Presentations & Talks
21.02.2025: IMISCOE PhD Day 2025 - Joy in Academia
The PhD Day 2025 hosted by the IMISCOE Network addresses various challenges (such as stress, anxiety, and hyper-performance culture) in academia, while exploring what brings joy and fulfilment to academic journeys. Together with speakers Dounia Bourbain and Zakia Essanhaji, Anne-Wil Harzing and I from Positive Academia will share our experiences of finding meaning, purpose, and happiness in academia. The workshop aims to inspire participants to recognise and cultivate positive moments, emphasising collegiality, intellectual reforms, teaching, and the joy of learning, ultimately promoting a more balanced and rewarding academic experience.
22.11.2023: Positive Academia Event - “Creativity, Collaboration and Co-Creation: Building Positive Networks”
I co-organized the Positive Academia event on“Creativity, Collaboration and Co-Creation: Building Positive Networks”. This event was designed to foster debates and conversations that support your Postgraduate or Early Career Research journeys. The aim was to facilitate creative approaches to research and collaborative learning, helping us understand how to build positive relationships and co-produce knowledge that address challenges in the complex research, teaching, and organisational cultures that we navigate. Additionally, this event created opportunities to find and develop collaborative relationships and micro-support systems within the Positive Academia Network for PGRs and ECRs. Participants pioneered a unique global support network designed to make positive differences to universities worldwide. Click HERE to read more.
15.11.2023: CYGNA: The Power of neurodiversity
Together with Clarice Santos I organized the 55th CYGNA meeting as the first transdisciplinary, open-to-all event and featured the SWAN project celebrating the unique strengths of neurodiversity in academia. Click HERE to read the full write-up.
09.12.2022: Academics’ Well-Being Matters! @Middlesex University
A Social Media Talk delivered at the Middlesex University Arts and Creative Industries Faculty Winter Conference.This was a social media talk based on my PhD findings focusing on academics' well-being in the context of teaching & learning and networking & public...
06.12.2022: Well-Being Activities-Holistic Integration
A Talk about the Holistic Integration of Well-Being Activities in my Teaching.In this talk I provided insights in my current well-being project as part of my teaching and learning. I presented the Well-Being Activities Guide that I developed and is shared among...
30.11.2022: Academics’ Well-Being Matters! @Western University
A Social Media Talk delivered at the Western University.This was a social media talk based on my PhD findings focusing on academics' well-being in the context of teaching & learning and networking & public engagement. I covered the following three areas:...
16.11.2022: The Value of Building Relationships between Industries and Academia
Reflections on a Successful Collaboration on a Social Media Workshop delivered at Middlesex University, London.My university has recently provided me with the opportunity to collaborate with Lola Ortiz who is the Executive Director at Smart Cookie Media & InPeak on a...
29.09.2022: Why and How to use Social Media as an Academic?
A Social Media Workshop delivered at the Deakin Business School, Melbourne.This was my first official externally delivered Social Media Workshop for academics. The talk was based on my first attempted conceptual paper, and derived from my PhD research data. I covered...
04.07.2022: Digital Methods Summer School 2022 – Amsterdam
2 Weeks Digital Methods Participatory Research Training @ University of Amsterdam.I attended the Digital Methods Summer School for two weeks in 2022 where I attended multiple workshops about the use of digital methods and gained valuable insights in how to conduct...