After more than twenty-five years as a specialized educator and completing a doctoral thesis in educational sciences, Bernard Vallerie was, from 2004 to 2018, a lecturer at the University of Grenoble Alpes. During this period, he was a statutory researcher in the "Family Education and Social Intervention with Families" team at the University of Paris Nanterre (E.A. 1589) and an associate researcher at the “Centre de recherche et d'intervention sur l'éducation et la vie au travail” (CRIEVAT) at Laval University in Quebec City (Canada). His works focused on the approach centered on the development of the power of individuals and communities.