Design your Research Environment | Summer School – Hackathon

Co-create the research environment that you want to be in!

Our research environment is far from perfect. Together, in this Summer School – Hackathon we can design the environment to thrive in. Join PhD students from other research disciplines, experts, and trainers from mental wellbeing, open science, and communication to design a roadmap that you, as an individual, can take action on either in the course of your work on within your home institution. Using guided reflection, working in teams, use cases, and practical workshops, you will go from creating a dystopia to a utopia and develop the tools needed to make it a reality. Please note, there will be a fee to attend: 50 EUR for current PhD students and 95 EUR for supervisors and postdocs.

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Program Overview

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Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Develop a self-care and open science toolbox
• Understand healthy working relationships
• Supportive peer reflection and evaluation
• Effective communication in difficult situations
• Ethical courses of action
• Creating an open science environment
• Creating boundaries
• Cultivating cultural and mindset changes in the research environment.

Speakers and Trainers (more to be added at a later date)

Dr. Gábor Kismihók is the head of the Learning and Skills Analytics research Group at the Leibniz Information Center for Science and Technology (TIB) in Hannover, Germany. He is the Chair of the Career Development Working Group at the Marie Curie Alumni Association. He also chairs the recently started COST Action on Researcher Mental Health. His core research focuses on matching processes between individuals, education (learning), and the labour market, using novel technologies and datasets. He has published his research in a number of international peer-reviewed journals and books in the area of Learning Analytics and Technology Enhanced Learning. Gábor also has extensive experience with European research funding (e.g. H2020, H2020 MSCA, Erasmus Plus).

Ms. Jo Harney – is a Counselling Psychologist in the position of Training and Groups Manager at the Student Counselling Service in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She has achieved a Masters in Counselling Psychology and a Masters in Clinical Supervision. She specialises in working with students supporting them to achieve mental wellbeing to reach their potential during their academic careers. She has significant experience producing and delivering training and therapeutic groups in the field of psychology and mental health. Her main areas of interest and expertise are compassion-focused therapy, clinical supervision, group therapy, and training.

Ms. Petra Ardai is theatre-maker, teacher, and writer. She is the artistic director of the Amsterdam and Budapest based art collective SPACE. Petra has wide experience in documentary theatre and immersive collaborative storytelling in various media. She produces interactive performances, multimedia installations, online art, living heritage apps, and instant visionary fiction. She gives workshops and lectures. Petra is specialized in future scenarios and builds imaginary worlds around the question: ‘Who owns the Future?’ She collaborates with cross-sector partners from the field of art, science, and NGO’s.

Dr. Stefan T. Mol is an assistant professor in Organizational Behavior and Research Methods at the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam, where he teaches research methods, performance management, cross-cultural management, social entrepreneurship, and business research ethics. He received his Master’s degree in psychology at the University of Amsterdam in 2000, and his PhD in psychology in 2007, at the Institute of Psychology of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research collaborations have appeared in several well-regarded peer-review journals.

Dr. Sara Oroz is a Counselling Psychologist in the position of Postgraduate Liaison at the Student Counselling Service in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She has achieved a Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. She specialises in working with students and supporting them to achieve mental wellbeing to reach their potential during their academic careers. She has significant experience producing and delivering training and therapeutic groups in the field of psychology and mental health. Her main areas of interest and expertise are attachment-based interventions, emotion-focused therapy, group therapy, and training.

Apply today!

Participants from all research disciplines are welcome to apply. We ask that you fill in a brief application form in order to ensure synergy in the composition among the participants for an engaging experience. In the application there are four short answer questions: (1) Your personal interest in joining the summer school; (2) What do you see as challenging or limiting factors in your research environment; (3) What do you hope to change in your research environment and personal career perspective; (4) In what what way do you believe the learning outcomes will benefit you?

The summer school is open to max 20 participants made possible by the Erasmus+ Programme.

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