Focusing on the role of occupational safety, this session will examine how workplace policies and practices can be designed to manage risks and simultaneously promote mental well-being. Key topics: psychosocial work environment in supporting mental health (or employee work ability), improving safety culture and resilience, and ensuring alignment between physical and mental health initiatives.

Session delivered by the Occupational Safety Unit, FIOH

This concluding session will focus on synthesizing best practices and presenting innovative research models that enhance mental well-being through workplaces. Participants will gain insights into successful national and international interventions and frameworks that have been studied and/or implemented. The session will also provide human resource specialists, supervisors, researchers and practitioners with an opportunity to discuss ways of improving mental health of employees and potential collaborative projects.

Session delivered by the Work Ability and Work Careers Unit, FIOH

This workshop aims to introduce/ address the role of qualitative research in Occupational Health Psychology (OHP)and explore and illustrate methodological strategies.  The workshop was designed for PhD students, early-career researchers, and junior academics that do not have (or have little) experience in conducting qualitative research. In the first part, we will discuss why qualitative approaches are essential for understanding OHP issues related to safety at work, and employee well-being and stress, supported by examples. The second part focuses on practical skills: designing and conducting interviews and applying diverse analytical approaches. Through interactive exercises, participants will gain hands-on experience in collecting and interpreting qualitative data. Finally, we will address common challenges in qualitative research while sharing strategies to overcome them.

Facilitators: Rachel Nayani, Associate Professor, Norwich Business School and University of East Anglia and Sílvia Agostinho da Silva, Full Professor, Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and Research Forum Chair, EAOHP

Session delivered by the Occupational Safety Unit, FIOH

The main aim of this workshop is to support PhD students, early-career researchers, and junior academics in navigating the often complex and competitive publication process in peer-reviewed, high-quality academic journals. The workshop will provide a unique overview on the full publication process from writing a successful paper to selecting the best outlet and preparing the manuscript for submission, as well as the review process. Emphasis will be placed on writing tips, dos and don’ts, identifying potential journals for publication and journals’ expectations, as well as on how to successfully address the comments of the reviewers. There will be room for group exercises (e.g., reviewing good and bad examples, reviewing participants’ own work) and discussion. At the end of the workshop, attendees will be equipped with the knowledge and confidence needed to enhance their research papers and increase their chances of publication success.

Facilitators: Anne Mäkikangas, Full Professor & Director of the Work Research Centre, Tampere University, Finland and Associate Editor, Work & Stress & Consulting Editor, Journal of Occupational and Organizational and Despoina Xanthopoulou Full Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Education Forum Chair, EAOHP and Associate Editor, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.

The main aim of this workshop is to present and discuss best practice guidelines for conducting dyadic studies in the field of occupational health psychology. The workshop will provide information on exemplary dyadic studies (including dyadic diary and intervention studies) investigating different dyadic relationships relevant to the workplace, such as romantic partners, colleagues, and patient-caregiver dyads. We will focus on sharing hands-on experience of successful research practices (what works) and enable participants to develop and plan their own dyadic research ideas.

The workshop will also teach participants how to analyse dyadic data using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM), covering both its foundational application, model specification for distinguishable and indistinguishable dyads, extensions for specific research questions, and its utility for more complex research designs (e.g., dyadic diary data). Participants will gain the background and practical skills necessary to accurately model dyadic interdependence and derive meaningful conclusions from their occupational health data.

All examples and exercises provided during the workshop will use R with lme4 and lavaan. Participants are expected to have some familiarity with R (but do not necessarily need to be proficient) as well as some understanding of multilevel modelling and structural equation modelling techniques.  

Facilitators: Carmen Binnewies, Full Professor of Work Psychology, University of Muenster, Germany and George Michaelides, Full Professor of Work Psychology, University of East Anglia.