Amélie DEROBERT

Amélie DEROBERT is a Lecturer in Educational Sciences at the University of Lyon 2, specializing in sociohistorical approaches to educational practices in social work contexts. Her research focuses on educator practices in juvenile justice, early childhood education, and professionalization trajectories. She leads the ECAPE project comparing French and Japanese early childhood educators' practices and co-leads the EduTech initiative exploring retraining challenges for technical educators. Active in the ECP laboratory (Professionalization Axis), she collaborates with institutions like the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA) and serves on the ISPEF Council since 2022.

Education background includes a PhD from University of Lyon 2 (2011) and diplomas from Universities of Beijing and Dalian (China). Her teaching spans historical pedagogical ideas, comparative social work, and children's rights across undergraduate and graduate programs. She supervises master’s theses in education and social policy fields.

Key grants include JSPS KAKENHI (Japan), ANR SociogrIEF, and Horizon 2020 projects. Her work addresses sociohistorical institutional dynamics, juvenile justice systems, and educator professionalism. She has presented at international conferences on topics like pandemic impacts on social work and juvenile delinquency expertise.

Labs/teams: ECP Laboratory (University of Lyon 2), collaborating with Sumiko Kobayashi (Nanzan University, Japan) and Rachel Gasparini (co-EduTech leader). Former roles include postdoc in CIVOIR (Lyon IDEX) and researcher in MovingK EU projects.