Biography

I was awarded my PhD in 1991 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and came to the UK in 1994, when I joined the Psychology Department as a Senior Lecturer. In 1996 I was promoted to Reader and in 2000 to my current position: Professor of Applied Social Psychology.

Research interests

My main research interest is deception, resulting in almost 600 publications and more than 25,000 citations. I received grants from British Research Councils, Trusts and Foundations, Insurers, Federal Bureau of Investigation and American, British, Dutch, and Singapore Governments, totalling > $11,000,000.

I work closely with practitioners (police, security services and insurers) in terms of conducting research and disseminating its findings. My book (published by Wiley) is a comprehensive overview of research into (non)verbal and physiological deception and lie detection.

In 2016 I received the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iiiRG) Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of my significant contribution to investigative interviewing. 

Research outputs

2024

Ashkenazi, T., Fisher, R., Leal, S., Palena, N., Vernham, Z., Vrij, A.

1 Sep 2024, In: Acta Psychologica. 249, 20p., 104440

Deeb, H., Fisher, R. P., Leal, S., Vrij, A.

1 Aug 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4232

Deeb, H., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

12 Jul 2024, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 38, 4, 12p., e4227

Ashkenazi, T., Goldzweig, G., Leal, S., Vrij, A.

7 Jun 2024, In: Frontiers in Psychology . 15, 9p., 1399985

Burkhardt, J., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Vernham, Z., Vrij, A.

3 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Caso, L., Granhag, P., Monticciolo, R., Orthey, R., Palena, N., Vrij, A.

1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling. 21, 2, 9p., e1629

Dabrowna, O., Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

31 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Deeb, H., Giorgianni, D., Hypšová, P., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

1 Jan 2024, In: The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context. 16, 1, p. 1-15

2023

Fisher, R. P., Leal, S., Vrij, A.

25 Dec 2023, In: Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal. 10, 12, p. 245-252

Deeb, H., Leal, S., Mann, S., Vrij, A.

19 Sep 2023, In: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law