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Daniel Courtney

Daniel Courtney

Daniel Courtney

    • Psychology - Kyoto

      • Assistant Professor

        Programs

        • Undergraduate

Areas of Expertise

Social Psychology, Critical Thinking, Research Methods, Statistics

Teaching Interests

Tourism Marketing; Business of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management; Global issues in Tourism

Research

Overconfidence, Polarization, Misinformation, Populism, Vaccine Hesitancy

Representative Publication

Yilmaz, I., Bliuc, A.-M., Norrie, R., Smith, C. M., Smith, J., Evans, C., Courtney, D. S., & Barnett, D. (2026). Populism in the age of social media: A systematic review of recent digital populism research. New Media & Society, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448261420218

Betts, J. M., Bliuc, A. M., & Courtney, D. S. (2025). The effect of charismatic influencers on polarization online: An agent-based modeling approach. Technology in Society, 103179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103179

Courtney, D. S. & Bliuc, A. M. (2021) Antecedents of Vaccine Hesitancy in WEIRD and East Asian Contexts. Frontiers in Psychology 12, 747721. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.747721

Education

2026, PhD, University of Dundee, Psychology
2021, MSc, University of Dundee, Psychology
2017, MA, University of Birmingham, Applied Linguistics
2006, BA, University of Leeds, Music