Could you describe your career path for us?
I first wrote my thesis in public law at the University of Pau on the issue of administrative restrictions on press freedom in the context of constitutional and European requirements. Since 1999, I have had the opportunity to work at the same university as a lecturer in public law. More recently, I joined the Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur les Transitions Juridiques and completed my Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR).

Could you tell us in a few words how you joined the HR2S network and what ambitions you have for this project?
First and foremost, it was obvious to me. I’ve been a fan of collaborative research for many years. In fact, I’m incapable of giving up on a proposal for a transdisciplinary approach. I particularly enjoy immersing myself in professional practices, working with other disciplines, setting up partnerships and opening up to new working, research and reasoning methods. The network represents all this in my professional life.

How does your research fit in with the HR2S network today?
I am co-director of the Aditus Chair on Accessibility, Self-Determination and Legal Transitions. I’m currently working on the TEAPYR cross-border project on autism. These two subjects are fully in line with the priorities that have emerged from the network. Like many other members of the network, I also attach a great deal of importance to quality in healthcare, especially when it is cultivated as closely as possible to ethics. In this way, I hope to continue to contribute to the emancipation of people receiving care and support, and of professionals, through my approach to law and ethics.

My credo is based on the thought of Paul Ricoeur ‘The aim of a good life with and for others in just institutions’.