Conal Monaghan

Conal Monaghan is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University (ANU), affiliated with the School of Medicine and Psychology and the Research School of Psychology. He holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from ANU and works as a clinical psychologist at headspace Canberra and with PARSA’s PhD bootcamps. His roles include lecturing on clinical assessment, statistics, and psychometrics in ANU’s Master of Professional Practice and clinical psychology programs. Monaghan’s research focuses on clinical psychology, dimensional models of personality disorders, clinician well-being, and youth mental health. He has conducted research in Norway and Cambodia, receiving the NTNU Promising Young Researcher Award and the Steven Klimidis Award for Clinical Psychology. His work spans cross-cultural studies of mental health, psychometrics, and personality dynamics.

Educations:

• PhD in Clinical Psychology, ANU (2019)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing with International Business

Research Interests: Monaghan’s work emphasizes mental health assessment, personality disorder models, clinician resilience, and youth mental health interventions. He employs psychometric methods and cross-cultural perspectives to explore topics like emotional expression norms, creativity variability, and pandemic mental health impacts.

Awards:

• NTNU Promising Young Researcher Award
• Steven Klimidis Award for Clinical Psychology

Grants/Advising: Registered to supervise research students at ANU. His grants likely support dimensional personality disorder research and youth mental health initiatives. Collaborations involve global networks studying cross-cultural psychology and pandemic impacts.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with ANU Research School of Psychology teams focusing on clinical assessment and psychometrics.