Jean Baubérot

Jean Baubérot (born 26 July 1941 in Châteauponsac, Haute-Vienne), is a French historian and sociologist specializing in sociology of religions.

He is coauthor of the Déclaration internationale sur la laïcité, signed by 250 scholars from 30 countries.

At the Paris-Sorbonne University, he was awarded doctor for history (under the direction of Jean-Marie Mayeur) for letters and human sciences, he graduated from the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE).

He was the sole member of the Stasi Commission to have abstained on the vote of the report which led to the development of the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools.

Baubérot was awarded a Knight in France's Legion of Honour[citation needed] Participation in collective works: