Who do you think you are? Understanding impostor phenomenon and inner conflict reasoning

To work within academia can be exciting as you get to explore your scientific field and contribute to a better understanding of our surrounding world. But it can also be conflicting, lonely and filled to the brim with pressure. If you look inward, you might be in a place where you do not feel you belong, are good enough or are not taken seriously. That you are an impostor. But is it really you who are the problem? If you look outward, it can be frustrating to think why are we not acting more against things that we all know are bad for us, such as taking the car instead of biking, flying, eating too much sugar etc. But is it a lost cause or can we do something about it?

Dr. Maria Wolrath Söderberg is a docent in rhetoric at Södertörn University, Sweden. She will hold a dialogue on how individuals in affluent societies reason around their own actions and their impacts on climate change and why it is so difficult to make a shift. She has been highly sought after in debates and media and recently co-published a book about arguments that drives and prohibits climate change.

Dr. Sanne Feenstra is an assistant professor and content director at Amsterdam Leadership Lab at Vrije Universitet, Amsterdam. She will talk about that we have to switch the perception from impostor ‘syndrome’, the notion that it is the individual who is the problem, to impostor ‘phenomenon’, the notion that the role of the environment can elicit these impostor feelings as well.

Agenda:

13:00 – 13:05                       Introduction

13:05 - 14:05                       Presentation by Sanne Feenstra on impostor phenomenon

14:05 - 14:25                       Fika break

14:20 – 15:20                       Dialogue together with Maria Wolrath Söderberg. Participants are asked to read ‘Wormbs, N., & Wolrath Söderberg, M. (2023). Thinking structures of climate delay: Internal deliberations among Swedes with sustainable ambitions. Environment, Development and Sustainability. doi: 10.1007/s10668-023-03618-x’

15:20 - 15:30                       Wrap-up

Registration:

You will be able to participate either on site or online and you can decide to participate in either one of the sessions or both. There will be a limited number of seats available, so it is on a first come first served basis. The workshops are open for PhD students, researchers and students from all disciplines at Lund University who have an interest in the subject. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ylva van Meeningen (ylva [dot] van_meeningen [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (ylva[dot]van_meeningen[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se)).

Deadline to register is 29th of September.  Link to registration: Who do you think you are? Understanding impostor phenomenon and inner conflict reasoning | Agenda 2030 Graduate School

The event is organized by the Agenda 2030 Graduate School (Start page | Agenda 2030 Graduate School)