CANCELLED: Impostor Syndrome - is it real?

Have you ever felt like you are not good enough and that everyone else is better than you? Do you sometimes think that you don’t actually deserve your job and accomplishments? Have you ever been frightend by the though that your friends or colleagues are going to discover you’re a fraud? You are not alone. These feelings are known as impostor syndrome and is more common than many of us think.

Time and place: – , Vilhelm Bjerknes hus and Zoom
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The phenomenon of impostor syndrome was first described in 1978 and is shown to be equally prevalent in both men and women, students as well as professors and academics as well as non-academics. 

The MN Faculty invite our students and employees who want to learn more about the impostor syndrome and well-being in general to this event.

 

15.00 The Impostor syndrome - is it real? (in English)

Hugo de Boer, professor at the Natural History Museum, will introduce you cardinal signs of the impostor syndrome and provide you with tools on how you can fight it.

 

16.00 Panel talk on well-being (in Norwegian)

Hear our panel discuss and share stories on general well-being, what's important to thrive in academia, impostor syndrome and other related topics. The panel consists of

  • Ago Mrsa, Master of Science from the MN Faculty 
  • Marianne Inez Lien, academic librarian, Humanities and Social Sciences Library
  • Hugo de Boer, professor, Natural History Museum
  • Sunniva Siem, professor, Department of Physics
  • Knut Martin Mørken, vice dean of studies and education

Our beloved hosts: Linda and Ilan from ForVei

 

 

Published Oct. 6, 2020 9:44 PM - Last modified Mar. 4, 2022 6:57 AM
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