Citizenship: Belgian
Marital status: Single
Date of Birth: April 16 1980
Place of Birth: Dinant (Belgium)
Education :
2005- March 2009: Ph. D. Political and Social sciences (Anthropology), Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCaM) Académie Louvain
2004- 2006: Master Anthropology Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
2002-2003: Master Applied Linguistics French as a second language (UCL)
2000-2003: « Agrégation »
2000-2002: Master Philosophy and Languages/ Romance Languages and Litteratures (UCL)
1998-2000: Baccalauréat Philosophy and Languages/Romance Languages and Litteratures Faculté Universitaire Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP)
Affiliations and scientific societies
Since 2009: Research Faculty Pôle Sud and Lasc (Laboratoire d’Anthropologie sociale et culturelle) ULG
2005-2009: Research Faculty Groupe de Recherche Sociologie Action Sens (GReSAS) Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons (FUCaM)
November 2007- April 2008:Visiting scholar University of Michigan
Member: International Childhood and Youth Research Network; “Jeunesse, générations, âges de la vie » (Network of AFS- Association française de sociologie); African Studies Association; American Anthropological Association; Central States Anthropological Association; Midwest Political Sciences Association (MPSA) (USA)
Studies Stays and fieldworks
April 2011-September 2011: Fieldwork Ghana
May 2010-September 2010: Fieldwork Ghana
November 2007 – April 2008: Research Anthropology of Education University of Michigan
August 2007: Fieldwork Democratic Republic of Congo
July- 2007: Research University of Manchester (Great Britain)
July 2005: Fieldwork Burkina Faso
February 2004-September 2004: Research and Fieldwork Burkina
September 2002-January 2003: Erasmus/Socrates Universidad of Salamanca (Spain)
March 1997: English training London
Experience and accomplishments
Academic experience
2006: Sociology of education FUCaM (Assistant Professor)
Scientific experience
Since September 2010 : Chargé de Recherches F.R.S-FNRS
April 2010-May 2010: Researcher at the University of Antwerpen (BELSPO project)
September 2009- April 2010: Researcher ULG BELSPO project (Belgian Federal Science Policy Office)
January 2005- September 2009: Researcher FUCaM « Guidance counselling, vocational track and working class young people »
2006-2007: Researcher Laboratoire du Changement Urbain Lubumbashi Republic Democratic of Congo « Mining Work of Children in Katanga »
Fellowships, grants
2007: Grant French Community of Belgium (for a stay at the University of Michigan)
2007: Grant FOREM (for a stay at the University of Manchester)
2007 Grant Coopération Universitaire pour le développement (CUD) (Micro-project for a stay in Republic Democratic of Congo)
2005-2009: Ph. D Fellowship Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)
2005: Program Activities North– Grant CUD (for a fieldwork in Burkina Faso)
2002: Grant Erasmus-Socrates for a stay at Universidad de Salamanca
Awards and prizes
« Prix de la coopération au développement 2006 » récompensant le mémoire réalisé dans le cadre du Diplôme d’Etudes spécialisées en anthropologie La question culturelle et l’institution scolaire burkinabè. Approche historique et socio-anthropologique
Languages
French: mother tongue
Spanish: good level
English: good level
Russian, Fanti and moore: beginner level
