Professor David Morris

David Morris is Professor of Mental Health, Inclusion and Community at the International School for Communities, Rights and Inclusion. He is a member of the Institute for Philosophy, Diversity and Mental Health and is leading work on a centre of excellence for learning, evidence, innovation and practice on inclusion in the context of community engagement. He joined UCLan in 2005. David is also Director of the cross – government National Social Inclusion Programme (NSIP) at the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE).

David has a long standing professional, policy and research interest in social inclusion and community engagement. Research for his PhD ‘Community Engagement and Social Inclusion in Mental Health; the Development of Policy and the Role of Primary Care in Inclusive Practice’ was undertaken at Manchester University. He has founded, and led a number of partnership - based development programmes in this field, including in 2002-3, the Community and Citizenship Programme at the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. He has contributed widely both nationally and internationally in advisory and consultative roles and through programme and journal editorial boards, conferences, research, learning and leadership networks to the development of policy and practice on inclusion and community.

David also holds a Visiting Academic Associate post in the Health Service and Population Research Department of the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London.