On 2 December 2020 the next PRIDE webinar will explore the topic “Careers in academia: well-being and mental health of young researchers”. Gábor Kismihókis, expert in Researcher Career Management and chair of the the recently started COST Action on Researcher Mental Health will discuss the following questions: Which factors of the labor market in academia challenge the well-being of young researchers? How will this labor market develop in future? Will we lose talented young people because a job in academia gets unattractive, also because it threatens well-being and mental health? ...

Just over 15 years ago, the publication of the Salzburg Principles triggered a reform movement in doctoral education in almost all European universities. In this webinar, jointly organized with UNIMED, we want to address two dimensions in concrete terms: firstly, the professionalisation of structures such as the so-called doctoral schools, secondly, professionalisation of people, managers, supervisors and professionals. ...

Keeping in mind that existing research has consistently found mental and physical health concerns and high attrition rates among doctoral students (see Sverdlik, Anna, et al. 2018), the well-being of PhDs is quickly becoming a major concern in doctoral education at universities. Professionals in doctoral education are often the main drivers in bringing forward the topic at their institutions. ...

The 3rd PRIDE conference, hosted by Charles University in Praha, will focus on communicatin. Thinking of the job profile of professionals in doctoral education, communication skills are one major must-have. Universities are complex organizations with diverse stakeholders who have different needs and goals. Professionals in doctoral education are expected to have an awareness of the interplay of these different interests in their working environment and to be able to communicate with the diverse stakeholders. ...