Session Chair Jelena Bujan, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia Invited Speakers From Biogeographic Processes to Genetic Signatures, Lesley Lancaster, University of Aberdeen Of bold mice and shy squirrels: how animal personalities shape forest ecosystems, Alessio Mortelliti, University of Trieste. Italy When Lizards Get in Each Other’s Way: From Behaviour to Climate-Change Predictions, Anamarija Žagar, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
Early academic careers are demanding - publication pressure, job insecurity, and heavy workloads can, over time, undermine researchers' well-being, mental health, motivation, and sense of purpose. This interactive workshop introduces job crafting, an evidence-based approach to proactively reshaping tasks, relationships, and boundaries that structure daily academic work, to sustain work-related well-being alongside scientific goals. Building upon the research on job crafting and boundary-setting, the session combines brief theoretical input with experiential exercises inviting participants to reflect on their own work patterns and consider how they might be reshaped. The aim is to offer participants a clearer perspective on job crafting as a strategy for a sustainable scientific career, and opportunities to consider how it might apply within their own research environment.
Session Chair Jelena Godrijan, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia Invited Speakers Exploring Diatom Life in the Marine Environment Through the Lens of Photoreceptor Function, Angela Falciatore, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, France An Amoeba as a Model for Multicellular Development, Vlatka Antolović, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia Life with Little Water: Lessons from Unconventional Fungal Models, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Coffee and refreshments will be served