Alison Ledgerwood

Alison Ledgerwood is an expert in behavioural science, investing in contextual factors that influence and shape people’s behaviour. Currently working as a Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of California, Alison is teaching future behavioural scientists on the complex workings of the human mind and emotions. Researching and documenting her findings on behaviour, Alison is now booked as a speaker for corporate and educational events to share her expertise on negative thinking, stress in the workplace and combatting negativity.

Putting her expertise as a behavioural scientist into practice, Alison is also the Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of California. As a behavioural scientist, Alison researches negativity and positivity biases and attribute preferences, detailing her findings in a variety of scholarly articles across the education sector. Qualified with a PhD in Social Psychology from New York University, Alison is spreading awareness of how humans think and how reasoning and decision-making can be improved through behavioural science.

Receiving funding for her research from the Hellman Family Foundation and the National Science Foundation, Alison is highly accredited for her expertise. Navigating the complex world of thoughts and emotions, Alison was formerly invited to deliver the TEDx talk Getting Stuck in the Negatives (and How to Get Unstuck), sharing her knowledge to make the world we live in more sociable. With a deep understanding of how people behave in social situations, Alison is an ideal wellbeing speaker or psychology speaker for a number of events.

With a credible career to her name, Alison is now booked as a speaker for a range of corporate and educational events. With her TEDx talk viewed over five million times, it is without a doubt that Alison is a confident and personable speaker, passionate to share her expertise on behavioural science with the world. Her speaking topics include getting stuck in negative thinking and tools for getting unstuck, leadership skills for boosting team engagement, combatting negativity, stress in the workplace and boosting team positivity, along with improving scientific methods and sharing her research topics from her lab. When looking for an expert on emotions, thinking, behaviour and psychology, book Alison Ledgerwood today.