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Dear,

Do you agree that academic life is difficult? If yes, what keeps you going? About a year ago, my team and I took it upon ourselves to find out. We launched a large-scale survey dealing with mental health and wellbeing in academia. With the support of SciELO and several other research-associated organizations, we set out to understand what a more positive work culture would look like for researchers globally. After running the survey for 9 months, I’m pleased to announce that we’ve released a comprehensive report compiling all of our survey findings and insights. And I wanted you to be one of the first people to read it!

Despite the upheaval caused by the pandemic, over 13,000 researchers globally participated in our survey and shared their opinions and detailed suggestions for a more positive research culture. With strong representation from the top 10 research-producing countries and diverse minority groups, we can hardly believe that our little project has become the largest and most diverse global survey on mental health among researchers. Click here to download a free copy of the survey report!

After thorough analysis, we published the survey report on World Mental Health Day 2020. Although it contains detailed insights about the lives of researchers as well as the overall culture in academia, I’d like to give you a sneak-peek into some of the key findings:

65% of survey participants indicated they were under tremendous pressure to publish papers, secure grants, and complete projects.
76% agreed their work gave them a sense of purpose or fulfilment.
38% stated they had felt overwhelmed by their work situation fairly or very often.
49% said they would not discuss work-based feelings of severe stress or anxiety with relevant people/authorities in their workplace.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg. For more such interesting insights, download the full survey report!

We believe that this report could be the starting point for an important and much-needed global conversation on mental health in academia and could serve as a toolkit for research institutions to prioritize researcher wellbeing. So we're very grateful to you for supporting us and being an important part of this movement for change!

Warm regards,
Clarinda

Clarinda Cerejo
Senior Director, Thought Leadership,
Cactus Communications