Dr. Juliette Roussin

Associate Professor

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Biography

Juliette Roussin is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at Université Laval, where she has been teaching since 2020. She completed her doctoral thesis on the conditions of democratic legitimacy, defended at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2016. Roussin has held various prestigious positions, including as a visiting scholar at Columbia University and a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre de recherche en éthique at the Université de Montréal. Her research explores the social conditions of epistemic democracy, misinformation, political extremism, the intersection of fiction, political narrative, and propaganda, as well as ecological democracy. In 2022, she published "The Constitution of Democracy" focusing on Ronald Dworkin's philosophy of democracy. Roussin is also a co-director of the Laboratory of Political Philosophy. Her teaching covers social and political philosophy, the philosophy of law, and the history of political thought. She is actively involved in research projects and has been awarded several grants to support her work in political theory and democratic practices. In 2023, she contributed to discussions on deliberative democracy at various academic conferences across Canada and abroad.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2020-01-01 — Present

Université Laval • Québec, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in political philosophy, epistemic democracy, and misinformation.

Postdoctoral Fellow

2018-01-01 — 2020-01-01

Centre de recherche en éthique, Université de Montréal • Montréal, Canada

Conducting research and collaborating on projects related to political ethics and democratic theory.

Visiting Scholar

2012-01-01 — 2013-01-01

Columbia University • New York, USA

Research fellowship focusing on democratic theories and political philosophy.

Requirements for Laval University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.22
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
PTE
Overall
Required:53
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in business or related field Basic college-level mathematics
Application Checklist
  • Resume
  • Letter of intent
  • Academic transcripts
  • French proficiency test results (TCF/TFI)
Specialization Notes

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