IoT cybersecurity, and EPOC applying data science to economic policy.
Coordinated CIVILWARS (€2.5M, their largest grant) on social dynamics of civil wars, led DEMOSERIES on security narratives in media, and contributed to InsSciDE on science diplomacy including security dimensions.
Participated in RItrainPlus on research infrastructure management training, MathInParis doctoral programme, and T4C PhD technology training for cultural heritage.
In the earlier H2020 period (2015–2018), Paris 1 focused on foundational research in civil war dynamics, financial systems modeling, digital sovereignty and blockchain (DECODE), and classical archaeology and construction techniques. From 2019 onward, the emphasis shifted noticeably toward AI governance, data science applied to economics, democratic resilience against populism, and cybersecurity — reflecting a broader institutional pivot from purely theoretical social science toward technology-society intersections. Their recent projects also show growing engagement with research infrastructure and European university alliance building (Una.Resin), suggesting a move toward institutional capacity-building alongside research.
Paris 1 is increasingly positioning itself at the intersection of AI, data science, and democratic governance — expect future work combining computational social science with policy-oriented research on technology's societal impact.
Paris 1 operates flexibly across roles: they coordinate when leading flagship social science research (6 coordinated projects, including two ERC Advanced Grants worth €2.5M and €2.2M), but frequently join as participant or third party in larger technology-oriented consortia where they contribute social science and humanities expertise. With 332 unique consortium partners across 33 countries, they are a well-connected hub rather than a closed network. This makes them easy to approach — they are accustomed to interdisciplinary collaboration and bring complementary perspectives to technically-driven projects.
An extensively networked institution with 332 unique consortium partners spanning 33 countries, reflecting deep integration into European research networks. As a founding member of the Una Europa university alliance, they have strong ties across major European research universities.
Paris 1 stands out as a top-tier social sciences and humanities university that consistently bridges abstract theory with real-world policy relevance — from modeling civil wars to evaluating AI ethics. Unlike many humanities departments that struggle to connect with technology projects, Paris 1 has demonstrated ability to contribute meaningfully to digital, cybersecurity, and AI consortia by providing governance frameworks, ethical analysis, and social impact assessment. For consortium builders, they fill the critical "responsible innovation" and "societal impact" dimensions that technical projects increasingly require under EU funding rules.
