Nikki Rickard

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Nikki Rickard is Professor of Wellbeing Science in the Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne. Across her extensive career in wellbeing research, her goal has been to support people in the self-management of their own emotional health.

Her research program focuses on teaching young people to more effectively and safely use the platforms that already engage them - like music and smartphone apps - to optimise their wellbeing. She has contributed to collaborative research grants (in digital mental health, positive education, music education and online education) and to over 190 academic publications. She is a fully registered psychologist, Director of the digital mental health company MoodPrism, and recently held a senior management position within an online education company. She has also held offices as President of the Australian Music & Psychology Society and the Asia-Pacific Society for Cognitive Science of Music, and was a foundation co-Editor-in-Chief of the Springer journal, Psychology of WellBeing: Theory, Research and Practice.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Professor, University of Melbourne
  • 2022–2023
    Academic Director, Monash Online
  • 2015–2023
    Program Director, Swinburne Online
  • 2020–2021
    Academic Director, Western Sydney Online
  • 1995–2015
    Associate professor, Monash University

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Melbourne, Graduate Certificate Higher Education (Management)
  • 1995 
    La Trobe University, PhD
  • 1990 
    La Trobe University, Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours)

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  • Research supervision