Davood Gozli

Biography

  • Davood Gozli received his PhD in experimental psychology from University of Toronto in 2015. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Leiden University (2015-2016) and Assistant Professor of Psychology at University of Macau (2016-2021). His book, 'Experimental Psychology and Human Agency' (Springer, 2019), offers a critique of experimental methods as applied to psychological questions. After leaving his academic position in 2021, Gozli has worked in market research, investment advisory, and media communication. In his spare time, he runs a YouTube channel devoted to philosophical and cultural topics. Finally, since 2020, he has been hosting an online, interdisciplinary reading group.

    Personal website: https://dgozli.com/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavoodGozli
    Twitter or X: https://twitter.com/DGozli

Research Areas

  • Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology

  • Disciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity

  • Literary and Cultural Theory

  • Philosophy of Education

Selected Publications

  • Gozli, D. (2023). Principles of categorization: A synthesis. Seeds of Science.

  • Gozli, D. (2022). The problem of interpretation in experimental research. In Gozli, D., Valsiner, J. (Eds.), Experimental Psychology: Ambitions & Possibilities (pp. 97–111). Springer, Cham.

  • Gozli, D. (2022). Extended minds and tools for mind wandering. In N. Dario & L. Tateo (Eds.), New Perspectives on Mind-Wandering (pp. 103-122). Cham: Springer.

  • Gozli, D. (2020). Imagination in general psychology: Thinking with Luca Tateo’s “A Theory of Imagining, Knowing, and Understanding”. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 54, 920-932.

  • Gozli, D. (2020). Experimental psychology and distortions of common sense. In T. G. Lindstad, E. Stänicke, & J. Valsiner (Eds.), Respect for Thought: Jan Smedslund’s Legacy for Psychology (pp. 229-249). Cham: Springer.

  • Gozli, D. (2019). Experimental Psychology and Human Agency. Cham: Springer.