Managing more tasks within shorter periods of time at work or during the studies will result in a constant growth of the workload and stress. Methods to measure stress and approaches to handling stress in a productive manner are in the focus of interdisciplinary research conducted by the House of Competence (HoC) of KIT. HoC will present innovations in the field of stress research on the Karlsruhe Stress Days 2010 from November 02 to 04. This event will be granted the award “Selected Place” by the initiative of “Deutschland – Land der Ideen“ (Germany – Land of Ideas).
Central topics covered by the third Karlsruhe Stress Days will be presented by HoC at a press conference on Thursday, November 04, 12 hrs, at the entrance hall of the Audimax (Straße am Forum 1, building 30.95). “The Karlsruhe Stress Days will cover various approaches to handling this issue,” says HoC Director Dr. Michael Stolle. “They make the House of Competence unique in research, teaching, and innovation.” Factors enhancing or interfering with competence development are in the center of HoC’s attention. One of the symposiums during the Stress Days will deal with physio-economics, research into physical stress signals prior to economic decisions to be made by managers in industry. Other symposiums will focus on procrastination, the widely spread phenomenon of postponing tasks as well as on creative possibilities of handling stress in a productive manner like acting or making music. The symposium on stress measurement will present instruments developed by HoC to measure stress in everyday life.
An example of research currently conducted by HoC is a comprehensive stress and time management study, the results of which will be presented during the Stress Days by psychologist Professor Ulrich Ebner-Priemer. 150 KIT students documented their workload in electronic diaries. “The data obtained are much more reliable than the results of classical questionnaires that are completed several weeks later in some cases,” says Ebner-Priemer.
The complete program, including symposiums, workshops, the stress course, and the podium discussion on “Endless / Ending Stress after the Education Strike?” dealing with the consequences of the Bologna reform, can be found under: http://www.hoc.kit.edu/stresstage_2010.php.
The award “Selected Place 2010” will be handed over to HoC Director Dr. Michael Stolle by Frank Arlaud from the Deutsche Bank Karlsruhe on Thursday, November 04, 13 hrs. The competition “365 Orte im Land der Ideen“ (365 places in the land of ideas) is a project launched by the initiative “Deutschland – Land der Ideen“ (Germany – Land of Ideas) in cooperation with Deutsche Bank. The award is granted to events reflecting the innovative and designing capacity of Germany. The Karlsruhe Stress Days were selected from more than 2200 applications submitted.
The partner of the Karlsruhe Stress Days is the Techniker health insurance company.
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