My new book ‘Doubt: A Psychological Exploration’ (Routledge) will be published in November 2022. Some excellent pre-publication reviews…

I attended a reception in the Houses of Parliament with the Secretary of State for the Environment, the ex-President of Botswana and the…

Internationally-acclaimed psychologist takes his book on boxing to the bright lights of Hollywood Edge Hill University’s world-renowned…

Geoff's latest book, the autobiographical 'Selfless: Journeys through Identity and Social Class' has attracted an excellent review in the…

The Portuguese edition for Brazil of ‘The Psychology of Climate Change’ with co-author Laura McGuire has now been published; the Chinese…

Geoff gave an hour-long interview about ‘Selfless: Journeys through Identity and Social Class’ with Joseph Haldane the CEO of the…

A new book ‘Selfless: A Psychologist's Journey through Identity and Social Class’ (a memoir reflecting on identity, social class, mobility…

Geoff was asked to give a keynote at the EffWorks Global Conference for the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) focussing on how…

Geoff has been invited to join ASK Psychwire’s panel of ‘world-leading experts’ to answer questions from the public about nonverbal…

Geoff gave a keynote at a cultural event organised by the British Embassy in Moscow. In the words of the ambassador ‘Our aim was to bring…

‘Trophy Hunting’ (Routledge) has been shortlisted for a 2019 Taylor & Francis Outstanding Book and Digital Product Award in the Outstanding…

Geoff published a piece in The Conversation on ‘Black Lives Matter’. In it he makes the point that racism is about action in everyday life…

'The Psychology of Climate Change’ is currently being translated and published in Portuguese for Brazil by Editora Blucher. In this fragile…

Geoff's paper with colleague Moto Yamaguchi published in Journal of Experimental Psychology (JEP): General, one of the top 5 international…

The Chinese rights for three of Geoff's recent books for Routledge have now all been sold. Rethinking Body Language has been licensed by…

Geoff’s article for The Psychologist about his new book Trophy Hunting: A Psychological Perspective (Routledge) was published in March 202…

The Psychology of Climate Change (with Laura McGuire) has been selected by the Booksellers Association as one of their top 10 ‘essential…

Geoff appeared on Channel 5’s ‘When Diets Go Horribly Wrong’ discussing some of the psychological aspects of dieting. This was a documentary…

I was Chair of the international Mouton d’Or Prize Panel. The publishers of Semiotica offer an annual prize, the Mouton d'Or, to the author…

‘Rethinking Body Language’ has been licensed by Post & Telecom Press, ‘The Conflicted Mind’ by China Renmin University Press and ‘The…

I took part in a one-hour discussion on BBC Radio 5 Live with Rachel Botsman from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford on…

I took part in the documentary ‘BRITNEY SPEARS: BREAKING POINT’ which aired on Channel 5 on Sunday 3rd November. The programme considered…

My new book ‘Trophy Hunting: A Psychological Perspective’ was published by Routledge in November. It has been described as ‘required reading…

I attended the inaugural meeting of the steering committee of the new International Panel on Behaviour Change (IPBC) at the U.N. in Paris in…

I gave the keynote lecture on the connection between iconic gesture and speech at the launch of the new International Multimodal…

I joined, by invitation, the Advisory Board for the Taylor and Francis Sustainable Development Goals Online (SDGO) collection, which has now…

I have been asked to be a member of the steering committee for the newly created Interdisciplinary and Intergovernmental Panel on Behavioral…

I’ve been asked to give another presentation and take part in a panel discussion at the highly prestigious Gresham College (whose members…

I had a paper with Dr. Motonori Yamaguchi entitled ‘The Role of Explicit Categorization in the Implicit Association Test’ accepted in the…

Review of The Body’s Little Secrets (Gibson Square Books, 2018). With his latest novel, Dr. Geoffrey Beattie can now be projected onto the…

I was awarded one of EHU’s RITA awards (Research Institute Thematic Awards) for a research proposal entitled ‘Closing the value-action gap…

I did some more filming for the BBC and wrote an article on healthy romantic relationships (on the back of Love Island). It’s for BBC…

I did an interview and made a short video for the ITN News on the attraction of Love Island. I suggested that a major aspect of the show for…

I appeared at the Latitude Festival talking about climate change, and what we can do to get people to act. I was in conversation with…

I took part in new campaign for BBC Education around Healthy Relationships aimed at a teenage audience. With the return of Love Island, BBC…

I took part in a podcast for the BBC for the Stephen Nolan True Crime series. The subject was the unsolved murder of Marian Beattie, 4…

A nice piece in today’s TES on how my research on gesture can be applied to the teaching profession The article reviews my research which…

China Renmin University Press have just bought the Chinese rights for ‘The Conflicted Mind’ for publication in 2020. The book has had some…

Did a number of radio interviews with BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Foyle etc. on the duty of care of reality television to its participants…

Delighted to be selected again to represent Northern Ireland at Masters’ level in an international 10k against England. Even more delighted…

Another very successful year of Dragons’ Den, where I worked with two new dragons – Merry Baskin, Founder of the Baskin Shark Planning…

Gave a talk at Metal in Liverpool on climate change, with the possibility of setting up new collaborative ventures combining arts and…

An excellent review of my novel ‘The Body’s Little Secrets’ by Marcel Danesi, Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology, University…

I gave a presentation and took part in a panel discussion at the highly prestigious Gresham College (whose members founded the Royal Society…

I appeared on BBC Breakfast on the 3rd December to talk about the psychology of hugging with Dan Walker and Naga Munchetty driven by the…

My analysis of Louis Theroux’s interview style appeared in the Radio Times, as he launched a new series. The article looked to understand…

I was interviewed for a piece on people returning goods for the BBC News. The article explored the phenomenon of serial returners, people…

My new co-authored book on The Psychology of Climate Change’ has been picked up by several influential environmental websites as one of the…

My new novel ‘The Body’s Little Secrets’ (Gibson Square) got a great review in the Irish Times, who called it "a pacy thriller, incisive…

I have been selected to be a contributing author of the United Nations International Commission on Education for Sustainable-Development…

I gave the opening keynote address at the International Psychology Conference in Dubai. Another keynote speaker was Binna Kandola (in photo…

My new co-authored book on ‘The Psychology of Climate Change’ was published in October by Routledge in their ‘Psychology of Everything…

I had an article published in the British Academy Review, no. 33, Summer 2018. Its title was ‘Optimism bias and climate change’ and I…

I appeared on the Channel 5 programme ‘When Cheryl Met Liam’ discussing aspects of their interaction.

I have been invited to submit a substantive 6000 word report on changing implicit attitudes to climate change through education. The report…

I wrote a review of Didier Eribon’s ‘Returning to Reims’ for the Irish Times in August. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/geoffrey…

I took part in an event at the Shambala music festival in August discussing the psychology of climate change. The event was organised by…

I did the opening session of the Craft Summit at the Sheffield Doc/fest at Sheffield Town Hall in June. Along with the award-winning…

Selected to run for Northern Ireland at Masters level in an international 10k against England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland…

I am very pleased to be giving my first talk for Funzing Talks at BBB in Shoreditch, London on 1 st May on the subject ‘Revealing the…

Lecture on ‘How spontaneous gestures connect to thinking’ at the Museum of London. I was delighted to give a public lecture on ‘How…

I did some analyses of Arsene Wenger's nonverbal behaviour for Sky Sports. It felt a little odd to be commenting on the details of his…

Very excited to be publishing my second novel set in Sheffield during the Thatcher years - this is to be published by Gibson Square in late…

A very successful launch of my new book ‘The Conflicted Mind’ at Edge Hill University. Amongst other things, I talked about how the tobacco…

Delighted to have been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) for ‘a prominent contribution to social change research’. My…

I’ve been selected to sit as a counselor the Executive Board of the US-based Interdisciplinary Environmental Association until 2020, which…

I’ve been invited onto the International Academic Advisory Board for three years for the Japanese research organisation and think-tank, The…

I now sit on the panel for the prestigious Mouton d’Or prize. It selects the best article published each year in the journal Semiotica, the…