Emotionally Challenging Research: Impacts, Coping & Proactive Interventions workshopInfo Location Contact More Info Event Information
DescriptionEmotionally Challenging Research: impacts, coping and proactive interventions Researchers embark on explorations of diverse topics, aiming to deepen our understanding of the numerous issues impacting individuals in today's society, a journey that often leads them into the more disturbing and distressing aspects of the human experience (e.g. war, death, violence, crime, poor mental health, poverty). This training workshop guides participants in the use of the resources on our Researcher Wellbeing Project webpages. The webpages are designed as a practical toolkit, providing resources and guidance to support researchers, managers and institutions in managing the emotional aspects of their work and progressing towards a strategic approach to researcher wellbeing and emotionally challenging topics. Our upcoming online workshops will be held on: Wednesday 22nd October 2025 - 09:30 to 13:00 (staff) Wednesday 5th November 2025 - 09:30 to 13:00 (student) Wednesday 11th February 2026 - 09:30 to 13:00 (staff) TBC February 2026 - 09:30 to 13:00 (student)
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ContactFor further information contact sps-research-support@bath.ac.uk More InformationPresenters: Dr Tina Skinner and Dr Joana Gomes Ferreira, University of Bath Join Tina, the leader of the Researcher Wellbeing Project, and equip yourself and/or your team with knowledge and tools essential for maintaining emotional wellbeing in research on emotionally challenging topics (e.g. death, illness, war, crime, extreme poverty). By participating in this webinar, you will:
• Gain a deeper understanding of the potential impacts of emotionally challenging research, • Learn about effective individual team and institutional supports to navigate these challenges, • Start to develop your own Researcher Wellbeing Plan, • Understanding how to undertake a risk assessment linked to mental health impacts.
The workshop introduces a practical toolkit, providing resources and guidance to support researchers, supervisors and organisations in managing the emotional aspects of their work and progressing towards a strategic approach to researcher wellbeing and emotionally challenging topics. It is structured into three sessions. The first session will explore the impacts of emotionally challenging research, presenting our findings on the symptoms experienced by researchers. The second session will focus on coping mechanisms and interventions and will give you an opportunity to start using our resources and write your own Researcher Wellbeing Plan. The third session will explore further one of the resources, the guidance on risk assessment and mental health. If you would like to review the full list of resources before the session you can access them here: https://www.bath.ac.uk/projects/the-researcher-wellbeing-project-rwp-addressing-researcher-distress-trauma-and-secondary-trauma/ If you have any questions please contact Tina Skinner on sssts@bath.ac.uk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
