yDiv event series: Mental Well-being in Academia

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Check the registration links at the single events below

Online

several dates in 2023

100/ n.a.


Working in academia as a high-stress environment can be a challenge for maintaining mental health. The aim of this event series is to raise awareness for mental health issues occurring in academia.


Rethinking productivity

1 November 2023, 11:00 - 12:00 pm

Online via Zoom

Lecturer: Desiree Dickerson, PhD

Target group: Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

Please registere here

Learn to see productivity through a well-being lens. Learn how to structure your day in a way that aids your concentration and focus, rather than constantly detracting from it.

We discuss:

  • how to create a routine during times of constant change
  • learning to ride the productivity wave
  • creating a rhythm that works for you, rather than against you
  • navigating the balancing act of families and research
  • how to plan to be (realistically) productive
  • using breaks to optimise efficiency

Supporting our mental health: how to recognise when we or others are struggling.

8 December 2023, 1:30 - 3:00 pm

Online via Zoom

Lecturer: Desiree Dickerson, PhD

Target group: All iDiv status groups

Please register here

Contents:

  1. What are we talking about (but not really talking about). The state of mental health in academia and what that means in real terms.
  2. Where is the line – How do we know the difference between productivity and unhealthy life choices, the difference between good and bad stress, and how do we find meaningful boundaries?
  3. How do I know when my colleagues are approaching these same lines and how do I support them if they are?
  4. Tools to help us all manage the stress, pressure and comparison.
  5. As a community, how do we promote help-seeking behaviour and destigmatize the challenges we face.

 


Lecturer

Desiree Dickerson, PhD

Desiree Dickerson is a clinical psychologist who specialises in the mental health and well-being of researchers and the academic community. Having worked as a researcher in New Zealand, Australia and Austria, Desiree now works globally with universities, lab groups, and academics in the pursuit of a healthier approach to research.

 

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