EDMO BELUX Lunch Lecture:
Date: October 5th 2026
Time: 12:00-13:00 CEST
Location: Online event
Our next EDMO BELUX Lunch Lecture will take place on October 5th, 2026, at 12:00-13:00 CEST. Join us for our webinar, where Sabine Bosler, Catherine Delarue-Breton, Sarah Labelle and Aude Seurrat who will present their research on the concept of critical thinking often associated with disinformation.
Attendance is free but registration is required: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2e231f5f-ab49-4dd8-a879-514bbcb5be56@7ab090d4-fa2e-4ecf-bc7c-4127b4d582ec
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Critical thinking is an increasingly popular concept, often associated with disinformation, for which it is seen as a remedy. However, there are several approaches to this concept in the social sciences. An analysis of two official reports—one produced by the Scientific Council for National Education and the other by the commission “The Enlightenment in the Digital Age”—along with a corpus of related educational resources, shows that the chosen approach centers on individualization, the naturalization of belief systems, and the depoliticization of the relationship to information, thereby rendering other conceptions of critical thinking invisible. Media and information literacy are conceived as a remedy and “intellectual self-defense” is promoted, rather than the development of a critical – and positive – approach to information—an alternative that we argue is necessary in the current political and media context.
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Sabine Bosler is an Associate Professor in information and communication sciences at University of Haute-Alsace (Mulhouse, France) and director of the Information and Communication Sciences department. She is a member of the Centre de recherche sur les sociétés, les arts et les techniques (CRESAT) and of the board of directors of the French Society for Information and Communication Sciences (SFSIC). Her research focuses on media and information literacy, media reception by young audiences and on the circulation of audiovisual content. Her courses, which are often taught using active learning methods, focus on communication projects management as well as fostering general knowledge and critical thinking about media.
Catherine Delarue-Breton is a French researcher specializing in language sciences. She is a full professor at the University of Rouen Normandy, within the INSPÉ Normandie-Rouen Le Havre department. She is co-head of Research Area 4 of the CNRS thematic network ‘Questions d’éducations’, which explores the links between research and education professionals. Her work aims to describe and understand discourses surrounding the transmission and circulation of knowledge in school and university contexts. Her approach is grounded on discourse analysis and focuses in particular on the conditions under which academic literacies are acquired, in relation to socially situated inequalities. Her teaching contributes to the scientific training of primary and secondary school teachers and promotes the development of a critical and problem-oriented approach to language in school settings.
Sarah Labelle is a full professor at the Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry in Information and Communication Sciences. She is member of the LERASS (Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherche Appliquée en Sciences Sociales). Her research projects focus on media transformations in culture, education and politics. They seek to understand how computerised media are configured and how social practices make use of them. From an anthropological perspective, they focus on the materiality of media (signs, user guide…) and the logic of situations (activities). Sarah Labelle coordinates a European action research project called PLAY AI: this project aims to create educational resources for young people aged 13 to 17, including a serious game set within the artificial intelligence system. She is co-director of the Regards SIC serie (at the PULM publishing house) with Laurent Collet et Gérard Régimbeau.
Aude Seurrat is a French scholar in Information and Communication Sciences. She is a full professor at Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), as well as Director of Céditec, a research centre in communication, discourse, and culture. She is also co-head of the Secondary Education Master’s programme at the INSPE. Her research focuses on media education, information literacy, and digital cultures. She studies media practices, public discourse, and the social uses of digital technologies. Her work addresses misinformation, online communication, and critical media literacy. Her teaching contributes to the training of future teachers and education professionals. Through her work, she promotes a critical and informed approach to media and information.