The LIFE Research & Consult Team

LIFE Research & Consult is a small international team of five people. Working languages are English, German, French, Luxembourgish, Spanish and Thai.

Dr. Jean-Paul Reeff – Director

Jean-Paul Reeff is a psychologist whose work focuses both on innovation in education and training, as well as on evaluation and assessment. He has 20 years of professional experience in research, project management and consulting. During the past ten years he worked as a project manager in the innovation department (SCRIPT) of the Luxembourg Ministry of Education. He is the founder of the LIFE Foundation and LIFE Research & Consult.

Languages: Luxembourgish, German, French, English, and some Spanish.

Telephone: +352 552611-50
e-mail: reeff@lifenet.lu

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Danatchaya Chinajai – Research Assistant

Danatchaya Chinajai is a research assistant at LIFE Research & Consult. She holds a B.Ed. degree in English from the Faculty of Education at Chiang Mai University (Thailand). She is based in Chiang Mai and is especially interested in foreign languages; her work experience involves teaching English to children, working as a translator, and serving as a research assistant to foreign graduate students. Her work for LIFE Research & Consult focuses on Open Content issues concerning foreign language learning. She translated ancient Thai fables from Thai to English, created and collected humorous drawings to illustrate them, and has made these available on the Open Content platform.

Languages: Thai, English, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), Burmese, some German.

e-mail: chinajai@lifenet.lu

Monique Reichert – Research Assistant

Monique Reichert is a psychologist specialized in cognitive science issues and empirical methods. In 2002 she joined LIFE Research & Consult. Her main area of work lies in establishing an Open Content platform for education; furthermore, she is co-responsible for the language learning project. As a part of her work, she is especially interested in integrating and applying theoretical aspects of cognitive research.

Languages: Luxembourgish, German, French, English, some Turkish.

Telephone: +352 552611-50
e-mail: reichert@lifenet.lu

Dr. Stefanie Schaefers – Research Assistant

Stefanie Schaefers is originally a secondary school teacher (English as a foreign language and art) who has spent the past few years developing educational software for children and adults. In 2003 she became a member of LIFE, and is working on language assessment and (early) total immersion as well as on the open content project. Besides foreign language acquisition, she is also interested in internet technology and of course in fine arts as she is a digital painter and a paper sculptor herself.

Languages: German, English, French.

Telephone: +352 552611-50
e-mail: schaefers@lifenet.lu

Anouk Zabal – Senior Researcher, Education Consultant

Anouk Zabal is a senior researcher and consultant with a special interest in education and learning assessment. After obtaining her degree in psychology at the University of Bonn in 1991, she worked in several research projects in the area of cognitive psychology (learning and perception) and psychology of aging at the Universities of Bonn, Kiel and Trier. She has been working for LIFE Research & Consult, Germany, since 2001. Her work includes problem-solving assessment as a part of the ALL Survey, evaluation studies as a part of the EC-funded project MONITOR, and research on educational indicators.
Other interests include Gestalt psychology and therapy.

Languages: English, German, French and Spanish.

Telephone: +49 2641 2074 51
e-mail: zabal@lifenet.lu