Gauthier Marchais researches the effects of violent conflict and intersecting crises on societies, with a particular focus on education in crisis and conflict-affected contexts, using several disciplinary approaches.
Gauthier is Principal Investigator of The Drivers of Teacher Wellbeing and Retention in Contexts of Protracted Violence and Displacement, and co-Principal Investigator of Scaling the Impact of a Pre-Service Teacher Training Module for Teachers in Violent Conflict.
Gauthier previously led the REALISE and BRICE research projects, producing work on teacher wellbeing, violence against teachers and the mental health effects of violence on teachers.
He also co-authored Education and Resilience in Crisis, which received the Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award from the Comparative and International Education Society.
His wider research explores governance and social transformation during violent conflict, and methods for studying the effects of violent conflict. He has also written about race in society and research, including work on whiteness and contemporary academic research on the African continent.
Gauthier is a scientific adviser at Marakuja Kivu Research, a non-profit organisation based in Goma, DRC, which specialises in research in conflict-affected areas.
Teaching
Gauthier convenes two MA teaching modules and supervises MA and PhD theses.
