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EUniWell Seminar “Well-being and interdisciplinarity for a ‘tomorrowmindʼ”

Dear PhD students and postdocs!

EUniWell invites PhD candidates and postdocs to take part in an innovative online seminar “EUniWell Seminar: Well-being and interdisciplinarity for a ‘tomorrowmind” as part of the EUniWell Early Career Researchers Talent Hub. The seminar will take place on 16 May 2024.

Seminar goals

  • Participants will be introduced to EUniWell’s inherently interdisciplinary mission on well-being.
  • On the basis of their disciplinary background, participants will develop an understanding of dynamic concepts of interdisciplinarity and interdisciplinary methodology.
  • Participants will understand what happens if people from different perspectives and in different roles work together on a research topic / question.
  • Participants will learn why interdisciplinarity is an indispensable competency of the “tomorrowmind” (Kellerman and Seligman 2023) in research, education, civic engagement and any profession.
  • Participants will perform interdisciplinarity in praxis and learn about different formats of how to do it.

Seminar overview

  • Theme: Well-being and interdisciplinarity for a ‘tomorrowmind’
  • Date: 16 May 2024, 16:30-18:30 Kyiv time
  • Format: Online seminar (Zoom)
  • Organiser: University of Cologne and Semmelweis University
  • Participants: Early career researchers (PhD candidates and Postdocs) from all EUniWell member universities and associate partners
  • Lecturer:  Beatrix Busse, EUniWell Chief Development Officer, Vice-Rector for Teaching and Studies at the University of Cologne

How to apply

Registration deadline: 9 May 2024

Please register here

The Zoom link as well as some reading material will be sent to participants a week before the seminar begins by 10 May 2024.

References

Rosen Kellerman, Gabriela and Martin Seligman. 2023. Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity, and Connection—Now and in an uncertain Future. New York:Atria Books.