“Vulnerable groups in academia: How are mentally healthy working conditions and scientific excellence compatible”
Dear supporting colleagues, institutions and followers of Scholar Minds’ work,
We would like to invite you to our second online conference on the topic: “Mental Health in Early Career Researchers”. This year, we focus on vulnerable groups in academia and discuss how mentally healthy working conditions and scientific excellence are compatible.
The conference will take place online on October 28th from 10AM - 4PM. The event will be held in English and the participation is free of charge. Afterwards, we would be happy to have an in-person gathering in Berlin to connect and discuss with other ECRs. The exact location of the gathering will depend on the number of registrations and announced in a separate email.
The conference will incorporate a creative keynote lecture, different workshops, and a panel discussion to set the stage for health-related changes in the academic system. The conference was initiated by Scholar Minds, the Berlin Cluster of Excellence Science of Intelligence and the Techniker Krankenkasse. The whole event is a collaborative project of mental health initiatives and guest speakers from across Germany.
We are very happy to include many different voices of academia in our keynote lecture: We will present short interviews with representatives from different vulnerable and underrepresented groups in science. Further, we offer workshops on a selection of re-current topics for early career researchers such as power abuse in academia (Dragonfly), academic mindsets on trial (Scholar Minds), a roadmap of helping offers in Germany (Techniker Krankenkasse), and stress management (Innerminder).
Last but not least, there will be a panel discussion on the topic “(How) are mentally healthy working conditions and scientific excellence compatible?” opening the stage for different representatives from the academic and the health care system such as Ulf Tölch (Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Berlin), Elisa Filevich (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), David Surges (Techniker Krankenkasse), and Mareike Bayer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).
You can find all program information here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lceUqHb8bpxfU9qAWvWnCfkcLfvrCiFl/view -- program changes are always possible -- as well as register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDugNqGUL8hS_LgaC17SL1V1KqvLzuAFyl_8iFhBwLx1pCrA/viewform.
If you have any questions please contact us: scholar-minds@charite.de
Looking forward to seeing you at the conference,
Scholar Minds
Mental health initiative for PhDs in Berlin
Homepage: http://www.scholar-minds.net/
E-Mail: scholar-minds@charite.de
Twitter: @BerlinMinds
