Pauline IREDU

Pauline IREDU is a young doctor and associate researcher affiliated with the Institut de recherche sur l’éducation (IREDU) at Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Her work focuses on the professionalization of volunteer firefighters, particularly the impact of their initial training on career development and retention.

• Research Themes: Informal selection processes in training, educational assessment, adult learning in emergency services, and workforce development for volunteer firefighters.
• Publications: 2 journal articles (2023) and 15 conference communications (2021–2023), with recent 2024–2025 work on YouTube-based learning interventions and CIFRE thesis applications.
• Methodology: Mixed methods (survey of 330 active firefighters, interviews with 42 dropouts, and 16 observational sessions) to analyze training appropriation and retention.

Her research highlights how internal factors (motivation, perception of training) and external factors (trainer perception, group dynamics, evaluation systems) interact to shape professionalization. She identifies implicit selection mechanisms during initial training that disproportionately affect underrepresented profiles, leading to attrition.

Pauline’s 15 most recent publications (2021–2025) span themes like informal selection in firefighter training, YouTube-based pedagogy for student engagement, and structural equation modeling in social sciences. These works emphasize her focus on bridging educational theory with practical workforce development for emergency responders.

She collaborates with institutions like the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile, CIRNEF, and ADMÉE, and her recent 2024–2025 studies explore gendered selection dynamics and public service professionalization challenges.