University Rennes 2 (UR2) is a public university situated in Upper Brittany, France. Employing 1,740 academic and administrative staff, Rennes 2 provides education for 21,445 students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The student body includes over 3,000 students with international backgrounds, accounting for approximately 14% of the student body.
Christine Evain
Christine Evain is a Professor of didactics and language acquisition at the University RENNES 2 in France. Christine’s research involves the design and evaluation of learning systems. With a background in literature (PhD in Canadian literature) and commercial studies, her publications include more than a hundred articles on a wide range of subjects, including literature, language teaching, and ICTE. Within TRIP, Christine participates within all strands and is the scientific lead for PR2.
Simon Carolan
Simon Carolan, PhD in Computer Science and Applications in 2016. He is specialized in knowledge management and engineering with both structured and unstructured corpora and the development and use of domain ontologies for the creation of adaptive resources. Following ten years of teaching in higher education and five years as a research engineer, he worked for professional training and knowledge management agencies. Since 2020, he is the director of his own agency (Learnalign), working with educational institutions and the non-for-profit sector in the development of innovative learning experiences. He maintains a strong interest in research and regularly collaborates on research projects as an associate member of the LIDILE research team in Rennes, France. Within TRIP, Simon developed resources for PR2 and worked in project management related to PR1 and PR3.
Madelyn Lines
Madelyn Lines is an instructional designer and coordinator of Trip's IVSC (PR2) at the University of Rennes 2. Her work focuses on project-based learning with Master's students in Language Didactics (Master’s 1 and 2), as well as the development and implementation of pedagogical tools. In addition to her coordination role, Madelyn teaches French as a foreign language at CIREFE (International Center for the Study of French Language for Foreigners).
Julien Beaufils
Julien Beaufils is an Associate Professor of German at the Institute of Modern Applied Languages at the University of Rennes 2. He is also a member of the LIDILE research team. His current research focuses on discourse analysis and fan cultures in East Germany since 1990. Within TRIP, he was responsible for organizing the German edition of the IVSC program at Rennes 2.