Conferences And Talks

29 March 2026 · 2 min read

Reflections on presenting my ayahuasca research at the TQR 17th Annual Conference, exploring trajectories of change, disappointment, and everything in between.

21 October 2025 · 1 min read · 25 min watch

A 20-minute talk exploring the promise and peril of ayahuasca — drawing on personal experience and research with participants in Peru. What happens when healing meets uncertainty in psychedelic practice?

11 June 2025 · 2 min read

I co-facilitated June’s SEA Symposium on Altered States & Open Doors—an evening of existential inquiry into psychedelics and psychotherapy. The discussion was wide-ranging, grounded, and very much alive.

28 November 2024 · 1 min read · 34 min watch

Here’s a 30 minute talk about my ayahuasca research to the Centre for Psychedelic Research, Imperial College, London.

20 October 2024 · 1 min read · 30 min watch

A recent talk about my ayahuasca research for the MERLiN lab at Birkbeck, University of London.

5 September 2024 · 1 min read

Humanists UK interviewed myself and Richard Unwin about memories of our work with LGBT Humanists around 2008–2015.

8 August 2024 · 4 min read

I recorded a contribution to the PG Cert in “Psychedelics, philosophy and culture” (online) at the University of Exeter, the UK's first academically certified programme in psychedelics studies.

31 July 2024 · 4 min read · 54 min watch

I recently co-presented a talk “To Hell With Psychedelics” online, for the Society of Existential Analysis.

16 June 2024 · 5 min read

I presented my research poster at a psychedelic conference in Exeter, “Interrogating Psychedelic Integration”.

17 January 2022 · 1 min read

I offered an hour’s presentation and discussion about psychedelics with around thirty therapists working for The School of Life in the UK.

4 September 2021 · 1 min read

A half-hour video was recorded of my recent event, where I talked about the importance of phenomenology in the research of psychedelics.

8 June 2021 · 1 min read · 27 min watch

I was recently interviewed regarding ayahuasca research by Jake Hawthorn from the Scottish Psychedelic Research Group. Watch the video.

4 April 2021 · 2 min read · 52 min watch

I recently enjoyed a fabulous, wide-ranging conversation with Sam Jefferies from the UKC Psychedelics Society. We discuss doing qualitative research, my personal journey into psychedelics, psychotherapy and psychedelics, integrating psychedelic journeys, consciousness, international relations and existentialism.

30 December 2020 · 2 min read · 63 min watch

I did an hour’s interview with Lucinda Lidstone from the ASC-IT Clinic in Essex, recently. We had a wide-ranging conversation about psychedelics and well-being, in which you might find something of relevance to you.

18 August 2020 · 1 min read · 51 min watch

A 45-minute interview with me, Adam Knowles of AyaResearch.com on Men's Radio UK.

6 July 2020 · 1 min read · 61 min watch

As psychedelic healing and ceremonies go increasingly mainstream, I’ll host a live ‘Ask me anything’ to offer some structure if you’re thinking of a career change toward becoming a helper or healer in psychedelics and psychotherapy. I’ll offer a presentation with some thoughts on the topic, followed by a round-table conversation with a couple of invited guests, then your questions.

15 June 2020 · 1 min read · 28 min watch

I gave a short talk on ayahuasca for the US-based Psyched2020 Conference today. You can listen to the audio below if you wish.

16 May 2020 · 2 min read · 132 min watch

I gave a twenty-minute talk to the Oxford Psychedelic Society this week, watch here.

26 November 2019 · 1 min read

At this year’s annual conference of the Society for Existential Analysis in London, my colleague Ben Scanlan and I conducted a series of 5-minute interviews across the range of fascinating speakers there for the day.

26 November 2019 · 1 min read · 68 min watch

I have just released a new video of a wide-ranging, provocative interview with leading existential psychotherapist, supervisor and author Manu Bazzano.

28 October 2019 · 1 min read · 59 min watch

My talk on ayahuasca and my research recorded at the University of Kent, Canterbury, 15 October 2019.

3 October 2019 · 2 min read

As an academic ayahuasca researcher and practising psychotherapist, Adam will speak about connections between psychedelics and psychotherapy, in theory and in practice, and how continental existential philosophy offers a unique, valuable and unheard perspective.

4 September 2019 · 1 min read · 22 min watch

The video of my talk about my research at Breaking Convention is now available

22 August 2019 · 1 min read

A day out on a boat discussing therapy for Anchoring Therapy

6 August 2019 · 1 min read · 144 min watch

Some of my contribution to the recent Queering Psychedelics conference was filmed and this is now available to watch online.

8 July 2019 · 1 min read

Here is my report for the Chacruna Institute on the recent Ayahuasca Symposium held in London, UK by the Psychedelic Society.

11 April 2019 · 1 min read

I am delighted to announce that I have won the Breaking Convention Student Essay Prize 2018 in the Humanities category. Come and hear about it Aug 16 - 18 in London at Greenwich University for the UK’s biggest conference on psychedelics and well-being.

4 March 2019 · 1 min read

Later this year, I will help lead a workshop at the exciting new and unique conference, ‘Queering Psychedelics’.

12 November 2018 · 1 min read · 20 min watch

Here’s a video of my talk from the weekend conference marking the 30th Anniversary of the UK's Society for Existential Analysis.