Lara Jost

University of St Andrews
Department of Philosophy
laj7@st-andrews.ac.uk

Areas of Research:

Epistemology, Applied Social Philosophy, Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Emotions

Education & Certificates:

2019- 2022 PhD in Philosophy, SASP doctoral Programme, Universities of St Andrews and Stirling (Scotland),
Dissertation titled: Affective Experience as a Source of Knowledge
Submission planned for December 2022, supervised by Dr Justin Snedegar (St Andrews), Professor
Catarina Dutilh Novaes (St Andrews/ VU Amsterdam) and Professor Michael Brady (Glasgow)

2020 Professional Skills Curriculum Certificate- Student Passport to Professional Excellence, delivered
by the University of St Andrews (Scotland)

2018-2019 Complement of Studies in Biology, Bachelor of Arts level at the University of Geneva
(Switzerland), without validating the credits

2016-18 Master of Arts in Philosophy with a specialisation in Contemporary Philosophy at the University of
Geneva (Switzerland); Including a Semester abroad at York University (Toronto, Canada) in Fall
2017, Distinction equivalent (average: 5.5/6)

2013-2016 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Prehistorical Archaeology and Anthropology at the
University of Geneva (Switzerland), First Class equivalent (average: 5.63/6).
Grants & Scholarships:

1. University of St Andrews EDI Funding for the lecture series ‘Thinking Inclusively: a lecture series on the
role of inclusive academia in intellectual development’ (1085.6£), 2021
2. Funding for the EDI inclusive teaching training for Postgraduate Tutors from the School of Philosophy,
Anthropology and Film Studies at the University of St Andrews (1164.49£), 2020
3. AD Links Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship to help fund three years of doctoral studies at the
University of St Andrews (52,500£), 2019
4. Fondation Znedek et Michaela Bakala Scholarship to help cover living expenses during doctoral studies at
the University of St Andrews (9,000£), 2019
5. (Declined) Chancellor’s Scholarship to help fund three years of doctoral studies at the University of
Warwick (60,000£), 2019
6. Grant from the Ernst et Lucie Schmidheiny Foundation to participate at the annual Congress of the
Canadian Philosophical Association (Montreal, Canada) (1,000 CHF), 2018
7. Mobility Scholarship Ernest Boninchi for a semester abroad at York University (Canada) (6,700 CHF), 2017

Awards & Prizes:

1. Elsie Howey Award 2022: Student Excellence Award presented by the Student’s Association at the
University of St Andrews to recognise one student each year who makes an outstanding and exceptional
contribution to equality, diversity and inclusion during their time at St Andrews
2. SAP Annual Conference 2020 Postgraduate Essay Prize for my paper ‘The Emotional Account of
Microaggressions’, rewarding the best submission by a postgraduate student at the annual conference of
the Society for Applied Philosophy (500£)

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Presentations:

Refereed Conference Presentations

1. “Patient Activation or Patient Exploitation?” at the Exploitation and Exploitations Workshop, University of
Newcastle, England, September 2022
2. “The Labours of Chronic Illness” at the Scottish Epistemology Early Career Researchers (SEECRs) Summer
Workshop, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2022; at the St Leonards Lecture Series, University of St
Andrews, Scotland, August 2022
3. “Countering White Scepticism”, at the European Epistemology Network Conference 2022, Glasgow,
Scotland, June 2022
4. “Endometriosis and Source Based Epistemic Injustice” at the Society for Applied Philosophy Annual
Conference 2021, Online Conference, July 2021; at the UNC Charlotte Ethics and Applied Philosophy
Graduate Conference, UNC Charlotte, USA, April 2021
5. “The Emotional Account of Microaggressions” at the BPPA Online Masterclass on ‘Micro-Progressions:
Picking Up the Voices of Others’, Durham University, England, April 2021
6. “Source Based Epistemic Injustice” at the Social (Distance) Epistemology series, organised by the Social
Epistemology network, Online conference, July 2020
7. “Endometriosis and Sources of Knowledge”, presented during the research seminar in medical ethics of
the School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, Scotland, June 2020
8. “Microaggressions and Indignation: How Our Emotions Help Us Track Injustice” at the Off the Fence:
Morality, Politics and Society Workshop, organised by The Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and
Ethics, University of Brighton, England, April 2019; at the 2nd CEPPA Graduate Conference in Moral and
Political Philosophy organised by the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of St
Andrews, Scotland, February 2019
9. “Defending a Three-Dimensional Model of Norms” at the SWIP CH Networking Conference, Bern,
Switzerland, November 2018
10. “Microaggressions et philosophie: pour un changement de l'environnement académique” during the
panel “Perspectives From “The Margin”: Student Proposals for Diversifying the Field of Philosophy”
organised during the Annual Congress of the Canadian Philosophical Association, in Montréal, Canada,
June 2018
11. “Microaggressions: Défense d'une approche idéalisée” at the Annual Congress of the Canadian
Philosophical Association in Montréal, Canada, June 2018
12. “Microaggressions and Queer Identities: Presentation of a new Subjective Account of Microaggressions”
at the conference Queer Identities and Philosophy organised by King’s College London University, in
London, England, March 2018

Invited Presentations
1. “Epistemic Conservatism: A Solution to the Triple Emotional Burden of Oppression” for the Winter
Reflectorium, organised by the Department of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, Scotland,
January 2022
2. “Source Based Epistemic Injustice” for the Glasgow Philosophy Society, University of Glasgow, Scotland,
November 2021
3. “Endometriosis and Source Based Epistemic Injustice” at the Scientific Impartiality and Marginalised
Groups panel (other panellists include Sally Haslanger, Eugénie Hunsicker and Vlasta Sikimić), workshop
affiliated with the Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy 2021, Salzburg, Austria, September
2021
4. “Knowledge and Credibility Deficit in Endometriosis Diagnosis” for the Medical Ethics Society of the
University of St Andrews, Scotland, March 2021

Internal Presentations
1. “The Labours of Chronic Illness”, presented twice, at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
(CEPPA) work-in-progress talks, March 2022 and at the Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar,
Arché Research Centre, April 2022

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 2. “Countering White Scepticism”, presented twice, at the Scottish Epistemology Early Career Researchers
Network Spring series, January 2022 and the Friday Seminar (University of St Andrews), February 2022
3. “The Diachronic Justification of Lordean Rage” at the Friday Seminar (University of St Andrews),
November 2021
4. “Epistemic Exclusion: Why We Shouldn’t Treat Members of Oppressed Groups like We Treat Conspiracy
Theorists” at the Epistemology Current Themes seminar, Arché Research Centre, October 2021
5. “Knowledge, Emotions, Perception and Rational Agents” at the Epistemology Current Themes seminar,
Arché Research Centre, May 2021
6. “Emotions: The Ugly Duckling of Epistemology” at the Friday Seminar (University of St Andrews), March
2021
7. “The Epistemic Value of Affective Intentional Experience” at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public
Affairs (CEPPA) work-in-progress talks, February 2021
8. “Affective Intentional Experience and Basic Sources of Knowledge” at the Epistemology Current Themes
seminar, Arché Research Centre, October 2020
9. “Source Based Epistemic Exclusion” at the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs (CEPPA) work-
in-progress talks, April 2020
10. “Microaggressions and Indignation: How Our Emotions Help Us Track Injustice” at the Friday Seminar
(University of St Andrews), November 2019

Teaching experience:

1. Guest Lecturer on the course PY2012 Meaning and Knowing, Spring 2022 Lecture titled “Testimony”
2. Tutor for the following courses at University of St Andrews (Scotland):
-PY1011 Moral and Political Controversies, Fall term 2021
-PY2012 Meaning and Knowing, Spring term 2020 and Spring term 2021
-PY1010 Mind and World, Fall term 2020
3. School Coordinator for the Academic Skills Project in Philosophy, University of St Andrews, 2021-2022;
Designed the curriculum, recruited tutors to deliver the workshops, controlled the quality of the
workshops and did all the administrative work related to the workshops
4. Workshop leader for the Academic Skills Project in Philosophy, organised by CEED for undergraduate
students in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, 2020-2021

Academic Work & Service:

1. Postgraduate member of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs (CEPPA), University of St
Andrews, Scotland, 2019-
2. Postgraduate member of the Arché Philosophical Research Centre for Logic, Language, Metaphysics and
Epistemology, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 2019-
Member of the Epistemology: Current Themes research stream (2019-) and Feminist Philosophy and Social
Theory research stream (2021-); former member of the Language and Mind research stream (2019-2021)
3. Convenor of the CEPPA Cover-to-Cover Reading Group, Fall 2022
4. Commentator for the 2022 CEPPA Graduate Conference, University of St Andrews, May 2022
5. Reviewer for the CEPPA Graduate Conference 2020 and 2022 & the Arché Graduate Conference 2020
6. Minorities and Philosophy St Andrews and Stirling Postgraduate research representative, Chief Executive
of the St Andrews and Stirling chapter in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Ordinary member of the chapter in 2019-
2020. Organised social events, reading groups, discussion groups and Q&A sessions about applying to
postgraduate programmes; informally mentored current PG students and helped update the strategy of
the department to recruit diverse students. As executive officer: administered the chapter, which
included social media, budget and communication management and coordinated the writing of multiple
public statements
7. Mentor for the St Andrews and Stirling Minorities and Philosophy (SASP MAP) undergraduate mentoring
programme, 2019-2022
8. Member of the EDI committee of the School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Film Studies (PAFS) of the

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 University of St Andrews from June 2020 to March 2022. Led and participated in the production of
various guidelines: guidelines on inclusive curriculums; guidelines on inclusive teaching strategies;
guidelines on how to obtain reasonable adjustments for postgraduate tutors with disabilities
9. Designer and leader for the EDI inclusive teaching training for Postgraduate Tutors from the School of
Philosophy, Anthropology and Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. The training was created and
was delivered for the first time in Fall 2020. It has been made mandatory for all postgraduate tutors in the
School since Fall 2021. Organiser of the Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 editions of the
training
10. Co-organiser of the lecture series ‘Thinking Inclusively: a lecture series on the role of inclusive academia in
intellectual development’, on behalf of the School of PAFS EDI committee at the University of St Andrews,
funded by the University of St Andrews’s EDI fund. October 2021
11. Co-founder and co-organiser of the Feminist Philosophy Reading Group, University of St Andrews, which
got transformed into the Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory Seminar, an official research stream at
the Arché Philosophical Research Centre, 2019

Public Outreach & Volunteer Work:

1. Invited talk titled ‘Affective Experience and Knowledge’ at the Berkeley Society, The Manchester
Grammar School, for pupils aged 16-17, Manchester, England, September 2022
2. Volunteer Work as a Patient partner in the Patient Partner Collaboration programme between the NHS
and the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews. Participation as a patient partner in Patient
Conversations classes for First-Year Students and Community Hospital Sessions with 2nd Year Students.
2021-
3. Lecture for the St Leonard’s Postgraduate Lecture Series, University of St Andrews, which gives doctoral
students the opportunity to highlight and discuss the importance of their research to the wider University
community, August 2022
4. Jury for the John Stuart Mill Cup/ The Ethics Cup 2021 and 2022 a philosophy tournament for UK pupils,
organised by the University of St Andrews, https://ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
5. Case writer for the John Stuart Mill Cup/The Ethics Cup 2020, 2021 and 2022
6. Interviewed on the Centre for Minorities Research (CMR) Podcast, episode 8 to talk about the potential
use of the Academic Skills Project workshops to make the discipline of Philosophy more inclusive.
https://cmr.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/blog-podcasts/cmr-podcast-eighth-episode/, February 2022
7. Instructor for the workshop “Microaggressions, Justice and Solidarity in the Extinction Rebellion
Movement”, organised by Extinction Rebellion Scotland, January 2020