Christine Brabant

Christine Brabant is a Full Professor at the Département d'administration et fondements de l'éducation, Université de Montréal. She holds a PhD in Education and has held roles including Postdoctoral Researcher at the Université Catholique de Louvain and former faculty at UQAT and Université de Sherbrooke. Her research focuses on reflexive governance in education, home education, and ethical dimensions of educational practices.

• Education: B.A. in Dance Education (UQAM, 1997), M.A. and PhD in Education (Université de Sherbrooke, 2004 and 2010), Postdoc in Educational Ethics (2012).

Her research interests span home education governance, alternative educational movements, and institutional change. Notable projects include studies on Hassidic Jewish communities' homeschooling and Quebec's educational policy frameworks.

Publications highlight her work on home education monitoring strategies, Montessori curriculum implementation, and parent participation in educational governance. She has received major awards including the Fondation Trudeau fellowship and multiple research grants from FQRSC and CRSH.

Affiliations include the International Center for Home Education Research (ICHÉR), Centre de philosophie du droit (UCLouvain), and Quebec's Home Education National Advisory Board. She supervises doctoral and master's theses on topics like unschooling and educational justice.