Juliette Vazard

Juliette Vazard is a Post-doctoral researcher at Central European University, currently affiliated with the Knowledge in Crisis Project. Her academic work intersects philosophy of mind, epistemology, and cognitive science, focusing on the epistemic functions of affective states such as anxiety, hope, and despair. She explores how these emotions influence doubt, reasoning, and engagement with crises like climate change.

• Education: PhD in Philosophy (University of Geneva, 2021; highest honors), MSc in Philosophy and Psychiatry (King’s College London; Distinction), BSc in Clinical Psychology (Paris-Sorbonne VIII), BA in Philosophy (Paris-Sorbonne IV)
• Previous affiliations: Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Researcher at CUNY Graduate Center and University of Toronto

Her research spans topics including epistemic anxiety, hope in bounded rationality, and emotional norms in future-thinking. She has co-edited a Synthese topical collection on anxiety and has upcoming work on the epistemic value of hope. Scientific awards include the Swiss National Science Foundation fellowship and academic distinctions for her degrees.

• Teaching: Instructor at Columbia University, Baruch College, and University of Geneva
• Public philosophy: Regular contributor to Aeon/Psyche, podcasts, and scholarly blogs on emotions, OCD, and climate crisis