Resilience in Research: A guide to developing and managing your resilience and well-being in an academic environment

TY - GEN

T1 - Resilience in Research

T2 - A guide to developing and managing your resilience and well-being in an academic environment

AU - Oza, Sandra

AU - Wilkinson, Janet

PY - 2018/8/31

Y1 - 2018/8/31

N2 - Academic environments can be complex and dynamic work places. Full of comradeship, yet also sometimes a solitary experience – and while there is a great sense of achievement in the research process to create new knowledge, there are the inevitable ups and downs to navigate through. At a superficial level, a research career, of any duration, can fluctuate from challenging, overwhelming and exciting, sometimes within the same day. Underneath this, there are more subtle factors that keep individuals going, through these ups and downs of research life. This self-resilience is different for everyone and what might excite or energise one colleague may dishearten another.

AB - Academic environments can be complex and dynamic work places. Full of comradeship, yet also sometimes a solitary experience – and while there is a great sense of achievement in the research process to create new knowledge, there are the inevitable ups and downs to navigate through. At a superficial level, a research career, of any duration, can fluctuate from challenging, overwhelming and exciting, sometimes within the same day. Underneath this, there are more subtle factors that keep individuals going, through these ups and downs of research life. This self-resilience is different for everyone and what might excite or energise one colleague may dishearten another.

KW - Resilience

KW - well-being

KW - researchers

KW - Self-awareness

KW - Confidence

KW - engagement

KW - Self-directed care

KW - clarity

UR - https://www.dundee.ac.uk/resilience-research

M3 - Other contribution

PB - University of Dundee

CY - Dundee

ER -