Embracing your agency for change: Finding joy in the pursuit of a better world (PhDrinks) - 2023

As part of the next edition of PhDrinks on December 08, the doctoral schools of UHasselt are organizing a lecture by Prof. dr. Griet Verbeeck, on 'Embracing your Agency for Change: Finding Joy in the Pursuit of a Better World'.

Perhaps you started your PhD research with the noble intention of making the world a better, healthier, more just, or more sustainable place. Working towards positive change can be very rewarding, infusing your life with purpose. However, it is not without its challenges, particularly if you find yourself in a domain where resistance and inertia prevail. Consequently, maintaining your joy while striving for change can prove to be quite daunting. For some of you, this very challenge might be the reason why you choose to remain within the safe confines of academia, avoiding public debates and interactions with non-expert audiences.

In this lecture, Professor Griet Verbeeck (professor in sustainable architecture / Sustainability coordinator UHasselt) will share her personal journey spanning three decades of dedicated work for sustainability, including what she tries to realize as Sustainability Coordinator of UHasselt, in close collaboration with a dedicated team of allies. She will encourage you to reflect upon your own journey so far in research, and beyond, while equipping you with valuable tools and perspectives to discover your own unique place and role within the vital realm of societal, economic, or environmental transformation.

Hopefully after this lecture you feel energized to embrace your agency for change, whatever the research domain you are active in.

The fact that this lecture is part of PhDrinks has two implications:
(1) There will be a reception afterwards!
(2) Attending the lecture cannot be acknowledged in fulfilment of the doctoral school requirements. This is a general agreement between doctoral schools.

For whom?

• Lecture and reception are only open for UHasselt PhD students.

When & where?

• December 08, 2023
  • lecture: 15:00-16:15 - campus Diepenbeek, building D, room A101.
  • reception: 16:15-17:30 - campus Diepenbeek, building D, room J30 right.

Registration?

• Registration is closed since November 05, 2023.

Acknowledged as?

• Attending PhDrinks cannot be acknowledged in fulfilment of the doctoral school requirements.