We would like to invite you to a special co
nference on the topic "Mental Health in PhD students: The role of g
raduate schools, the integration of international students and impostor syn
drome". The event will take place online on October 19th f
rom 10AM to 6PM. The event will be held in English and is free of
charge.
The event will incorporate keynotes, workshops, and ha
ckathons to work on improving the current situations for early career resea
rchers. The conference was initiated by Scholar Minds & the Be
rlin Cluster of Excellence "Science of Intelligence" and i
s a collaborative project of several mental health initiatives across Germa
ny.
We are pleased to present a keynote lecture by Gordon Feld
who will give an overview of how Germany needs to address the structural c
hallenges of the academic system to best promote early career researchers.<
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Further, we offer workshops on a selection of recurrent topics
for early career researchers such as impostor syndrome (Mental Health Coll
ective), stress management (Innerminder) or how to coordinate your projects
(Scholar Minds).
Another highlight of the conference will be
several hackathons tackling current challenges of the academic world such a
s how to improve the situation for international early career researchers i
n Germany (MATH+), bridging mental health and academic (N2 Network) or how
the perfect graduate school (Dragonfly Mental Health) could look like.
Last but not least, there will be a panel discussion on the topic
"Towards sunnier days: How to overcome the mental health crisis in academia
?" opening the stage for different players of the academic system such as J
ule Specht (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Martin Grund (Max Planck Insti
tute Leipzig), Ralf Kurvers (Science of Intelligence), and Aite Kashef (Lis
e-Meitner-Gesellschaft).
Attached you can find the preliminary
program for the conference. Feel free to share this invitation with others
.
Please use this link to register.
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