The pandemic – analysed in this issue in terms of some of its social aspects – has not eclipsed the more serious and long-lasting issue of environmental degradation, to which several articles are devoted. Other key issues – artificial intelligence, otherness, and savings – are also explored, offering new perspectives on current events. Research with an international scope, combining economics, political science, and sociology, is also presented. The issue culminates in a painful story that resonates today more than ever: that of the end of slavery. Enjoy the read!

Summary

• When Economists Study Politics in Developing countries, Interview with Benjamin Marx
• Pesticides. How to Ignore What We Know by Jean-Noël Jouzel
• Small Island States Facing Climate Change, Interview with Carola Kloeck et Michael Fink
• Pollution Sensors: A Tool for Collaboration Between Citizens and Public Authorities? by Sylvain Parasie
• The Littoral: a Historical Investigation in the Anthropocene Epoch by Giacomo Parrinello
• Artificial Intelligence: What Revolution Are We Talking About? by Virginie Tournay
• For a Better Intergenerational Circulation of Assets, Interview with Vincent Touzé
• Why Join a Political Party Today? by Laura Morales
• How Voters Respond to Crime Control Policies by Roberto Galbiati
• How Private international Law Reveals our Relationship to the Other, Interview with Horatia Muir-Watt
• This Peculiar Epidemic is a Happiness Disease… by Hugues Lagrange 
• The Long End of Slavery in the Maghreb, Interview with M’hamed Oualdi
• ELIPSS: Portrait of the French Under Lockdown, a OSC/CDSP Survey