Building a Community for Researchers to Foster Mental Health and Well-Being

Abstract

In this chapter, which functions as a workbook, we provide the tools for science-oriented participant-driven community building to foster the well-being of researchers, such as mental health peer networks. The target audience of the workbook includes researchers, community managers, consortium project and grant managers, researcher developers and support staff members. We cover intentional aspects of community building, such as questions that can help formulate the potential community's values, mission and vision. We propose a framework for devising a plan and to-do list to create a community, with examples of how to look for members of the community, the best ways to communicate with them, how to identify allies, how to apply for an internal budget and how to create the community structure.

Citation

Sundukova, M. and Vvedenskaya, O.(. (2024), "Building a Community for Researchers to Foster Mental Health and Well-Being", Aarnikoivu, M. and Le, A.T. (Ed.) Building Communities in Academia (Surviving and Thriving in Academia), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 89-106. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83797-500-620241007