Our alumni

Diverse pathways
The Learning Planet Institute counts more than 2,000 alumni. The diversity of their backgrounds, journeys and nationalities is the foundation of our richness, creativity, energy, credibility and recognition.
- 2 000alumni since 2006
- 49%women
- 40nationalities represented
- 16%Bachelor’s graduates
- 52%Master’s graduates
- 32%PhD graduates
The Institute regularly welcomes new students, researchers, lecturers and partners.
Staying connected with our alumni — and listening to their experiences — helps us continuously improve our programmes, strengthen mentoring and career guidance for future learners, enhance both technical and entrepreneurial skills, and expand professional networks.
Are you an alumnus·a and would like to share an idea, a testimonial, or get involved? We would love to hear from you!

Alumni's words
What I like about the Institut is that everything is more or less possible.

My most vivid memory is of the group discussions (...). I realised how much our different educational backgrounds conditioned us to think about the world's problems (...) within a certain framework, and how much we all had to gain from sharing (...). I think that such exchanges were crucial in formulating my research questions

The Institut is a place that has transformed me. No other place has such a concentration of talent! (...) At the Learning Planet Institute, they give us an incredible amount of confidence (...) They really believe in our potential for action (...) My time at the Institute has really had a long-term impact on me.

The Learning Planet Institute breaks down the barriers to daring. There's an audacity, a latent madness in us, and it's coming out! It's a big RESET of the machine. They're trying to de-format us so that we can build ourselves in our own way.

The AIRE Master's Learning Sciences course answered the questions I asked myself throughout my training and my experiences as a private tutor.

There were about fifteen different nationalities (...) The link between games and learning was explored in great depth, and was very interesting (...) We were shown how important it is to know where you're going (...) During my internship, we created a MOOC on critical thinking, data science, digital publishing... The subjects were extremely varied. I learned a lot of different things

The Learning Planet Institute has done a lot for me. I owe the success of my career to the Institute. (...) I didn't know how to do research. I was able to explore my own path (...) If you're really interested, you have everything you need to become who you want to be. (...) I'd love to go back there.

At Learning Planet Institute, there's an open-mindedness that I haven't found anywhere else. You're accepted as you are, and you can live life to the full.
It's a very rich and multicultural environment (...) When they told us that we were going to be able to develop our projects and our dreams, I said to myself that there was really room to deploy our potential (...) The environment is very pleasant, the people are kind, encouraging and curious (...) For me, the Summer School was the beginning of a dream.
The approach at the Learning Planet Institute is less traditional, more mixed, with greater interdisciplinarity. Teachers, researchers and students all work in the same place

What I love is the great freedom given to students. We always find support to bring our ideas to life, even the most innovative ones, with an open mind and without judgement (...) The LPI offers a real openness to international perspectives, interdisciplinarity and creativity. All thesis topics focus on ecological and social issues. I finally feel like I belong The LPI offers a truly international, interdisciplinary and creative outlook. All the thesis topics focus on ecological and social issues. I finally feel like I belong.

When I was 20, I said that the only job I didn't want to do was be a researcher... We all change our minds! (...) You don't have to follow a straight path to become a researcher today


Read or download the survey on our alumni's learning experience (Dec 2022).
Alumni stories
Ed Stevenette: giving youth a voice for a better future
December 10, 2025- Education
- Featured
- Youth

Nature - When do girls fall behind in math? A gigantic study puts the finger on that moment
12 June 2025- Community
- Education

Région Île-de-France - Health: discover the 3 winners of the Prix des Innovateurs 2024.
October 01, 2024- Institutional

[COMMUNITY] Manon Sala, doctoral student with the soul of a living world explorer
March 11, 2024- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Three students create open-source medical equipment at the Learning Planet Institute
November 29, 2023- Community
- Education
- R&D

Maria Luisa Serrano: facilitating learning with new technologies, transmitting with EdTech
September 14, 2023- Community

Raven Frias, Learning Sciences student: dedicating her life to education, committing on all fronts
September 14, 2023- Community
- Education
- International

[COMMUNITY] Maria Luisa Serrano: facilitating learning with new technologies, transmitting with EdTech
07 September 2023- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Élie Rotenberg, alumni, gamer, researcher and school founder: leading multiple lives, changing education
03 July 2023- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] An interdisciplinary path, between research and inclusion. Interview with Macarena-Paz Celume, alumni, researcher and teacher.
28 April 2023- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Francesca Anselmi, alumna, CIPASS director at City College of New York: gaining confidence, giving it backÂ
March 30, 2023- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] 3 Learning Planet Institute community members win Impulscience® Award
March 24, 2023- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Roua Mazouz, student, SDG Summer School alumna, start-up founder: breaking out of the box, entrepreneurship with momentum
06 March 2023- Community
- Education

[COMMUNITY] Daria Vilkova, student, lab co-creator and educational engineer: broadening horizons, enhancing learning
07 February 2023- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Aude Bernheim, researcher in microbiology and genetics, winner of the Collège de France prize for young researchers 2022
02 February 2023- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Yuxuan Li, student, learning electronics and inventing for mental health
02 January 2023- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Jean-Philippe Cointet, researcher and teacher
October 17, 2022- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of Livio Riboli-Sasco, researcher and co-founder of the Frontières du Vivant Licence, Leïla Périé, researcher and teacher, Haize and Luzio
September 19, 2022- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of Anshu Bhardwaj, biologist and data scientist
07 September 2022- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of Mélusine Blondel, alumna
August 09, 2022- Community

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of Julien Barrere, alumnus and doctoral student
July 18, 2022- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Cédric Courson's doctorate: oceanographic citizen science in the spotlight
09 June 2022- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNAUTÉ] Juliette Millet, a young researcher at the FIRE doctoral school, presents her thesis in 180 seconds!
March 21, 2022- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of researcher Edward Owusu Kwarteng
21 February 2022- Community
- Education
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of Aurélien Peilloux, researcher
09 February 2022- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of student Fanny Gouel
19 January 2022- Community

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of Flora Vincent, alumna
20 October 2021- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Meeting with Macarena-Paz Celume
01 March 2021- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Meeting with Aristoteles Camillo, mathematician and graduate of the AIRE Learning Sciences Master's program
December 22, 2020- Community
- R&D

[COMMUNITY] Portrait of Roberta Menezes
August 07, 2020- Community

