Veronique Richard
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Dr
Veronique Richard
Email: : v.richard@uq.edu.au
Positions
Lecturer : School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation : Health and Wellbeing Centre for Research Innovation : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Overview
Background
Dr Veronique Richard earned her doctoral degree in Sport Science from the University of Montreal and subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Sport Psychology at Florida State University. Specialising in performance psychology and creativity, she has extensive experience in both research and applied settings.
Currently a research fellow at the University of Queensland, Dr Richard conducts pioneering research that integrates creativity and movement sciences to enhance performance, health, and wellbeing. Her research interests stem from her dual engagements with high-performance sports and circus arts. In her previous roles as a mental performance consultant for Canadian national sports organisations and Cirque du Soleil, Dr Richard observed the complexities of balancing high-level performance with wellbeing among athletes and performers.
To address these challenges, she designs enriched movement activities aimed at fostering creativity-supportive environments and investigates their impact on cognitive, affective, and socio-cultural variables related to creativity. Her research aspires to promote holistic growth by creating spaces where individuals can use their physicality to experiment, discover, connect, and express themselves.
While sports organisations remain a significant area of her research, Dr Richard is expanding her focus to other high-performance domains such as the medical field, educational institutions, and health and wellbeing organisations. She is also exploring how creativity-supportive environments can enhance equity, diversity, and inclusion within organisations.
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Availability
Dr Veronique Richard is: : Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Research), University of Montreal
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Montreal
Research interests
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Creativity, performance and wellbeing
Balancing high-level performance and wellbeing can be challenging. My research examines how designing creativity supportive environments in various contexts (sport, school, health, etc.) can contribute to performance while fostering cognitive, affective and socio-cultural factors associated with wellbeing. Specifically, I examine the impact of implementing enriched movement activities on performance and well-being variables.
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Applied expertise: I have worked as a mental performance consultant with various national Canadian sport organisations and with Cirque du Soleil. In addition to help athletes and artists develop mental skills, I design risk friendly environments to encourage them to navigate sport-related uncertainties and ambiguities and grow psychologically from it.
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Much can be learned from observing those that use their body to create breathtaking moments. Specifically, my interest is to better capture the processes supporting movement creativity in dancers, circus artists, figure skaters, and all those that create through the body.
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Research impacts
While societies are in constant motion, requiring creativity to adapt, our bodies have never been in such a state of inertia. Our research is impactful because it tackles two essential human needs; to create and to move. By shifting towards creativity, sport, education, and health organisations will offer rich landscapes of opportunities to ignite individuals' motivation to live a healthy life, but also equip them with the skills needed to creatively confront societal issues, thereby contributing to economic sustainability.
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Works
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All (35) Journal Article (27) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (1) Book Chapter (6)
2025
Journal Article
On the topic of education in a corresponsive sport science
Woods, Carl T., Richard, Véronique, Camiré, Martin and van der Kamp, John (2025). On the topic of education in a corresponsive sport science. Sport, Education and Society, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2025.2564247
On the topic of education in a corresponsive sport science
2025
Journal Article
Mental health in preprofessional and professional circus artists: A narrative review
Stuckey, Melanie I., Greenspan, Stephanie, Nicholas, Joanna, Richard, Veronique, Stubbe, Janine H. and van Rens, Fleur E. C. A. (2025). Mental health in preprofessional and professional circus artists: A narrative review. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 14 (4), 587-601. doi: 10.1037/spy0000391
Mental health in preprofessional and professional circus artists: A narrative review
2025
Journal Article
Physical literacy, physical activity, and health: a citation content analysis and narrative review
Fortnum, Kathryn, Weber, Meyene Duque, Dudley, Dean, Tudella, Eloisa, Kwan, Matthew, Richard, Veronique and Cairney, John (2025). Physical literacy, physical activity, and health: a citation content analysis and narrative review. Sports Medicine - Open, 11 (1) 44, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s40798-025-00827-8
Physical literacy, physical activity, and health: a citation content analysis and narrative review
2025
Journal Article
Factorial validity and measurement invariance of a self-reported scale of paradoxical leadership behaviours: evidence from sport industry leaders
Bourke, Matthew, Cairney, John, Richard, Veronique, Mulcahy, Samantha, Moos, Chris and Dopson, Sue (2025). Factorial validity and measurement invariance of a self-reported scale of paradoxical leadership behaviours: evidence from sport industry leaders. Frontiers in Psychology, 16 1541891, 1541891. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1541891
2024
Journal Article
Toward a knowledge-synthesis heuristic for sport leaders: the strategic leader synthesis model
Cairney, John, Richard, Veronique and Legg, David (2024). Toward a knowledge-synthesis heuristic for sport leaders: the strategic leader synthesis model. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6 1408887, 1-6. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1408887
Toward a knowledge-synthesis heuristic for sport leaders: the strategic leader synthesis model
2024
Journal Article
The exploration of the holistic and complex impacts of creative dance on creative potential enhancement
Richard, Veronique, Brown, Denver M. Y., Garcías, Silvia, Almarcha, Maricarmen, Cairney, John and Torrents, Carlota (2024). The exploration of the holistic and complex impacts of creative dance on creative potential enhancement. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 58 (3), 511-529. doi: 10.1002/jocb.673
2024
Journal Article
Emergency medicine residents and performance under pressure: learning from elite athletes’ experience
Trepanier, Gabrielle, Falardeau, Viviane, Sohi, Gurpreet and Richard, Veronique (2024). Emergency medicine residents and performance under pressure: learning from elite athletes’ experience. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 17 (1) 67, 67. doi: 10.1186/s12245-024-00648-8
2024
Journal Article
Through the big top: An exploratory study of circus-based artistic knowledge translation in rural healthcare services, Québec, Canada
Théberge, Julie, Smithman, Mélanie Ann, Turgeon-Pelchat, Catherine, Tounkara, Fatoumata Korika, Richard, Véronique, Aubertin, Patrice, Léonard, Patrick, Alami, Hassane, Singhroy, Diane and Fleet, Richard (2024). Through the big top: An exploratory study of circus-based artistic knowledge translation in rural healthcare services, Québec, Canada. PLoS One, 19 (4) e0302022, 1-25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302022
2024
Book Chapter
Engaging in creative behaviours and activities as a well-being and recovery approach
Richard, Veronique, Wergin, V. Vanessa and Cairney, John (2024). Engaging in creative behaviours and activities as a well-being and recovery approach. Fostering recovery and well-being in a healthy lifestyle: Psychological, somatic, and organizational prevention approaches. (pp. 92-102) edited by Michael Kellmann and Jürgen Beckmann. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003250654-8
Engaging in creative behaviours and activities as a well-being and recovery approach
2023
Other Outputs
Design of the Athletics Australia First Nations Community Impact Framework
Wheeler, Kai, Hall, Emily, Griffiths, Kealey, Boyd-Ford, Stella, Carle, Maleah, Richard, Veronique, Beckman, Emma and Cairney, John (2023). Design of the Athletics Australia First Nations Community Impact Framework. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Design of the Athletics Australia First Nations Community Impact Framework
2023
Journal Article
The golden ratio in baseball: the influence of historical eras on winning percentages in major league baseball
Cairney, John, Townsend, Stephen, Brown, Denver M. Y., Graham, Jeffrey D., Richard, Veronique and Kwan, Matthew Y. W. (2023). The golden ratio in baseball: the influence of historical eras on winning percentages in major league baseball. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5 1273327, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2023.1273327
2023
Journal Article
The embodied journey of an idea: an exploration of movement creativity in circus arts
Richard, Veronique, Glăveanu, Vlad and Aubertin, Patrice (2023). The embodied journey of an idea: an exploration of movement creativity in circus arts. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 57 (2), 221-236. doi: 10.1002/jocb.571
The embodied journey of an idea: an exploration of movement creativity in circus arts
2023
Conference Publication
On the centrality of (movement) creativity to enrich the sustainability of physical literacy
Richard, Veronique, Thomas, George, Gomersall, Sjaan and Cairney, John (2023). On the centrality of (movement) creativity to enrich the sustainability of physical literacy. International Physical Literacy Conference, New York, United States, 1-3 May 2023.
On the centrality of (movement) creativity to enrich the sustainability of physical literacy
2023
Journal Article
What would the idea say? Experimenting with creative writing about creativity
Richard, Véronique, Glăveanu, Vlad and Aubertin, Patrice (2023). What would the idea say? Experimenting with creative writing about creativity. Minnesota Review, 2023 (100), 132-150. doi: 10.1215/00265667-10320947
What would the idea say? Experimenting with creative writing about creativity
2023
Journal Article
Holding open spaces to explore beyond: Toward a different conceptualization of specialization in high-performance sport
Richard, Veronique, Cairney, John and Woods, Carl T. (2023). Holding open spaces to explore beyond: Toward a different conceptualization of specialization in high-performance sport. Frontiers in Psychology, 14 1089264, 1089264. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1089264
2022
Journal Article
Assessment of professional circus students’ psychological characteristics at four strategic timepoints over the scholastic year: a longitudinal study using the stress process model
Decker, Adam, Richard, Veronique, Cairney, John, Jefferies, Philip, Houser, Natalie, Aubertin, Patrice and Kriellaars, Dean (2022). Assessment of professional circus students’ psychological characteristics at four strategic timepoints over the scholastic year: a longitudinal study using the stress process model. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 37 (4), 249-258. doi: 10.21091/mppa.2022.4036
2022
Journal Article
The Gold Medal Profile for Sport Psychology (GMP-SP)
Durand-Bush, Natalie, Baker, Joseph, van den Berg, Frank, Richard, Véronique and Bloom, Gordon A. (2022). The Gold Medal Profile for Sport Psychology (GMP-SP). Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 35 (4), 547-570. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2022.2055224
The Gold Medal Profile for Sport Psychology (GMP-SP)
2022
Journal Article
Effects of bali yoga program for athletes (BYP-A) on psychological state related to performance of circus artists
Cadieux, Elena Grilli, Richard, Véronique and Dupuis, Gilles (2022). Effects of bali yoga program for athletes (BYP-A) on psychological state related to performance of circus artists. International Journal of Yogic, Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 7 (1), 23-33. doi: 10.22271/yogic.2022.v7.i1a.1249
2022
Journal Article
Considerations for the medical management of the circus performance artist and acrobat
Faltus, John and Richard, Veronique (2022). Considerations for the medical management of the circus performance artist and acrobat. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 17 (2), 307-316. doi: 10.26603/001c.31645
Considerations for the medical management of the circus performance artist and acrobat
2021
Journal Article
Creativity in motion: examining the creative potential system and enriched movement activities as a way to ignite it
Richard, Veronique, Holder, Darren and Cairney, John (2021). Creativity in motion: examining the creative potential system and enriched movement activities as a way to ignite it. Frontiers in Psychology, 12 690710, 690710. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.690710
Funding
Current funding
- 2026 - 2028
Improving Peak Performance Under Pressure in Intensive Care
Open grant - 2024 - 2026
Efficacy of Athlete Selection
QAS Centre for Sport Performance, Innovation and Knowledge Excellence
Past funding
- 2024 - 2025
Exploring the impacts of engaging with performing arts practices on health and well-being outcomes
Queensland Performing Arts Trust
Open grant - 2023 - 2024
Creativity in Motion: Fostering athletes' creative potential and adaptability
Tennis Australia
Open grant - 2023 - 2024
ACT Brumbies: Mental skill acquisition in action
ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union
Open grant - 2023 - 2024
Gen 2032 - Coaching with and for creativity
Australian Sports Commission
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
Design of a First Nations Community Impact Framework for Athletics Australia
Athletics Australia
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Supervision
Availability
Dr Veronique Richard is: : Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Distribution of Talent Hotspots within Queensland Olympic and Paralympic Populations.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Emma Beckman - Doctor Philosophy
##### Investigating the Cultural Determinants of Physical Literacy in Diverse Communities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Cairney, Dr Kai Wheeler - Doctor Philosophy
##### Stadium to stage: Advancing Western actor training with sport psychology and pedagogy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Cliff Mallett, Associate Professor Steven Rynne
Completed supervision
- 2025
Master Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Steven Rynne, Professor Cliff Mallett
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