Richard's areas of focus include:
* diversity, equality and inclusion issues in education
* Education Studies
* approaches to difficult and controversial issues in Primary Education
* citizenship and PSHE
* relationships and sex education
* religious education and children's spirituality
* the pedagogy of Holocaust education
Research interests
Richard's professional and research interests centre on areas relating to inclusion, diversity and equality, including the personal and social development of children, values and issues in primary education and special educational needs provision. He has published in the areas of children's spirituality, relationships and sex education, inclusion and tackling controversial issues in primary schools. Recent research projects have focused on anti-bullying education and an EU Erasmus+ funded project enabling lecturers to support their students who have disabilities and learning needs.