In 2005, Clarisse Bardiot completed a Ph.D. on "Virtual Theatres" at CNRS/Université Paris 3 (France). The dissertation studies the relationships between theatre, digital technology and networks. Ms. Bardiot is a lecturer at University of Valenciennes in the postgraduate program on interactive scenography. She is in charge of research and education programs at the CECN (Centre des écritures contemporaines numériques - Mons, Belgium). She is contributing to the DOCAM project (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage) Research Alliance. She has often been a contributor to conferences and selection jury member in numerous institutions (Centre Pompidou, CNRS, INHA, Le Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Arts, UQAM etc.). In 2005, she obtained the grant for researchers in residence from the Daniel Langlois Foundation for a research about 9 Evenings, Theatre & Engineering.