Franck Ronald Foadin is a PhD student in Management at the Louvain Research Institute for Management and Organizations (LouRIM) at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. His dissertation project, titled “Cross-Cultural Pathways to Sustainability: The Social Constructions of Cleaner Technology Adoption in Belgian and Senegalese Households,” explores the international social dynamics that influence the behavioral transitions necessary for adopting sustainable technologies. This research aims to help mitigate the effects of climate change.

As part of his PhD studies, Mr. Foadin was awarded a $6,000 research grant from the Canadian federal government’s Mitacs Globalink Research Grant Program. He is completing a research internship at the Université de Moncton as part of the project “Behavioral Transitions in the Adoption of Sustainable Household Technologies,” within the Department of Administration at the Moncton campus.

Mr. Foadin holds an Executive Master’s Degree in Leadership from the Swiss University of Applied Sciences Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, as well as a Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences and a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Education from the National Advanced School of Engineering (ENSPM) in Maroua, Cameroon.

He aims to become a key player in studying social transitions toward sustainability. He is committed to diversifying the dominant, often Western perspectives in this field to emphasize the contributions of initiatives from both developed and developing countries. Additionally, he seeks to raise awareness in the international scientific community about the need to decolonize knowledge regarding sustainable development.