Alain Bihan-Poudec

Alain Bihan-Poudec is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, Université Catholique de l'Ouest (Angers, France), holding a PhD in Education from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada, 2013). His research focuses on teaching and learning statistics, social representation theory, and the intersection of reality and digital technologies in education. He has organized national and international conferences, including the 2015 Colloque Francophone International sur l’Enseignement de la Statistique in Bordeaux.

His work explores student attitudes toward statistics, interdisciplinary dialogue (e.g., neuroscience and education), and digital education. Key contributions include analyzing the evolution of social representations of statistics among university students and investigating assessment methods in humanities and social sciences.

Publications span peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Statistique et Société), conference proceedings (CFIES), and edited volumes. He has served as a reviewer for journals like Phronésis and participated in doctoral juries in education and ethics.