Philippe Cury

Philippe Cury is a Lecturer at Université Clermont Auvergne, affiliated with INSPÉ Clermont-Auvergne. His research focuses on health education, health promotion, and professionalization processes in educational settings. He leads projects like the 2023-2027 peer prevention program in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, funded by the Regional Health Agency.

• Doctorate in Educational Sciences (2017, Université Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand II)

His work examines interaction dynamics in health-promoting schools, psychosocial skills training, and competency-based approaches. He collaborates extensively on the ALLIANCE project, analyzing health behaviors, socio-emotional learning, and transferability of interventions across educational and territorial contexts.

Key research themes include:

• Health-Promoting School frameworks
• Mediation effects of life skills on health outcomes
• Professional development for novice teachers

Recent publications (2023-2025) emphasize evidence-based tools for school labeling, collective work in implementation, and longitudinal monitoring of pre-adolescent health behaviors. His collaborations span institutions like ACTé, INCA, and UNESCO Chair in Education & Health.

Supervision includes Sophie Doridant’s 2025 thesis on peer health education in schools. Projects integrate mixed methods, setting approaches, and instrumental genesis theories to address health disparities and educational practices.