Researcher Mental Health and Well-being Manifesto
Creators: name: Kismihók, Gábor
name: Cahill, Brian
name: Gauttier, Stéphanie
name: Metcalfe, Janet
name: Mol, Stefan T.
name: McCashin, Darragh
name: Lasser, Jana
name: Güneş, Murat
name: Schroijen, Mathias
name: Grund, Martin
name: Levecque, Katia
name: Guthrie, Susan
name: Wac, Katarzyna
name: Dahlgaard, Jesper
name: Adi, Mohamad Nadim
name: Kling, Christina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: mental health
well-being
researcher mental health
work and organisational psychology
ReMO
research culture

description: The ReMO COST Action is a network of stakeholders from all levels of the research community that has drafted a Researcher Mental Health and Well-being Manifesto that calls for the assessment of how the mental health and well-being of researchers can best be nourished and sustained through actions and initiatives at the policy, institutional, community and individual levels. This manifesto calls for all stakeholders in the research ecosystem to engage in developing policies that monitor, improve, and maintain well-being and mental health in the research environment, delineating more encompassing metrics of success and quality, supporting work-life balance, inclusiveness, and family-friendly sustainable research careers.
description: This work was performed within the framework of COST Action CA19117 - "Researcher Mental Health".
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