Richard Chambers
Monash University, Australia
Biography
Dr Richard Chambers is a clinical psychologist and internationally-recognised expert in mindfulness. He is leading a university-wide mindfulness initiative at Monash University, as outlined in his 2017 TEDx talk. Richard regularly provides mindfulness training to a growing number of businesses, educational institutions and community organisations. He has been teaching mindfulness since 1999 and regularly provides lectures and workshops around Australia and internationally.
Richard helped develop Smiling Mind, a free mindfulness app with over 2.5 million downloads, and the Mindfulness for Wellbeing & Peak Performance free online course which has had 230,000 users and was ranked within the Top 50 online course of all time by Class Central. He has published three books, Mindful Learning, Mindful Relationships and Mindful Origami. He features regularly in mainstream media and is actively involved in research studies at a number of universities around Australia.
Abstract
Abstract : Creating a mindful university to boost mental health and performance