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Heriot-Watt University

Psychology Health Science Social Science Cognitive Psychology Health Psychology Neuropsychology Developmental Psychology

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5.05/4/2026

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Alan Gow is Professor of Psychology in the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, a position to which he was promoted in 2019 after joining the institution in 2013 as Lecturer and Research Leader in Psychology. He progressed to Associate Professor in 2015. His academic journey began at the University of Edinburgh, where he earned a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences: Psychology in 2002, an MSc by Research in Psychology in 2003, and a PhD in Psychology in 2007, funded by a Royal Society of Edinburgh/Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland Studentship. Following his doctorate, he held postdoctoral positions at the University’s Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology. Gow also serves as Guest Professor at the Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, since 2011. Within Heriot-Watt, he has held leadership roles including Acting Head of Psychology (Global) in 2020 and 2021, Head of Psychology (Edinburgh) from 2022 to 2023, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied Behavioural Sciences from 2020 to 2022. He co-leads the Healthy Ageing theme in the Global Research Institute for Health and Care Technologies, directs The Ageing Lab, and oversees the wattAGE research network on healthy ageing.