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Registration Number: 2024-1-RO01-KA220-HED-000250043
Title: Researchers' Act: training for psychological flexibility and work-related stress management for researchers
Acronym: ReACT
Duration: 01 November 2024 – 30 September 2027
Granting Authority: ReACT is funded under Erasmus+ KA220-HED – Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education. It was successfully selected and supported by the European Union Erasmus+ Program, recognizing its potential impact on researcher well-being.
Total Budget: € 250,000.00
Project Coordinator: Dr. Claudia Iuliana Iacob, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest, Romania.
BSPU Coordinator: Project Leader – Natalia Tsybuliak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Speech Therapy, Berdyansk State Pedagogical University.
Overall Aim of the Project
Empowering researchers with digital tools to enhance psychological resilience and manage work-related stress. Through science-backed strategies, ReACT fosters healthier and more sustainable academic careers.
Expected Outcomes
🔹 An open-access academic publication reviewing web-based support programs for researchers.
🔹 A web-based interactive platform (available in English, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian).
🔹 A scientific report documenting the platform’s impact on stress management and psychological flexibility.
🔹 A policy recommendation document for higher education institutions to adopt more inclusive mental health strategies.
🔹 Natalia Tsybuliak, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Speech Therapy (Project Leader);
🔹Anastasiia Popova, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Inclusive Education (Project Task Implementer);
🔹 Hanna Lopatina, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Speech Therapy (Project Task Implementer).
🔹 Inna Hotsulyak – project accountant responsible for organizational and administrative support, maintaining financial records, monitoring the use of funds, and preparing financial reports.
🔹 University of Bucharest (Coordinator), Romania.
🔹 Anadolu University, Türkiye.
🔹 Polytechnic Institute of Porto (P.PORTO), Portugal.
🔹 Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.
🔹 Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE), Sweden.