I’m an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the American University of Paris, where I study how human reasoning shapes responses to pressing global challenges. My work examines how cognitive factors such as confidence and analytic thinking interact with issues including artificial intelligence, climate change beliefs, and gender inequality. I combine behavioural experiments, eye tracking, and computational methods.

Timeline

2026 – current. Assistant Professor. Department of Psychology, Health and Gender. The American University of Paris. France.

2026 – 2026. Post-doc. Department of Education, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

2023 – 2026. Post-doc/Principal Investigator. ANR Access ERC Grant, LaPsyDÉ, Université Paris Cité, France.

2020 – 2023. Post-doc. ANITI & IAST, University of Toulouse, France.

2019 Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology). Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

2015 Master of Research (Psychology: 1^st Class). Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

2014 Bachelor of Psychology (Honours: 1^st Class). Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Contact

Email: zpurcell@aup.edu

Bluesky: @zoepurcell.bsky.social

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-purcell-ba5762231