Glenn Anderau
Glenn Anderau
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Research Topics

Epistemology with a focus on:
-social epistemology
-applied epistemology
-virtue epistemology
-epistemology of the internet
Experimental Philosophy

PhD Project:
‘Fake News and Social Media: Exploring Misinformation in the Digital Age’

MA Thesis:
The Good, the Bad and the Intentionally Bad: An Exploration of Bad Art and its Aesthetic

Curriculum vitae

Since 06/2025
Postdoc Mobility (SNF), University of Glasgow

Since 03/2023
Research Associate at ACEPS (Department of African Centre for Epistemology & Philosophy of Science), University of Johannesburg (until 04/2026)

01/2023 - 07/2023
Research stay at TU Berlin with Prof. Axel Gelfert

10/2022 - 03/2025
PhD candidate in Philosophy (doc.CH, SNF), University of Zurich

10/2020 – 09/2022
PhD candidate in Philosophy (Forschungskredit UZH), University of Zurich

02/2015 – 08/2020
MA in Philosophy and English, University of Zurich

09/2016 – 01/2020
Teaching Diploma for Upper Secondary Education (Subjects: Philosophy and English), University of Zurich

09/2011 – 01/2015
BA in Philosophy and English, University of Zurich

University of Glasgow
glenn.anderau@philos.uzh.ch

Anderau G. (lead guest editor) (2024). The Social Epistemology of Social Media. Topoi (special issue). (external link).
Anderau, G. & Barbarrusa, D. (2024). The Function of Memes in Political Discourse. Topoi, 43, 1529-1546. (external link).
Anderau, G., Gelfert, A., Miller B. et al. (2024). Introduction: The Social Epistemology of Social Media. Topoi, 43, 1351-1354. (external link).
Anderau, G. (2023). Fake news and epistemic flooding. Synthese, 202, 106. (external link).
Anderau, G. (2021). Defining Fake News. Kriterion - Journal of Philosophy, 35(3), 197-215. (external link).