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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
