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“Pernille wants to defeat students’ stressful culture and strengthen their wellbeing” reads the headline of an article in CBS Wire, where journalist Anne M. Lykkegaard talks to Assistant Professor Pernille Steen Pedersen about her new strategic initiative at CBS: “Stress Prevention and Well-being among students at CBS”, which was launched 1 February 2021.  In the interview Pernille Steen Pedersen explains some of her motivations behind initiating the project: “The students are the future. They are the future leaders, lawyers and consultants. So, what if we could equip them with the tools and capabilities needed for dealing with stress with the community in focus before they leave CBS? CBS is my workplace, and I know how important it is for students to thrive, so I see it as my obligation to share my knowledge with CBS.” Read the full article here.

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Pernille Steen Pedersen, Assistant Professor at Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, is a leading researcher on work related stress. Now she is spearheading a new research project that is linked to CBS’s strategy, in collaboration with students, the study administration, study boards and different units at CBS. The goal is to uncover the current situation of stress among students and develop stress-preventative measures and activities that can enhance well-being. It is the first time that the stress researcher explore this topic among students, something she is very excited about. “Everyone thinks they know what stress among students is about, but I am not so sure! I doubt that we have a picture that is comprehensive enough. I want to work with this, to understand more about stress specifically among students, and I want to address this topic from a place of curiosity and exploration; from an attitude that we don’t know yet what we are dealing with”, Pedersen says about her approach to the project.