ECTS: 0.25
Course leader: Sututhi Perrananthasivam
Language: English
Graduate school: Faculty of Natural Sciences
Course fee: 0.00 DKK
Status: Course is finished
Semester: Spring 2023
Application deadline: 03/05/2023
Cancellation deadline: 10/05/2023
Course type: Classroom teaching
Start date: 17/05/2023
Administrator: Anne Fabricius
Please note:
The workshop Well-being and Work-Life Balance is part of the onboarding programme offered by the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS. The onboarding workshops are offered for PhD students enrolled at GSNS on part A. GSNS PhD students on part B are welcome to join, but should be aware that the workshops are addressed primarily to PhD students on part A.
Name of workshop: Well-being and Work-Life Balance
Course parameters: No. of contact hours/hours in total incl. preparation: 6/6 hours
Capacity limit: 50 participants
For more information about ECTS, see the GSNS website
Workshop content:
10.00 Welcome to the morning programme by Lynn Watson
Mind-body exercise
“What is well-being?” and “how does our mind and body respond in times of stress?”
What does science tell us about the benefits and challenges of living a busy life?
Presentation and exercises
10.45 Coffee break
11.00 Building your psychological tool box
How can you achieve work-life balance during your PhD and make your environment work for you? This session will give you the opportunity to consider your own work schedule and how you can incorporate tools that might work for you.
Facilitated work in groups
12.00 Rounding off: reflections
12.15
13.00 Welcome to the afternoon programme by Eva Damsgaard
Warm up and motivation
Reflecting on “what is a good life in academia?”, “what are the challenges?”, “how can we thrive and meet the demands of the future?”, and “which of our assumptions
need to be changed?”
13.30 Psychological safety as a key Why is well-being so important? What can we learn from research e.g. in psychological safety – and how can we improve well-being?
Presentation and dialogue
14.15 Coffee break
14.30 Self-management and Inner Development Goals
Presentation and gamification - facilitated work in groups
15.45 Rounding off: Reflections
16.00 End of the workshop
Name of lecturers:
Lynn Ann Watson, Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, and Center on Autobiographical Memory Research (CON AMORE), Aarhus University and Eva Damsgaard Nielsen, CAPIO CONSULT ApS
Workshop format:
Presentations, facilitated work in groups, dialogue, individual reflection, game, etc.
Literature: None
Onboarding programme:
The onboarding programme will introduce different work tools all relating to the process of initiating and doing a PhD project in the best way possible. These will be introduced through peer-mentoring groups and workshops with different topics. By participating in the onboarding programme the PhD students will be offered an insight into handling ups and downs during their PhD, and how to develop as a young scientist. The onboarding programme will also give the PhD students an opportunity to meet fellow PhD students and expand their network – both socially and academically. Read more here.
Time: 17 May 2023 09:00 – 15:00
Place: Mogens Zieler Stuen, AU Conference Centre, building 1422, Fredrik Nielsens vej 2, 8000 Aarhus C.
Registration: Deadline for registration: 3 May 2023.
Please note that seats are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
- For questions relating to the content of the workshop, please contact:
Lynn Watson lynn@psy.au.dk
Eva Damsgaard Nielsen, eva@capioconsult.dk
- For questions relating to administrative issues, e.g. registration or location, please contact: Sututhi Perrananthasivam sper@au.dk
Course dates:
- 17 May 2023 10:00 - 16:00