Julia Shaw

Legal Psychologist, Bestselling Author

Julia Shaw

Legal Psychologist, Bestselling Author

Dr Julia Shaw is a legal psychologist who holds a doctorate and conducts research at the King's College London Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Her revolutionary study of so-called false memories demonstrated how suggestive questioning techniques can give rise to such memories, propelling her to overnight fame in the field of legal psychology. Through her research and her work as a consultant to the police, the justice system and companies, she has become one of the world’s leading experts on memory, legal psychology and human behaviour. She advises the police, the German Armed Forces, lawyers, the judiciary and companies in German- and English-speaking countries on issues related to legal psychology and decision-making. She also works as a true-crime expert for the BBC, as well as numerous television, podcast and documentary productions in Germany and the United Kingdom. Her research and projects have been featured in Der Spiegel, The Times and New York Magazine, among others. Julia Shaw also reaches an international audience as an author. Her debut book, The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory, became a worldwide bestseller and has been translated into more than 20 languages. In her books, she combines scientific insights with socially relevant questions, making complex connections understandable and vivid. In her talks, the expert draws on her own groundbreaking research and the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to explain how our memories shape our own identity and reality – and how these are being transformed by artificial intelligence. Julia Shaw’s fascinating talks bridge the gap between psychology, technology and society.

About Julia Shaw

Dr Julia Shaw is a legal psychologist who holds a doctorate and conducts research at the King's College London Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Her revolutionary study of so-called false memories demonstrated how suggestive questioning techniques can give rise to such memories, propelling her to overnight fame in the field of legal psychology.

Through her research and her work as a consultant to the police, the justice system and companies, she has become one of the world’s leading experts on memory, legal psychology and human behaviour. She advises the police, the German Armed Forces, lawyers, the judiciary and companies in German- and English-speaking countries on issues related to legal psychology and decision-making. She also works as a true-crime expert for the BBC, as well as numerous television, podcast and documentary productions in Germany and the United Kingdom.

Her research and projects have been featured in Der Spiegel, The Times and New York Magazine, among others. Julia Shaw also reaches an international audience as an author. Her debut book, The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory, became a worldwide bestseller and has been translated into more than 20 languages. In her books, she combines scientific insights with socially relevant questions, making complex connections understandable and vivid.

In her talks, the expert draws on her own groundbreaking research and the latest findings in neuroscience and psychology to explain how our memories shape our own identity and reality – and how these are being transformed by artificial intelligence. Julia Shaw’s fascinating talks bridge the gap between psychology, technology and society.


Topics

  • The Future of Humanity - Humans, Memory & AI
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Books

  • Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality, 2022
  • The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting and the Science of False Memory, 2016