Dr Julia Shaw
@drjuliashaw.bsky.social
Criminal Psychologist 🎙️ TV & Audio Presenter 📚 Author. Next book: GREEN CRIME, on the psychology of environmental crime, out now. drjuliashaw.com
Happy Bi visibility day 💖
Sending love to anyone new to being open about their Bi identity, to those who have been out for ages, and to those unable to be openly Bi. You are all part of our beautiful community 💕
Sending love to anyone new to being open about their Bi identity, to those who have been out for ages, and to those unable to be openly Bi. You are all part of our beautiful community 💕
September 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy Bi visibility day 💖
Sending love to anyone new to being open about their Bi identity, to those who have been out for ages, and to those unable to be openly Bi. You are all part of our beautiful community 💕
Sending love to anyone new to being open about their Bi identity, to those who have been out for ages, and to those unable to be openly Bi. You are all part of our beautiful community 💕
Ein Gespräch mit GEO über die Psychologie von Umweltverbrechen
An interview I did with GEO about the psychological science that can help us understand environmental crimes... and why I think it makes more interesting true crime than murder cases. 🧪
🌎 www.geo.de/natur/oekolo...
An interview I did with GEO about the psychological science that can help us understand environmental crimes... and why I think it makes more interesting true crime than murder cases. 🧪
🌎 www.geo.de/natur/oekolo...
September 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ein Gespräch mit GEO über die Psychologie von Umweltverbrechen
An interview I did with GEO about the psychological science that can help us understand environmental crimes... and why I think it makes more interesting true crime than murder cases. 🧪
🌎 www.geo.de/natur/oekolo...
An interview I did with GEO about the psychological science that can help us understand environmental crimes... and why I think it makes more interesting true crime than murder cases. 🧪
🌎 www.geo.de/natur/oekolo...
Coming soon to a city near you! Green Crime book on tour - auf Deutsch 🇩🇪 - and in English 🇬🇧 !
Tickets: linktr.ee/drjuliashaw?...
Tickets: linktr.ee/drjuliashaw?...
August 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Coming soon to a city near you! Green Crime book on tour - auf Deutsch 🇩🇪 - and in English 🇬🇧 !
Tickets: linktr.ee/drjuliashaw?...
Tickets: linktr.ee/drjuliashaw?...
"Julia Shaw brilliantly sets the pace for criminal acts that the world needs to know about.
I found Green Crime deeply compelling. A true crime thriller that, for once, has global consequences”
Dr Adam Rutherford
UK pre-order SALE on, 25% off this week only! www.waterstones.com/book/green-c...
I found Green Crime deeply compelling. A true crime thriller that, for once, has global consequences”
Dr Adam Rutherford
UK pre-order SALE on, 25% off this week only! www.waterstones.com/book/green-c...
July 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Julia Shaw brilliantly sets the pace for criminal acts that the world needs to know about.
I found Green Crime deeply compelling. A true crime thriller that, for once, has global consequences”
Dr Adam Rutherford
UK pre-order SALE on, 25% off this week only! www.waterstones.com/book/green-c...
I found Green Crime deeply compelling. A true crime thriller that, for once, has global consequences”
Dr Adam Rutherford
UK pre-order SALE on, 25% off this week only! www.waterstones.com/book/green-c...
Remember when the press called sugar and ultra processed foods "addictive", comparing them to drugs? And many of us - me included - laughed and said that language was too extreme?
Well, shucks. I wonder what else we will learn about self-control and, say, crime? 🧪
From: issues.org/ozempic-era-...
Well, shucks. I wonder what else we will learn about self-control and, say, crime? 🧪
From: issues.org/ozempic-era-...
May 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Remember when the press called sugar and ultra processed foods "addictive", comparing them to drugs? And many of us - me included - laughed and said that language was too extreme?
Well, shucks. I wonder what else we will learn about self-control and, say, crime? 🧪
From: issues.org/ozempic-era-...
Well, shucks. I wonder what else we will learn about self-control and, say, crime? 🧪
From: issues.org/ozempic-era-...
This is the funniest science writeup I've seen in a long time. It's about why cats are so perfectly evolved 🧪
Apparently lots of other animals have "tried to be cats" and the fact that other species have so much more variation is "because they suck" 😆
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...
Apparently lots of other animals have "tried to be cats" and the fact that other species have so much more variation is "because they suck" 😆
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...
May 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is the funniest science writeup I've seen in a long time. It's about why cats are so perfectly evolved 🧪
Apparently lots of other animals have "tried to be cats" and the fact that other species have so much more variation is "because they suck" 😆
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...
Apparently lots of other animals have "tried to be cats" and the fact that other species have so much more variation is "because they suck" 😆
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...
New research by clinical sociologist Vidette Bester 🧪
- Documents life narratives around artisanal miners in South Africa
- Discusses migrant labor system in artisanal mining activities
- Looks at mining initiatives for artisanal miners & provides practical guidelines for future similar endeavors
- Documents life narratives around artisanal miners in South Africa
- Discusses migrant labor system in artisanal mining activities
- Looks at mining initiatives for artisanal miners & provides practical guidelines for future similar endeavors
May 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New research by clinical sociologist Vidette Bester 🧪
- Documents life narratives around artisanal miners in South Africa
- Discusses migrant labor system in artisanal mining activities
- Looks at mining initiatives for artisanal miners & provides practical guidelines for future similar endeavors
- Documents life narratives around artisanal miners in South Africa
- Discusses migrant labor system in artisanal mining activities
- Looks at mining initiatives for artisanal miners & provides practical guidelines for future similar endeavors
If you like true crime, research, and top notch journalism, you'll love the brand new series "beyond suspicion" on audible. It examines how the worst offenders are often hiding in plain sight.
I'm interviewed in two of the chapters/episodes and Yinka Bokinni is such a great presenter!
I'm interviewed in two of the chapters/episodes and Yinka Bokinni is such a great presenter!
May 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If you like true crime, research, and top notch journalism, you'll love the brand new series "beyond suspicion" on audible. It examines how the worst offenders are often hiding in plain sight.
I'm interviewed in two of the chapters/episodes and Yinka Bokinni is such a great presenter!
I'm interviewed in two of the chapters/episodes and Yinka Bokinni is such a great presenter!
Excited to announce that my next book will be released in the UK in October 2025! It's got crime, exciting investigations, and science 🧪🕵️♂️ I also got some new author shots
Green Crime: Inside the minds of the people destroying the planet, and how to stop them
Green Crime: Inside the minds of the people destroying the planet, and how to stop them
March 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Excited to announce that my next book will be released in the UK in October 2025! It's got crime, exciting investigations, and science 🧪🕵️♂️ I also got some new author shots
Green Crime: Inside the minds of the people destroying the planet, and how to stop them
Green Crime: Inside the minds of the people destroying the planet, and how to stop them
So pleased that two of my fave recent projects are up for awards!
The Human Subject Podcast which went out on BBC radio 4, and my expert-led TV series Killers Caught on Camera.
The Human Subject Podcast which went out on BBC radio 4, and my expert-led TV series Killers Caught on Camera.
March 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So pleased that two of my fave recent projects are up for awards!
The Human Subject Podcast which went out on BBC radio 4, and my expert-led TV series Killers Caught on Camera.
The Human Subject Podcast which went out on BBC radio 4, and my expert-led TV series Killers Caught on Camera.
Catch me this Thursday at the University of Oxford giving a talk on queer history and how research on bisexuality has long been a part of it 🩷💜💙
February 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Catch me this Thursday at the University of Oxford giving a talk on queer history and how research on bisexuality has long been a part of it 🩷💜💙
The scientific misinformation about heat pumps is fascinating 🧪
It's a mix of deliberately sowed energy-transition confusion/resistance, combined with people simply not believing science they don't understand
But it's time to upgrade both for the planet and energy independence
It's a mix of deliberately sowed energy-transition confusion/resistance, combined with people simply not believing science they don't understand
But it's time to upgrade both for the planet and energy independence
January 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The scientific misinformation about heat pumps is fascinating 🧪
It's a mix of deliberately sowed energy-transition confusion/resistance, combined with people simply not believing science they don't understand
But it's time to upgrade both for the planet and energy independence
It's a mix of deliberately sowed energy-transition confusion/resistance, combined with people simply not believing science they don't understand
But it's time to upgrade both for the planet and energy independence
Fiction about climate change is called cli-fi, and it's a form of "narrative persuasion"
But a 2024 study found that cli-fi stories were not always more compelling
Participants only given climate facts supported climate policies more, while those watching cli-fi donated more 🧪 #PsychSciSky
But a 2024 study found that cli-fi stories were not always more compelling
Participants only given climate facts supported climate policies more, while those watching cli-fi donated more 🧪 #PsychSciSky
November 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Fiction about climate change is called cli-fi, and it's a form of "narrative persuasion"
But a 2024 study found that cli-fi stories were not always more compelling
Participants only given climate facts supported climate policies more, while those watching cli-fi donated more 🧪 #PsychSciSky
But a 2024 study found that cli-fi stories were not always more compelling
Participants only given climate facts supported climate policies more, while those watching cli-fi donated more 🧪 #PsychSciSky
Do you accurately remember your own home?
I was recently on an episode of BBC Crowd Science interviewed about whether it could be that someone has a false memory of how sun used to stream in through their windows. 🌞
Listen now! 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
I was recently on an episode of BBC Crowd Science interviewed about whether it could be that someone has a false memory of how sun used to stream in through their windows. 🌞
Listen now! 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
November 16, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Do you accurately remember your own home?
I was recently on an episode of BBC Crowd Science interviewed about whether it could be that someone has a false memory of how sun used to stream in through their windows. 🌞
Listen now! 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
I was recently on an episode of BBC Crowd Science interviewed about whether it could be that someone has a false memory of how sun used to stream in through their windows. 🌞
Listen now! 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Answered a few questions on AI & criminal psychology recently!
Some of you should check out "predictive policing"
It's somewhat controversial, but probably still less biased than humans making policing resource decisions
And... It's obviously the path all policing is going to take v soon 👀
Some of you should check out "predictive policing"
It's somewhat controversial, but probably still less biased than humans making policing resource decisions
And... It's obviously the path all policing is going to take v soon 👀
November 11, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Answered a few questions on AI & criminal psychology recently!
Some of you should check out "predictive policing"
It's somewhat controversial, but probably still less biased than humans making policing resource decisions
And... It's obviously the path all policing is going to take v soon 👀
Some of you should check out "predictive policing"
It's somewhat controversial, but probably still less biased than humans making policing resource decisions
And... It's obviously the path all policing is going to take v soon 👀
Last time Trump was elected I wrote a book on the science of why we dehumanise people, trying to break down the concept of evil.
Unfortunately it's become more relevant again today.
Unfortunately it's become more relevant again today.
November 6, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Last time Trump was elected I wrote a book on the science of why we dehumanise people, trying to break down the concept of evil.
Unfortunately it's become more relevant again today.
Unfortunately it's become more relevant again today.
And about the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
October 26, 2024 at 7:35 PM
And about the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
What Buell says about the detection of the VW defeat device and prosecutions that followed.
October 26, 2024 at 7:34 PM
What Buell says about the detection of the VW defeat device and prosecutions that followed.
Trying to figure out whether "perp walks" will actually deter environmental crime & came across this thought-provoking article.
It also has this great sentence about the VW emissions scandal, Diesel gate; "The wheels of German justice turn slower than the wheels of German cars"
It also has this great sentence about the VW emissions scandal, Diesel gate; "The wheels of German justice turn slower than the wheels of German cars"
October 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Trying to figure out whether "perp walks" will actually deter environmental crime & came across this thought-provoking article.
It also has this great sentence about the VW emissions scandal, Diesel gate; "The wheels of German justice turn slower than the wheels of German cars"
It also has this great sentence about the VW emissions scandal, Diesel gate; "The wheels of German justice turn slower than the wheels of German cars"