Mind matters: investigating academia’s ‘menta...

Melanie Stefan leads a computational neurobiology lab at MSB Medical School Berlin. But as a postdoc 16 years ago, a failed fellowship application prompted her to write an article in Nature. In it, she called for researchers to keep a ‘CV of failures.’Stefan says: “The idea would ...  Show more

Experiments fail and careers plans can go awry, forcing us to pivot in a different direction. Organizations also make mistakes. But failure, at both an individual and institutional level, can be a useful teacher. In the first episode of a six-part podcast series about failure in ...  Show more

In this episode of The Struggling Scientists, we delve deep into the pervasive issue of burnout. Join hosts Suzanne and Jayron as they sit down with guest Cevdet Acarsoy, a psychologist and PhD student, to discuss the impact of burnout on productivity, motivation, and mental h ...

We are delighted to welcome you at All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All talks shine the light on and discuss mental health issues in academia across all levels – from students to faculty, as well ...  Show more

In this episode, we speak with Dr Sophie Homer a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Her research interests include clinical and applied psychology, and the role of negative, intrusive mental imagery in mental health and its potential as a target for interventio ...  Show more