Sandrine KOTT

Professeure ordinaire,
Université de Genève

Sandrine Kott joined as a Fellow in Spring of 2026, and will continue her fellowship in Spring 2027. Professor of Modern European history since 2004, she studied in Paris, Bielefeld (Germany) and Columbia (New York) and holds an habilitation from the Sorbonne University. She was a member of the Institut Universitaire de France between 1997 and 2001. She is a member of the academia europeae. Since 2018, she is a visiting professor at NYU (New York University). Prof. Kott will again be teaching a CDHM 3ECTS course under the department of International History & Politics, entitled, “Social Regulations of Capitalism (1919-1989)”. In May 2026, she and Geneva Graduate Institute Assistant Professor and Bernard Keo led the CDHM workshop: “Christian internationalisms and the multilateral system.”

Florian Cafiero

Asssociated Professor, EPITA

Visiting Fellow, CDHM

The Centre welcomed CDHM advisor Florian Cafiero in his capacity as a Fellow in Autumn of 2025 and 2026. Associate professor in computational social science at the Engineering School in Computer Intelligence (EPITA) and Affiliate researcher at the Cente Jean Mabillon, Ecole nationale des chartes – PSL, Prof. Cafiero also holds an advisory role at the CDHM guiding certain projects with CDHM leadership, including the development of the Minutes of Multilateralism platform and DiploBERT. As a Visiting Fellow, he co-leads CDHM workshops, participates in panels, and co-teaches with Prof. Jean-Philippe Cointet the CDHM 3 ECTS course hosted by the Institute’s Anthropology and Sociology department: “Investigating Text 

JEAN-PHILIPPE COINTET

          Professeur de sociologie, Directeur de l'Institut Libre des Transformations Numériques,
Sciences Po Médialab

The CDHM welcomed Jean-Philippe Cointet as a Fellow in Autumn of 2025 and 2026. Professor of sociology and director of the Institut Libre des Transformations Numériques at Sciences Po, Jean-Philippe specializes in developing innovative methods for the humanities and social sciences. His main areas of interest are computational linguistics and network science, and he co-teaches an ANSO department-hosted, CDHM course, “Investigating Text Data with AI”, with Florian Cafiero. In addition to participating in CDHM activities and events, Jean-Philippe presented “Generative Social Sciences” in the December 2025 Geneva Graduate Institute workshop, “Artificial Intelligence and the University: Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Infrastructure”.

JEAN-STePHane Bron

         Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Creator

Jean-Stéphane Bron joined as a CDHM Fellow in Autumn in 2025 and will complete his fellowship in Autumn 2026. Exploring both fictional works and documentary film, Bron is working with the CDHM and partnered IOs to explore a research- and interview-based fictional project rooted in the archives of International Geneva. His research consultant for this process is Adam Strobeyko. The two related strands of this project include, Capturing the Human Dimensions of Global Health Decision-Making, which covers the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic response at WHO headquarters and will form part of the CDHM's digital archives of multilateralism; and Oral History of Ebola Response, which will be in sole use for the WHO archives for research and training purposes. In November 2025, Bron led a three-hour event centered on his latest cinematic work, “The Deal”, taking place during fictionalized nuclear negotiations in Geneva between Iran and the P5+EU. 

Stefan Kaegi

Co-Founder, Rimini Protokoll,
Documentary Theatre Artist

Stefan Kaegi and collaborator Caroline Barneaud became joint CDHM Fellows in summer-autumn 2025, continuing through Spring 2026. Stefan creates documentary theatre plays, audio-interventions, curated formats and works in the urban environment in a diverse variety of collaborations using research, public auditions and conceptual processes. Over the course of Autumn 2025, the Fellows launched their Artistic Residency project, including a substantial advisory and rehearsal schedule with two CDHM-affiliate artist-researchers that culminated in the performance, Performing Biographies of Multilateralism. Special CDHM-collaborative shows and performances took place at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in February 2026, featuring artist Mila Turajlić. Emerging work with this CDHM partnership is slated for spring 2027 and beyond. 

caroline Barneaud

Director of Artistic and International Projects,
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

Caroline Barneaud and collaborator Stefan Kaegi became joint CDHM Fellows in Summer-Autumn 2025, continuing through Spring 2026. Caroline is Director of Artistic and International Projects at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, which is dedicated to contemporary creation. She’s interested in artistic projects that interrogate contemporary society, combine disciplines and fields, explore new formats, and expand theatre’s possibilities. Over the course of Autumn 2025, the Fellows launched their Artistic Residency project, including a substantial advisory and rehearsal schedule with two CDHM-affiliate artist-researchers that culminated in the performance, Performing Biographies of Multilateralism. Special CDHM-collaborative shows and performances took place at Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in February 2026, featuring artist Mila Turajlić. Emerging work with this CDHM partnership is slated for spring 2027 and beyond. 

matthew connelly 

Professor of International and Global History ,
Columbia University

Matthew Connelly joined as a CDHM Fellow in July 2025, and he returned to attend both the October Minutes of Multilateralism Workshop and a CDHM technical workshop in January 2026. He is a professor of international and global history at Columbia University, and the principal investigator of History Lab, a project that uses data science to analyse state secrecy. His first CDHM residency allowed for meeting with senior CDHM researchers and to present the work of the History Lab in developing an LLM-RAG system for exploring declassified documents. A series of CDHM-facilitated meetings, including with the UN Library & Archives at Geneva, the archives of the IPPC, WMO, ICRC, UNDRR, and the WHO, resulted in new research opportunities for future History Lab work, as well as entry points of collaboration, including potential plans for follow-up work on a Named Entity Linking model. Discussions are underway in 2026 for follow-up engagement with the CDHM