Richard Harding

Richard is a Senior Research Fellow in ARU's Centre of Excellence for Equity in Uniformed Public Services (CEEUPS).

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Background

Richard’s research focuses on working with academic and public sector partners to co-develop/co-produce evidence-based approaches to support real world organisational change and improvement. Highlights include working on Project Soteria-Bluestone, a large multi-institutional research project co-producing improvement in rape and serious sexual offence (RASSO) investigations with policing partners across England and Wales.

Prior to joining academia, Richard was privileged to have served as a police officer in a large UK police service in local, national and international roles and with multiple public and private sector partners.

Research interests

• Organisational/occupational cultures
• Organisational change
• Public value and legitimacy

Qualifications

• MSc, Police Leadership and Management, University of Warwick
• PG Dip, Police Leadership and Management, University of Warwick

Memberships, editorial boards

• Member of the European Society of Criminology
• Member of the British Academy of Management (BAM)
• Member of the British Society of Criminology Policing Network

Selected recent publications

Sondhi, A., Harding, R. and Williams, E. (2024) 'Segmenting the Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) investigator workforce: implications for wellbeing and burnout', Police Practice and Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2024.2426172

Harding, R., Maguire, L. and Williams, E. (2024) 'Competing concepts of public value and legitimacy in the police: Organisational challenges in the investigation of rape and serious sexual offences', International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 76, 100646. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2023.100646

Sondhi, A., Harding, R., Maguire, L. et al. (2023) 'Understanding Factors Associated with Burnout Symptoms amongst Investigators working on Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) investigations in England and Wales', Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 17. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paad020

Norman, J., Fox, A., Harding, R. et al. (2022) 'Critical Reflection: The Importance of Case Reviews and Reflective Practice in Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Investigations', International Criminology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43576-022-00061-2

Williams, E., Norman, J., Ward, R. et al. (2022) 'Linking Professionalism, Learning and Wellbeing in the Context of Rape Investigation: Early Findings from Project Bluestone', International Criminology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43576-022-00059-w

Walkington, Z., Harding, R., Hartley, J. et al. (2022) 'Editorial: Learning from success and failure in action', Public Money & Management, 42(1), pp. 1-3. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1989800

Harding, R. (2021) 'Debate: The 70:20:10 ‘rule’ in learning and development – The mistake of listening to sirens and how to safely navigate around them', Public Money & Management. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1951517

Recent presentations and conferences

Williams, E., Norman, J. and Harding, R. (2024) 'The use of criminological theory is central to effective policing', conference paper, Conference of the European Society of Criminology, September.

Harding, R., Maguire, L. and Williams, E. (2024) 'Ensuring transparency, fairness, and integrity in policing practices and decision-making processes', conference paper, CCPR Annual Conference: Problems and Solutions in UK Policing, January.

Sondhi, A. and Harding, R. (2023) 'Segmenting Police Investigators working in Rape and Serious Sexual Offences using Maslach’s Burnout Inventory (MBI)', conference paper, European Society of Criminology, September.

Harding, R. and Sondhi, A. (2023) 'Risk factors associated with Burnout amongst Investigators working on Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) investigations in England and Wales: Implications for Police Investigations', conference paper, Law Enforcement & Public Health, May.

Miller, N. and Harding, R. (2023) 'Delivering Effective Learning in Policing', conference paper, International Research Society for Public Management, April.

Williams, E., Norman, J. and Harding, R. (2022) 'Demand deflection in cases of RASSO: The drivers and the consequences', conference paper, Law Enforcement & Society, October.

Williams, E., Norman, J. and Harding, R. (2022) 'Linking professionalism, learning and wellbeing in the context of rape investigation: early findings from Project Soteria-Bluestone', conference paper, European Society of Criminology, September.