PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-Pres. Maître de Conférences, HDR (Tenured Assistant Professor) Université Paris 8, France
2014-2019 Maître de Conférences, HDR (Tenured Assistant Professor) Université de Nîmes, France
2012-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
2009-2012 Postdoctoral Researcher Goldsmiths University of London, UK & Namibia
2005-2009 PhD Goldsmiths University of London, UK
2003-2005 Clinical Research Coordinator Janssen-Cilag Paris, France
EDUCATION
2016-2017 HDR Université de Nîmes, France
"Perspectives culturelles dans l'étude de la cognition : Perception, Émotions, Raisonnement" (download here) Examiners: Prof Nathalie Blanc, Prof Laurence Conty, DR Wim De Neys, Prof Emmanuel Sander
2005-2009 PhD in Cognitive Psychology Goldsmiths University of London, UK
"Load and the spatial profile of visual selective attention" (download here) Supervised by Dr Karina Linnell. Examiners: Prof Glyn Humphreys (University of Birmingham, UK) and Prof Hermann Müller (Birkbeck University, UK).
2003-2004 MSc in Neuropsychology and Neuropharmacology of Human Behaviours Université Denis Diderot (Paris 7), France
2002-2003 MSc in Neuroscience, specialised in Cognitive Psychology Université de Strasbourg, France
1998-2001 BSc in Biology Université de Strasbourg, France
GRANTS
2022-2030 Social and Human Sciences Research Council of Canada (2 600 000 CA$): "Psycavi : Psychological Observatory of Armed Conflicts". In collaboration with Isabelle Blanchette.
2019-2024 Institut Universitaire de France (75 000 €): "Taking a cultural perspective on the study of information processing".
2019-2020 AAP-Paris8 (3800€): "Violence politique : Impact sur la trajectoire cognitive des individus".
2019-2020 AAP-Paris8 (3750€): "Violence politique : Impact sur la trajectoire cognitive des individus".
2017-2022 Social and Human Sciences Research Council of Canada (195 000 CA$): "Trauma and cognitive health in Rwanda and the DRC". In collaboration with Isabelle Blanchette, Emmanuel Habimana, Eugène Rutembesa.
2017-2021 Programme d'Aide à l'Internationalisation de la Recherche (28 000$): "Development of an observatory of Psychological Health in the Great Lakes region of Africa". In collaboration with Isabelle Blanchette, Emmanuel Habimana, Eugène Rutembesa.
2017-2018 Malakoff Médéric (50 000 €): "Impact d'une alimentation de type Manger-Mains chez les personnes âgées vivant à domicile". In collaboration with Aurélie Goncalves, Elodie Charbonnier, Margot De Battista.
2017-2020 British Academy (10 000 £): "Computerised assessment of colour naming in a remote population". In collaboration with Jules Davidoff.
2014-2017 Social and Human Sciences Research Council of Canada (65 000 $): "The cognitive portrait of openness to reconciliation in Rwanda". In collaboration with Isabelle Blanchette.
2013-2014 Décanat of Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (4500 $): "Links between cognition and attitudes in Rwanda". In collaboration with Isabelle Blanchette.
2013-2014 British Academy funding (10 000 £): "A cross-cultural study of the role of attention in simultaneous contrast". In collaboration Jules Davidoff, Karina Linnell, Andy Bremner, Jan de Fockert.
2005-2008 Goldsmiths, University of London (60 000 £): "Load and the spatial profile of visual selective attention". Competitive doctoral scholarship.
2002-2003 French Government (3500 €). MSc scholarship awarded on merit.
COLLABORATORS
France
Karine Weiss, Marianne Habib, Corentin Gosling, Bastien Trémolière, Élodie Charbonnier, Aurélie Goncalves
Canada
Isabelle Blanchette, Emmanuel Habimana, Benoit Brisson
UK
Karina Linnell, Jules Davidoff, Andy Bremner, Jan de Fockert
Rwanda
Eugène Rutembesa, Eric Ndushabandi
Congo (RDC)