Biography

I am a social and applied epistemologist with an interdisciplinary background in philosophy, political science, economics and Science & Technology Studies (STS). My research focuses on the conditions under which knowledge is produced, circulated, and integrated in contemporary societies, particularly in contexts where such knowledge informs public decision-making.

To better understand and strengthen knowledge practices, I combine conceptual and argumentative analysis – methods dear to philosophers – with qualitative, quantitative, and computational empirical methods.

I am a full professor in the Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Université de Sherbrooke. I am also director of Bureau des initiatives numériques (BIN) at CIRST and director of Plateforme en humanités numériques (PHuN). I lead the Research stream at Réseau francophone international en conseil scientifique (RFICS). I held the Canada Research Chair in Applied Epistemology from 2015 to 2025. My research projects explore, among other things, scientific expertise, interdisciplinarity, and digital infrastructures for research.

Education

Postdoctoral Studies, Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ), Université de Montréal, supervised by Peter Dietsch, January-July 2015.

Postdoctoral Studies in Science and Technology Studies (STS), Centre interuniversitaire sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), supervised by Yves Gingras, 2013-2014.

PhD in Philosophy, Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE), Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands), supervised by Julian Reiss and Kevin Hoover, 2010-2012.

Research Master in Philosophy and Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands), 2008-2010.

M.A., Economics, McGill University, 2006-2008.

B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, Université de Montréal, 2003-2006.

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