Pascale Devette

Pascale Devette is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Her research sits at the intersection of political theory, feminist thought, and social philosophy.

• Education: PhD from Université Paris-Diderot and Université d'Ottawa (2018)
• Departments: Political Science, Philosophy

Her work focuses on:

• Attention Phenomena – examining social invisibility and ultravisibility
• Vulnerability – its political and ethical dimensions
• Work Philosophy – habits, perception, and social innovation
• Decroissance – existential/ethical approaches to degrowth

She explores how power structures shape intimacy and human capacities like attention, compassion, and engagement. Her methodology draws from Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt, Hartmut Rosa, and John Dewey, with cross-disciplinary connections to feminist studies, sociology, and anthropology.

As a funded researcher, she leads projects on:

• Self-Degrowth
• Work Vulnerabilities
• Critical Social Theory

Prior grants include support from the FRQSC and SSHRC for feminist studies and political ethics research.