I feel it is important as an academic to translate research and engage with the public through various platforms. Below are a selected set of my recent media engagements. Feel free to contact me if you would like to chat about my work or social psychology, including conspiracy theories.
SBS Insight: Conspiracy Theories? | 01/03/2022
ABC News TV: Qanon Conspiracy Theories | 15/06/2021
Sky News Australia: Conspiracy theories abound amid COVID-19 as people try to make sense of the chaos | 24/12/2020
The Latest, Seven News: Area 51: Storm the base | 19/07/2019
The New Daily: ’Why some Australians listen when Senate becomes a forum for conspiracies | 07/04/2024
The New Daily: ‘Conspiracy theories are for losers’ but they are here to stay in Australian politics | 01/03/2024
The Conversation: Out of the rabbit hole: new research shows people can change their minds about conspiracy theories | 19/02/2024
RMIT Crosscheck: Call to action A postmortem on fact-checking and media efforts countering Voice misinformation | 13/12/2023
Logically Facts: The Indigenous Voice: An explainer on Australia’s 45th referendum | 13/10/2023
SBS: ’Voice to Parliament: How to spot misinformation - and what to do about it | 30/09/2023
SBS: ’COVID vaccine rates have stalled in Australia. Could this be the way to improve them? | 05/06/2023
SMH: ‘Meet the cranky uncle ‘vaccinating’ people against conspiracies | 12/04/2023
The Conversation: Cinco claves para hablar con un conspiranoico | 25/01/2023
Salon: The power of a conspiracy theory — and a 3-step plan to deprogram American idiocracy | 23/01/2023
The Conversation: How to talk to someone about conspiracy theories in five simple steps | 20/01/2023
Crikey: Experts renew warnings about threat of conspiracy and sovereign citizen movements after Queensland shooting | 14/12/2022
NZ Herald: Study out on politics of New Zealand conspiracy theorists | 26/6/2022
The Guardian: In a pandemic of medical misinformation, how do you deal with conspiracy believers? | 19/4/2022
SBS Insight: I feel duped’: How an ‘ex-conspiracy theorist’ changed her mind on vaccination | 28/02/2022
ABC: COVID conspiracies are just the latest theories in a history stretching back centuries | 11/01/2022
Sydney Morning Herald: Dying of COVID or with it? Pathologists take on conspiracy theorists | 11/11/2021
Sydney Morning Herald: Is there any point in arguing with people? | 12/10/2021
The Saturday Paper: The political forces inside the anti-lockdown movement | 31/07/2021
Cosmos: Cherry-picked COVID-19 statistics | 30/06/2021
Sydney Morning Herald: Are we ignoring the hard truths about the most likely cause of COVID-19? | 01/06/2021
The Good Weekend: The thrill of the game: Why are people drawn into conspiracy theories? | 17/04/2021
The Conversation: Was Phar Lap Killed by Gangsters? | 27/04/2021
Agence France-Presse: Australian wellness celeb fuels ‘infodemic’ | 08/10/20210
The New Daily: Sovereign citizens: The anti-masker conspiracy theorists ‘baiting police’ | 05/08/2020
Canberra Times: We’ve seen this conspiracy theory movie before | 18/05/2020
The Saturday Paper: How Covid-19 energised conspiracy theorists | 24/12/2020
ABC Radio National Life Matters: Are conspiracy theories on the rise? | 04/04/2024
ABC Radio Hobart Mornings: Conspiracy theories and Katespiracies | 01/04/2024
Work Force Podcast: How To Deal With Haters - Exploring Tall Poppy Syndrome | 12/03/2024
ABC Radio Melbourne: What do the Princess Kate conspiracy theories say about us? | 12/03/2024
3RRR: Future Perfect: Conspiracy theory beliefs change over time–but not often | 26/02/2024
Ultra106fiveFM: Conspiracy Theories | 24/02/2024
2GB: Do conspiracy theory beliefs change over time? | 21/02/2024
3RRR: Einstein a Go Go: Psychology of conspiracy theories ~18:45 | 02/04/2023
3AW: Why some people fall for conspiracy theories? | 21/10/2022
The Wire: What are conspiracy theories? | 20/09/2022
2SM with John Laws: Conspiracy Theories @ ~17 mins | 15/09/2022
ABC Drive: Tall Poppy Syndrome | 25/08/2022
3AW: Young Australians most likely group to believe in conspiracy theories | 07/03/2022
ABC Rear Vision podcast: Medical conspiracy theories | 27/11/2021
ABC Triple J Hack: No, the vaccine doesn’t give you swollen balls | 15/09/2021
ABC Radio Melbourne and ABC Victoria Breakfast with Ali Moore: Conspiracy theories | 07/01/2020
ABC Radio National Science Show: Revisiting the great Carlos hoax | 14/11/2020
La Trobe University: COVID-19 and the Pandemic of Denial | 01/12/2020