Education
2021 – Present Ph.D. Ethics and Public Affairs, Carleton University
2019 – 2021 M.A. Philosophy, Sherbrooke University
2016 – 2019 B.A. Philosophy, Sherbrooke University
Research Interests
Andréanne Veillette is a first year PhD student in Ethics and Public Affairs at Carleton University under the supervision of Dr. Michael Wohl and Dr. David Matheson. Her research interests focus on intergroup relationships and conspiracy theories. More specifically, she is interested in understanding how intergroup contempt may influence conspiracy belief and designing empirically informed strategies to counter the social consequences of conspiracy theories.
Andréanne is also a member of the Canada Research Chair in Applied Epistemology and an affiliated member of the Canada Research Chair on Epistemic Injustice and Agency.
Selected Publications
Veillette, A., Claveau, F., & Catala, A. (2021). Towards an epistemic evaluation of think tank ecosystems: The case of epistemic justice. Critical Perspectives on Think Tanks, 215–233.
Claveau, F., Santerre, O., Veillette, A., & Rocheleau, S. (2021). Les think tanks dans le champ médiatique canadien (Think Tanks in Canadian Media) (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. 3780344). Social Science Research Network. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3780344
Veillette, A. (2021). Epistemic Paternalism: Conceptions, Justifications and Implications. Edited by A. Bernal and G. Axtell, 2020, London, Rowman & Littlefield International. 332 pp, £92.00 (hb). Journal of Applied Philosophy, 38(2), 354–356. https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12480
Claveau, F., & Veillette, A. (2022). Appraising the Epistemic Performance of Social Systems: The Case of Think Tank Evaluations. Episteme, 19(2), 159–177. https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2020.16
Veillette, A. (2020). The Routledge Handbook of Applied Epistemology, David Coady, James Chase, 2019 New York, Routledge xi + 344 pp, 220$ USD (hb). Journal of Applied Philosophy, 37(2), 338–339. https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12409
Selected Conference Presentations
Veillette, A. (2022, May). Vaccination et paternalisme épistémique justifiable : Comment combattre la désinformation sur la vaccination? Société de Philosophie du Québec Annual Conference, Online.
Veillette, A. (2021, May). Les conditions de justifiabilité de la tutelle épistémique. Société de Philosophie du Québec Annual Conference, Online.
Veillette, A., Claveau, F. (2020, June) Toward an epistemic evaluation of think tank ecosystems: the case of epistemic justice. On Think Tanks Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany (Online).
Veillette, A, Claveau, F., (2019, June) The Epistemology of Think Tanks: A Meta-Evaluation of Existing Work. Fourth edition of the International Conference on Public Policy, Montréal, Québec.
Veillette, A. (2018, June) Cartographier l’épistémologie sociale orientée vers les systèmes : à la recherche de standards de recherche rigoureux. Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Conference. Montréal, Québec.
Notable Awards
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2021-Present)
Master’s Research Scholarship – Fonds de recherche Société et Culture du Québec (2020-2021)
Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2019-2020)
Dean’s List – Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Sherbrooke University (2016-2019)