Research activities

• Socio-cultural and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory based research on human activity
• Learning and development within and across communities
• Developmental Work Research in educational and work contexts
• Learning and interacting through digital media technologies
• Mediational tools for building learning communities
• Development of expertise and competence

Research Projects:

• 2008 – 2011: Director of CODI-SCILE-A : Competences for organizing discourse-in-interaction & science learning – analyzing knowledge building as activity of collaborative inquiring (I: preschool, K1, K2)
• 2006-2009: Co-Author of Priority Program ‘Building Excellence in Education’ within the University of Luxembourg
• 2006-2008: UL coordinator of the EU Project QUACE – Quality Management in Cross-Border Education [www.quace.eu]
• 2006: Coordinator of the research programme « Learning for Life in the 21st Century » – a joint research initiative of the LCMI and EMACS research units
• 2005: Co-initiator of the research programme « Learning for Life in the 21st Century » in collaboration with researchers from the EMACS and LCMI research units
• 2004-2006: « Le plurilinguisme auprès des enfants jusqu’à 9 ans: Diversité linguistique, apprentissage du luxembourgeois et entrée dans la littératie” funded by the FNR (Fond National de la Recherche)
• 2000-2004: Co-initiator of the R&D research project “DECOTEC – Development of Expertise in Collaborative Open Technologically Enriched Educational Contexts”

Consultancy:

Development of competence and expertise
Authentic assessment and interactive evaluation