{"id":770,"date":"2025-12-12T02:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/2025\/12\/12\/doctoral-voices-adam-aitbenlassel\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:05:29","slug":"doctoral-voices-adam-aitbenlassel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/2025\/12\/12\/doctoral-voices-adam-aitbenlassel\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral Voices. Adam AITBENLASSEL:"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A foundational experience: challenges, learning and transformative encounters<\/a><\/p>\n

After the PhD: academic vocation, but broader horizons<\/a><\/p>\n

Some advice for daring mobility: rigor, funding\u2026 and openness<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finding one’s course: research shaped by the French school of discourse<\/strong><\/p>\n

A PhD monitor at Mohammed V University of Rabat<\/a>, Adam Aitbenlaassel<\/a> dedicates his thesis to the analysis of discourse on international political crises. Early on, France emerged as a decisive step to structure his scientific approach. \u201cFrench intellectual heritage has shaped my training since my bachelor’s degree. When you work on discourse analysis, coming to France is not a neutral choice: it’s returning to the sources,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

His subject crosses linguistics, information and communication sciences, political discourse analysis, rhetoric, and international communication. A coherence that naturally led him to the LT2D laboratory at CY Cergy Paris University<\/a>: an immediate anchoring, he says, when he discovered the work of the “Media and Discourse Analysis” axis directed by Professor Luciana Radut-Gaghi.<\/a><\/p>\n

With the support of the laboratory director, Christophe Rey,<\/a> he obtained a letter of invitation, then a particularly selective doctoral mobility scholarship, resulting from Franco-Moroccan cooperation. \u201cBeing a laureate of this program twice was an immense encouragement. It gave me the strength to invest even more in my thesis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A foundational experience: challenges, learning and transformative encounters<\/h2>\n
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His scientific mobility opened with a reality well known to international doctoral students: finding accommodation in the Paris region. \u201cHousing in Paris was the most difficult part. I lived in a temporary studio for a week before finding a stable solution thanks to friends,\u201d he recounts. Administrative procedures, on the other hand, proceeded with surprising fluidity: the hosting agreement was obtained in less than a week thanks to the efficiency of the laboratory team.<\/p>\n

On the scientific level, the impact was immediate. During his first stay, Adam wrote an entire chapter of his thesis devoted to institutional discourse during the Covid-19 crisis, mobilizing the concept of \u201cdiscursive architecture\u201d developed at LT2D. \u201cThis approach provided me with an analytical structure that I didn\u2019t have before,\u201d he emphasizes.<\/p>\n

The laboratory, composed of researchers from many countries (Romania, Italy, Iran, Brazil, Egypt\u2026), became for him a true space of openness. There he discovered scientific diplomacy in particular, a research field he didn\u2019t know about and which reoriented part of his questioning toward geopolitical issues. The encounters he made there left a lasting mark: \u201cMeeting Maingueneau, Charaudeau or Doury\u2026 these are moments that mark a career. You realize that research is a continuous dialogue, beyond borders.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the PhD: academic vocation, but broader horizons<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
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Adam naturally projects himself toward higher education and research. \u201cI want to become a professor-researcher. Transmission, mentoring, and scientific production are at the heart of my professional identity,\u201d he affirms with conviction.<\/p>\n

But his time in France also broadened his field of possibilities. He now understands that his skills in discourse analysis can find their place in European institutions, international organizations, NGOs, or think tanks. \u201cMany are looking for profiles capable of decoding public discourse. I saw how discourse analysis can inform decisions on an international scale, and this opens unexpected perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some advice for daring mobility: rigor, funding\u2026 and openness<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
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From his experience, Adam draws three lessons that, in his view, really make a difference when considering mobility in France.<\/p>\n

1. Build a solid and sincere application<\/p>\n

For Adam, everything starts with a clear, coherent, well-thought-out application. Not a \u201cperfect\u201d application, but one that shows the project is sound and the candidate knows where they\u2019re going. He emphasizes the importance of taking care of the fundamentals\u2014CV, publications, scientific coherence\u2014but above all of assuming a form of intellectual honesty:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat distinguishes a good application from an accepted application is the clarity of intention and the rigor of the project. You can immediately tell when a candidate knows why they\u2019re going.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Search actively\u2014and intelligently\u2014for funding<\/p>\n

Adam reminds us that opportunities are numerous, but very few candidates take the time to explore them: Erasmus+, PHC Toubkal, AUF, CNRST\u2013Campus France scholarships, Eiffel, internal university programs\u2026 For him, the key is simple: be vigilant, and don\u2019t wait for information to fall from the sky.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe difference between those who leave and those who give up is often a question of vigilance. The funding exists\u2014but you have to go find it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

3. Open yourself to others, to methods, to academic cultures<\/p>\n

Finally, Adam insists on the attitude: remain curious, adapt, accept being challenged. Participate in seminars, ask questions, let yourself be surprised by new approaches\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cMobility is not just a displacement: it\u2019s an intellectual displacement. If you stay in your comfort zone, you miss 80% of what it can offer you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Finally…<\/h2>\n

Adam Aitbenlaassel\u2019s trajectory shows what mobility can become when one fully commits to it: a scientific accelerator, an engine of personal transformation, and sometimes the beginning of an international career. For him, mobility is not simply a \u201cplus\u201d on a CV:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a foundational passage. An encounter between ideas, cultures, people\u2014and a way to redefine what you want to become.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

An inspiring testimony, which reminds us that stepping out of one\u2019s framework can open horizons one never suspected.<\/p>\n

To go further\u2026<\/p>\n

Discover Adam AITBENLASSEL\u2019s complete testimony, in extenso<\/em>, with all the details of his journey, his in-depth advice, and his feedback:<\/p>\n

Read the full interview<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Mobility is a scientific adventure… and profoundly human” Adam Aitbenlaassel is a PhD monitor in Information and Communication Sciences at Mohammed V University of Rabat. As part of his thesis on discourse on international political crises, he is currently conducting his second research stay at the LT2D laboratory at CY Cergy Paris University. Discover in this interview his international mobility journey, how this experience enriched his doctoral research, as well as a series of advice for doctoral students considering scientific mobility in France…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1808,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770\/revisions\/1808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abg.asso.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}