Exploring Practices to support Researcher Mental Wellbeing throughout Europe
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- The ReMO COST Action on Researcher Mental Health is an international network that focuses on wellbeing and mental health within academia. The Researcher Mental Health and Well-Being Manifesto (Kismihok et al., 2021, https://zenodo.org/record/5559806) is a call to identify which practices and actions are effective at creating research environments that foster mental health and wellbeing, reduce mental health stigma, and empower researchers when it comes to well-being in their workplace. The ReMO COST Action provides a framework for involving a network of researchers, practitioners and institutional stakeholders in achieving the objectives of the Manifesto through designing actions and initiatives at the policy, institutional, community and individual levels. This session aims to leverage the experience of the audience with regard to how research institutions in the UK have addressed Researcher Mental Health with specific attention to the central place of mental health in the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (2019). The session will include a panel of speakers from throughout Europe who will discuss how societal awareness of mental health has led to greater willingness of researchers and many research stakeholders to recognise their responsibility to foster a positive research culture. The session will focus on the lessons that can be learned with regard to moving from raising awareness of researcher mental health towards involving institutions, funders, supervisors and researchers in developing practices that promote a healthy research environment and culture.
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- 2022