Project Team

AREN-DIA is a collaborative project carried out by a team of researchers and middle school teachers.

The researchers involved in the project’s educational research track are members of three laboratories specializing in education, linguistics, and psychology (LIRDEF, CLLE, CEREP):

Manuel Bächtold, Professor, Educational Sciences, LIRDEF, University of Montpellier, coordinator, contact

Elodie Clayette, Postdoctoral Researcher, Linguistics and Education, CLLE, CNRS

Wassef Hammami, Postdoctoral Researcher, Biology Education, CEREP, University of Reims

Nolwenn Lorenzi Bailly, Postdoctoral Researcher, Linguistics, LIRDEF, University of Montpellier

Florence Mauroux, Associate Professor, Linguistics, CLLE, Toulouse Jean-Jaurès

Valérie Munier, Professor, Science Education, LIRDEF, University of Montpellier

Gwen Pallarès, Associate Professor, Educational Sciences, CEREP, University of Reims

Valérie Tartas, Professor of Developmental Psychology, CLLE, Toulouse Jean-Jaurès

The teachers involved teach in the Montpellier, Reims, and Toulouse school districts at the following middle schools: Georges Clemenceau (Montpellier), Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Toulouse), Les Chalets (Toulouse), Marie Curie (Troyes), and Simone Veil (Montpellier).

In developing the AREN software, our team collaborated with researchers from LIRMM, including Hani GUENOUNE, a postdoctoral researcher, and Mathieu LAFOURCADE, an associate professor at the University of Montpellier.