Claudia Hammond

Broadcaster, writer and academic psychologist

Claudia Hammond is an award-winning​ broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer. In her work she shares the ways that psychological and medical research can help us in our everyday lives, whether through radio, TV, podcasts, public events or books.

Claudia is the presenter of several podcasts and radio shows including All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 which covers psychology, neuroscience and mental health and the weekly global health show Health Check on BBC World Service. She is Visiting Professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Sussex. Claudia gives talks on psychology around the world and often chairs public events on psychology, medicine and science.

Claudia is frequently engaged as a speaker, chair or panelist, making complex research in psychology and science accessible and entertaining for a general audience. Venues have included the Royal Institution, the Royal Society, Cheltenham Science Festival, The How to Academy, 5 x 15, The Idea Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, The Association for Business Psychology, Wellcome Collection, BBC Free Thinking Festival, the Francis Crick Institute, the Barbican, and the Financial Planners Association of Australia Professional Conference and numerous literary festivals.

She also took up an invitation to speak on the topic of time perception at Apple’s headquarters in California during the early design stage of the Apple watch.

Popular talk topics include:

The Art of Rest, Why We Need to Value Rest, Do Financial Incentives Work? The Psychology of Time Perception, The Science of Emotions, The Media & Mental Health, The All in the Mind Awards and how to support someone with a mental health problem.

Claudia is the author of several books including The Art of Rest, The Keys to Kindness and Mind over Money.  Her latest book, Overwhelmed, published by Canongate helps us to take the pressure off with a psychological toolkit that is both practical and evidence-based.