Prof
Richard Wiseman is regularly invited to speak at public events, academic
meetings, and business conferences.
He has given invited public talks at The Royal Society, The Royal Television Society, The Royal Statistical Society, The Royal Society for the Arts, and The Royal Institution. In 2001 and 2004 he presented the evening lectures at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition. Festival appearances include several talks at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, the Cheltenham Festival of Science, the BA Festival of Science, and the Winchester Festival of Art and the Mind.
Talks at academic conferences include keynote speeches at several national and international meetings, including those in America, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Australia.
Prof Wiseman frequently speaks about the psychology of luck to business and organisations, and also provides training in the detection of deception to city banks, law firms and fraud investigators.
He was recently a featured speaker onboard the Queen Mary 2, and presented a keynote address at the Annual Conference of the NHS Confederation.
Resources for event organisers
For a description of some of Prof Wiseman’s most popular talks, photographs and a short biography, please use the links in the menu on the left.
Download a short video of Prof Wiseman presenting the luck talk