In addition to his academic activities, French frequently appears on radio and television to provide a skeptical perspective on paranormal claims.

French emphasizes the importance of understanding why people believe in the paranormal and advocates for taking these claims seriously to explore the underlying psychological factors involved.

He has conducted research on various paranormal phenomena, including psychic abilities, ghosts, UFO abductions, and astrology.

French is also involved in academia, teaching courses on psychology, parapsychology, and pseudoscience.

He has published numerous articles and chapters in reputable psychology journals and has presented his work at conferences and symposia.

French is also active in science communication, having served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Skeptic magazine and written columns for The Guardian newspaper.

After French completed his PhD he taught adult education classes in which he also addressed astrology and extrasensory perception.

Now, either that means that paranormal forces really do exist, or it's telling us something really interesting about human psychology.

[3]The focus of his current research is the psychology of paranormal beliefs and anomalous experiences.

[4] He has been consulted as an expert on a wide range of such claims including psychic abilities,[5] recovered memory,[6] telepathy, faith healing,[7] past life regression, ghosts,[8] UFO abductions,[9] out-of-body experiences,[10] astrology[11] and so on.

He presented a paper at a conference on Paranormal and Superstitious Beliefs: A Skeptical Examination at Manchester Metropolitan University on Friday 13, November, 1998.

In July 1999, he co-organised and presented a paper at a half-day conference on Parapsychology: Current Status and Future Prospects at Goldsmiths College and gave a paper at the Sixth European Congress of Psychology in Rome.

[18] In February 2001, he gave an invited presentation to the Institute for Cultural Research[15] at the Royal Society of Medicine and he has organised two symposia at major conferences (Glasgow, March 2001; London, July 2001).

[19] Later they were given what they were told was a genuine crystal, and asked to meditate for 10 minutes and then report the sensations they experienced.

[21] A study, led by French and published in 2008, explored the psychology of people who believed they had been abducted by aliens.

[22] In January 2010, French was elected as a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry[4] French, Richard Wiseman and Stuart Ritchie each tried to replicate Daryl Bem's claim about psychic powers independently and failed at publishing their findings in high-profile journals.

They subsequently submitted their paper to PLOS One, an open access journal, of which's concept French became a supporter.

[23] He presided over a relaunch, in 2009, in which the magazine expanded to 40 pages and assembled an editorial advisory board, including many big names (e.g. Tim Minchin, Stephen Fry, Richard Wiseman, Simon Singh).

[3] From 2009 to 2016, French has been a columnist for The Guardian newspaper exploring scepticism and anomalistic psychology.

[24][25][1] He has appeared on various science programmes (e.g. Equinox, ScienceNow, All in the Mind) and documentaries (e.g. Heart of the Matter, Everyman) as well as numerous discussion programmes (e.g. Esther; The Time, The Place; Kilroy; This Morning).

In 1997, he was one of three sceptics sitting on a panel for a 90-minute live debate on UFOs broadcast at peak viewing time by the Strange but True?

He also makes appearances in the Channel 4 documentary series Tony Robinson and the Paranormal.

In November 2013, French was featured as the keynote speaker for the 2013 Australian Skeptics National Convention in Canberra.

[28] In 2017, French attended the 17th European Skeptics Congress (ESC) in Old Town Wrocław, Poland.

The panel was chaired by Amardeo Sarma and included Mariusz Błochowiak, Konrad Szołajski and Jakub Kroulík.

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