Researcher Mental Health and Well-being Manifesto

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Satinsky, E. N., Kimura, T., Kiang, M. V., Abebe, R., Cunningham, S., Lee, H., Lin, X., Liu, C. H., Rudan, I., Sen, S., Tomlinson, M., Yaver, M., & Tsai, A. C. (2021). Systematic review and meta-analysis of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among Ph.D. students. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 14370. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93687-7

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CA19117 - Researcher Mental Health Action is funded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) for the period 1 November 2020 - 31 October 2024 https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19117

Cactus Foundation Mental Health Survey. (2020). https://www.cactusglobal.com/mental-health-survey/

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Solloway, A. (2020, September 14). Promoting a culture of wellbeing for researchers and improving the way we evaluate research [Speech]. Vitae Connections Week. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/science-minister-at-vitae-connections-week-2020

Wellbeing and mental health lens on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF) https://www.vitae.ac.uk/vitae-publications/rdf-related/wellbeing-and-mental-health-lens/view

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Moss, S., & Mahmoudi, M. (2021). STEM the Bullying: An Empirical Investigation of Abusive Supervision in Academic Science. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3850784

Some research communities already started developing mentoring programmes, like Referent at the Marie Curie Alumni Association https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/referent-mentoring-initiative-msca-early-career-researchers

Devine, K., & Hunter, K. H. (2017). PhD student emotional exhaustion: The role of supportive supervision and self-presentation behaviours. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 54(4), 335–344. https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2016.1174143

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. (2020). Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions guidelines on supervision. https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/node/901