
Research at CBS on stress prevention
and well-being among students
Creating change together
Study start 2025
CBS Well-being Lab welcomes 3000 new students to CBS!

August marked a new study start at Copenhagen Business School, and we were happy and excited to take part in the official intro week, hosting a two-hour workshop for all of our 3000 new bachelor students!
A brief presentation of our research was followed by a panel debate with participation from musician, entrepreneur and CBS alumni, Jonas Ghodt, as well as our very own and Deputy President, Inger Askehave, and Dean of Education, Anna Thomasson. The discussions circled around showing vulnerability as a sign of strength, dealing with uncertainty and taking the time to check in with each other.
Students then got to play with our dialogue cards “New at CBS”. Forming groups of 3-4, students got the chance to meet some of their peers while exploring themes of changing environments, the fear of making friends and stereotypes of a business school.
These moments are the fruits of the past 4 years of co-creating insights with students, and aside from providing us a chance to share our research, this is also a testiment proving how CBS prioritizes well-being – also during intro week.
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Welcome!
Increasing well-being, collectively!
Welcome
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Welcome to the website of CBS Well-being Lab. We work with stress prevention and well-being for students. The aim is to explore the reasons behind the increasing number of students that experience severe stress, anxiety, and lack of well-being.
Our view on stress
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We believe that stress cannot be reduced to the responsibility of the individual, as stress has a common cause in the (study) culture – it is a relational phenomenon. Tackling stress therefore needs to take place in the collective field and requires a community effort.
About this site
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This site is for students, researchers and staff at CBS concerned with the topic of stress and well-being, for external partners of the project, and for everyone interested in a new take on stress.
Try out our new initiative:
CBS Well-being Dilemma Bank
Contact
Pernille Steen Pedersen
Assistant Professor
E-mail: psp.bhl@cbs.dk
Mobile: +45 25129491
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Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL)
Porcelænshaven 18B
2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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