Direction du programme

Scientific Direction

Delphine Allès, Vice President of INALCO (Board of Directors, Organization, and Resources)
Scientific Director of the AMI-SHS DECRIPT Program (A Framework for Studying Crises and Civilizational Narratives through Interdisciplinary Approaches and Fieldwork)

Executive Direction

[Now Hiring] is responsible for the day-to-day management of the team in charge of overseeing, managing, and implementing the program. He or she works closely with the researchers and institutions providing scientific guidance for the various work programs. 

Operational and Quality Monitoring

Anne-Cécile Schreiner is the Operations and Quality Manager for the DÉCRIPT program. She is responsible for supporting the Program Manager and the Executive Director in the operational management of the research program, handling the administrative, organizational, and logistical aspects of the project. 

Financial Management

Ammen Ghulam is the financial manager for the DÉCRIPT program. She oversees the administrative, budgetary, and financial aspects of the project, in accordance with ANR procedures, its financial regulations, and Inalco’s internal procedures.

Science communication

[Now Hiring] The primary role of this position is to promote and disseminate the knowledge generated by the DÉCRIPT program to a broad audience, serving as an effective liaison between researchers, institutions, the media, and civil society.

Operational monitoring

Thomas Fassler is an intern responsible for operational monitoring within the DÉCRIPT program. He previously served as a research assistant and then as a design engineer for the Gecko  project (INALCO). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Japanese Studies from INALCO and is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the French Institute of Geopolitics (University of Paris 8).

His Master’s thesis focused on Japan’s security architecture, in cooperation with Australia. His research topics for his Master’s degree concentrate on the analysis and mapping of Okinawan independence narratives mobilized by nationalist actors and echoed by China.

T. Fassler is also co-author of the article “Cognitive Warfare from Japan’s Perspective: A Recent and Contextualized Concept and Stance” (Ingénierie cognitique 7 (1), pp. 23–31): https://doi.org/10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1085.