Dr Moitree Banerjee
Head of School of Law, Business and Psychology / Reader in Clinical Psychology
About
Moitree Banerjee provides strategic leadership for the School of Law, Business and Psychology, shaping its academic vision and operational priorities within the University of Chichester’s institutional framework. As the inaugural Head of School, she has successfully unified distinct disciplines under a shared identity, driving innovation in curriculum design, research, and community engagement.
Her work is focused on aligning the School’s objectives with institutional strategy, ensuring financial sustainability, and contributing to governance at Senior Management level. She leads the development of inclusive, future-facing curricula that respond to global challenges and enhance graduate employability, while advancing cross-disciplinary research and knowledge exchange. Through partnerships with regional stakeholders, including West Sussex County Council, Moitree champions projects that deliver tangible societal impact and strengthen the University’s civic mission.
Moitree plays an instrumental role in advancing the University’s position within UK government frameworks for evaluating and benchmarking higher education, including the Research Excellence Framework (REF), Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), and Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). Through her strategic leadership, the School strengthens its contribution to institutional priorities, driving improvements in academic quality, student experience, and graduate success. These achievements underpin the University’s reputation for excellence and its continued progression in national performance indicators and league tables.
Research
Moitree’s research agenda spans transformative areas in mental health innovation, psychosocial wellbeing, and digital health futures. Her work interrogates systemic barriers to care and advances evidence-based strategies to reduce mental health inequalities. She has published extensively in high-impact journals on social prescribing, stigma hierarchies, and third-wave psychological interventions, including mindfulness-based approaches. These contributions have shaped both theoretical frameworks and applied practice across healthcare and educational contexts.
As Principal Investigator, Moitree leads multi-setting projects on mental health risk and needs assessment, designing tailored interventions for vulnerable populations and high-pressure professional environments such as NHS and end-of-life care. Her scholarship extends to emerging domains, including the integration of mindfulness in virtual and metaverse platforms, positioning her at the forefront of digital mental health innovation. Internationally recognised, she is a frequent speaker at global conferences and serves as an editorial reviewer for Mindfulness, reinforcing her influence in shaping the future of mental health research and practice.
PhD Supervision
- Ross Webster. Dissertation entitled “What Aspects of Acute ‘End of Life’ Management in Individuals with Dementia Do Doctors & Allied Health Professionals Consider as ‘Non-Beneficial’? What Do they Believe Leads to Non-Beneficial Care?”.
- Izzy Ball. Dissertation entitled “Investigating the Transition to University Life: Individual Factors that Impact this Transition”.
- Jasmine Afaily-Zadeh. Dissertation entitled “Nature Connectedness in Healthcare Setting: implications for Physical and Emotional Wellbeing”.
- Lorena Sue Covington. Dissertation entitled “A Mindfulness Intervention for End-of-Life Workers”.
- Camille Cousley. Dissertation entitled “Measuring Prospective Memory to Support Discharge Planning for Patients Living with Dementia on an Acute Dementia Unit”.
- Leanne Hayward. Dissertation entitled “Social Prescription: impacts of nature interventions used to promote wellbeing”.
- Louise Seymour. Dissertation entitled “The Impact of Night Shift for Nurses the Workplace from Trainee to Qualified Practitioner”
Key Publications
Publication:
Covington, L., Banerjee, M., Pereira, A., & Price, M. (2023). Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Professionals Working in End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Palliative Care, 38(2), 225-238.
Hazell, C. M., Berry, C., Bogen-Johnston, L., & Banerjee, M. (2022). Creating a hierarchy of mental health stigma: testing the effect of psychiatric diagnosis on stigma. BJPsych open, 8(5), e174.
Lee, J., Waldeck, D., Holliman, A. J., Banerjee, M., & Tyndall, I. (2022). Feeling Socially Anxious at University: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Qualitative Report, 27(4), 897-919.
Tyndall, I., Hartland, T., Banerjee, M., Giacomelli, V., Ball, I., Churchill, S., … & Lowry, R. (2022). Tailoring sexual health interventions for middle-aged and older adults, including vulnerable populations: A scoping review. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(4), 593-613.
Waldeck, D., Banerjee, M., Jenks, R., & Tyndall, I. (2020). Cognitive arousal mediates the relationship between perceived ostracism and sleep quality but it is not moderated by experiential avoidance. Stress and Health, 36(4), 487-495.
Banerjee, M., Cavanagh, K., & Strauss, C. (2018). Barriers to mindfulness: A path analytic model exploring the role of rumination and worry in predicting psychological and physical engagement in an online mindfulness-based intervention. Mindfulness, 9, 980-992.
Banerjee, M., Cavanagh, K., & Strauss, C. (2017). A qualitative study with healthcare staff exploring the facilitators and barriers to engaging in a self-help mindfulness-based intervention. Mindfulness, 8, 1653-1664.
Research Output
Articles
Ball, I., Banerjee, M., Holliman, A. and Tyndall, I. (2025) Examining student success in the transition to university: Findings from a systematic review. Assessment and Development Matters. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2752-8111 (In Press)
Ball, I., Banerjee, M., Holliman, A. and Tyndall, I. (2025) Investigating success in the transition to university: a systematic review of operationalisations of 'success'. Educational Psychology Review, 37. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1040-726X 10.1007/s10648-025-10080-w
Ball, I., Banerjee, M., Holliman, A. and Tyndall, I. (2025) Investigating success in the transition to university: A systematic review of personal risk and protective factors influencing psychosocial success. Educational Psychology Review, 37. pp. 1-51. ISSN 1040-726X 10.1007/s10648-025-10047-x
Seymour, L., Seymour, S., Sharpe, B. T., Nandy, M., Lodh, S. and Banerjee, M. (2025) The use of mindfulness in the metaverse: a scoping review. Mindfulness. pp. 1-44. ISSN 1868-8527 10.1007/s12671-025-02608-6
Sharpe, B. T., King, R., Banerjee, M., Keates, S., Tyndall, I., Kooner-Evans, P., Sivyer, L., Cotten, E., Obine, E., Tabet, N., Ronen, I., Davies, N., Lewis, I., Tabbner, S., Wilkins, T. and Pereira, A. (2025) Experiences of individuals living with dementia, caregivers, and service providers regarding independence-enhancing technologies: focus group insights. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 20 (8). pp. 2915-2934. ISSN 1748-3107 10.1080/17483107.2025.2511996
Ball, I., Banerjee, M., Holliman, A. and Tyndall, I. (2024) Investigating success in the transition to university: a systematic review of personal risk and protective factors influencing academic achievement. Educational Psychology Review, 36 (52). ISSN 1040726X 10.1007/s10648-024-09891-0
Hazell, C. M., Berry, C., Bogen-Johnston, L. and Banerjee, M. (2022) Creating a hierarchy of mental health stigma: testing the effect of psychiatric diagnosis on stigma. BJPsych open, 8 (5). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2056-4724 10.1192/bjo.2022.578
Tyndall, I., Hartland, T., Banerjee, M., Giacomelli, V., Ball, I., Churchill, S., Pereira, A. and Lowry, R. G. (2022) Tailoring sexual health interventions for middle-aged and older adults, including vulnerable populations: A scoping review. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34 (4). pp. 593-613. ISSN 1931-7611 10.1080/19317611.2022.2089313
Covington, L., Banerjee, M., Price, M. and Pereira, A. (2022) Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Professionals Working in End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Palliative Care, 38 (2). pp. 225-238. ISSN 0825-8597 10.1177/08258597221100330
Lee, J., Waldeck, D., Holliman, A., Banerjee, M. and Tyndall, I. (2022) Feeling Socially Anxious at University: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The Qualitative Report, 27 (4). pp. 897-919. ISSN 1052-0147 10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5270
Waldeck, D., Banerjee, M., Jenks, R. and Tyndall, I. (2020) Cognitive Arousal Mediates the Relationship between Perceived Ostracism and Sleep Quality but it is not Moderated by Experiential Avoidance. Stress and health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 36 (4). pp. 487-495. ISSN 1532-2998 10.1002/smi.2946
Banerjee, M., Cavanagh, K. and Strauss, C. (2018) Barriers to Mindfulness: a Path Analytic Model Exploring the Role of Rumination and Worry in Predicting Psychological and Physical Engagement in an Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention. Mindfulness, 9 (3). pp. 980-992. ISSN 1868-8527 10.1007/s12671-017-0837-4
Banerjee, M., Cavanagh, K. and Strauss, C. (2017) A Qualitative Study with Healthcare Staff Exploring the Facilitators and Barriers to Engaging in a Self-Help Mindfulness-Based Intervention. Mindfulness, 8 (6). pp. 1653-1664. ISSN 1868-8527 10.1007/s12671-017-0740-z
Other department members
Alexander T. R. Sharpe
Associate Lecturer in Psychology, Department Administrator
