Someone like me can be successful, too!

How can role models best be utilised in order to help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people achieve equality in the workplace?

Jojanneke van der Toorn and Luisa Liekefett • November 19, 2018

Healthy lab, happy scientist

Young scientists worldwide experience major mental health concerns. The increasing workload plays a key role in the mental crisis currently facing academia. But how should we deal with this daily pressure? How can we ensure we stay happy in our work?

Anika Bexkens and Marieke Bos • July 19, 2018

Passion for work: pleasure or pressure?

As a society, we place huge importance on finding our passion: a Google search reveals over 28 million hits, and TV series that focus on work passion have never been more popular. But is being passionate about work always a good thing?

Suzanne van de Groep • February 16, 2017

Having a chronic disease and a job - is that even possible?

Holding onto a job is a challenge for everyone, let alone if you experience severe fatigue, slowed thinking, or blurred vision. These are all problems MS sufferers can encounter. How can you keep your job if you have a chronic disease?

Karin van der Hiele • March 01, 2016

Just joking! …?! – Workplace bullying and mental health

Half a million people have suffered from bullying at work in the past year. And 80,000 of these people have been structurally humiliated, excluded, verbally abused, or threatened (TNO). What do we know about how workplace bullying affects our health?

Marc Molendijk and Bart Verkuil • September 28, 2015

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Someone like me can be successful, too!

Healthy lab, happy scientist

Passion for work: pleasure or pressure?

Having a chronic disease and a job - is that even possible?

Just joking! …?! – Workplace bullying and mental health