Dr. Diana Rose

Biography

Diana Rose was born in Aberdeen, Northeast Scotland, and has had a distinguished academic career. She attended Aberdeen University before moving to London, where she worked in sociolinguistics at London University for a decade, teaching social psychology and anthropology. Rose is known for her role as founding editor of the radical psychology journal 'Ideology Consciousness'. Medically retired due to mental distress, she spent a decade living on welfare benefits before becoming involved in the English user/survivor movement. This was a transformative period in her life, which led her to pursue a part-time PhD. She coordinated the Service User Research Enterprise at the Institute of Psychiatry, focusing on user-led research with mental health service users. Rose's leadership at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience culminated in her appointment as a Professor before her retirement in 2021. She is a distinguished honorary professor at the Australian National University and primarily resides in France.

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