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Gosia Goclowska

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1504-5557

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Bio
 
Gosia Gocłowska is a Senior Lecturer in social psychology and Principal Investigator of the Open Mind Lab. She obtained an MA from the University of Warsaw (2007, magna cum laude), and a PhD from the University of Kent (2011, no corrections). She then won two Marie-Curie Fellowships (IEF and IOF) to work as a research fellow at the University of Amsterdamand at the University Rochester(2012-2017). Gosia joined the University of Bath in September 2017.
 
 
The core focus of Gosia's research group is the study of epistemic emotions (e.g., awe, curiosity, interest, surprise), their commonalities and differences, "flavours", and downstream consequences for (social) psychology. Members of Gosia's lab study emotions in the awe family (awe, admiration, elevation) and epistemic emotions (awe, curiosity, interest, surprise, boredom and confusion). They conduct research using surveys and experiments, field studies (e.g., a recent collaboration with the Cambridge Science Center), and Virtual Reality environments.
 
Recent Lab Projects
 
• Awe and social values (Bihui Jin)
• Awe and immeasurability (Ece Tunc)
• Awe and political speeches (Alessandro Magnoni)
• Epistemic emotions in science centre events (Gosia Goclowska)
• Epistemic emotions and e-bike trials (Ruth Gibson)
• Awe in VR (Gosia Goclowska)
 
Key papers
 
Noordewier, M., & Gocłowska, M. A., (2023). Shared and Unique Features of Epistemic Emotions: Awe, Surprise, Curiosity, Interest, Confusion, and Boredom. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001314
 

Gocłowska, M. A., Elliot, A. J., van Elk, M., Bulska, D., Thorstenson, C. A., & Baas, M. (2023). Awe arises in reaction to exceeded rather than disconfirmed expectancies. Emotion, 23(1), 15–29. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001013 

 
Media
 
Listen to Gosia discuss the science of curiosity on BBC Radion 4's All in the Mind show.
 
 
 

Willing to supervise doctoral students

Our lab welcomes students interested in epistemic emotions, especially awe, curiosity, interest and surprise. 

Education/Academic qualification

Social Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy, The relationship between creativity and cultural diversity: cognitive, motivational and ideological determinants, University of Kent

1 Oct 2007 → 30 Sept 2010

Award Date: 17 Nov 2011

External positions

Associate Editor at the Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Aug 2017 → May 2019

Visiting Research Fellow, University of Rochester

30 Sept 2014 → 31 Aug 2016

Marie-Curie Research Fellow, University of Amsterdam

1 Sept 2012 → 31 Aug 2017

Lecturer in Psychology, University of Kent

1 Oct 2010 → 30 Jun 2012

Keywords

  • awe
  • interest
  • curiosity
  • surprise
  • emotions
  • attitudes
  • openness
  • values
  • creativity
  • gender
  • social psychology
  • personality

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  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
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  4. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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  5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
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  7. SDG 13 - Climate Action
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