Beyond Research: well-being, relationships and growth in academia

We are pleased to invite you to a meeting dedicated to PhD candidates and holders of research contracts, aimed at promoting a respectful, inclusive and collaborative working environment within the research context.

The seminar is organized together with the Equal Opportunities, Employee Well-being and Anti-Discrimination Committee (CUG) and will be led by Dr Torelli, Trusted Counsellor for UNITN.

In the first part of the meeting, the role and functions of the Trusted Counsellor will be presented, together with an overview of the definitions and main characteristics of phenomena such as workplace bullying, harassment and discrimination, as well as other situations that may affect well-being in research settings.

The second part will be devoted to dialogue with participants, through an open and interactive discussion on issues relevant to academic life: managing conflicts between supervisors and PhD candidates, mutual expectations between supervisors and early-career researchers, and tools to improve the working climate within research groups.

The event will be held in Italian and represents the first step in a series of periodic meetings that we intend to promote on topics of particular interest to our community, with the aim of progressively involving the international component as well.

The initiative stems from needs and requests that have emerged strongly in recent months and forms part of the work of the Committee of PhD Candidates and Research Contract Holders, with the aim of addressing key issues in academic life in a shared and collaborative way.