EUniWell Seminar: Well-being and interdisciplinarity for a ‘tomorrowmind’
This Early Career Researcher Talent Hub, which will be organised in an arena (Busse 2022) format will focus on the interplay between interdisciplinarity and well-being – closely linked to the mission of EUniWell. Targeted at the next generation of scientists and any other EUniWell member interested, the arena will outline EUniWell’s approach to well-being and its interdisciplinary dimension.
We shall then take a critical look at various approaches to and formats of inter-, trans- and multidisciplinarity. For illustration, a particular focus will be on the human-machine interaction as well as on generative AI. We shall discuss if/why interdisciplinary competencies that are based on disciplinary expertise must characterise the ‘tomorrowmind’ (Kellerman and Seligman 2023) to contribute to excellence, inclusion and well-being, and to creating a world of well-being for all. By doing interdisciplinarity in praxis, participants will experience the creativity of interdisciplinary encounters.
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, 15:30-17:30 CEST (14:30-16:30 BST / 16:30-18:30 EEST)
- 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
- Limitation: no participant limit
- Lecturer: Prof. 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zNW2wKbNUDgLuV2DK4l50eAQuSlXyD8tgPoFEy-rG8Q/edit
The Zoom link as well as some reading material will be sent to participants a week before the seminar begins by 10 May 2024.
Contact
For more information, please contact Eszter Turopoli: turopoli.eszter[at]semmelweis.hu
Further information
This workshop is open to all universities within the EUniWell Alliance. The workshop is organised in the framework of the EUniWell Early Career Researchers’ Talent Hub pilots, as part of EUniWell’s #Research project.
The EUniWell #Research project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101035821.
References
Busse, Beatrix. 2022. „Willkommen in der Arena. Formate und Haltung für die strategische Fitness und zur resonanten Ko-Kreation in Universitäten.“ In Organisationsentwicklung. Zeitschrift für Unternehmensentwicklung und Change Management 1/22: 17-24.
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.
