He lives in France but works in Norway and the UK, Professor David Richards shares his journey how he became a researcher and is research interests from mental health to sustainability in research.

Top 3 Takeaways

1) Don’t have a hero innovator, instead have hero’s that make research happen

2) Research requires academic currency which may have additional financial and personal costs

3) Divergent pathways will enrich your experience and increase your value

Bio: Professor David Richards works both at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and as an Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter. He is also an emeritus Senior Investigator with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), an award which acknowledges David as being one of the top 200 health services researchers in the UK. He integrates experimental and observational research on complex interventions, to improve the usefulness of research for patients, informal carers, policy makers, and clinicians.

Find David online:

University of Exeter: https://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?web_id=david_richards

Western University of Norway: https://www.hvl.no/en/employee/?user=David.A.Richards

Read David’s Research:

1) Richards et al, (2024). Balancing environmental sustainability with the social goals of scientific organisations. PLOS One accepted for publication.

2) Evaluation of a COVID-19 fundamental nursing care guideline versus usual care: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15959

3) ‘Shitty Nursing’– the new normal? https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.12.018

4) Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31140-0/fulltext

5) Complex Interventions in Health: An Overview of Research Methods. London, Routledge (2015).

Futures NHS (UK only): NIHR Research Masterclass https://future.nhs.uk/NursingMidwiferyMasterclass/groupHome

David is reading

Amuse Bouche: How to eat your way around France by Carolyn Boyd

How they broke Britian by James O’Brien

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