Elsa Roland

Elsa Roland is a researcher at the Faculty of Education and Training Sciences at Université de Namur, specializing in educational systems, childhood studies, and decolonial methodologies. Her work engages with Foucauldian theories, analyzing intersections between pedagogy, biopolitics, and coloniality.

• Education: Doctor of Education from Université Libre de Bruxelles

Research Interests center on Childism, Decoloniality, and the genealogy of educational systems in Belgium (14th-20th century). She examines how childhood has been discursively constructed and regulated through pedagogical frameworks.

Recent Publications explore collaborative education during the pandemic, Foucauldian perspectives on childhood/coloniality, and the evolution of differentiated pedagogy in French-Belgian teacher training. Her work appears in journals like Childhood and Philosophy and Éducation et socialisation.

Projects include framework agreements for FELSI in-career training trainers (2024-2026) and collaborative research on normative dynamics in teacher education. She actively presents at international conferences, including CRIFPE 2025 and the International Workshop on Childism (2024).