About
Following a master in Publishing and another one in Education, I received a doctoral degree in Rhetoric from the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium and the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse, France. I was a PhD Candidate at the department of robotics of the LAAS-CNRS between 2017-2020 and a member of the team GEPETTO, specialized in the movements of anthropomorphic systems.
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Currently, I work as a Postdoctoral researcher in Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna, Austria.​ I investigate the values and representations of Tech people (engineers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, philosophers as well as the wider public) through experimental studies.
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I'm also a scenarist who is especially interested in writing stories that reveal and highlight unknown details and invisible facts.
Work
Experience
From 2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
'Responsible Entrepreneurship
in AI and Synthetic Biology'
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Philosophy of Media and Technology University of Vienna, Austria,
& Scientific collaborator at ULB, Belgium, member of the group GRAL (Research Group of Rhetoric and Linguistic Argumentation)
2017-2020
PhD Thesis
'The words of robotics: a rhetorical approach'
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Directed by Dir. of robotics Jean-Paul Laumond, LAAS-CNRS Toulouse/INRIA Paris
and Prof. in rhetoric, Emmanuelle Danblon, ULB, Belgium.
2013 - 2015
French Teacher
CEFR School, Brussels
From 2021
2017-2022
2012 - 2017
Scenarist (Graphic Novel)
With artist and illustrator Celia Ducaju, at Les éditions Dargaud
[Expected publication of our first book in September 2024]
Scenarist (Boardgame)
& Publisher
With illustrator and graphic designer Raphaël Vanleemputten,
at Les Éditions FIKA (founders)
We designed the series of boardgames 'Behind Closed Doors', based on my Master thesis in rhetoric. Read more.
Travel Guide Writer
For several years, I worked as a Travel Guide Writer for the French company 'Petit Futé'.
In this context, I wrote a series of guides about Sweden, Belgium as well as Peru and Nepal/Bhutan.
Education
2017 - 2020
INSA Toulouse & University of Brussels, ULB | PhD's Degree
PhD in Rhetoric & in Robotics
2012 - 2014
University of Brussels (ULB) | Master's Degrees
Master degree in Publishing
Master degree in Education (French)
2012 - 2014
University of Iceland | Erasmus Program
2007-2008
Trinity Bay High School, Cairns, Australia | Exchange Program
Awards
& Nominations
2020
Raymond Leblanc Contest,
with Celia Ducaju
1st round Selection
with “The movement of Rosemary”,
a graphic novel project about the life of a group of researchers in robotics.
2018
French National Photo Contest #MoiChercheur (#IResearcher)
2nd Prize
Organized by Sapiens Sapiens, Toulouse, France
2007
Numa Ensch-Tesch Award
Youth literary award, Belgium.