Workplace Mental Health
About this course
This course will provide theoretical concepts, empirical research results and applied knowledge about the role of workplaces for workers’ mental health and mental well-being. We will discuss how conditions at the workplace, alone and in interaction with factors outside work, may impact, both positively and negatively, workers’ mental health and mental well-being. We will also discuss what workplaces can do to protect and improve workers’ mental health and mental well-being and how workplaces can address the needs of workers with reduced mental well-being and with prevalent mental disorders.
Price information
The price of the course consists of the course fee of EUR 500
and the day package of choice.
Day package I
This package includes:
- conference facilities and technical equipment
- course material
- coffees, lunches
- dinners and the social program on Wednesday (guided tour at the Christiansborg Palace and dinner at restaurant Tårnet, located in the tower of the palace.)
We strongly encourage you to take part in the social program, as this is a vital part of the NIVA course experience. We believe in the power of networking (between people) and strive to create an inspiring possibility for that through the social program.
The total price of the course is EUR 1070 (course fee EUR 500 + day package fee EUR 570).
Day package II
This package includes:
- conference facilities and technical equipment
- course material
- coffees and lunches.
Kindly note that the day package II does not include dinners nor the social program.
The total price of the course is EUR 860 (course fee EUR 500 + day package fee EUR 360).
Accommodation
30.9 – 3.10.2024 at Scandic Palace Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark.
NIVA has made a block reservation for the accommodation 30.9-3.10.2024 at Scandic Palace Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark.
To book a room from the block kindly make the reservation directly to the hotel by clicking on this link. Make sure to add the booking code BNIV300924 to the reservation. Reservations can be made with this code from 30.9.2023 until 30.8.2024.
The room price for a single standard room is DKK 1450/night including breakfast (approx. 195€/night)..
The block reservation will be available until 30.8.2024.
Course objectives
Upon completing the course, participants will understand the concept and methodologies of research on workplace mental health, will have an overview of the latest research results in this area and will be able to use this knowledge in their own research and practice.
Main topics
- Theoretical concepts of workplace mental health and mental well-being.
- Methods and methodological challenges in studying workplace mental health and well-being.
- Key epidemiological research results on the role of working conditions for workers’ mental health and mental well-being.
- Workplace interventions to promote and protect workers’ mental health and mental well-being.
- Inclusive work environment: Addressing the needs of workers with mental health challenges.
Target group
Researchers, postdocs, PhD students and research assistants in occupational health research, social medicine, public health, work and organizational psychology and related disciplines.
Subject background
Workplace mental health is one of the hot topics in work environment research, as illustrated, among other things, by the recent World Health Organization Guidelines on Mental Health at Work (September 2022; the World Health Organization and International Labour Organization Policy Brief on Mental Health at Work (September 2022); and the US Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being (October 2022).
There is an intense debate in research about the contribution of working conditions to workers’ mental health and mental well-being, including a discussion about interaction between work factors and factors outside work. We will present these topics in-depth at the course. There are also several ongoing European intervention studies on workplace mental health and we will present and discuss the latest results from these studies.
Our research group at NFA has extensive experience in workplace mental health research, in particular with regard to studying the role of working conditions in the development and course of common mental disorders. Recently, we also became a part of two large-scale ongoing Horizon Europe financed intervention study projects that aim to protect and improve workers’ mental health and well-being.
General course fee and cancellation information
The courses and workshops vary in price. Please note that the course fee does not cover meals or accommodation. The course fee and day-package fee are invoiced after the registration deadline (you can also pay the course with credit card).
Travel arrangements
Please refrain from booking any travel tickets until we have confirmed the course. The confirmation, which will be sent at the latest after the registration deadline, will include detailed information on the payment of the course fee and day-packages, as well as information on practical arrangements. Please note that you are not insured by NIVA.
Cancellation policy
Cancellations received by August, 28th 2024: full refund
Cancellations received by August, 29th 2024 or later: no refund
The total price of the course will be invoiced after the registration deadline (you can also pay the course with credit card).
The price is subject to minor changes.
Contact person
Course leaders
Reiner Rugulies
Professor of Psychosocial Work Environment and Health, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
email: rer@nfa.dk
Ida E.H. Madsen
Senior Researcher at Psychosocial Work Environment and Health, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
email: ihm@nfa.dk
In practical matters, please contact:
Project Manager and Sustainability Advisor
Nora Tobiasson
NIVA
email: nora.tobiasson@niva.org
