Sandra Cadiou

Sandra Cadiou is a Professor at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest (UCO) in the Faculty of Education. She holds a HDR (Doctorate of State) in Educational Sciences from Toulouse Jean Jaurès University (2018). Her research focuses on psychoanalytic clinical frameworks in teaching-learning contexts, didactics of writing/French, schooling of unaccompanied minors, and olfactory education. She currently leads the 3rd year degree program in education and training sciences.

Research Themes:

• Psychoanalytic approaches to teaching motivation and dropout
• Didactics of French/writing using Lacanian theory
• Educational integration of unaccompanied minors
• Olfactory pedagogy in perfumery/training contexts

Recent Work:

• 2024: Published on olfactory didactics and university education dynamics
• 2023: Research on school subjectivity, sensory pedagogy, and migrant education

Labs/Teams: Member of LIRFE (Research Team in Education Sciences) and involved in the ECISC research project on citizenship education. Active in organizing events like the 2023 olfaction study day.