Introduction
1. French historians’ interventions in a world in crisis, 1925-1939
2. Discovering the genocide of the Rwandian Tutsi: civic engagement or activism?
3. Why so few economists become public figures?
4. The freedom of the foreign scholar? Writing national histories from afar
5. Three forms of expertise in social sciences
6. Citizen economist or economist citizen?
7. Experiencing Last-Mile Welfare. Field Notes from Six Districts in India
8. Addressing food security in India: the debate on Targeting vs Universal distribution
9. Social sciences and social policy reforms in a democratic system : insights from Scandinavia and France
10. Anti-gender movements and gender studies in two national contexts: France and Brazil in the last decade
11. Feminist research engagement and civic space in India
12. The role of experts in society
13. Social Sciences and forecasting: the state and big data revolution in India
14. Defining norms of civility : disobedience as protest
Epilogue