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Don’t panic, just listen
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Don’t panic, just listen

  • Maria Törnroos
  • November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

During these trying times, the support of colleagues, friends, and supervisors has become more important for wellbeing than ever. There’s been an increase in mental health issues around the world, but the resources to tackle these issues have not increased to a corresponding degree. People are left to their own…

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Being a psychologist for doctoral students – what’s it all about?

  • Maria Törnroos
  • August 28, 2020October 12, 2020

As I start my new job as psychologist for doctoral student at Aalto University, I am not only building this position from scratch at Aalto, I am shaping a totally new field in psychology and doctoral student wellbeing in Finland. Because this is new and ground-breaking, I want to tell…

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Helping future scientists navigate through academia

Whether you need support to survive and thrive on your PhD journey or you want to improve your self-management skills as a scientist, the PhD Pathfinder is the right place for you.

Serving as your PhD Pathfinder is me, Maria Törnroos, a work and organizational psychologist (PhD) with plenty of experience and expertise of all the ups and downs of doing a PhD. At the moment, I am working as a psychologist, advancing wellbeing for doctoral researchers and early career researchers at Aalto University in Finland. You can read more about me, my academic past and my visions for the future in the ‘About me’ section.

 

Appearances in media

Interview for the publication Acatiimi on the wellbeing of doctoral researchers (in Finnish): https://www.acatiimi.fi/6_2020/22.php

 

Interview for the publication Method Pliant on impostor syndrome and burnout in academia: http://methodpliant.com/3_fake-it-till-you-make-it-impostor-syndrome-and-ph.d.html

 

InstaLive about study wellbeing on Aalto University’s Instagram account @aaltouniversity (in Finnish; saved and published as IGTV)

 

Podcast about burnout and recovery in doctoral studies and academia (in Finnish): https://open.spotify.com/episode/557C54EGBWM0fLRXnOt9Mg?si=_F_Psv8ISRipo5YjCj4n7A

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