Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory in Didactics, Education, and Training

Bénédicte Gendron

University Professor

Research Topics

With degrees in neuropsychology and behavioral and human development economics, my research focuses on quality of life in academic and professional settings, and on fostering emotional well-being (work that received the 2006 Prix Cros from the Académie française and the 2011 and 2012 awards from the AFPSSU-MGEN-Elsevier-French Association for the Promotion of Health in School and University Environments) and the empowering leadership of educators, teachers, mentors, counselors, and managers and leaders of organizations (in education, health, or private companies) to foster “well-being” at work and elsewhere—a concept and paradigm I have been developing since 2015.

Courses

  • Quality of life in school and professional settings, “preserving” HR in the sense of “taking care of it,” well-being and a fulfilling life
  • Developing emotional skills and learning SEL (social-emotional learning)
  • Mindfulness Education and Attention Training, and the ACT Approach—Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)—IMP’ACT
  • Management and Pedagogy of Collaborative Projects – Interaction-Based and Active Learning Pedagogy – MPPC-PIA2
  • Transformational Learning, Leadership, and Empowering Human Resource Development
  • Approaches to language (narrative, verbal, nonverbal, etc.) and transformation

Responsibilities

  • Director of the REFE Master's Program – Director of Assessment, Training, and Supervision: Mindful Leadership and Emotional Capital
  • Coordinator of the MPPC-PIA2 and IMP’ACT modules
  • Program Director of the ANR-IDEFI-UM3D Program—“Emotional Capital, Well-Being, and Academic Success.”