Interdisciplinary research laboratory in didactics, education and training

Alexandra Reynaud

Doctoral student

Research topics 

Thesis (2024 - 2028): " Does autism really exist? Ontological exploration and epistemological rupture at the frontiers of "neurodiversity".

My doctoral research questions the ontology of autism and the shifting boundaries between the normal and the pathological, from an interdisciplinary perspective inspired in particular by Foucault and Lefebvre. I'm particularly interested in the sociological, educational and cultural implications of the evolution of diagnostic criteria for ASD, and how the concept of "neurodiversity" reconfigures our understanding of autism as human variation.

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and inclusion
  • Cultural and media representations of autism
  • Epistemology of neuropsychological classifications and sociology of diagnostic categories