Simon Mallard

Simon Mallard is a Lecturer in Educational Sciences and Academic Director of the Bachelor of Education Sciences at the Catholic University of the West (UCO), Angers, France. He is affiliated with the LIRFE (Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Critical Issues in Training and Education) and the CREAD (Center for Research on Education, Learning and Didactics). His research focuses on professionalization dynamics in educational settings, particularly the role of emotions and socioaffective dimensions in adult training. He has led studies on school assistants, managerial coaching systems, and workplace well-being in educational leadership roles.

Educationally, Mallard holds a PhD in Educational Sciences from the University of Rennes 2 (2017), titled Place and role of emotional and socioaffective dimensions in training programs: The case of 'Manager School' at La Poste. His work intersects with projects like the AEEC (Adjoints d’Établissement scolaire de l’Enseignement Catholique), exploring administrative roles in Catholic schools.

His research interests include school management, emotional labor in education, and the ethical dimensions of professional presence. He has organized international conferences such as School Management in All Its States (2025) and contributed to special issues like Éthique en éducation et en formation (2022). Mallard teaches courses on professional ethics, management, and educational analysis at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

His recent publications analyze coaching systems for school leaders, the emotional dynamics of managerial training, and the well-being of school administrators. He supervises the doctoral thesis of Priscilla Capovilla on psychological health in project management roles within public services.