Bénédicte Lapeyre

Visiting language professor, EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies Department
Visiting professor, Language Service (Bruges Campus)

Bénédicte Lapeyre (FR) is visiting language professor at the College of Europe, teaching French in the EU International Relations and Diplomacy Department.

As a teacher at the European Commission for 20 years, she specialized in the teaching of French in an international environment. She has published a number of works on communication techniques which have been translated into several languages. She is also the author of an essay on European cultural diversity and the origin of our behaviour. Her research has led to invitations to lecture in China, Europe and the United States.

At present, she is doing research on therapy through writing.

Publications: “François, Peter, Maria, Hendrik and the Others…” (Translated into Chinese, Ed. Albin Michel), “French Conversation at your Fingertips”. (with Pamela Sheppard, Ed. d’Organisation), “Taking the Floor in Meetings in French as well as in English” ( Ed. d’Organisation ), “Negotiate in French and English” (Translated into Spanish and Italian, Ed. d’Organisation ) , “Chairing Meetings in French as well as in English” ( Ed. d’Organisation). “How to be diplomatic” (Ed. Eyrolles).