Visiting researchers
The CIECST welcomes researchers from various backgrounds who wish to further their work on occupational health or to develop it. The Chair provides a research framework which encourages exchanges and comparisons across cultures and disciplines, and is likely to foster collaborations between researchers and between research teams. The aim is also to get to know and make known the approaches of international, national and New Aquitaine region researchers in the fields of occupational health and the raising of ethical awareness.
Currently in residence

Jean-Paul Dautel
Université du Québec en Outaouais, Quebec- Canada
Jean-Paul Dautel is a professor in Occupational Health and Safety at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO, Quebec, Canada) and has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 2017, following roughly a decade of practice as a jurist and then as a lawyer in labor law in France. He completed a joint doctoral degree in law at the University of Ottawa and University of Lyon 2, defending his thesis in December 2022. His dissertation focused on how French and Quebec laws facilitate the employment integration and retention of workers with a mental health disorder. His doctoral research was awarded the 2023 Anthony Mainguené-CIECST Foundation Thesis Prize and the Paris Bar Medal. In addition to his legal education, Jean-Paul Dautel holds a degree in Francophone ergonomics, which focuses on activity analysis to understand work determinants and their impact on health and productivity. His research interests include the professional integration of individuals with a “psychic” disability, return to work after mental health-related absences, psychological occupational injuries, the effects of work organizations on workers’ mental health, and union involvement in these areas. He co-edited a special issue of the Communitas journal (from DSJ at UQAM) on “The Plurality of Normativities in Occupational Safety and Health” (with K.Lippel, Communitas, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2021) and is co-editing a forthcoming book titled “Mental Health at Work, Organization and Work Transformations: Critical, Pragmatic, and Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Quebec” (with M.Dufour-Poirier, PUQ, expected in 2025). He is also a member of the SAGE Team, ISS, Crimt, Penner Institute, and in France, Cercrid. Additionally, in 2024, he is joining the Research Collective on Work Relations and Transformative Research (FRQSC – Renewing Team).
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November 2024
Coming soon
Previous research stays
Year 2022
- 1 – 20 July 2022 : Mirko Antino, University of Complutense – Spain
- 1 – 31 Octobre 2022 : Nadia Bouldi, University of Lille – France
- 19 – 21 Octobre 2022 : Michael Rioux, University of Avignon – France
Year 2023
- 13-17 March 2023 : Peter Andersson, University of Gothenburg– Sweden
- October – December 2023 : David Lantarón Barquín, University of Cantabria, Santander – Spain.
Year 2024
- March 2024 : Miu Shibuta, Hirosaki University – Japan
- March 2024: Yukie Hihara, Yamagata University – Japan
- June 2024: Kirsten Way, University of Queensland, Brisbane- Australia
- mai-juin 2024: Silvia Fernández Martínez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- juin-juillet 2024: Emanuele Dagnino, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
- juillet 2024: Olívia de Quintana Figueiredo Pasqualeto, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brasilia
- juillet 2024: Lourdes Mella Méndez, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- juillet 2024: Hena Boukachabia, Badji Mokhtar, Algeria
- octobre 2024: Fatou Diop Sall, University Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis du Senegal, Senegal
- novembre 2024: Jean-Paul Dautel, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Quebec – Canada