Building International Research Networks: Opportunities and Challenges

Professor Minahil Asim’s research explores the effectiveness of education reforms and policies that are focused on improving learning outcomes and educational trajectories for disadvantaged students. Her work attempts to advance knowledge on how management and leadership practises of actors along the education delivery chain impact student outcomes; and how direct support to students at home or in school can improve their engagement and learning. She uses a variety of research methods in her work, including process-tracing methods, field experiments, and quasi-experimental strategies and has active projects in Pakistan, Ghana, and the United States.

Emmanuel Duplàa is a full professor, specialized in information and communication technology (ICT) for learning. After completing a BA in mathematics and a master's degree in cognitive sciences, he completed a PhD in education on the unconscious dimensions of online relationships in the context of e-Learning. He participated in different projects on ergonomic design and planning (Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique), on e-learning (Télécom-Paristech and Centre d'Études Supérieures Industrielles) and training aspects of e-Health (TÉLUQ). He is currently conducting research at the Faculty of Education on educational video games (in partnership with the School of Information Technology and Engineering), on digital literacies and on design processes in e-learning. Professor Duplàa is a Learning Committee Lead with the LIFE Research Institute.