Anxiety? Depression? Feeling upset/worried/tense? Maybe you have experienced (one of) these during your PhD, but have you ever thought these are all warning signs for your mental health? Or in another words, why should we care and how? In our newest survey (report is here: ...[Read more]
Check out the interview (3/5) here! Our HeJu survey team explains you what is power abuse and how to deal with conflict
What is power abuse in the academic system? Is it a something new, or why it is gaining more and more attention? In our newest survey (report is here: https://www.helmholtz.de/fileadmin/user_upload/06_jobs_talente/Helmholtz-Juniors/Survey_Report2019_update.pdf ), we have (as always) put these ...[Read more]
Check out the interview (2/5) here! Our HeJu survey team explains you what is it like to be a doctoral researcher at a Helmholtz Center
Weather you are currently thinking of doing a PhD or you are already a doctoral researcher (DR), it might always quite interesting to know how is it like to be a doctoral researcher at the largest scientific organization in Germany. More specifically, how are DRs networked? How diverse are DRs? or ...[Read more]
HeJu Mental Health Awareness Month (Oct 2020) – How to be happy?
How to be happy? „If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time.“ Edith Wharton This topic is quite a controversial and also philosophical one. Let´s be honest here: we can´t guide you to fundamental happiness. There´s no neat trick that works for everyone. If ...[Read more]
HeJu Mental Health Awareness Month (Oct 2020) – Brain health
We often talk about heart and lung health, etc. but we seldom talk about brain health which is undeniably central to all our health. The brain is like any other organ. During our Mental Health Awareness month we actually talk a lot about stress. Stress is often portrayed as having only relatively ...[Read more]
HeJu Mental Health Awareness Month (Oct 2020) – Possible Stressors and Signs of Stress
Stressors can be various, but for Doctoral Researchers, it mostly starts with a high workload and high expectations – which potentially activates a downwards spiral: This can lead to less time for hobbies (friends, sports etc.), which can be leading to sleeplessness and therefore tiredness and in ...[Read more]
HeJu Mental Health Awareness Month (Oct 2020) – Exposing the problem
Mental Health – Why do we care? The mental health of Doctoral Researchers has been increasingly analysed during the last years, often with alarming results. Major concerns regarding the well-being of early career researchers are depression, anxiety, harassment and a difficult work-life ...[Read more]
HeJu Mental Health Awareness Month (Oct 2020) – Welcome
Take a moment, sit back, breathe and relax. We all know that doing a PhD can be really challenging, not only scientifically but also on the personal side. There have been enough studies talking about “we need to pay attention to our students' mental health” [1], and that’s good. Mental ...[Read more]
Helmholtz Juniors Annual Meeting 2017: HeJus Achievements and Plan
Same time of year, different Helmholtz center! At the beginning of the year, in February, the Helmholtz Juniors annual meeting took place in the beautiful Heidelberg, where the old city and the state-of-the-art cancer research facilities of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) meet! ...[Read more]
Helmholtz Juniors and N^2 at the March for Science
Today we have a second guest post by Tatyana Dubich, the Speaker of the Helmholtz Juniors Communication Group and a doctoral researcher at The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). Enjoy the interviews with the participants of the March for Science! "March for Science, not march of ...[Read more]