Fernand Gobet

I'm a cognitive scientist interested in career transitions, learning, language acquisition, expertise and computational scientific discovery. I'm currently a Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, a Professor of Psychology at Roehampton University and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool.

Selected books:

Connolly, C. & Gobet, F (2024). Transition Expertise and Identity: A Study of Individuals Who Succeeded Repeatedly in Life and Career Transitions. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Addis, M., Lane, P., Sozou, P., & Gobet, F. (Editors) (2019). Scientific discovery in the social sciences. New York: Springer.

Gobet, F. (2018) The psychology of chess. London: Routledge.

Gobet, F. (2016). Understanding expertise: A multidisciplinary approach. London: Palgrave.