Dr. Richard Balikoowa is a rising career educationist, specializing in education and school psychology. With a distinguished career in education, psychology, educational technology and research, Dr. Balikoowa has significantly contributed to research and understanding of community, educational and child-related psychosocial issues in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Uganda. His work emphasizes supporting the training of educational, violence, school and gender psychology experts; as well as provision of consultation to families and school personnel on issues related to mental health, learning, and behavior. Known for his expertise and compassionate approach, Dr. Balikoowa collaborates with media, public health and education experts, multidisciplinary researchers; among other organizations and government to develop effective strategies for promoting preventive measures needed for positive psychological and mental health living of all categories of people. He has engaged the national and international media space and given wellbeing and resilience lectures to students and staff from primary, secondary and higher institutions of learning; as well as trauma-informed models to Police and other military personnel in Uganda. He has attended and presented papers at national and international conferences and related fora.
Organizational compassion, employees' mental health, commitment and engagement in the context of COVID-19: a serial mediation analysis Proceedings Article
In: Evidence-based HRM: A global forum for empirical scholarship, pp. 374–391, Emerald Publishing Limited 2025.
Organizational compassion, employees' mental health, commitment and engagement in the context of COVID-19: a serial mediation analysis Journal Article
In: Evidence-based HRM: a Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship, 2024.
Children’s lived experience and perceptions of community members’ influence on their schooling: a study in Uganda Journal Article
In: Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 14, pp. 1045737, 2023.
Associations of psychological inflexibility with posttraumatic stress disorder and adherence to COVID-19 control measures among refugees in Uganda: The moderating role of coping strategies Journal Article
In: Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, vol. 28, pp. 278–288, 2023.
Underprivileged school children's experiences of COVID-19 preventive measures: Tales from rural Uganda Book Section
In: COVID-19 and Education in Africa, pp. 93–108, Routledge, 2022.
The aftermath of COVID-19 school closures in Uganda: Exploring the willingness of teenage mothers to re-enter schools Book Section
In: COVID-19 and Education in Africa, pp. 38–52, Routledge, 2022.
Applying self-determination theory to explaining differences in career commitment between self-employed and salaried employees: The role of basic psychological needs Journal Article
In: Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 593–619, 2020.