DrTim Chambers

Dr Tim Chambers is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Deakin University. Dr Chambers is a Senior Fellow with Advance HE and teaches health psychology into undergraduate courses at Deakin. Dr Chambers is also a CRADLE Fellow and conducts higher education research regarding student experiences of authenticity in assessment.

Prior to joining Deakin, Dr Chambers spent several years working across various applied sport psychology and athlete career assistance roles within Australia’s high-performance sporting industry. Dr Chambers’ experiences in elite sport highlighted how organisational and systemic factors can influence both an athlete’s career and their wellbeing. For this reason, Dr Chambers’ research investigates the intersection of physical and mental health benefits of exercise for individuals along the recreation to high-performance continuum and is underpinned by qualitative methodologies that reveal the complexities of individual experience. For community populations, Dr Chambers explores the underlying psychological mechanisms that are thought to inform the benefits of nature-based exercise. In high-performance sport contexts, Dr Chambers’ work examines how organisational programs and structures can support athlete development and improve individual wellbeing. To conduct this research, Dr Chambers builds strong partnerships with industry using principles of co-design to generate mutually beneficial outcomes.