Adrian Furnham
Contents
Background
Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at University College London. In 1986 Furnham set up Applied Behavioural Research Awareness (ABRA)a management consultancy Company No. 01979999. The company specialised in research on corporate evaluation and design, performance appraisal, personnel and corporate assessment and selection, state-of-the art of literature reviews.[1]
Furnham also works as a business speaker via the agency City Speakers International. [2]
Biographical Information
History
- 1995 D.Litt Natal University
- 1991 D.Sc London University
- 1981 D.Phil Oxford University
- 1977 M.Sc Strathclyde University
- 1976 M.Sc Econ London University
- 1974 B.A Hons,M.A Natal University
Current activities
Furnham's current interests include: organisational psychology; psychometrics, especially personality assessment; complementary medicine; cross-cultural psychology, especially mental health and migration; economic socialisation.[3]
Views
Affiliations
- Member of the Advertising Education Forum, Academic Network[4]
- Member of the Social Affairs Unit[5]
Publications, Contact, Resources and Notes
Publications
Furnham's university website list over 700 publications.[6]
In addition Furnham has three publications listed on the Social Affairs Unit website.
- 2002 Furnham published Growing up with Advertising. In the publication Furnham argues that those who wish to introduce regulations to protect young people from the advertising of products do not have evidence that young people are at risk from advertising. Furnham states that learning how to handle advertisements is educative and a useful part of growing up.[7]
- 2000 Children & Advertising: The allegations and the evidence
- 1993 Reaching for the Counter. The new child consumers: regulation or education?
Contact
- Address:
- Phone:020 7679 5395
- Email:a.furnham@ucl.ac.uk
- Website:
Resources
Notes
- ↑ City Speakers International Adrian Furnham,accessed January 23 2009.
- ↑ City Speakers International Adrian Furnham,accessed January 23 2009.
- ↑ UCL Department of Psychology Adrian Furnhan, accessed January 6 2009.
- ↑ Advertising Education Forum AEF Academic Network (AAN), accessed August 1 2007.
- ↑ Social Affairs Unit About us,accessed January 19 2009.
- ↑ University College London Adrian Furnham, accessed January 19 2009.
- ↑ Social Affairs Unit Growing up with Advertising,accessed January 19 2009.
