Columbia University

Faculty Member, Teachers College

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Adult Learning and Leadership

About

I am a psychosociologist specializing in adult training (Masters in Psychology & Human Resources, University of Geneva, 1998), as well as a philosopher of education (Doctorate in Education, University of Paris 8, 2007). I am living in Geneva (Switzerland) and I am  working as an independant practitioner in the Lake Leman area and as a Lecturer at the University of Fribourg. In the United States, where I lived for eight years, I am an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, in the department of Organization and Leadership, where I am teaching on a regular basis. In Europe, I am also associated to the French Laboratory of Research EXPERICE (Experience, Cultural Resources and Education, Universities of Paris 8 – Paris 13).

In my practice, I privilege the use of a biographical approach as an opportunity to develop a reflection located at the crossroads between human sciences, philosophy and everyday life experience. My current work explores how people learn to interpret conflicts experienced around time, as well as the development of a specific critical capacity grounded in temporal awareness. My teaching, coaching and research interests include among others: the use of life history to promote critical self-reflection, complex ways of thinking, transformative learning, leadership development, or the development of transdisciplinary strategies of research.

I am currently the Chief-editor of Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, a Consulting editor for the international journal Adult Education Quarterly, an Editorial board member of the international French-speaking journal of adult education Pratiques de Formation / Analyses, the international journal of biographical research Le Sujet dans la Cité, and the Polish journal in educational sciences Teraźniejszość - Człowiek - Edukacja. I am also serving as an expert for the European Research Foundation.

I have launched the international network implexus - education, critique and complexity and I am a member of the following associations and networks: American Educational Research Association (USA); European Institute for Research on Adult Learning and Analysis of Activity (IERFA); European Network MCX "Modeling Complexity"; European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA); Existential and Critical Anthropology Research Group (University of Paris 8, France); EXPERICE Research Center "Experience, Cultural Resources and Education" (Universities of Paris 8 – Paris 13, France); International Association for the Study of Life History in Education (ASIHVIF); International Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET); International Network on Professionalization; Philosophy of Education Society (USA); Swiss French-Speaking Association on Life History in Education (Switzerland).

Another side of my life is dedicated to artistic expression. Grandson of a lifelong painter, I have been practicing photography for 25 years and I recently started working on video. My wife is a dance educator and we are currently collaborating on various educational and artistic projects merging our respective interests for space and time.

For more information about my work, see: www.sunkhronos.org

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