Outcome of the 3 SWOT Analyses held by the ReMO COST Action between 24th November and 2nd December 2020

These documents are the result of a series of three online workshops held by the Researcher Mental Health (ReMO) COST Action that focussed on the specific impact priorities of each of ReMO's three Working Groups:

Working Group 1: System level - the ERA working environment

Working Group 2: Institutional level - Wellbeing Practices in Research Institutions

Working Group 3: Local actors - Promoting researcher well-being on a practical level 

These 90 minutes long workshops developed SWOT analyses through engaging the ReMO community. In these workshops the following procedure was executed:

Working groups were provided with empty SWOT matrices. 

Participants were randomly assigned to small parallel discussion groups. In four discussion rounds (one for each topic: Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, each of them 15 mins long) participants populated their matrix. 

Subsequently, through a plenary discussion the ideas recorded in the matrix were discussed, duplications and similar items were merged. 

As a result, the three SWOT matrices for the three working groups were finalized and synthesized to a project level SWOT matrix.

The process aimed to distill a number of key themes and actions, which are critical for developing a model of doctoral education and more general research culture embracing researcher mental health as a key priority. This process led to the publication of the Researcher Mental Health and Well-being Manifesto.

The audience’s responses were anonymous, and they were recorded in a padlet, whose contents are available here.