yDiv event series: Mental Well-being in Academia
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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
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
Contents:
- What are we talking about (but not really talking about). The state of mental health in academia and what that means in real terms.
- 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?
- How do I know when my colleagues are approaching these same lines and how do I support them if they are?
- Tools to help us all manage the stress, pressure and comparison.
- As a community, how do we promote help-seeking behaviour and destigmatize the challenges we face.
Lecturer
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.
